ANDY Cooke proved his goalscoring pedigree in stunning style with the double blast that sunk Millwall at Turf Moor last night.

Cooke had a bad day at the office when drawing a blank in front of goal at Walsall on Saturday and admitted the spurned chances had got to him.

But he hit back with the perfect response to earn Burnley their first win since the opening day of the season and lift the Clarets up to 12th in the table.

"Saturday was disappointing. The manager said not to worry about it but, after getting in position where you should hit the target more often than not, I had two chances in the first half which should have been goals," admitted Cooke.

"It did play on my mind a bit and I wanted more than anything to go out there and score last night because a few people have said 'How did you miss on Saturday?'

"But you never miss on purpose and you are going to miss chances. "I am looking to hit the target more or less every time though and it was a great relief to score two goals."

Cooke admitted that confidence had been a big factor and that came flooding back when he fired Burnley into a 22nd minute lead.

Another quality finish eight minutes later wrapped up the points and having got off the mark in the League, last season's top-scorer is now hoping to stay in the groove.

"That's what it's all about. We have just got to get on with it and we are looking to get a result now at Luton," he added.

Burnley boss Stan Ternent was delighted to see Cooke back on target and is expecting more to come from his front pair as a partnership.

"Andy Payton and Cookie worked their socks off and they have been training on the treatment table.

"Cookie will get goals and Andy Payton will get goals but I feel the pair of them have to make goals for each other as well," he said.

"If they get in you know they will finish. We have that facility but we have to tighten up in other departments.

"We have a long way to go professionally and knowledge-wise but if you look at the side last night there are a lot of kids and young players so I need to add some experience and strength to that which I will do with a bit of help."

Winning was the only thing that mattered last night for Burnley to get up-and-running again and not slip too far off the early pace. But Ternent will be looking for his side, which again conceded a late goal to go with the two last-ditch strikes at Walsall, to close games out once he has some more experience available to him.

He added: "We worked very hard and got the three points and that's the most important thing.

"They don't know how to win clinically because there are a lot of young kids in there down to circumstance so I am delighted to get the three points. They were badly needed."

Neil Moore was carried off 13 minutes from time to be replaced by youngster Chris Scott but Ternent is hopeful that the injury may not be as bad as it first looked with a tweaked knee the initial diagnosis.

Burnley reserves are in action at Sheffield Wednesday tonight (kick-off 7.00) when trialist goalkeeper Frank Petter Kval will have his first outing for the club behind two trialist defenders.

TURF Moor hosted its first ever police-free Football League game last night with no reported incidents during Burnley's 2-1 win over Millwall.

The Lions have attracted an unwanted reputation for their following down the years but following intelligence reports and consultation with the police, Burnley were given the go-ahead to staff the game with stewards only.

And the policy, which saves the club money on police bills, will be repeated at suitable games in the future when there are few visiting fans expected.

"Last night was a credit to our fans and the atmosphere we have now created. We will not have any trouble-makers and I hope they keep up the faith we have put in them for future games," said director Clive Holt.

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