WHILE the town has been celebrating Bury's elevation to the First Division, the football club's manager, Stan Ternent, has been busy plotting how to lift the championship.

He has been boosted by a return to health of utility man Ian Hughes and, apart from Andy Woodward and Rob Matthews, has a full squad from which to choose as the Shakers seek the win over Millwall that will bring only the third ever championship trophy to Gigg Lane.

"No one is getting high and mighty here, the job isn't done yet," he insisted. "We have to get our heads down and backsides up and get on with it.I want the championship and so do the players.

"We have come a long way in 20 months or so but we don't want to end on a low note. We have all sorts of records to defend but Millwall won't be coming just to join in the fun. This is a big, big, game for us, it is just as vital as the matches at Luton and Watford."

Victory tomorrow (Sat May 3) will almost certainly bring the title to Gigg Lane. If the Shakers win then rivals Stockport have to win at Luton, and score three more goals than Bury to pinch top spot.

If the Shakers manage not to concede a goal tomorrow they will equal the record of seven in a season set in 1923-24. If they avoid defeat they will be undefeated at home for the first time since 1894/95 when they played 15 times in winning the Division Two title in their first season in the League.

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