PAUL Cook has become the first Clarets player to land a ban this season. But boss Stan Ternent is pleased it's taken until nearly Christmas for suspensions to bite.

Last season Burnley seemed to collect nearly as many yellow cards as points and their disciplinary record has improved along with their performances.

"We had a meeting early in the season and I underlined the importance of it, so they've been pretty good. But the better the players you have, the less bookings you have in my view, and I feel that has a bearing on it as well," said Ternent.

BURNLEY chairman Barry Kilby will be hoping the Clarets stay the course in their promotion quest better than his horse William O'Dee did last weekend.

The steeplechaser was set to land a big prize at Cheltenham before unluckily falling at the third-last fence.

William O'Dee, trained by Paul Nicholls, was five lengths in front when he fell.

However, that disappointment must have been washed away by Burnley's FA Cup triumph at Derby the following day.

And the prospects look bright for both Kilby's club and his horse, according to the Racing Post, which predicted the day after William O'Dee's gallant failure: "There is every reason to think he may have won and broken the track record if he had stood up, so strongly was he travelling. "He looks sure to gain compensation under similar tactics."

JOHN Mullin was ranked fifth in Match magazine's Second Division player-of-the-month awards for November.

The Clarets midfielder received an average mark of 7.6 from Match observers in his five games.

Top rated Second Division player was Blackpool's John Hills.

FORMER Clarets skipper Neil Moore made his debut for Macclesfield Town last weekend.

Moore, released by Burnley in the summer, has signed a week-to-week deal with the Third Division club after an extended trial spell at Moss Rose.

The central defender impressed against Cheltenham last Saturday, despite suggestions that he was responsible for Macclesfield's own-goal, but couldn't play today due to a one-match ban for bookings accumulated at reserve-team level.

BURNLEY'S new club history a "Rhapsody in Claret and Blue" is selling like hot cakes.

The club has sold 2,800 copies and is already in a profit situation having passed it's break-even figure.

FORMER Clarets boss Adrian Heath returned to Sunderland as senior coach this week.

Heath left the Wearsiders in the summer for an ill-fated spell in charge of Sheffield United.

BURNLEY Supporters Club is due to receive a crate of lager to celebrate the Clarets' epic FA Cup win at Derby, which was nominated as the Carling Performnace of the Week by Sun columnist Chris Kamara.

The former Bradford City and Stoke boss picked Burnley's victory ahead of the results achieved by Wrexham, Tranmere, Hereford and Exeter.

HINDSIGHT is a wonderful thing but odds of 12/1 on Burnley winning 1-0 at Pride Park last weekend was another good bet I missed out on.

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