JAMIE Price is hoping for better fortunes when York City travel to Burton Albion tomorrow than he endured in last season's corresponding fixture.

Right-back Price was in the home side that lost 2-0 to the Minstermen in September 2004 and was dribbled past by current team-mate Bryan Stewart for Andy Bishop's second goal.

Since then, Burton have moved to a new ground - the Pirelli Stadium - and Price, who ended his loan spell from Doncaster Rovers after that match, is now plying his trade at KitKat Crescent.

Recalled the 24-year-old defender: "I really enjoyed my time there (at Burton). It was a good chance to get out and play some games because I had gone stale at Doncaster and (Burton boss) Nigel Clough is a nice, down-to-earth fellow.

"But I don't have fond memories when I played against York, though I'd take that same result now."

Having played in the same team, Price highlights left-sided utility man Aaron Webster, who he could come face to face with tomorrow, as one of Burton's most dangerous players.

But Price admits to relishing challenges having made his comeback after a four-month injury lay-off against Accrington Stanley's Conference Player of the Year contender Gary Roberts last Saturday.

He said: "Webster is a very good player, who can play left-back, centre-back or left-wing. Like Roberts, he's got good quality but I'd rather test myself against the good players than to find it easy against the not-so-good ones because that's how you get better yourself."

Price was surprisingly philosophical about the controversial penalty award against him which proved pivotal in Accrington's 4-2 victory at KitKat Crescent.

The defender was harshly penalised for deliberate handball from a Roberts' cross, giving leaders Accrington the opportunity to level from the spot.

It was a decision that saw Gainsborough referee Shaun Procter-Green widely condemned, but Price said: "I was only two yards away and I couldn't get away. It hit my hand and my face but it's just one of those things and I haven't really got any qualms.

"Sometimes these decisions go against you.

"What we have got to remember is that for a big part of the game we played really well and hopefully we can take the form that saw us win six and draw one in the previous seven matches into the rest of the season."

Updated: 09:50 Friday, March 31, 2006