Mark McGhee believes April can be a better month for Albion than March, but has warned against complacency.

McGhee was named Nationwide Division Two manager of the month on Thursday after the Seagulls secured four wins and a draw from six matches.

Albion start the new month against Hartlepool at Withdean and McGhee hopes his award will inspire four weeks of perfection.

He said: "March was a great month for us and can spur us on in April. It is crunch time and we're setting our stall out to do even better and ensure the award for the second month running. We cannot afford to be complacent "We're not setting our sights on a couple of victories, we want three points from all our matches. If we win all our games who knows what will happen?

"We were disappointed to lose against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday but we lost playing well. That's encouraging but we have to move on to Hartlepool and make our excellent home form count.

"It won't be easy for the rest of the month because we have some hard games but we also have some winnable ones.

"Maybe maximum points is not achievable but we'll give it a good go. If we fall short, hopefully we will have gained enough points to take us into the play-offs."

McGhee hopes promotion rivals Bristol City, currently third, can do the Seagulls a favour by beating second-placed QPR tomorrow.

He said: "That means if we beat Hartlepool we'll be just five points behind Rangers."

After Hartlepool, Albion have two matches in three days over Easter at Blackpool and home to Rushden and Diamonds. That is followed by a home match with Peterborough and a trip to Bristol City.

McGhee said: "All it needs is for Rangers to drop a few more points and the City game will be massive with three games to go. That's what I anticipate will happen."

McGhee is unconcerned about the busy Easter schedule.

He said: "We'll cope. I bought a second-hand annual the other day and it said how Southampton had to play at home on Good Friday and then face Newcastle a day later. It was before fancy modes of transport in 1939. We've got it easy compared to how it used to be."