GRIMSBY away, Brentford away, Fulham away, and now perhaps Watford away.

Should the Clarets progress to the semi-finals of this year's FA Cup (not in itself a totally outlandish suggestion) they will have done so with the minimum of glamour and media coverage.

Not only that, but players and supporters alike will have acquired an excellent working knowledge of much of the English motorway system.

The Clarets FA Cup campaign this season has been a mixture of the sweet and the sour. On the plus side, Burnley have been given winnable ties in each round so far, a trend which would continue were the Clarets to topple Fulham in the replay tomorrow week.

On the other hand, Burnley could find themselves in the ludicrous position of reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup having just about scraped enough money together from their exploits in the competition to cover operating costs. So much for the Cup as a lifeline for cash-strapped clubs.

And that's not to mention those loyal supporters who have had to dig deep for both the money and the stamina needed for all those motorway miles.

However, the main thing is that to their enormous credit the Clarets are one of only nine teams in the country still in the Cup. It's also worthy of mention that not only are they the only Lancashire team left standing, they are also the lowest ranked outfit.

The latter only makes the achievement all the more laudable.

There can be no doubt that the Clarets deserve another crack at Fulham. Stan Ternent got it just about spot-on on Sunday.

Stringing five across the middle and pressing Fulham was a perfectly legitimate tactic to disrupt the Cottagers' short-passing game.

In fact up until Steed Malbranque's equaliser it seemed a masterstroke. If there is one criticism it is that Burnley created little going forward.

Yet the aim of the exercise was to avoid defeat and surely the likes of Blake and Little and Papadopoulous will figure in the replay although with the increasingly impressive and resilient centre back pairing of Ian Cox and Drissa Diallo, Burnley can afford to be a little less attacking.

Also deserving of credit are the 3,000 Clarets supporters who made the trip. From a beery and impromptu singing session in a down-at-heel Shepherd's Bush pub, to the packed and vibrant School End at Loftus Road (never more so than when Alan Moore slotted the Clarets ahead) Burnley's followers were vocally behind their team from first to last.

They too, deserve a replay and another crack at chasing glory -- perhaps even as far as the semi-finals.

Pipedream? Maybe so but, without a dream, what is the FA Cup?