SCOTT Brown says that Cheltenham Town's players are determined to avoid suffering what he regards as the most crushing relegation in football.

The Robins went into today's match at Burton Albion four points clear of the relegation zone with a game in hand on nearest rivals Grimsby Town, who play Morecambe away.

The 24-year-old goalkeeper has called for one last big effort to ensure Cheltenham hold on to their Football League status and escape from a return to the Conference after an 11-year absence.

"Nobody wants to be relegated and have that on their CV at any level, but the drop to the Conference is the worst in a footballers' career," Brown said.

"Everyone is determined not to let that happen.

"Whatever happens this season it will have been a disappointing one, but hopefully we can have a positive end and put smiles on people's faces."

Grimsby were beaten 4-2 at Crewe last Tuesday and although Brown admits he was monitoring the score at Gresty Road, Cheltenham should not be relying on other results to steer clear of the bottom two.

"I kept flicking the scores on and luckily Crewe did us a favour so hopefully we can take advantage," Brown said.

"But it's about what we do, not what Grimsby do because as long as we do our job, don't need to worry about them.

"I'd like to think that three or four more wins would be enough to see us to safety."

Brown has been in assured mood between the posts after a dip in form around Christmas.

He made one of the saves of the season in the 2-1 defeat at Northampton Town two weeks ago, but the former Wolves trainee wants to be making saves that make a difference.

"The save against Northampton was okay, but we didn't get a result," he said.

"We still lost and I'd rather make saves in a winning team – rather than losing. I want to make a save at 0-0 and help us go on to win.

"We need match winners and we have plenty of those in the team so we want to show that at Burton."

Brown's appearance against Burton today was due to be his 91st, 90 of which have been starts, since joining the club in the summer of 2004.

He went forward for a corner in the final seconds of the 1-0 home defeat by Hereford on March 2 in a bid to net the first goal of his career, but the flag kick was taken short.

"As a keeper you dream of scoring and that was frustrating and the whole game could be summed up by that," he said.

"But our luck will turn if we stick together and we will be fine."