BURNLEY boss Brian Laws insists there will be no room for sentiment when he comes up against former club Scunthorpe United today.

It has been four years since Laws was in charge at Glanford Park and his full focus now is on picking up points with the Clarets.

"When you play a former club it's always a special occasion," he explained. "But I've played them (United) so many times now it goes to the back of your mind.

"It's a normal game and one we believe we can go and win.

"But we've still got to do the right things on the park, and when we approach the game we approach it well.

"No game in this division is easy, nobody's got a given right to win games, you've got to earn it.

"We'll work extremely hard and hopefully we'll work harder than Scunthorpe to earn the right to win it."

Burnley haven't put together back-to-back wins since beating Manchester United and Everton in their first two Premier League home games last term.

But after victory over Barnsley on Boxing Day, Laws is hoping to change that run.

"We've had a win and a loss or a win and a draw but we've not quite got there," he said.

"Let's do something that we haven't had yet and that's to get back-to-back wins."