BURNLEY’S moustached hero Steven Caldwell admits he would have traded Saturday’s rare goal for a priceless victory against Aston Villa.

The Clarets skipper, sporting a moustache to help get behind John Hartson’s campaign of promoting the awareness of testicular cancer, scored only his fifth goal for the club in the 1-1 draw with Villa at Turf Moor.

But his sixth minute header – Caldwell’s first goal since March – was wiped out by Emile Heskey’s late effort in a match that Owen Coyle’s side dominated for long periods.

The draw extends Burnley’s unbeaten run to three matches as they battle to preserve their Premier League status.

But Caldwell was disappointed to see his team miss out on their sixth league win of the campaign.

“I’m delighted to get a goal, but I would have been happy with a clean sheet to be honest,” said the Scotland defender.

“I think we pretty much deserved it. We defended pretty well and kept Villa to a bare minimum of chances but, in the end, they showed they had that little bit extra.

“We were well aware of their qualities and knew that we had to bring our best game to achieve the three points – or at least a point.

“I thought we were excellent in the first-half. We were first to the ball and played some great stuff.

“It was disappointing that they pegged us back but they showed their quality.”

He added: “We are trying to go on some kind of run. It’s great for confidence.

“We played extremely well at Eastlands against another potential top four side, so two points from two tough games is much better than defeats.

“But being so close to three points, it’s a little bit disappointing.”

Caldwell has teamed up with his brother – Celtic defender Gary – by growing a moustache this month to support Hartson’s campaign.

The former Wales international and ex-Arsenal and Celtic star was diagnosed with testicular cancer earlier this year.

Many footballers north and south of the border have joined in to support the ‘Movember’ campaign.

Caldwell joked that his facial hair is embarrassingly unimpressive, leading to ribbing from his team-mates on the training ground.

But the 29-year-old stressed that the mickey-taking is all worthwhile.

“It’s a very, very poor effort,” joked Caldwell.

“It’s about five or six days of not shaving. It’s just bum fluff! Gary’s is a pretty poor effort as well. It must run in the family!

“John is a friend of ours. When one of our own falls ill, then I think we should rally around.

“He was a tremendous pro. He played at my brother’s club and I’ve been lucky enough to play against him, but not with him.

“It’s good to be involved in and it’s an important cause – not just for John but for everyone with some form of cancer.

“That’s the reason I have done it, because I heard through Gary that it was quite a big thing in Scotland and we are sticking with it through November.”

He added: “It’s scratching like hell, but I’ll be continuing until the end of November. Then it will come straight off!

“Some of the lads are having a laugh about it, every single morning when they see me.

“Clarke (Carlisle) falls about laughing at training. He finds it highly amusing.”