North End having won 2-0 at Lincoln in the opening stage of the northern area of the competition, while the young Blues received a bye in the first round. This season, Carlisle lost 1-0 at Preston on the opening day of the campaign, that being Preston's only league victory so far, while last year the Cumbrians were defeated 2-1 at home by the Lilywhites when they were drawn against them in the Youth Alliance Cup for the first time.
As for the rest of the northern section three games have yet to be played, while Oldham were easily the biggest winners as they thrashed York City 9-0 at home. Down south the competition works differently as the opening stage was split into five groups of 27 clubs, with 16 of those sides now making it through to the straight knockout rounds.
Youth Alliance Cup Round Two
Southern Section
Southend United v Oxford United
Stevenage v Torquay United
Wycombe Wanderers v Swansea City
Peterborough United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Millwall v Cheltenham Town
Northampton Town v AFC Bournemouth
Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient
Gillingham v Queens Park Rangers
Northern Section
Preston North End v Carlisle United
Stockport County v Rochdale
Walsall v Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United or Wigan Athletic v Grimsby Town
Darlington v Tranmere Rovers
Bury or Hull City v Morecambe
Burnley v Blackpool
Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers or Macclesfield Town
All ties will be played on Saturday 30th October 2010 with an 11.00am kick-off unless mutually agreed otherwise by both clubs.
Youth Alliance Cup Round One
Northern Section
Friday 1st October
Grimsby Town 1-0 Wrexham
Saturday 2nd October
Burnley 3-0 Chesterfield
Burton Albion 2-4 Accrington Stanley
Darlington 2-1 Bradford City
Doncaster Rovers P-P Macclesfield Town (now Saturday 9th October)
Lincoln City 0-2 Preston North End
Morecambe 2-2 Port Vale, Morecambe won 5-4 on pens
Oldham Athletic 9-0 York City
Rochdale 0-0 Notts County, Rochdale won 10-9 on pens
Scunthorpe United 2-4 Tranmere Rovers
Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Walsall, Walsall won 4-2 on pens
Stockport County 1-1 Hartlepool United, Stockport County won 8-7 on pens
Monday 4th October
Bury v Hull City
Saturday 9th October
Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic
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