2015–16 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion

2015–16 season

Chairman

Ben Robinson

Manager

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
(Until 4 December 2015)
Nigel Clough
(From 7 December 2015)

Stadium

Pirelli Stadium

League Cup

Second round
(eliminated by Middlesbrough)

Football League Trophy

First round
(eliminated by Doncaster Rovers)

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season will be Burton Albion's 66th season in their history and first ever in League One after gaining promotion last season.^[1] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RW	Sam Austin	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Calum Butcher	Dundee United	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	CB	Darius Charles	Stevenage	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2015	GK	Sam Hornby	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Tom Naylor	Derby County	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2015	CM	Callum Reilly	Birmingham City	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2015	RM	Mark Shelton	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Liam Slade	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CF	Timmy Thiele	SC Wiedenbrück	Free transfer	^[7]
18 July 2015	CB	Anthony O'Connor	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	^[8]
5 August 2015	CF	Aurélien Joachim	CSKA Sofia	Free transfer	^[9]
25 August 2015	DF	Tom Flanagan	MK Dons	Free transfer	^[10]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CF	Mickaël Antoine-Curier	Free Agent	Released	^[11]
1 July 2015	CM	Lee Bell	Free Agent	Released	^[11]
1 July 2015	RB	Joe Doyle	Free Agent	Released	^[11]
1 July 2015	CB	Stefan Maletić	Free Agent	Released	^[11]
1 July 2015	CF	Adam McGurk	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2015	LM	Jimmy Phillips	Gateshead ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	CB	Ian Sharps	Chester ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer	^[11]
21 July 2015	CF	Dominic Knowles	Harrogate Town	Undisclosed	^[15]

↑ Following Phillips' release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Gateshead on 7 July 2015.^[13]
↑ Following Sharp's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Chester on 1 July 2015.^[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
3 July 2015	RM	Mark Duffy	Birmingham City	2 January 2016	^[16]
6 July 2015	GK	Remi Matthews	Norwich City	5 January 2016	^[17]
29 July 2015	RM	Zeli Ismail	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29 January 2016	^[18]
30 July 2015	LB	Jerome Binnom-Williams	Crystal Palace	End of season	^[19]
15 January 2016	CF	Mason Bennett	Derby County	End of season	^[20]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
31 July 2015	LB		George Taft	Cambridge United	9 January 2016	^[21]
7 August 2015	RM		Marcus Harness	Ilkeston	4 September 2015	^[22]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 19 May 2015, Burton Albion announced their full pre-season schedule.^[23] On 24 May 2015, Burton Albion confirmed their planned pre-season fixture against Benfica was cancelled due to the Portuguese club being invited to take part of the 2015 International Champions Cup.^[24] On 29 June 2015, Burton Albion confirmed details of their matches during the tour of the Netherlands.^[25]

1 July 2015 (2015-07-01) Friendly	Gresley	1–5	Burton Albion	Church Gresley
19:30 BST	Steadman 28'	Report	Knowles 47', 56', 58' Thiele 73', 80'	Stadium: Moat Ground Attendance: 630 Referee: Robert Hyde

4 July 2015 (2015-07-04) Friendly	Mickleover Sports	0–0	Burton Albion	Mickleover
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: The Raygar Stadium Attendance: 370

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	ADO Den Haag	0–1	Burton Albion	The Hague, Netherlands
17:00 BST		Report	Naylor 43'	Stadium: Laakkwartier Sportcomplex

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Burton Albion	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burton-upon-Trent
13:00 BST		Report	Dicko 10'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,702

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Burton Albion	2–0	Birmingham City	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 BST	Mousinho 52' Edwards	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,393

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Burton Albion	1–2	Leicester City	Burton-upon-Trent
19:30 BST	Duffy 90'	Report	Vardy 65', 70'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,184

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Burton Albion	1–3	Derby County	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 BST	Thiele	Report	Bent Weimann Russell	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,302

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Burton Albion	29	19	3	7	40	24	+16	60	Promotion to Championship
2	Walsall	29	16	8	5	47	30	+17	56	Promotion to Championship
3	Wigan Athletic	30	15	10	5	50	29	+21	55	Qualification to League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Gillingham	30	16	7	7	55	36	+19	55
5	Coventry City	30	13	10	7	49	33	+16	49

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Championship.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[26]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Burton Albion	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Beavon 55' Akins 72' (pen.)	Report	Goode 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Kevin Wright

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Barnsley	1–0	Burton Albion	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Hourihane 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,583 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Blackpool	1–2	Burton Albion	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Redshaw 26'	Report	El Khayati 58', 85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,197 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Burton Albion	2–1	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	El Khayati 36' Beavon 54'	Report	Maddison 67' Zakuani 58'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,407 Referee: Graham Salisbury

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	Duffy 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Mark Haywood

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06) 6	Burton Albion	1–2	Coventry City	Burton upon Trent
14:30 BST	Martin 11' (o.g.)	Report	Tudgay 20' Vincelot 56'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,633 Referee: Peter Bankes

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Burton Albion	1–0	Rochdale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Beavon 34'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,787 Referee: Carl Boyeson

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Swindon Town	0–1	Burton Albion	Swindon
15:00 BST		Report	Beavon 27'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,005 Referee: Scott Duncan

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Chesterfield	1–2	Burton Albion	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Hird 2'	Report	Beavon 46' Binnom-Williams 90'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,762 Referee: David Webb

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Burton Albion	0–0	Sheffield United	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Burton Albion	1–0	Southend United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Prosser 51' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Trevor Kettle

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Walsall	2–0	Burton Albion	Walsall
15:00 BST	Kinsella 36' Bradshaw 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,812 Referee: Tim Robinson

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Fleetwood Town	4–0	Burton Albion	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Procter 42' Grant 58' 71' Hunter 80'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Darren Bond

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Burton Albion	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Burton Albion	2–0	Port Vale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Naylor 84' Weir 80' El Khayati 90'	Report	Ikpeazu 20'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,076 Referee: David Coote

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Burton Albion	Oldham
15:00 GMT		Report	El Khayati 17'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17	Bury	1–0	Burton Albion	Bury
15:00 GMT	Dodoo 40'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Andy Haines

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 18	Wigan	0–1	Burton Albion	Wigan
19:45 GMT		Report	El Khayati 74'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,117 Referee: Mark Haywood

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 19	Burton Albion	5–1	Colchester United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	El Khayati 25' Duffy 34' Naylor 51' Akins 72' Thiele 81'	Report	Harriott 4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Ben Toner

1 December 2015 (2015-12-01) 20	Burton Albion	2–1	Millwall	Burton Upon Trent
19:45 GMT	McCrory 35' El Khayati 42'	Report	J. Martin 75'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Gillingham	0–3	Burton Albion	Gillingham
15:00 GMT		Report	McCrory 59' Akins 90' O'Connor 90+6'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,230 Referee: Andy Woolmer

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Burton Albion	3–3	Doncaster Rovers	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Butcher 18', 61' Duffy 89'	Report	Williams 4' Keegan 70' Tyson 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Mark Heywood

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) Postponed	Bradford City	P–P	Burton Albion	Bradford
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

28 December 2015 23	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Swindon Town	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Duffy 45' Naylor 73' Akins 77' (pen.)	Report	El-Abd 59' Thompson 63' Barry 90+3'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,816 Referee: Mark Brown

2 January 2016 24	Burton Albion	1 - 0	Blackpool	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Weir 41' Duffy 63'	Report	Aimson 30' Aldred 61'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,339 Referee: Richard Clark

16 January 2016 25	Coventry City	0 - 2	Burton Albion	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Fleck 55' Vincelot 55'	Report	Mousinho 25' Butcher 49' Cansdell-Sherriff 70' Beavon 72'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 17,140 Referee: Andre Marriner

23 January 2016 26	Burton Albion	1 - 2	Shrewsbury Town	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	McCrory 18' 80' Naylor 72'	Report	Mangan 52' Whitbread 54' Whalley 90+3' Leutwiler 90+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 January 2016 27	Peterborough United	0 - 1	Burton Albion	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Baldwin 68' Samuelson 73'	Report	Naylor 3' Weir 60'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,798 Referee: Tim Robinson

30 January 2016 28	Rochdale	2 - 1	Burton Albion	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Camps 8' Henderson 24' (pen.)	Report	Akins 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 February 2016 29	Burton Albion	3–1	Bradford City	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Bennett 17' Tom Naylor 73' Duffy 77'	Report	Tony McMahon 37' McArdle 90+2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,796 Referee: Nick Kinseley

12 February 2016 30	Burton Albion	v	Chesterfield	Burton Upon Trent
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

FA Cup

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Burton Albion	0–3	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Edwards 90+5'	Report	Washington 41', 71' J. Anderson 84'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,517 Referee: David Webb

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Burton Albion were drawn away against Bolton Wanderers.^[27] In the second round, Burton Albion were handed a home tie against Middlesbrough.^[28]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Burton Albion	Bolton
20:00 BST		Report	Palmer 87'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Richard Clark

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Burton Albion	1–2 (aet)	Middlesbrough	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Friend 24' (o.g.)	Report	Stuani 70', 109'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Mark Brown

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Burton will travel to Doncaster Rovers.^[29]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round	Doncaster Rovers	0–0 (5–3 p)	Burton Albion	Doncaster
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,956 Referee: Ross Joyce
		Penalties
	Williams Main Middleton Chaplow Stewart		Akins Reilly Naylor Binnom-Williams

Birmingham Senior Cup

On the Birmingham FA website details of the first round was released, Burton will face Boldmere St. Michaels.^[30]

6 October 2015 First round	Boldmere St. Michaels	2 - 4	Burton Albion	Boldmere
19:30 BST				Stadium: Trevor Brown Memorial Ground

15 December 2015 Second round	Bedworth United	0 - 6	Burton Albion	Bedworth
19:45 BST				Stadium: The Oval Ground

19 January 2016 Quarter Final	Nuneaton Town	4 - 3	Burton Albion	Nuneaton
19:45 BST	Harewood Callum Chettle James Clifton	Report	Joachim 7' 50' Harness 12'	Stadium: Liberty Way Attendance: 252

References

↑ "History". Statto.
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↑ "Albion Sign Butcher". Burton Albion FC. 15 June 2015.
↑ "Burton Albion Secure The Signing Of Darius Charles". Burton Albion FC. 19 June 2015.
↑ "Tom Naylor Signs New Deal". Burton Albion FC. 29 June 2015.
↑ "Callum Reilly Pens A Deal With The Brewers". Burton Albion FC. 5 June 2015.
↑ "German Striker Links Up With The Brewers". Burton Albion FC. 30 June 2015.
↑ "Brewers Sign Anthony O'Connor". Burton Albion FC. 18 July 2015.
↑ "Luxembourg International Joins The Brewers". Burton Albion FC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
↑ "Tom Flanagan: Burton Albion sign MK Dons defender". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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↑ "Adam McGurk Joins Pompey". Burton Albion FC. 24 June 2015.
↑ "Jimmy Phillips joins Gateshead after Burton Albion release". Burton Mail. 7 July 2015.
↑ "Ian Sharps: Chester bring in Burton Albion defender". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015.
↑ "Dominic Knowles Joins Harrogate Town". Burton Albion FC. 21 July 2015.
↑ "Mark Duffy Signs On Loan". Burton Albion FC. 3 July 2015.
↑ "Remi Matthews Returns To The Brewers On Loan". Burton Albion FC. 6 July 2015.
↑ "Zeli Ismail returns to Burton". Burton Albion FC. 29 July 2015.
↑ "Young Defender Signs On Loan From Palace". Burton Albion FC. 30 July 2015.
↑ "Mason Bennett: Derby County forward joins Burton Albion on loan". BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
↑ "Taft Joins Cambridge On Loan". Burton Albion FC. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
↑ "Harness Joins Ilkeston On A Short-Term Loan". Burton Albion FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ "Full Pre-Season Fixture Schedule Is Announced". Burton Albion FC. 19 May 2015.
↑ "Benfica Pre-Season Friendly Cancelled". Burton Albion FC. 24 May 2015.
↑ "Burton Albion In Holland". Burton Albion FC. 29 June 2015.
↑ "OUR 2015/16 FIXTURES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED". Burton Albion FC. 17 June 2015.
↑ "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015.
↑ "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
↑ "Burton Albion To Face Doncaster Rovers In Johnstone's Paint Trophy". Burton Albion FC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
↑ "BFA fixtures - 1st round". Birmingham FA. August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

Burton Albion Football Club

The club	Seasons Players Managers Records

Grounds	Peel Croft Eton Park Pirelli Stadium

Training Ground	St George's Park National Football Centre

Seasons	2008-09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 play-off Final 2014–15 2015–16

Related Articles	Burton Swifts Burton Town Burton United Burton Wanderers

2015–16 in English football

« 2014–15

2016–17 »

National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two)

Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) Southern Combination League (First, Second) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City

National League	Aldershot Town Altrincham Barrow Boreham Wood Braintree Town Bromley Cheltenham Town Chester Dover Athletic Eastleigh FC Halifax Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Guiseley Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Welling United Woking Wrexham

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