Clarets fourth after draw against Fleetwood
While the first team were at Newcastle last Saturday, the under-21s took on Fleetwood at Gawthorpe in the Professional Development League, our first meeting with them following their step up to Category 2 ahead of this season.
We led with a Tom Tweedy goal and looked set to win the game until a late Fleetwood equaliser. Even then we had the opportunity to win it but Joe Westley, a player who has been so reliable for us in front of goal this season with nine in league and cup, failed from the penalty spot.
The result has seen us drop one place to fourth in the table with Sheffield Wednesday moving back ahead of us into second place having won 3-0 at second place Birmingham, although they are seven points behind leaders Sheffield United who, having dropped points in the previous week for the first time, were back to winning ways with a 3-0 home victory against Hull. That win for Wednesday saw Bailey Cadamarteri score twice and he’s now the league’s clear leading goalscorer.
The league continues to remain tight other than top and bottom with Sheffield United so far clear at the top and Peterborough, still without a point having gone down 4-2 at Barnsley, six points adrift at the bottom.
It’s so much tighter in the south group where second played host to top, that was Millwall v QPR. Prior to the game, we were the only team that QPR had dropped points to but this one ended 2-2 and that’s allowed Bournemouth, who won at Colchester, to get within striking distance of them.
Bottom team Cardiff were beaten 5-2 at Ipswich and remain one point behind Colchester. The game of the week, however, was the one between Swansea and Watford which ended all square at 4-4.
This week is cup week for a number of teams in the Premier League Cup and that includes us tomorrow when we play our home game against Brentford. This game kicks off at 12:30 p.m. and will be played at Chorley’s Victory Park.
There is just one league game between Wigan and Crewe next Wednesday and, as a result, our next review will be in two weeks time.
The player featured this week is winger Basilio Rieno Socoliche who joined us during the summer from Crystal Palace.
The League Tables and our Fixtures and Results can be found within U21/U18 Stats on the top menu.
Last week’s results and this week’s fixtures are below along with our goalscorers, the league’s leading goalscorers and the current league tables.
Last Week’s Results
North
Saturday 30th September
Burnley 1 Fleetwood 1
Monday 2nd October
Sheffield United 3 Hull 0
Tuesday 3rd October
Barnsley 4 Peterborough 2
Birmingham 0 Sheffield Wednesday 3
South
Friday 29th September
Colchester 0 Bournemouth 1
Monday 2nd October
Charlton 4 Bristol City 2
Swansea 4 Watford 4
Tuesday 3rd October
Ipswich 5 Cardiff 2
Millwall 2 QPR 2
Next Fixtures
North
Wednesday 11th October
Wigan v Crewe
Friday 13th October
Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United
Monday 16th October
Fleetwood v Birmingham
Tuesday 17th October
Hull v Barnsley
Peterborough v Burnley
South
Monday 16th October
Charlton v Millwall
Swansea v Colchester
Tuesday 17th October
Bristol City v QPR
Ipswich v Watford
Burnley Goalscorers (League)
6: Joe Westley
2: Lewis Richardson. Tom Tweedy
1: Logan Pye, Lucas Wane
Burnley Goalscorers (Cups)
3: Joe Westley
1: Lewis Richardson, Basilio Rieno Socoliche
Leading Goalscorers
9: Bailey Cadamarteri (Sheffield Wednesday)
7: Antwoine Hackford (Sheffield United), Aiden Marsh (Barnsley)
6: Junior Dixon (Birmingham), Louie Marsh (Sheffield United), Joe Westley (Burnley), Kyrell Wilson (Swansea)
4: Fabio Jaio (Barnsley), Tom Leahy (Millwall), Fernando Macedo (Sheffield United), Sam Parker (Swansea)
League Tables
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Sheffield United | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 19 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| Birmingham | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Burnley | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Barnsley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Fleetwood | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 10 |
| Hull | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Wigan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Crewe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 |
| Coventry | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Peterborough | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| QPR | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 16 |
| Millwall | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| Bournemouth | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| Watford | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 11 |
| Swansea | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 10 |
| Bristol City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| Ipswich | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
| Charlton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
| Colchester | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 |
| Cardiff | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 5 |
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