THERE'S no substitute for experience and Mitchell Thomas has it in abundance.

In fact the Clarets defender, set to return from suspension at Grimsby today, thinks when he made his senior debut for Luton Town back in 1983 it was against Ian Moore's dad Ronnie -- then a striker with Charlton Athletic.

MITCHELL'S mate Ian Wright will be a guest on Question of Sport on Monday evening -- a year to the day since he made his Clarets debut against Wigan Athletic.

ALAN Lee earned himself another mention in Turf Beat by bagging his first ever senior hat-trick for Rotherham against Cambridge last weekend.

Lee got all three but was modest enough to admit after notching his third from the spot: "The hardest bit was getting hold of the ball to take the penalty !"

Kevin Henderson also continues to go great guns and his two goals against Blackpool last Saturday made it 15 for the season in Division Three.

NIK Michopoulos will receive his 'save-of-the-month' award at the Nationwide Building Society in Burnley at 1pm on Monday.

And the Clarets keeper is being made to feel at home by the Central Lancashire Clarets Supporters Club who recently unveiled a Greek national flag which they now take to matches.

LENNIE Johnrose was Burnley's top player in January, according to Match Magazine's match facts.

A number of former Clarets popped up in their respective divisional top-tens. Phil Gray, now at Oxford, was ranked joint seventh in Division Two, Blackpool's Brian Reid came in eighth in Division Three, while Telford defender Neil Moore was placed ninth in the Conference.

THE Clarets have been allocated 3,695 seated tickets for the game at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, March 17. Tickets priced £16 for adults and £10 concessions will go on priority sale to season-ticket holders on Wednesday, March 7.