Burnley win keeps us sixth in Alliance
Burnley’s 1-0 win against Morecambe last Saturday didn’t move us up the Youth Alliance League but did ensure we remained in sixth place in the table as we took our points total to 31 points and got us back to winning ways after losing, somewhat unfortunately, in the previous game against leaders Blackpool.
It was an inexperienced squad that lined up for Burnley at Gawthorpe with three of our under-16s involved. Kian Yari was in the starting line up while both Dylon Meredith and Daniel Moss were named as substitutes.
It was a goal very early in the second half from Nashé Chakwana (who is pictured) that secured the 1-0 win and it was needed to keep us in sixth place, ahead of Bury, who beat Accrington, on goal difference. It also allowed us to catch up with Rochdale, whose game was postponed, while Shrewsbury, also winners, retained their one point lead.
Like Rochdale, who should have played Fleetwood, Preston’s game was also called off and that prevented their opponents Walsall from closing the gap on leaders Blackpool who lost for only the third time this season, surprisingly going down 2-0 at Wigan. Their lead over Walsall remains at seven points but now having played three games more.
All last week’s results and this week’s fixtures are below followed by Burnley’s goalscorers and the current league table.
The League Table is updated as results come in and can be found with our Fixtures and Results within U23/U18 Stats on the top menu.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday 3rd March
Shrewsbury 2 Carlisle 1
Saturday 4th March
Accrington 2 Bury 4
Burnley 1 Morecambe 0
Port Vale 2 Wrexham 1
Preston v Walsall – postponed
Rochdale v Fleetwood – postponed
Wigan 2 Blackpool 0
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
Saturday 11th March
Accrington v Shrewsbury
Burnley v Wigan
Bury v Tranmere
Morecambe v Fleetwood
Port Vale v Carlisle
Preston v Blackpool
Walsall v Rochdale
BURNLEY’S GOALSCORERS (League & Cup)
8: Nashé Chakwana
7: Tommy Wood
6: Olatunde Bayode
5: RJ Pingling
4: Dwight McNeil
2: Tyler Shrimpton, Scott Wilson
1: Tristan Jumeau, Kwasinkosi Mpofu, Oliver Younger
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Blackpool | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 44 |
| Walsall | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 37 |
| Port Vale | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 35 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 34 | 32 |
| Rochdale | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 31 |
| Burnley | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 31 |
| Bury | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 31 |
| Wigan Athletic | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 28 |
| Accrington Stanley | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 25 |
| Morecambe | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 21 |
| Preston North End | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 39 | 20 |
| Fleetwood Town | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 45 | 20 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 16 |
| Carlisle United | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 13 |
| Wrexham | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 46 | 13 |
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