CHRIS Waddle has signed experienced goalkeeper Tony Parks on a month-to-month contract at Turf Moor.

Parks has been on trial at Burnley for the past fortnight, but Waddle has decided to keep Parks as cover for Chris Woods and Marlon Beresford.

Parks was due to play in tonight's Pontin's League fixture against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.

Waddle confirmed: "Tony is a very experienced goalkeeper and we've offered him a month-to-month deal."

Parks, 34, began his career with Tottenham Hotspur - where he starred with Waddle and the goalkeeper is best remembered for his penalty shoot-out save which clinched Spurs the 1984 UEFA Cup at White Hart Lane.

After being released from his White Hart Lane contract in 1987 Parks played for several clubs including Scottish side Falkirk before linking up with Gary Megson at Blackpool last season.

Meanwhile, new £200,000 signing Lee Howey scored on his Clarets debut in the Coca Cola Cup tie at Lincoln City last night.

Howey netted a precious second half equaliser for the Clarets who now must be firm favourites for the second leg return at Turf Moor.

Waddle, one of the Burnley substitutes at Sincil Bank, said: "We competed exceptionally well against very difficult opposition and I was very pleased with the overall result.

"There was a time when Burnley would have gone away from home and gone under against teams like this.

"I'd like to think that people who have been watching Burnley for a few years now are seeing a more resilient team. "This was a good draw. Lincoln are a good cup side at home and their records against Southampton and Manchester City in the Coca-Cola Cup last season prove that.

"But full credit to my players. They stuck by their task manfully and competed superbly."

Waddle added: "Nobody can expect us to click straight away though. We've five to six new faces in the squad and it's a case of getting used to each other.

"But we are going to get better the longer we are together. I'm sure of that.

"We are competing brilliantly as a team, but we are not yet playing to our maximum with the ball.

"The main thing is that we didn't lose at Lincoln - now it's back to Turf Moor where we hope to finish the job."

Lincoln manager John Beck had to be restrained on the sidelines after Lincoln were denied a late penalty.

Referee Steve Baines flatly refused Lincoln's frantic appeals after Mark Winstanley's challenge on former Blackburn and Preston winger Gareth Ainsworth.

But Waddle observed: "I spoke to Mark about the incident and, to be fair, he said he did stay with the lad (Ainsworth) inside the penalty area.

"But he said there was no malicious contact.

"I think the lad played for the penalty. Perhaps on another day he'd have got it, but on this occasion he didn't."

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