At the top of the table Preston kept up their three point lead with a thumping 6-0 victory at Morecambe, while Walsall moved into a clear second with their big win on the road, 4-0 at Port Vale. The Saddlers taking advantage of Stockport and Wigan only drawing their away games on Saturday morning, County held 1-1 at Shrewsbury while the Latics saw their match at Tranmere end in the same scoreline.
Carlisle remain in fifth despite not playing, United one place ahead of Rochdale who hammered Blackpool 6-2 at home. Burnley are picking up now after a slow start and they won 3-1 on home turf against Chester, while Wrexham defeated Macclesfield 2-1 in North Wales and finally Oldham and Bury drew 1-1 at the home of the Latics.
Next week is the second round of the league cup, Carlisle having lost 2-1 at home to Preston in the opening round of the competition. With Port Vale also getting knocked out the two sides take out what is the only advantage of that and play a league game that had been scheduled for later in the season, Burnley and Rochdale also having the same idea.
Results in the division on Saturday 31st October
Burnley 3-1 Chester City
Carlisle P-P Accrington Stanley, moved to Saturday 28th November
Morecambe 0-6 Preston North End
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Bury
Port Vale 0-4 Walsall
Rochdale 6-2 Blackpool
Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Stockport County
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Wigan Athletic
Wrexham 2-1 Macclesfield Town
Fixtures in the division on Saturday 7th November Burnley v Rochdale
Carlisle United v Port Vale (11.30am) Football League Youth Alliance Cup Round Two, Saturday 7th November Northern Section Accrington Stanley v Preston North End (10.30), at Preston
Burton Albion v Shrewsbury Town
Bury v Hull City (11.30)
Chesterfield v Wigan Athletic (12.00)
Hartlepool United v Macclesfield Town (12.30)
Rotherham United v Grimsby Town
Stockport County v Tranmere Rovers
Walsall v Doncaster Rovers Southern Section Brighton & Hove Albion v AFC Bournemouth
Bristol Rovers v Yeovil Town (10.30)
Exeter City v Colchester United
Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers
Oxford United v Peterborough United
Plymouth Argyle v Millwall
Queens Park Rangers v Brentford
Swindon Town v Gillingham
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