BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent was today named as the Second Division manager-of-the-month for April after guiding his team to second place in the table and the verge of possible promotion.

The Clarets won six out of seven games last month to take the biggest points haul in the division and give Ternent the prize ahead of Gillingham's Peter Taylor and David Moyes of champions Preston.

And having been pipped to the honour in February by Bristol City's Tony Fawthrop, Ternent acknowledged that the timing couldn't have been better.

"I said right from the start of the season that I would rather win it in April or May. It's a good time to win it so we must be doing something right.

"That's proved to be the case," he said.

However, the Clarets chief, likely to collect his award later this week, was quick to deflect the praise.

"It's all credit to the lads because I live off their backs.

"So it's credit to them and also an honour for the club," he added.

After stepping up their preparations for Saturday's crunch game at Scunthorpe earlier today, the Clarets' squad will tonight switch their focus to Gillingham's home game against Cardiff City.

A win for the Gills will take them above Burnley into second place on goal difference, while any other result will mean the Clarets can clinch promotion by winning at relegated Scunthorpe. "Obviously we've no control over that. We've just got to win our game on Saturday and hope someone does us a favour," said Ternent, who has a clean bill of health for the weekend's showdown.

Burnley will be hoping former favourite Kurt Nogan can do his old club a favour by denting the Gills' promotion hopes.

However, Nogan may again start on the bench for Cardiff as they chase points to save themselves from relegation.

Anything less than a draw at Priestfield Stadium will send Cardiff down. But a point would give them a fighting chance and would put Burnley back in the driving seat in the promotion race.

Gillingham, though, will be at full strength with top-scorer Andy Thomson and midfielder Marcus Browning back in their squad.

Meanwhile, Scunthorpe United today re-iterated that there will be no more tickets made available to Burnley fans for Saturday's game.

And they advised Clarets fans without tickets not to travel, as they will not gain entry to the home areas.

The Glanford Park clash is not all-ticket for home supporters. But the Iron run a membership scheme for fans who will have to show their membership card to get into the ground.

And memberships, open only to supporters with a local address, will not be available on the day.

"Burnley fans without tickets will not get in and will have a wasted journey," confirmed a Scunthorpe spokesman.

The allocation of 2,092 tickets for Clarets fans in the south stand and an area in the west stand was snapped up in a matter of hours a week ago.

However, the game is being screened live at Turf Moor with tickets going on sale tomorrow from the club's Cotton Town Store at the ground.