That now leaving Burnley nine points behind Wrexham but with a mammoth five games in hand, the Clarets out of action this week having moved their scheduled home game with Stockport to earlier in the season. Carlisle meanwhile are just two points and two games behind the Welsh outfit after an excellent 3-0 victory at last season's title-winners Walsall, the United goals coming from a Conor Tinnion brace and Ryan Bowman.
Elsewhere in the division Chester bounced back from their midweek disappointment with a surprise win as they easily defeated an improving Preston side 3-0 at home. North End staying fifth in the table behind a Port Vale team who hammered rock bottom Accrington Stanley 6-1 in Staffordshire.
In the mid-table reaches Tranmere and Bury shared the spoils with a 1-1 draw on the Wirral, while Wigan were left disappointed after being held to a 0-0 scoreline at home to second bottom Morecambe. The last two games played involving four of the nine teams at the wrong end of the table, Macclesfield and Shrewsbury grabbing all three points thanks to respective 2-0 and 3-1 home wins over Rochdale and Blackpool.
Some of Carlisle's fixtures have taken a shift around this week and the young Blues are now at home in their next three games, those being this coming Saturday against Wigan, the following Saturday against Chester and then quickly back in action two days later when they play their postponed fixture from last week, that being the Tranmere match that will now take place on Monday 2nd March at 12noon.
Result in the division on Tuesday 10th February
Chester City 1-2 Wrexham
Results in the division on Saturday 14th February
Chester City 3-0 Preston North End
Macclesfield Town 2-0 Rochdale
Port Vale 6-1 Accrington Stanley
Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Blackpool
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Bury
Walsall 0-3 Carlisle United
Wigan Athletic 0-0 Morecambe
Wrexham 1-0 Oldham Athletic
Fixture in the division on Monday 16th February
Accrington Stanley v Morecambe
Fixtures in the division on Saturday 21st February
Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town, to be played at Shrewsbury Town
Blackpool v Stockport County
Burnley v Tranmere Rovers
Bury v Walsall
Carlisle United v Wigan Athletic
Morecambe v Wrexham
Oldham Athletic v Chester City
Preston North End v Macclesfield Town
Rochdale v Port Vale
Puma Youth Alliance Cup, Northern Quarter-Finals, Tuesday 17th February
Chesterfield v Darlington
Hartlepool United v Grimsby Town
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