Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home ground in 2005 to the Pirelli Stadium from Eton Park. The club's nickname, The Brewers, evokes the brewing heritage 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 later. 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 spent 1979 to 1987 in the Northern Premier League, before reverting to the Southern League Premier Division. The club rejoined the Northern Premier League in 2001 and were promoted to the Conference as Northern Premier League champions in 2001–02.[citation needed]

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 title in 2014–15 and were promoted from League One in 2015–16. Burton spent two seasons in the championship until relegation in 2018.[citation needed]

Key

League standings

Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[1]
attendance 		FA Cup[2] FL Cup
FA Trophy 		FL Trophy
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
Joined Birmingham & District League
1950–51 Birmingham & District League 36 10 6 20 63 97 -34 26 16th of 19 – – – McPhail
1951–52 34 17 7 10 81 62 +19 41 5th of 18 QR1 1-1-1 – – Billy Wrigglesworth
1952–53 36 20 8 8 95 45 +50 48 4th of 19 QR1 1-1-1 – – Tally Sneddon
1953–54 46 31 6 9 120 58 +62 68 2nd of 24 QR3 2-1-1 – – Reg Weston
1954–55 38 23 3 12 100 50 +50 49 3rd of 20 QR4 4-0-1 – –
1955–56 38 20 7 11 82 48 +34 47 5th of 20 R3 7-2-1 – –
1956–57 38 17 11 10 98 74 +24 45 4th of 20 R1 1-0-1 – – Reg Weston
Sammy Crooks
1957–58 38 14 8 16 60 65 -5 38 11th of 20 QR4 0-0-1 – – Jackie Stamps
Club transferred
1958–59 Southern League
North-West Division 		34 3 3 28 41 104 -63 9 18th of 18
Relegated 		QR1 1-0-1 – –
1959–60 Southern League
Division One 		42 11 10 21 52 79 -27 32 21st of 22 QR1 0-0-1 – – Bill Townsend
1960–61 40 12 4 24 63 85 -22 28 19th of 21 QR1 0-0-1 – –
1961–62 38 16 5 17 70 79 -9 37 13th of 20 QR2 1-0-1 – –
1962–63 38 10 10 18 48 76 -28 30 15th of 20 QR2 1-1-1 – – Peter Taylor
1963–64 42 19 8 15 76 70 +6 46 8th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 – –
1964–65 42 20 7 15 83 75 +8 47 10th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 – –
1965–66 46 28 8 10 121 60 +61 64 3rd of 22
Promoted 		R1 4-0-1 – – Alex Tait
1966–67 Southern League
Premier Division 		42 17 5 20 63 71 -8 39 15th of 22 QR3 2-0-1 – –
1967–68 42 14 6 22 51 73 -22 34 19th of 22
Reprieved 		QR4 3-1-1 – –
1968–69 42 16 5 21 55 71 -16 37 17th of 22 PR 0-0-1 – –
1969–70 42 3 9 30 24 82 -58 15 22nd of 22
Relegated 		QR3 2-0-1 QF 4-2-1 –
1970–71 Southern League
Division One 		38 19 10 9 56 37 +19 48 5th of 20 QR4 4-1-1 R3 2-0-1 – Richie Norman
1971–72 Southern League
Division One North 		34 18 13 3 58 27 +31 49 2nd of 18
Promoted 		QR2 1-1-1 R2 1-0-1 –
1972–73 Southern League
Premier Division 		42 9 7 26 43 81 -38 25 21st of 22
Relegated 		QR3 2-0-1 R1 0-0-1 –
1973–74 Southern League
Division One North 		42 27 9 6 88 32 +56 63 2nd of 22
Promoted 		QR1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 – Ken Gutteridge
1974–75 Southern League
Premier Division 		42 18 13 11 54 48 +6 49 5th of 22 QR3 2-3-1 SF 6-2-1 – Harold Bodle
1975–76 42 17 9 16 52 53 -1 43 10th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 –
1976–77 42 10 10 22 41 52 -11 30 21st of 22
Relegated 		QR4 3-1-1 R2 1-0-1 – Mick Walker
1977–78 Southern League
Division One North 		6 38 17 11 10 48 32 +16 45 3rd of 22 R1 4-0-1 R1 1-0-1 –
1978–79 38 16 10 12 51 40 +11 42 8th of 22 PR 0-0-1 QR3 0-1-1 – Ian Storey-Moore
Club transferred
The club was transferred to the Northern Premier League to fill empty places opened by the creation of Alliance Premier League
1979–80 Northern Premier League 6 42 25 6 11 83 42 +41 56 4th of 22 R1 4-1-1 R3 5-1-1 – Ian Storey-Moore
1980–81 42 19 8 15 70 62 +8 46 6th of 22 R1 4-3-1 R1 1-0-1 –
1981–82 42 19 9 14 71 62 +9 47 7th of 22 QR4 3-1-1 R1 1-0-1 – Neil Warnock
1982–83 42 24 9 9 81 53 +28 81 3rd of 22 QR2 1-1-1 R1 1-0-1 –
1983–84 42 17 13 12 61 47 +14 64 5th of 22 R1 4-1-1 QR3 0-0-1 –
1984–85 42 18 15 9 70 49 +21 69 6th of 22 R3 6-1-2 R2 2-0-1 –
1985–86 42 18 12 12 64 47 +17 66 5th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 R3 3-0-1 –
1986–87 42 16 6 20 56 68 -12 54 12th of 22 QR2 1-1-1 F 6-2-1 – Brian Fidler
Club transferred
1987–88 Southern League
Premier Division 		6 42 11 14 17 62 74 -12 47 16th of 22 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-1-1 – Brian Fidler
Vic Halom
Bobby Hope
1988–89 42 18 10 14 79 68 +11 64 8th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 R2 1-1-1 – Chris Wright
1989–90 42 20 12 10 64 40 +24 72 4th of 22 QR4 0-1-1 R1 0-0-1 – Ken Blair
1990–91 42 15 15 12 59 48 +11 60 7th of 22 QR4 3-1-1 R2 2-0-1 – Steve Powell
1991–92 42 15 10 17 59 61 -2 55 10th of 22 QR4 3-0-1 QR3 0-1-1 – Brian Fidler
1992–93 40 16 11 13 53 50 +3 59 8th of 21 QR1 0-0-1 R2 0-1-1 – Brian Kenning
1993–94 42 15 11 16 57 49 +8 56 11th of 22 QR3 2-0-1 QR3 2-0-1 –
1994–95 42 20 15 7 55 39 +16 75 3rd of 22 QR4 3-0-1 QR1 0-1-1 – John Barton
1995–96 42 13 12 17 55 56 -1 51 16th of 22 R1 4-1-1 R2 2-1-1 –
1996–97 42 18 12 12 70 53 +17 66 6th of 22 QR3 2-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 –
1997–98 42 21 8 13 64 43 +21 71 3rd of 22 QR1 0-0-1 R2 2-2-0 –
1998–99 42 17 7 18 58 52 +6 58 13th of 22 R1 3-0-1 R3 2-1-1 – John Barton
Nigel Clough
1999–2000 42 23 9 10 73 43 +30 78 2nd of 22 R1 3-2-1 R3 2-3-0 – Nigel Clough
2000–01 42 25 13 4 76 36 +40 88 2nd of 22 1,224 R1 3-3-1 QF 4-0-1 –
Club transferred
2001–02 Northern Premier League 6 44 31 11 2 106 30 +76 104 1st of 22
Promoted 		1,430 QR4 2-1-1 SF 6-2-1 –
2002–03 Football Conference 5 42 13 10 19 52 77 -25 49 16th of 22 1,747 R1 1-2-0 R3 0-0-1 –
2003–04 42 15 7 20 57 59 -2 51 14th of 22 1,682 R2 2-0-1 R5 2-1-1 –
Football Conference expanded up to two levels and changed name of a higher division
2004–05 Conference
National 		5 42 13 11 18 50 66 -16 50 16th of 22 1,368 QR4 0-2-0 SF 4-0-2 – Nigel Clough
2005–06 42 16 12 14 50 52 -2 60 9th of 22 1,724 R3 3-2-1 R1 0-0-1 –
2006–07 46 22 9 15 52 47 +5 75 6th of 24 1,869 R1 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 –
2007–08 46 23 12 11 79 56 +23 81 5th of 24 1,815 R2 2-1-1 QF 3-2-1 –
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2008–09 46 27 7 12 81 52 +29 88 1st of 24
Promoted 		2,310 QR4 0-0-1 R3 1-2-1 – Nigel Clough
Roy McFarland
2009–10 League Two 4 46 17 11 18 71 71 0 62 13th of 24 Shaun Harrad 21 3,213 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 Paul Peschisolido
2010–11 46 12 15 19 56 70 -14 51 19th of 24 Aaron Webster 11 2,948 R4 0-0-0 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1
2011–12 46 14 12 20 54 81 -27 54 17th of 24 Calvin Zola
Billy Kee 		12 2,809 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 Paul Peschisolido
Gary Rowett
2012–13 46 22 10 14 71 65 +6 76 4th of 24 Jacques Maghoma 16 2,859 R3 2-1-1 R3 1-1-1 R1 0-1-0 Gary Rowett
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2013–14 46 19 15 12 47 42 +5 72 6th of 24 Billy Kee 12 2,720 R3 2-1-1 R2 1-1-0 R1 0-0-1
Lost in the play-off final.
2014–15 46 28 10 8 69 39 +30 94 1st of 24
Promoted 		Lucas Akins 9 3,237 R1 0-0-1 R3 2-0-1 R2 0-0-1 Gary Rowett
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
2015–16 League One 3 46 25 10 11 57 37 +20 85 2nd of 24
Promoted 		Lucas Akins 12 4,089 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-1-0 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Nigel Clough
2016–17 Championship 2 46 13 13 20 49 63 -14 52 20th of 24 Jackson Irvine 10 5,228 R3 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 – Nigel Clough
2017–18 46 10 11 25 38 81 -43 41 23rd of 24
Relegated 		Lloyd Dyer 7 4,645 R3 0-0-1 R3 2-0-1 –
2018–19 League One 3 46 17 12 17 66 57 +9 63 9th of 24 Lucas Akins 13 3,351 R1 0-0-1 SF 5-0-2 GS 0-0-3
2019–20 35 12 12 11 50 50 0 48 12th of 24 Lucas Akins 9 2,986 R3 2-1-1 R4 3-0-1 GS 1-0-2
Final league positions decided by Points-Per-Game after league was postponed due to COVID-19
2020–21 46 15 12 19 61 73 -12 57 16th of 24 Kane Hemmings 15 – [a] R1 0-0-1 R2 0-1-1 GS 0-2-1 Jake Buxton
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
2021–22 46 14 11 21 51 67 -16 53 16th of 24 Daniel Jebbison 7 3,229 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-1-0 GS 1-0-2 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
2022–23 46 15 11 20 57 79 -22 56 15th of 24 Victor Adeboyejo 11 3,445 R3 2-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R3 3-1-1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Dino Maamria
  1. ^ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

Notes

References

  1. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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