That was North End's first game of two last week and they won again on Saturday morning, 3-2 once more, at Creighton Rugby Club in Carlisle's final outing of the season. An injury-hit United side being 3-0 down with only 30 minutes on the clock before Andy Cook almost gave the young Blues an unlikely looking point with two goals early in the second-half. That a result that now means Carlisle will finish third in the table for the second season in a row.
Macclesfield have timed a late run of form well and they are now fifth after leapfrogging Wigan by defeating the Latics 4-2 at home. In a mid-table battle Tranmere drew 2-2 on the Wirral against Shrewsbury, while down at the wrong end of the division Stockport ended their campaign with a 1-0 win at Bury on Wednesday and Morecambe and Bury drew 2-2 on the Lancashire coast on Saturday morning.
Outside of the division Grimsby Town surprisingly won 2-1 at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night at Loftus Road in the final of the League Cup, where North eventually plays South at the end of the competition. The Mariners coming from behind thanks to goals from Kiel Thompson and Danny Freeman on 41 and 56 minutes respectively after Josh Parker had put the Hoops ahead with only six minutes on the clock.
Result in the division on Wednesday 22nd April
Bury 0-1 Stockport County (12noon)
Results in the division on Saturday 25th April
Burnley 2-1 Oldham Athletic
Carlisle United 2-3 Preston North End (11am)
Macclesfield Town 4-2 Wigan Athletic, to be played at Wigan
Morecambe 2-2 Bury
Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Shrewsbury Town
Puma Youth Alliance Cup Final on Tuesday 21st April
Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Grimsby Town (7pm)
Fixtures in the division on Wednesday 29th April
Morecambe v Walsall (2pm)
Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic (11am)
Fixtures in the division on Saturday 2nd May
Oldham Athletic v Burnley (11am)
Rochdale v Bury (11am)
Final fixture in the division on Monday 4th May
Preston North End v Burnley (11am)
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