Bowyer on Burton's quest for League One great escape

Gary Bowyer led Dundee to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in his last job

Burton Albion boss Gary Bowyer ranks the The Great Escape as one of his favourite movies, but says his side's battle to avoid relegation from League One is not about to follow a Hollywood script.

The Brewers' resurgence under Bowyer, who has overseen four wins and five draws in the 13 games since he took charge in December, has been likened to the 1963 cinematic classic staring Steve McQueen as a daredevil POW in World War Two.

The Brewers, who were rock bottom of the third tier and 11 points from safety seven weeks ago, could move out of the drop zone on Saturday if they beat 10th-placed Lincoln City.

When Burton's efforts to avoid the drop were likened to The Great Escape in an interview with BBC Radio Derby, Bowyer interjected by saying: "It's a wonderful film, one of my favourites.

"But we are still playing catch-up because of the start of the season we had; we will forever be playing catch-up with it."

Burton picked up just five points from a possible 39 to start the season - a run which led to the dismissal of Mark Robinson just four months after he was put in charge of the club's rebuild under new Sweden-based owners.

The four wins the Brewers have recorded in their past seven matches is twice as many as the east Staffordshire side had managed in their 25 games before that.

Their defeat by Bristol Rovers last week is their only loss in eight games, and was followed up by a hard-fought 1-0 win at Stevenage on Tuesday that has put them on the brink of getting out of the relegation places for the first time in five months.

"There's no getting carried away or anything like that," Bowyer said.

"We had a slap across the face last week with the first-half performance at Bristol Rovers.

"And as cliche as it sounds, we can only go one game at a time. That is exactly where the focus has been."