STEVE Davis has seen it all before as a Burnley player.

He was at Turf Moor the last time the Clarets made it into Division One six years ago.

But he admits it's different this time around and with the club on the crest of a wave, will do everything in his powers to try and help Burnley up at the first time of asking at Scunthorpe on Saturday.

Whether a seventh win in eight games will be enough for the Clarets to hold off the considerable threat of Gillingham remains to be seen.

But Davis knows the least Burnley must do to avoid disappointment.

"It's obviously a massive game for the club, the supporters and everyone.

"But really all we can do is try and get three points and whatever Gillingham do...what will be, will be.

"If Gillingham drew and we drew I think that would be even harder to take than us and Gillingham both winning. "We will just be trying to win the game and keep the run going so that if we do go into the play-offs we will go into it feeling pretty confident. But to be honest no-one's thinking about the play-offs," he said.

Gillingham are now in pole position thanks to their mid-week home win over Cardiff City.

"I always fancied Gillingham to win, although Cardiff drew at Preston recently and you live in hope," Davis admitted.

But despite going into the last round of fixtures in second place, the Gills will miss the boat if they don't win at in-form Wrexham and Burnley beat relegated Scunthorpe.

And Davis is optimistic.

"Looking at the two games I would rather be going to Scunthorpe than Wrexham. They have been going well lately and I think Brian Flynn would rather we went up than Gillingham. I hope so anyway!" he added.

While the Clarets have lost just four times since the turn of the year, Gillingham have also come with a remarkable late run following their FA Cup heroics.

And whichever side misses out they will rightly count themselves as unlucky.

"At the start of the season if someone had said we would finish on 88 points you might have thought we would go straight up.

"But Gillingham have had a good run, they've been playing well and they will probably be as confident as we are," Davis admitted.

Not that there's likely to be too much sympathy heading the Gills' way from the 7,000 fans watching Saturday's clash on the big screen at Turf Moor or the 2,000 at Glanford Park if things go the Clarets' way. There has been a growing sense of anticipation around the town with fans snapping up tickets for this season's games and next in remarkable numbers on the back of Burnley's surge towards promotion.

And the tension surrounding Saturday's game is likely to be unbearable.

But defensive lynch-pin Davis, outstanding for Stan Ternent's side over the run-in, is preparing to block out all the hoo-hah.

"I think all the hype and what's at stake goes out of the window once you start the game. You've got to concentrate on what you're doing, although say we are winning and Gillingham are drawing or getting beaten it will get through to us and it's human nature to start thinking you've got to hang on or make sure you don't make a mistake.

"But I'd rather be on the pitch than watching, because at least we can have some influence on the game," he said.

And as Davis says, the last thing Burnley want to do is miss out on the promised land of Division One -- for the time being at least -- through their own shortcomings.

"We have had a good run away from home and we have to continue that. But it's important as well that just because of that run and because Scunthorpe have been relegated we don't think all we've got to do is turn up and get three points.

"They will want to put on a good performance in their last home game so it will still be a tough game," he warned.