ANDY Payton. Andy Paxton. What's in a name?

For, while the Padiham Predator continues to thrill the Turf Moor faithful, Paxton is plotting a similar impact on the senior scene.

Payton has already been there and established himself as a quality striker.

But Paxton, a 17-year-old keeper from Wigan, is just setting off on the rocky road to professional glory.

And he showed in this under 19s clash against Preston at Victory Park that he has the raw talent to succeed with a series of fine saves.

His inexperience, however, ultimately cost the Clarets a point as he gave away a penalty in the dying minutes of the match.

It was also his mistake that resulted in the first goal for Preston, the early pacesetters in the North West Youth Alliance League.

North End could be a force to be reckoned with this season and, athough Burnley are yet to win a game, Terry Pashley's side are displaying similar fighting qualities to their senior counterparts.

Pashley said: "We didn't deserve to lose the game.

"I just asked them at half-time to be a bit more positive and they did that.

"We got back in it and it was just a disappointing way to lose a goal like that at the end."

Burnley were put under pressure early on and Paxton made a cracking save inside the first couple of minutes.

Ten minutes later Burnley had their own chance when Chris Clarke crossed the ball from the right only to see Tony Bowden mishit his shot.

But the Clarets fell behind after 18 minutes when Paxton parried a shot and Preston's John O'Neil reacted first to put the loose ball into the back of the net.

The Burnley midfield looked decidedly shaky and their passes fell repeatedly to Preston players and their only other shot of the first half came from long range, but Clarke put the ball inches wide of the post.

However, after half time the Burnley players started to come to life and, after a series of chances from Anthony Shandran and Clarke, Kevan vollyed the ball past the Preston keeperto make the score 1-1 with his fourth goal of the season.

Both teams had further chances and Preston could have been 2-1 up but for Dave Savage's brave headers away from the goal. He was Burnley's best player of the game as he saved them repeatedly in the cental defence, as well as driving the side forward from the back.

The Clarets played better in the second half with centre of excellence playerJohn Leary, who faced the prospect of going back to school the next day, playing well in an impressive Burnley back line.

They should have snatched the win when Clarke went in bravely with the Preston keeper, only to see his header go wide past the post.

There were late bookings for both of Burnley's professionals, Eamon Kelly for a foul and Kevan for a late tackle, but even worse was to follow when the referee awarded Preston a penalty after Paxton tripped a Preston striker on the edge of the box.

Michael Keane duly stepped up to clinch Preston's victory.

Burnley are now in eighth place out of nine, with two points from a possible 12.

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