CHARLIE Barnett is keen for Accrington Stanley to use their dead rubber final game of the season to banish their away day blues as they prepare for next week’s play-off semi final first leg.

Stanley travel to Burton Albion tomorrow knowing that they will finish fifth in League Two no matter what the result, with their play-off place secured with victory over Barnet on Saturday.

But the Reds, while imperious at the Crown Ground for some time now, are keen to use the trip to the Pirelli Stadium to end a six-match winless run on the road. It is a sequence that John Coleman, who will find out whether he has won the League Two manager of the month award today, previously admitted had ultimately cost them any chance of automatic promotion.

Coleman’s side have only lost six of their 22 away games in the league this term but they have also won just three, with all three victories coming in a mid-season period during January and February.

And Barnett wants the Reds to improve their away record before they go off on their travels once more in their play-off semi final first leg on Sunday, May 15.

“We are slightly disappointed with our away form,” said the midfielder, who is expected to get another chance tomorrow to stake his claim for a place in the starting line-up for the play-offs, with Ian Craney unlikely to be risked at Burton because of a hamstring problem.

“I think we’ve been involved in a lot of games where we’ve maybe deserved more, but we haven’t quite got the points. It would be nice to finish on a high with a win against Burton.”

With Burton now safe from relegation, the pressure is off for both sides tomorrow and Stanley could benefit from a breather from the intense pressure of the promotion challenge. Elsewhere, the tussle for sixth and seventh place will go to the wire as Torquay, Stevenage and Gillingham battle it out for the final two play-off spots.

Stanley will take on the side who finish sixth in the play-offs, which will be Torquay if they win at Rotherham.

If they slip up, Stevenage can leapfrog them with a home win over Bury, while Gillingham – away to Chesterfield – will need a better result than both if they are to grab sixth.

“The teams below us and above us are going to the last day so I suppose it might give us a slight advantage, although we really want to beat Burton too,” said Barnett.

“It gives us more time to prepare as a squad for the massive semi final.

“It won’t be an easy game at Burton, but it’s good for the squad to have a game in hand before the big one.”

Tickets for the home leg of Stanley’s play-off semi final – on Friday, May 20 at 7.45pm – go on sale to season ticket holders today from 11am.

Season ticket holders can buy two tickets each, as can anyone with ticket stubs from the last three home games when the club move on to the next stage of sales on Monday at 10am. General sale tickets will be available online at www.wearestanley.co.uk on Tuesday at 8pm and from the club on Wednesday at 10am.

Seats cost £15 for adults, £10 for senior citizens and £6 for under 16s and students. Terrace tickets are available at £13 for adults, £8 for senior citizens and £5 for under 16s and students.

Stanley (possible): Alex Cisak; Dean Winnard, Phil Edwards, Sean Hessey, Joe Jacobson; Luke Joyce, Andy Procter; Jimmy Ryan, Charlie Barnett, Sean McConville; Terry Gornell.

Burton (possible): Adam Legzdins; Andrew Corbett, Tony James, Darren Moore, Aaron Webster; Jacques Maghoma, Russell Penn, John McGrath, Scott Malone; Greg Pearson, Calvin Zola.