THERE'S a club record at stake when Bury entertain Macclesfield Town on Saturday, but manager Graham Barrow doesn't want anything to do with it!

Neither do his players, because anything less than a victory against the Silkmen, in what is the final game of the season, could land the Shakers in their lowest-ever league position.

The record dates back to the 1983-84 campaign when the club finished fifteenth in what was then the Fourth Division.

With only two points picked up from the last four games - noticeably coinciding with influential defender Dave Challinor going back to Stockport - the Shakers sit precariously in that exact spot right now.

And with a number of clubs within touching distance behind them, Barrow is desperate his charges finish on a high - and not an all-time low!

It's a crazy situation, given that this crop of players are far from the worst ever to pull on the white shirt.

But it's an old adage that the league table doesn't lie, and only the right result can spare this squad the ignominy of going into the record books for the wrong reasons.

"We certainly don't want that hanging over us," said Barrow.

"I'm a bit surprised that we could be finishing as low as that but we'll be doing everything within our power to make sure we win."

But even if the worst came to the worst tomorrow, the omens aren't all bad.

Twelve months after that sorry season new boss Martin Dobson took the club to automatic promotion after a summer shake-up.

On the personnel front central defender Danny Swailes is definitely missing the game with his medial ligament damage, while striker Gareth Seddon (thigh) has an outside chance of starting, according to physio Lee Nobes.

But Barrow doesn't envisage many wholesale changes with a limited squad to choose from.

Youngsters Simon Whaley and Jon Cartledge are expected to continue in the side, but there could be a recall for midfielder Terry Dunfield, who the manager believes is in need of a lift after a disappointing end to the season.

"Terry needs to get back on track after starting so well when I took over," said Barrow.

"He is going to be a very important player for us next season, so he owes it to himself and the club to kick on again."

But Saturday's clash will be no walk in the park, as Macclesfield have finished the season as one of the division's form sides.

Since the much-travelled Brian Horton took over the manager's job from John Askey early last month, they haven't looked back.

From seeming like certainties to head back into the Conference they have picked up 13 points from a possible 18 to drag themselves out of danger.

Horton is ready to discuss a permanent contract with the Moss Rose board after they were assured their Football League status after last weekend's 2-1 victory over Oxford United.

"If you said to me with six games to go that we'd be safe and still have one match to play, not many would have believed it," Horton said.

"But all credit to the players. We've had just one defeat in my six games at the club and that's good going by anyone's standard."