ANDY Payton was a man on a mission as he aimed to pull on a claret and blue shirt for the first time at Bristol Rovers' Memorial Ground home this afternoon.

His twin targets - 150 senior goals and a salvage act to match last season's when he shot Huddersfield to First Division safety.

With only three more goals needed, Turf Moor's new striking hope aims to hit the 150 mark quickly.

Payton has the sort of scoring pedigree most players can only envy and Chris Waddle's latest capture isn't short on confidence either.

In fact, he's bubbling over with it.

"I scored 20 goals for Huddersfield last season. They paid over £1 million for Marcus Stewart and he only scored 11," said Payton.

"My goals kept Huddersfield up.

"I am hoping to do the same here and I have scored 147 goals so far. I only need another three for 150, it would be nice to achieve that while playing for Burnley."

Ironically, Payton was not invited to join the Turf Moor staff after being on schoolboy forms with his local club.

But he has no regrets about a career that has been laden with goals and seen him top the scoring charts on a regular basis for his various clubs.

"I used to stand on the Longside as a Burnley fan and signed schoolboy forms," he said.

"But they released me and I went to Hull under Brian Horton where my career took off." Since then, he has played for Middlesbrough, Celtic, Barnsley and Huddersfield and scored goals for them all.

This season, however, found him on the sidelines after two hernia operations.

He has started just four League games and been sub in another, as well as making two Coca-Cola Cup appearances, scoring one goal.

Yet the swap deal set up by Waddle still came out of the blue.

"Yes, it was something of a surprise, especially after what I had done for Huddersfield last season.

"I had just had my second reserve game back after the longest injury break of my career when I got a telephone call.

"But, when a new manager takes over things change."

The striker admitted that he had often wondered if he would ever play for his hometown club and, despite their present precarious position, he isn't bothered about leaving the First Division for a Second Division relegation battle.

"I am not looking at this as a step down. I am looking at it as a step up," he said. "And I am looking to score goals."

Paul Barnes today admitted it had been a real wrench to leave Burnley but was now looking to further his ambitions by helping Huddersfield climb the First Division table.

Barnes, set to be on the bench at Birmingham this afternoon, revealed the transfer had been a complete surprise.

"I got a phone call from Chris about 9.30pm saying a swap deal had been agreed and asking if I would speak to Peter Jackson about going to Huddersfield," he said.

"Chris is at a stage where he thought he needed something different even though I would have loved to have stayed and wish the club could have been in a better position.

"But these things happen, especially for strikers when the team is not scoring and whether or not it's your fault.

"There are no hard feelings, Chris wished me all the best and I said the same to him.

"I have really enjoyed my football at Burnley and the supporters have been brilliant. "After such a good season we all expected great things this year but it hasn't happened. It would be great to see the club pull out of trouble.

"It's sad to be leaving but this is also a great opportunity for me at a First Division club with a super stadium. But I will be staying in the area and at heart I suppose I will always be a Burnley supporter."

Clarets assistant boss Glenn Roeder has been fined £50 for remarks to a linesman during the home game with Walsall on November 1 last year.

The reserves game at home to York City has been moved forward from Wednesday to Tuesday, January 20, kick-off 7.15pm.

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