When Jay Rodriguez netted a penalty five minutes into the second half tonight at Tranmere it gave the reserves a 3-0 lead, but in the end they had to settle for a point.
Michael Duff and Martin Paterson won't be the only Burnley players away on international duty next month with news today that both Graham Alexander and Kevin McDonald have received full and Under-21 call ups respectively for Scotland.
Burnley went through to the third round of the Carling Cup with an emphatic 3-0 win against Oldham, and whilst Owen Coyle was delighted his counterpart John Sheridan said his side's defending had cost them.
Just as it was a year ago the Clarets have gone through to the third round of the Carling Cup with a comprehensive 3-0 home win against Oldham, and now we await Saturday's draw to find who we play in the next round.
It's cup action tonight and whilst both managers want to progress to the third round of the Carling Cup both have said they are ready to make changes for tonight's game.
The referee for tonight's Carling Cup tie against Oldham Athletic is Birmingham official Andy Penn who is making his first visit to Turf Moor in almost two years and a home win against Hull.
Clarets Mad would like to thank Burnley Football Club for kindly supplying player pictures of both first team and youth team players. These pictures can be found in various articles on the site