2015–16 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion
2015–16 season
ChairmanBen Robinson
ManagerJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
(Until 4 December 2015)
Nigel Clough
(From 7 December 2015)
StadiumPirelli Stadium
League One2nd (promoted)
FA CupFirst round
(eliminated by Peterborough United)
League CupSecond round
(eliminated by Middlesbrough)
Football League TrophyFirst round
(eliminated by Doncaster Rovers)
Average home league attendance4,089

The 2015–16 season was Burton Albion's 66th season in their history and first ever in League One after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with League One, the club also took part in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 19 May 2015, Burton Albion announced their full pre-season schedule.[1] 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.[2] On 29 June 2015, Burton Albion confirmed details of their matches during the tour of the Netherlands.[3]

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 Wigan Athletic (C, P) 46 24 15 7 82 45 +37 87 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Burton Albion (P) 46 25 10 11 57 37 +20 85
3 Walsall 46 24 12 10 71 49 +22 84 Qualification for the League One play-offs[a]
4 Millwall 46 24 9 13 73 49 +24 81
5 Bradford City 46 23 11 12 55 40 +15 80
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[4]

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 Red card 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 Red card 80'
El Khayati 90'		 Report Ikpeazu Yellow card 20' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 45'
Naylor Yellow card 73'
Akins 77' (pen.)		 Report El-Abd Yellow card 59'
Thompson Yellow card 63'
Barry Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,816
Referee: England Mark Brown
2 January 2016 24 Burton Albion 1–0 Blackpool Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT Weir Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card
Duffy 63'		 Report Aimson Yellow card 30'
Aldred Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: England Richard Clark
16 January 2016 25 Coventry City 0–2 Burton Albion Coventry
15:00 GMT Fleck Yellow card 55'
Vincelot Yellow card 55'		 Report Mousinho Yellow card 25'
Butcher 49'
Cansdell-Sherriff Yellow card 70'
Beavon 72'		 Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 17,140
Referee: England Andre Marriner
23 January 2016 26 Burton Albion 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT McCrory 18' Yellow card 80'
Naylor Yellow card 72'		 Report Mangan 52'
Whitbread Yellow card 54'
Whalley 90+3'
Leutwiler Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,870
Referee: England Graham Salisbury
26 January 2016 27 Peterborough United 0–1 Burton Albion Peterborough
19:45 GMT Baldwin Yellow card 68'
Samuelson Yellow card 73'		 Report Naylor 3'
Weir Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,798
Referee: England 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: England 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 Yellow card 37'
McArdle 90+2'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,796
Referee: Nick Kinseley
12 February 2016 30 Burton Albion 1–0 Chesterfield Burton Upon Trent
19:45 GMT Butcher 45+1' Report Herd Yellow card 51'
Anderson Yellow card 54'
Banks Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: England Simon Hooper
22 February 2016 31 Southend United 3–1 Burton Albion Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT Wordsworth 7'
Barnett 63'
Mooney 90+1'		 Report Beavon 44' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,503
Referee: England Paul Tierney (referee)
27 February 2016 32 Burton Albion 0–0 Walsall Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT Report Downing Yellow card 81' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,512
Referee: James Adcock
1 March 2016 33 Sheffield United 0–1 Burton Albion Sheffield
19:45 GMT Coutts Yellow card 38'
Edgar Yellow card 75'		 Report Akins 49'
Mousinho Yellow card 28'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 17,927
Referee: England Seb Stockbridge
5 March 2016 34 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Burton Albion Crewe
15:00 GMT Haber 14'
Turton Yellow card 32'
Jones Yellow card 70'
Ng Yellow card 80'
Nugent Yellow card 87'		 Report Akins 35'
McCrory Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 4,380
Referee: England Peter Bankes
8 March 2016 35 Bradford City 2–0 Burton Albion Bradford
19:45 GMT Reid 13'
Burke 28'
Meredith Yellow card 83'		 Report McCrory Yellow card 16'
Edwards Yellow card 26'
Beavon Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: England Trevor Kettle
12 March 2016 36 Burton Albion 2–1 Fleetwood Town Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT Duffy 26' 63' Report Burns 47'
Ameobi Yellow card 50'
Nilsson Yellow card 53'
Grant Red card 67'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,415
Referee: England Oliver Langford
19 March 2016 37 Port Vale 0–4 Burton Albion Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Duffy Yellow card 45' Report Akins 34'
Grant 45+1' (o.g.)
Duffy 50'
Butcher 60'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: England Eddie Ilderton
26 March 2016 38 Burton Albion 0–0 Oldham Athletic Burton Upon Trent
12:30 GMT Flanagan Yellow card 5'
Choudhury Yellow card 31'		 Report Main Yellow card 79' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,283
Referee: England Geoff Eltringham
28 March 2016 39 Millwall 2–0 Burton Albion London
19:45 GMT O'Brien 12'
Gregory 18'
Thompson Yellow card 21'
Beevers Yellow card 74'
Martin Yellow card 85'
Romeo Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Mousinho Yellow card 22'
Beavon Yellow card 42'
Butcher Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8,012
Referee: England Keith Stroud
2 April 2016 40 Burton Albion 1–1 Bury Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT Choudhury Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card
Mousinho Yellow card 72'
Walker 90+2'		 Report Bolger Yellow card 23'
O'Sullivan Yellow card 27'
Pugh Yellow card 53'
Lowe 74' Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,331
Referee: England Ross Joyce
9 April 2016 41 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Burton Albion Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Bishop 60'
Madden Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Harness Yellow card 90' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,888
Referee: England Andy Haines
16 April 2016 42 Burton Albion 0–0 Barnsley Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT Flanagan Yellow card 57'
Edwards Yellow card 89'
Choudhury Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,858
Referee: England Andrew Davies
19 April 2016 43 Burton Albion 1–1 Wigan Athletic Burton Upon Trent
19:45 GMT Edwards Yellow card 8'
Akins Yellow card 17'
Naylor 38' Yellow card 55'
Reilly Yellow card 90'		 Report Jacobs 8'
McCann Yellow card 81'
Power Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,461
Referee: England Simon Hooper
23 April 2016 44 Colchester United 0–3 Burton Albion Colchester
15:00 GMT Edwards Red card 17' Report Akins 45', 49', 60' Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,292
30 April 2016 45 Burton Albion 2–1 Gillingham Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT Akins 44'
Naylor 90+2'		 Report McDonald 49' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Tony Harrington
8 May 2016 46 Doncaster Rovers 0–0 Burton Albion Doncaster
12:30 GMT Report Choudhury Yellow card 76' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 9,803
Referee: England Andy Woolmer

FA Cup

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round Burton Albion 0–3 Peterborough United Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT Edwards Red card 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.[5] In the second round, Burton Albion were handed a home tie against Middlesbrough.[6]

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 (a.e.t.) 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.[7]

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 soccer ball with check mark
Main soccer ball with check mark
Middleton soccer ball with check mark
Chaplow soccer ball with check mark
Stewart soccer ball with check mark		 Akins soccer ball with check mark
Reilly soccer ball with check mark
Naylor soccer ball with red X
Binnom-Williams soccer ball with check mark

Birmingham Senior Cup

On the Birmingham FA website details of the first round was released, Burton will face Boldmere St. Michaels.[8]

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB  ENG Calum Butcher Dundee United Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 CB  ENG Darius Charles Stevenage Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 CB  ENG Tom Naylor Derby County Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 CM  IRL Callum Reilly Birmingham City Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CF  GER Timmy Thiele SC Wiedenbrück Free transfer [13]
18 July 2015 CB  IRL Anthony O'Connor Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [14]
5 August 2015 CF  LUX Aurélien Joachim CSKA Sofia Free transfer [15]
25 August 2015 DF  ENG Tom Flanagan MK Dons Free transfer [16]
2 December 2015 MF  ENG Nathan Ferguson Grays Athletic Free transfer [17]
13 January 2016 GK  ENG Stephen Bywater Unattached Free transfer [18]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF  GPE Mickaël Antoine-Curier Free Agent Released [19]
1 July 2015 CM  ENG Lee Bell Free agent Released [19]
1 July 2015 RB  ENG Joe Doyle Free agent Released [19]
1 July 2015 CB  NED Stefan Maletić Free agent Released [19]
1 July 2015 CF  NIR Adam McGurk Portsmouth Free transfer [20]
1 July 2015 LM  ENG Jimmy Phillips Gateshead [a] Free transfer [19]
1 July 2015 CB  ENG Ian Sharps Chester [b] Free transfer [19]
21 July 2015 CF  ENG Dominic Knowles Harrogate Town Undisclosed [23]
1 February 2016 FW  NED Nasser El Khayati Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [24]
  1. ^ Following Phillips' release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Gateshead on 7 July 2015.[21]
  2. ^ Following Sharp's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Chester on 1 July 2015.[22]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
3 July 2015 RM  ENG Mark Duffy Birmingham City 2 January 2016 [25]
6 July 2015 GK  ENG Remi Matthews Norwich City 5 January 2016 [26]
29 July 2015 RM  ALB Zeli Ismail Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 January 2016 [27]
30 July 2015 LB  ENG Jerome Binnom-Williams Crystal Palace End of season [28]
15 January 2016 CF  ENG Mason Bennett Derby County End of season [29]
24 March 2016 FW  ENG Tyler Walker Nottingham Forest End of season [30]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
31 July 2015 LB  ENG George Taft Cambridge United 9 January 2016 [31]
7 August 2015 RM  ENG Marcus Harness Ilkeston 4 September 2015 [32]
12 November 2015 GK  ENG Dean Lyness Blackpool 2 January 2016 [33]
22 January 2016 MF  ENG Matt Palmer Oldham Athletic 27 February 2016 [34]
13 February 2016 GK  ENG Dean Lyness Blackpool 22 March 2016 [35]
11 March 2016 FW  GER Timmy Thiele Oldham Athletic End of season [36]
17 March 2016 DF  ENG Darius Charles AFC Wimbledon End of season [37]

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  2. ^ "Benfica Pre-Season Friendly Cancelled". Burton Albion F.C. 24 May 2015.
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