After last night's match at Millwall the Burnley players are able to turn their attention to the FA Cup clash at Watford on Sunday.

Stan Ternent has not allowed them to look any further than the league games at the Britannia Stadium and the New Den but that would be like telling a kid not to look forward to Christmas as soon as they start opening their advent calendars. Perhaps that showed last night although referee Mark Cooper did not help them in their pursuit of three points.

But forget points at the weekend, the Clarets are after glory. This is the FA Cup after all, arguably the greatest club knockout competition in the world. And, with the exception of Gordon Armstrong, no current Burnley player has been closer than the semi-final. It is not just a special match for the players, the long suffering Burnley fans can't wait either.

Look at how quickly the Clarets supporters snapped up the tickets, selling all 4,200 tickets in just over 24 hours and leaving thousands of fans disappointed they will only be seeing the biggest Cup match for the last 20 years on BBC TV.

Nothing against Gary Lineker and the rest of the Match of the Day team but when you have spent the best part of the last two decades trawling around the lower reaches of the Football League, it was dreaming of afternoon's like the one that lies ahead on Sunday that kept hope alive.

The people I feel sorry for are the fans who went down to Fulham and to Brentford who missed out on a ticket. It was tough for the club to sort out selling tickets because there was a limited time following the Fulham replay but perhaps in the future, and everyone at Turf Moor hopes it won't be another 20 years, a policy of priority for fans with ticket stubs from away games will be possible.

For now, those fans who are going to Vicarage Road will have their part to play if the Clarets are to defy one of the laws of football.

The supporters were magnificent at Loftus Road and they will need to be the same on Sunday as the more pessimistic Burnley backers will tell you that having knocked out the Premiership side, it would be typical of the Clarets to lose to first division rivals.

But the good news is that the football law that says teams blow a big Cup chance having worked so hard to make it applies doubly to Watford.

West Brom and Sunderland will both be first division sides next season but when the Hornets knocked them out they were in the top flight. In addition they have the added pressure of being at home in the quarter-final and therefore being favourites.

Last night they put all their eggs in their FA Cup basket as they played a weakened side against Preston and promptly lost. In contrast it was a full strength Burnley side that drew with Millwall.

Only time will tell if it was Stan Ternent or Ray Lewington who made the right decision. Both men know the size of the prize, a Cup semi-final in a month's time.