THE Lancashire Telegraph is urging every Burnley fan to wear their colours with pride for Sunday’s crunch clash against Bristol City.

Owen Coyle’s men need a victory to guarantee a place in the Championship play-offs, and we want to help inspire the players by turning Turf Moor into a sea of Claret.

The club is expecting a sell-out crowd – with only a handful of home tickets remaining this morning – and we are calling for every single fan to wear Claret, whether it’s a club shirt, T-shirt, scarf or hat.

In fact, anything Claret to make it a day to remember.

Manager Owen Coyle knows how big an impact the fans will have, and he wants to get Turf Moor, and the town, rocking on Sunday.

“The fans have such an important part to play – I’ve said that all season,” said the Scot, who pointed to last month’s home game against Crystal Palace as a shining example, when the Clarets recovered a potentially damning deficit.

“When games are going well and we’re winning it’s all good and well, everybody joins in.

"But testimony, I think, to the fans was particularly the Crystal Palace night, when we were 2-0 down.

"It would have been easy for them to have turned on the players and given them a bit of stick, but they never.

"They stayed with them, knowing they've got a team of absolute triers doing their utmost to win every game.

"And what a magnificent turnaround to win that game 4-2.

"They've got a big, big part to play, and they should never underestimate how important they are."

Captain Steven Caldwell added it was no coincidence that Carling Cup wins over Arsenal and Spurs - on the night if not on aggregate - were witnessed by sell-out crowds.

"I don't know if we've really had it (Turf Moor) full this season, but we've been damn close to it in a few games and the atmosphere's been unbelievable," said the defender.

"The two that I can think of are Arsenal and Spurs in the cup, and they were probably our best two performances this season, so it definitely helps us when it's full and everybody's behind us."

Coyle, meanwhile, is fully aware of the responsibility on his shoulders, as Burnley pins its hopes on reaching the play-offs of English football's second tier for the first time in their history, and a tilt at the Premier League.

"As managers we do respect the jobs that other (managers) do because we know how difficult a task it is.

"It's not as easy as picking a team and out you go.

"There's so much more involved in it," he said.

"Anyone who dips their toe on the front line deserves enormous credit because it's not an easy ask and it's not a job we take lightly.

"It's not just looking after a team or a football club, in effect it's a whole town, and you want to make sure those people are smiling come the end of it.

"That's what we'll be doing our utmost to do on Sunday, to make sure the whole town is smiling, and that we've served them well."