Youth team in action today in need of a win

Last updated : 20 April 2009 By Tony Scholes
Chris Anderson
Midfielder Chris Anderson
The game, at Gawthorpe, kicks off at 1:00 p.m. as the young Clarets look to get back to winning ways ahead of the Lancashire FA Youth Cup Final this Wednesday evening at Gawthorpe.

With Wrexham having won their last match of the season on Saturday the mathematics are now quite simple. We have four games left and we need to win three of them to win the Youth Alliance League.

We've two home games this week. Today's against Shrewsbury and Saturday against Oldham and then face two away games against Oldham and Preston.

It's a big ask because of the sheer number of games we have to play in such a short time with many of the players now being asked to play three games per week.

Today's opponents Shrewsbury won on Saturday against Carlisle whose season has come to a disappointing end after the leading the table for a while. There were also wins for Chester, Tranmere and Walsall whilst Stockport and Morecambe shared the points in a 4-4 draw.

The results and the next fixtures are all shown below along with a list of the Burnley goalscorers from this season's league and cup games. Below that are links to the league table and Burnley's fixtures and results for both the youth team and the reserves.

Last Week's Results

Thursday 16th April

Morecambe 3 Accrington 0

Saturday 18th April
Chester 4 Blackpool 0
Macclesfield 1 Burnley 0
Shrewsbury 2 Carlisle 0
Stockport 4 Morecambe 4
Tranmere 5 Oldham 0
Walsall 4 Preston 2
Wigan 2 Rochdale 2
Wrexham 3 Accrington 0

This Week's Fixtures

Monday 20th April

Burnley v Shrewsbury

Wednesday 22nd April
Bury v Stockport

Saturday 25th April
Burnley v Oldham
Carlisle v Preston
Macclesfield v Wigan
Morecambe v Bury
Tranmere v Shrewsbury

Burnley Goalscorers (league and cup)

28: Wes Fletcher
11: Liam Newman
9: Dominic Knowles
7: Chris Anderson
6: Oliver Devenney
5: James Craggs, Alex-Ray Harvey, Michael King
4: Nik Kudiersky
2: own goals
1: Dil Chaggar, Ben Hoskin, Chris Lynch

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