JOHN Spicer today revealed the reason he took over in goal against Luton - he didn't trust anyone else to do the job!

The Clarets midfielder went between the posts for the first time since his schooldays following Brian Jensen's red card in the 3-2 victory at Kenilworth Road.

And Spicer heaped praise on the Clarets defence for withstanding an aerial barrage and making his goalkeeping debut a winning one.

"It's the first time I've been in goal since I played in the park as a kid with coats for goalposts," revealed the 22-year-old.

"At first Jon Harley and Duane Courtney were going in (goal), but I have always fancied myself as a keeper since those park days and I felt I could do a better job. I guess I didn't trust anyone else!

"I knew I had nothing to lose, but I just felt if I went in I would be able to do half a job."

Spicer soon learned the harsh reality of life as a goalkeeper as Luton scored within four minutes.

"Corners were going to be difficult and I was just hoping we wouldn't concede any, but straight away they got five in a row and scored from the fifth," laughed the former Bournemouth ace.

"To be fair though, the lads did brilliantly in the second half and I only had three shots. Two went wide and I thought I made a decent stop from Steve Howard, even though some of the lads said it was a park save!

"We restricted Luton to long range efforts and in the end we got the result I think we fully deserved. It was certainly an exciting game and the manager congratulated me at the end and said it was the proudest win he has ever had as a manager. It's always nice when someone says that and you are involved."

That third successive league win means boss Steve Cotterill and his players can now bask in a job well done after rising to eighth place in the Championship table, level with sixth placed Southampton.

But Spicer believes it is a mixed blessing that the bang-in-form Clarets must now wait another 11 days before looking to extend their run against Leicester City at Turf Moor.

"When I joined we were near the bottom of the league, but the turnaround since then has been pretty sensational," he added.

"That's six wins in eight games, three on the spin and three wins out of four away from home. If we had another game tonight we would be flying and maybe the break has come at a bad time.

"But to be fair two games a week takes its toll, so perhaps it's good to have a week off and look forward to Leicester next weekend."