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Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football cabaret in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third base tier of the English football league system. The golf club moved its dwelling ground in 2005 to the Pirelli Stadium from Eton Park. The golf club ‘s nickname, The Brewers, evokes the brewing inheritance of Burton upon Trent.

Burton Albion were formed in 1950 and initially joined the Birmingham & District League before switching to the Southern League eight years late. They were promoted from the Southern League Division One in 1965–66, 1971–72 and 1973–74 and were relegated from the Southern League Premier Division in 1970, 1973 and 1977. Burton exhausted 1979 to 1987 in the Northern Premier League, before reverting to the Southern League Premier Division. They rejoined the Northern Premier League in 2001 and were promoted to the Conference as Northern Premier League champions in 2001–02. Nigel Clough spent seven seasons as the club ‘s player-manager in the Conference and then led them into the Football League as champions of the Conference in 2008–09. They lost the 2014 League Two play-off final, but went on to win the League Two claim in 2014–15 and were promoted from League One in 2015–16. Burton spent two seasons in the Championship until relegation in 2018 .

history [edit ]

1950–1998 : early years [edit ]

Burton Albion were formed in 1950, and joined the Birmingham & District League. [ 1 ] They finished the 1953–54 season as runner-up, and in 1958–59 joined the Southern League North Western zone. [ 1 ] In 1965–66 Burton missed out on the runner-up invest on goal difference, but were inactive promoted to the Southern League Premier Division. [ 1 ] They avoided relegation in 1968, thanks to Stevenage Town fold, but were relegated to Division One after an abortive 1969–70 season. [ 1 ] Burton missed out on promotion on goal average in 1970–71, but finished as runner-up the play along season and were promoted back to the Premier Division. [ 1 ] The following two seasons saw them relegated, and then promoted bet on to the Premier Division again. [ 1 ] They stayed in the same division until being relegated once more at the end of 1976–77. [ 1 ] League rearrangements saw Burton moved to the Northern Premier League, because of their placement in the central Midlands, and then back to the Southern League in 1987–88, the temper after losing in a play back FA Trophy Final to Kidderminster Harriers. [ 1 ]

Into the new millennium [edit ]

In October 1998, Nigel Clough was appointed as player-manager [ 2 ] and he led the club to two consecutive runner-up spots, in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. [ 1 ] Burton were again moved to the Northern Premier League Premier Division in 2001–02, which they won by a margin of 15 points, scoring 106 goals in the process. [ 3 ] The baseball club were promoted to the Football Conference for the first time. [ 1 ]
albion in military action against Gillingham in the final examination match of the 2012–13 temper The cabaret was brought to home attention when they were drawn at home against 11-times winners Manchester United in the third orotund of the 2005–06 FA Cup. The Brewers held the Premier League team to a 0–0 draw at home, but lost the replay 5–0 in front of over 11,000 Burton fans, setting a criminal record for numeral of aside fans at Old Trafford. [ 4 ]
In January 2009, with Burton 13 points clean at the acme of the board, Clough left the club to become the director of Derby County, with Roy McFarland installed as caretaker director until the end of the season. Despite this managerial switch, Burton went on to set a league commemorate for the most consecutive wins, and in February 2009, when the team was 19 points clear at the clear of the board, Conference sponsors Blue Square declared Burton the winners of the 2008–09 title in a populace relations stunt in which they paid out all bets. Following that announcement, the club saw their leash reduced week by week, but secured promotion to the Football League in the final examination game of the season, despite losing 2–1 away to Torquay United when Cambridge United could lone manage a scoreless draw to Altrincham. At the end of the season Roy McFarland left the golf club and was replaced by Paul Peschisolido, with Gary Rowett acting as his assistant. Burton ‘s foremost win in the Football League was 5–2 against Morecambe at the Pirelli Stadium and they finished 13th in their first crusade in the Football League. In their second season Burton claimed a celebrated scalp in the FA Cup third round when they knocked out Championship team Middlesbrough 2–1 at the Pirelli Stadium. In the league, Burton experienced a 17-game winless run and fell from fifth place on Boxing Day to 17th place at the end of the 2011–12 season, which led to the net of Peschisolido. Gary Rowett was appointed as the new director of Burton in May 2012. In his first full season in charge, he led Burton to a fourth-place finish and the play-offs, missing out on automatic pistol forwarding by two points. Burton lost their play-off semi-final 4–5 on aggregate to Bradford City despite winning the first stage 3–2 at Valley Parade. In the 2013–14 season, Burton finished one-sixth, reaching the play-off concluding in which they lost 1–0 against Fleetwood Town. During the 2014–15 season, Rowett left to join Birmingham City, and was replaced by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. [ 5 ] Under Hasselbaink the Brewers won League Two and were promoted to League One for the first time in their history. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Hasselbaink left by reciprocal accept in December 2015 to join Queens Park Rangers as coach. Clough returned to Burton to replace him for his second spell as director and led the club to a second-place finish in the league, earning forwarding to the Championship, another first for Burton. [ 8 ] The Brewers opened their first season in the Championship with a 4–3 passing to local anesthetic rivals Nottingham Forest. Burton went on a six-match streak without losing between 18 February and 18 March beginning with a 2–1 winnings at home to ex-Premier League opponents Norwich City and culminating in a 3–5 kill to Brentford and including a 1–0 gain over Nottingham Forest in the invert repair. [ 9 ] Burton secured their championship condition on 29 April 2017 after a 1–1 draw with Barnsley. Burton spent much of their second base season in the Championship in the relegation zone. three wins in the belated stage of the season boosted their chances of survival, including a 2–1 winnings over relegation rivals Sunderland. [ 10 ] however, following a 2–1 defeat to Preston North End on the final day of the season, Burton were relegated spinal column to League One. In 2018-19, in cattiness of being in mid-table in League One, they made the semi-finals of the 2018–19 EFL Cup, after wins over Shrewsbury Town, Aston Villa, Burnley, Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough. [ 11 ] Facing Manchester City, Burton lost the foremost stage 9–0 at the Etihad Stadium, finally losing 10–0 on sum. [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

stadium [edit ]

albion began life at the Lloyds Foundry ground on Wellington Street, but high attendances meant that the club promptly searched for a more desirable home. Eton Park was built off Derby Road and formally opened on 20 September 1958, coinciding with the baseball club ‘s promotion to the Southern League. Until its demolition in 2005, the Brewers played all their home games at Eton Park. The Pirelli Stadium on Princess Way was built in 2005 and is the stream home of the Brewers, replacing Eton Park, besides on the like road, which was demolished and developed into housing. [ 14 ] The ground cost £7.2 million to build, and was built on the former site of the Pirelli UK Tyres Ltd Sports & Social Club. The country was donated to the golf club by Pirelli in render for naming rights. [ 14 ] The land was designed by architect Jon Hawkeye, and has served as the inhalation for numerous newer grounds, including Morecambe ‘s Globe Arena, and the proposed Hayes & Yeading stadium. [ 15 ] It gained its most recent safety security from Staffordshire County Council on 12 July 2010, [ 16 ] having been subject to crowd fuss on 8 May 2010 at the hands of Grimsby Town fans following their relegation from Football League Two. [ 17 ] The Pirelli Stadium has seen child capacity changes since its construction, and the stream capability is 6,912, with 2,034 being seated in the South ( Main ) Stand. The current phonograph record attendance for the stadium stands at 6,746 for an EFL Championship match against Derby County on 26 August 2016. [ 18 ] Previous records include 6,192 for a Conference National 1–0 defeat against Oxford United, during the club ‘s title-winning season, [ 19 ] and 6,191 for an FA Cup third-round match on 8 January 2006 against Manchester United. [ 20 ] The stadium besides hosts the National ISFA Under-13 tournament final examination .

Rivalries [edit ]

In their non-League days the Brewers ‘ local rivals were Gresley Rovers, [ 21 ] Nuneaton Borough, Stafford Rangers [ 22 ] and Tamworth. however, since the cabaret ‘s rise to the Football League these rivalries have become less intense. Following promotion to the Football League, local rivalries with Port Vale, Notts County, Chesterfield and Walsall have arisen. Except for Notts County, all these clubs had been rivals to Albion ‘s harbinger, Burton United in the early 1900s. There is besides a largely friendly competition with Derby County, partially because of the share fanbase, but peculiarly following the transportation of director Nigel Clough to the Championship clubhouse in 2009 and the arrival of several ex-Derby players during the Paul Peschisolido earned run average. Their 2016 promotion into the Championship resulted in matches with local anesthetic big clubs Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Players [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[23]

First-team team [edit ]

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Out on loanword [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

erstwhile players [edit ]

player of the year [edit ]

As voted for by supporters of the club.[24]

1 Matt Duke and Christian Moore joint recipients of 2003 prize .

Backroom staff [edit ]

club officials [edit ]

Position

Staff

Chairman

Ben Robinson (MBE)

Board of Directors

Frank Spiers
Philip Brown
Rob Brown
Terry Clarke
John Williams
Jez Moxey

Club Secretary/Commercial Director:

Fleur Robinson

source : Burton Albion | Club | Who ‘s Who

Club honor [edit ]

Records [edit ]

Titles [edit ]

1Before re-arrangement of non-League pyramid to include Conference North/South.
generator : Burton Albion | Club | History | Honours | Club Honours

Personnel records [edit ]

Goalscoring [edit ]

acme goalscorers [edit ]

As of 20 September 2010 (competitive matches only):
As of 8 November 2020, goals not appearances, they’re since 23 April 2017 (Football League matches only):
Appearances and goals count for Football League only.
reference : Burton Albion, The Football League

other goalscoring records [edit ]

Appearances [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

As of 15 June 2012 (competitive matches only):
As of 23 April 2020. (Football League matches only):
Appearances and goals count for Football League only.
informant : Burton Albion, Football League

Transfers [edit ]

  • Highest Transfer fee paid: Liam Boyce – £500,000
  • Highest transfer fee received: Jackson Irvine – £2,000,000[33]

Full international players [edit ]

Burton Albion players who have represented their nation while contracted to the club .

Managers [edit ]

As of 27 November 2021[34]

References [edit ]

  • Charlie Williams at My Football Database
  • Burton Albion F.C. on BBC Sport:
  • Official website
  • Burton Albion at the Football Club History Database