The last club in the top six getting nothing out of the weekend was Tranmere who lost 1-0 away to a resurgent Shrewsbury outfit, while Wigan, in seventh, suffered their second defeat in a row, 1-0 at home to Macclesfield on Friday afternoon. In the mid-table reaches last season's title-winners Walsall tasted victory 3-1 at home to Chester and Blackpool went down 3-2 at Bury.
Accrington made sure of not making it eight defeats from eight games as they rearranged their home game with Rochdale for December, while Carlisle, one point behind Wrexham with a game in hand, made it six league wins in a row as they defeated Port Vale 3-1 at home thanks to goals from Ryan Bowman (2) and Andy Cook. Next week the United youngsters take a trip to the seaside for an away fixture at fourth bottom Blackpool.
Results in the division on Saturday morning :
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Macclesfield Town (Fri, 1.30pm)
Accrington Stanley P-P Rochdale (moved to 20th December)
Bury 3-2 Blackpool
Carlisle United 3-1 Port Vale (12noon)
Morecambe 2-7 Burnley
Preston North End 3-2 Oldham Athletic
Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
Stockport County 3-2 Wrexham
Walsall 3-1 Chester City
Fixtures in the division next Saturday morning :
Blackpool v Carlisle United
Burnley v Preston North End
Chester City v Tranmere Rovers
Oldham Athletic v Bury
Port Vale v Macclesfield Town
Rochdale v Morecambe
Stockport County v Shrewsbury Town
Walsall v Accrington Stanley
Wrexham v Wigan Athletic
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