SAM Ellis may have been a teenage star for Sheffield Wednesday in the 1966 FA Cup Final at Wembley but he confessed there is little room for sentiment in football today.

His first club, one of the biggest names in Division One, has just been relegated to the second division but he insisted: "Me and Stan have got enough to worry about at our place without thinking about other clubs.

"The way football is today you have not time to feel sorry about former clubs. I played for them but that was a long, long time ago. In this game you have to look after your own end.

"You look after the place where you are at any given time. You do your very best for whichever club you are at but, once you leave, you can't afford to look back."

That is why his sole concern ahead of the match with the Owls tomorrow is to make sure the Burnley side is ready to impress the home fans.

"We are looking forward to it and we want to finish well," he said. "We believe that in the last two home games and three away we have dominated for long periods but things haven't always fallen our way.

"Our home form has summed up the whole season, it has been very in and out. We have had some really good performances but then things we would like to forget. People will say it has been entertaining but our fans won't like seeing us have five or six past us and we don't like it either.

"The players know they have a responsibility to the people who pay their money to come on. The fans will want to see us play well and finish as high in the table as we possibly can."

There is not much positive news on the injury front ahead of tomorrow's game as both Drissa Diallo and Dimi Papadopoulos are set to miss out after limping off against Nottingham Forest.

They have joined a growing injury list that already included Alan Moore, Lee Briscoe, Paul Weller, Dean West, Ian Cox and the now retired Paul Cook.

On the plus side both Marlon Beresford and Tony Grant played for the reserves on Wednesday night and could come back into the reckoning but it looks certain to be a squad packed with youngsters again.

"I'm not sure how much younger the squad can get," said Ellis, who is still delighted with the efforts put in by the likes of Richard Chaplow and Matty O'Neill in recent games.

"It is nice to see the young lads coming through and it is a chance for them to make a name for themselves," he added. "The young lads have done themselves credit and they are also a credit to the club. The fans have certainly appreciated what they can do.

"There has not been much improvement in the injury situation so we will be having a very young bench again.

"It is a big step up for the lads from playing at reserve team level, similar to that of going from the first division to the Premiership. There is a world of difference between the two.

"But the problem they have is not just playing, it is all the things that comes along with it. There is the press, the crowd, the level of expectation but they have handled it well so far."

The Claret have recorded back to back home wins in recent weeks, beating both Preston North End and Gillingham 2-0. A similar result against the doomed Owls could leave them with the chance of at least finishing the season on a high.