Preston North End 0 Macclesfield Town 1 (Saturday 29th March 2008)

The Silkmen dominated the weekend's fixture at Preston North End but had to be content with just a solitary strike from in-form Christian Millar (pictured) in a 1-0 scoreline that sees the side keep the pressure on the sides above them in the North West Youth Alliance. It was a result manager John Askey thought his team deserved but one that could have been better.

"Again the conditions weren't the best on a very boggy pitch, which made passing the ball very diffcult," explained John. "But we stuck to the task and didn't let our heads drop and finally got the goal our play warranted. When you have had the better of a game but failed to score you do start to get a bit nervous but fair play to the lads. All we can do it keep winning our games and with Carlisle due to play Blackpool today we might just be in with a chance if the results go our way."

And to cap a great day for John, the team then returned to the Moss Rose to witness former team mate Shaun Brisley score his first two senior goals of his career. "Everyone is delighted for Shaun. He's done really well and he's all the motivation the rest of the lads need to keep their heads down and continue working hard. The gaffer has shown he's not prepared to turn to the youngsters and there's no reason why several of them shouldn't be emulating Shaun next season if all goes well.

Latest Results

Blackpool 5 - 2 Stockport County

Burnley 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers

Bury 1 - 3 Walsall

Morecambe 2 - 1 Wrexham

Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Chester City

Preston North End 0 - 1 Macclesfield Town

Rochdale 1 - 2 Port Vale

This Week's Fixtures (Saturday unless stated)

Carlisle United v Blackpool (Mon)

Rochdale v Walsall (Wed)

Chester City v Preston North End

Macclesfield Town v Rochdale

Port Vale v Accrington Stanley

Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool

Stockport County v Burnley

Tranmere Rovers v Bury

Walsall v Carlisle United

Wrexham v Oldham Athletic

Latest League Standings

Puma Youth Alliance Tables (up to & including 30th March 2008)

North West Conference

Pld

W

D

L

For

Agt

GD

Pts

1

Walsall

22

14

5

3

49

27

+22

47

2

Blackpool

23

14

4

5

60

45

+15

46

3

Macclesfield Town

24

13

5

6

53

30

+23

44

4

Carlisle United

20

13

2

5

45

26

+19

41

5

Bury

23

11

4

8

44

43

+1

37

6

Wigan Athletic

19

11

3

5

37

16

+21

36

7

Chester City

25

10

5

10

32

32

0

35

8

Wrexham

24

9

6

9

35

31

+4

33

9

Oldham Athletic

23

10

3

10

54

54

0

33

10

Stockport County

25

10

3

12

45

51

-6

33

11

Tranmere Rovers

22

8

7

7

35

33

+2

31

12

Burnley

19

9

1

9

41

34

+7

28

13

Port Vale

21

7

6

8

33

34

-1

27

14

Preston North End

19

8

2

9

39

36

+3

26

15

Morecambe

22

5

3

14

38

56

-18

18

16

Accrington Stanley

21

5

2

14

30

67

-37

17

17

Rochdale

20

3

5

12

41

56

-15

14

18

Shrewsbury Town

24

3

4

17

24

64

-40

13