GRIMSBY Town manager Lennie Lawrence admitted Burnley had a decent shout for a potentially decisive penalty before honours finished even from a 1-1 draw.

The Mariners survived a second-half storm during which Clarets' goalscorer Andy Cooke looked to be pulled down in the box by young defender Matthew Bloomer.

"As the manager of Grimsby you would be slightly disappointed if it was given but I can see Burnley had a case, certainly. But the referee was on the spot," he said.

And Lawrence claimed it would have been harsh on his side if they had left Turf Moor empty handed after grabbing the lead through Danny Butterfield's excellent strike.

"If you were Burnley you would say you were a bit unfortunate not to win but we felt we deserved a draw for what we did," he added.

"The chance they had at the end, when it came of one of our heads, would have been harsh had it gone in, as would the penalty.

"Justice was done for ourselves, as it wasn't done on Tuesday."

Grimsby had lost to Bolton in mid-week to go bottom of the table but Lawrence is the master at beating the drop and his side showed enough spirit and potency on the break to suggest he could do it again.

"I was well pleased with the performance. It's a younger team than we've had recently and I was well pleased with the way they acquitted themselves.

"They showed some excellent commitment, especially in the second half with some of the blocks we made which were crucial. And we had a few chances ourselves," added Lawrence, whose goalkeeper Danny Coyne was in inspired form.

"He did make some good saves. When people are having shots from in and around the edge of the box and you want reflexes and safe hands you trust him, " said the Town boss.

The point lifted Grismby to four places off the bottom but the wily Lawrence added: "I'm not going to look at the table until February."