Andy Burgess could not hide the great relief that his two-goal salvo had brought him - after being claustrophobically shackled in previous home games.

Burgess's goal celebrations were a picture of joy unconfined, but that was hardly surprising after he had not been able to break loose in recent home matches when he has had an opponent following his every move.

Being man-marked can be taken as a compliment because it demonstrates how dangerous the opposition think you are.

But Burgess said it can also be highly annoying when you just want to play with freedom in the middle of the park.

"It's very frustrating," he said.

"People say 'run him off', but his job is solely to mark me out of the game.

"If I try to run him off, he's going to run with me and it doesn't work.

"It's annoying. I haven't had it in my career and it's a new thing for me to deal with."

But Andy Awford and his coaching staff have been advising Burgess on how to cope.

"Awfs and Shaun North have talked about it with me and the gaffer (Jim Smith) has told the lads to still give the ball to me," he said.

"It's been frustrating, but luckily on Saturday there was a bit more space.

"We didn't play that well in the first half, but second half we battled, ground it out and, yes, there was a lot of relief when the penalty went in.

"There was a lot more when the second goal went in because at 1-0 you've always got the chance of them getting one back."

The U's have found it easier to win away than at home, where opponents often pack the defence and put a lot of men behind the ball.

Burgess said: "There's not a lot of room in this league to try and find gaps, but we've done a lot of work on it.

"The gaffer's spoken to the lads about it, we speak about it and just try to work hard to get the space and get the little gaps.

"Hopefully we're getting back to playing well and Saturday was a massive result for us."

Smith hoped Burgess's two-goal show will help him to get back to being the sensational player he has been on occasions.

"We all hope that after scoring these two goals he can go on and score more because he has the ability to score more - he's got a great left foot," Smith said.

"I'm delighted for him and hopefully this will give him that extra confidence to really push on to be the player he should be."

Billy Turley (pictured) has missed out on tickets to the FA Cup final after Lewes striker Paul Booth received the player of the round award for the fourth qualifying round.

The 29-year-old, who scored twice in the 3-2 win against Crawley, polled more than 55 per cent of supporters' votes.

Booth receives a VIP invitation to the 2007 FA Cup final, an engraved silver salver and £500 worth of football equipment for a local school of his choice.

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