BURNLEY dangerman Glen Little will play just one more home game this season following this afternoon's crunch clash with Colchester after picking up a costly eighth yellow card of the campaign at Notts County.

Little's caution in the opening minutes of Saturday's 0-0 draw means he will miss the visit of Bournemouth on Saturday week courtesy of a one-match ban.

His suspension is an untimely blow for the Clarets, who kept their first clean sheet in 13 games at Meadow Lane to stretch their unbeaten sequence to three matches and stay two points above the relegation zone.

Little had gone nine games without a caution but just eight days before the season's cut-off point for suspensions, when eight bookings would have earned him just a ticking off from the FA, the Clarets winger was booked for dissent.

But Little's caution apart, Burnley could be well pleased with their efforts in a dour relegation struggle against an in-form County team.

Stan Ternent's side were rock-solid at the back and the few bright moments came from Burnley, who were denied what looked like a clear-cut penalty when Andy Payton had his ankles clipped after rounding County keeper Darren Ward.

"As long as we didn't lose, that was the main thing. And I thought the attitude of the lads was absolutely brilliant," said Ally Pickering, a key figure on the right-hand side of the Burnley defence.

"A clean sheet was very important at this stage of the season. If you do that you don't get beat and we are always going to have a chance of scoring goals up front.

"It's up to us now to keep ourselves up and we are really looking forward to Monday. "It's a massive game for us. Every game is really but Monday is a vital one. If we can get three points that will be seven in three games and we will be looking to go on from there to Oldham and hopefully beat them.

"The gaffer has always had belief in us. It's just been a case of getting a run together.

"I know it's only three games but if we get through Monday it will be four games and Oldham would be five and before you know it we could be out of trouble."

Meanwhile the Clarets were due to unveil their new strip for next season at this afternoon's game when Burnley were looking for the win to take them level on points with Colchester.

And it will be a case of the old and the new coming together with the the contract for the strips going to Superleague, a parent company to the Burnley-based Glory Years which is run by ex-Burnley manager Frank Casper and former Turf Moor commercial manager Joyce Pickles and which will manufacture the kit.

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