Down in the mid-table and lower reaches Stockport won 2-1 at home to Port Vale while Shrewsbury continued their shocking run of form, the Salopians losing 4-1 at home to Tranmere. Shrewsbury now having lost ten of their fourteen league matches, six of those in a row recently while conceding a dire 27 goals in the process.
For the second week in a row United's scheduled game, this time at Morecambe, fell foul of the weather. The young Blues are next in action at home to Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Youth Cup third round at Brunton Park in a 7pm kick-off. The next league fixture comes on Saturday morning at home to Burnley, the match being played at Gillford Park FC in an 11am kick-off.
Results in the division from Saturday :
Chester 1-0 Wigan (Friday)
Preston North End P-P Bury (Friday)
Accrington Stanley P-P Rochdale (at Clitheroe)
Blackpool P-P Wrexham
Burnley P-P Oldham (Burnley playing Arsenal in FA Youth Cup) - subsequently postponed due to waterlogged pitch at Accrington Stanley
Morecambe P-P Carlisle United
Shrewsbury 1-4 Tranmere
Stockport 2-1 Port Vale
Walsall P-P Macclesfield
Fixtures in the division next Saturday :
Chester v Shrewsbury (playing Friday)
Accrington Stanley v Preston
Bury v Morecambe
Carlisle United v Burnley
Oldham v Blackpool
Port Vale P-P Tranmere
Stockport v Walsall
Wigan P-P Rochdale (Rochdale v Wigan in Lancashire FA Youth Cup)
Wrexham v Macclesfield
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