2014–15 Burton Albion F.C. season
Burton Albion 2014–15 football season
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(from 13 November)
| 2014–15 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Gary Rowett (until 27 October) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
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| chairman = Ben Robinson
| chrtitle = Chairman
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| stadium = Pirelli Stadium
| league = League Two
| league result = 1st
| cup1 = FA Cup
| cup1 result = First round
(Eliminated by Barnsley)
| cup2 = League Cup
| cup2 result = Third round
(Eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion
| cup3 = FL Trophy
| cup3 result = Second round
(Eliminated by Doncaster Rovers
| league topscorer = Lucas Akins (9)
| season topscorer = Lucas Akins (9)
| highest attendance = 5,720 vs Northampton Town
(25 April 2015)
| lowest attendance = 2,099 vs Exeter City
(19 August 2014), 1,269 vs Doncaster Rovers (7 October 2014) Football League Trophy
| average attendance = 3,237
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The 2014–15 season was Burton Albion's sixth consecutive season in League Two. They finished 6th in the previous season but failed to get promotion via the playoffs. It was Gary Rowett's third season as manager of the club, he would leave in November to join Birmingham City. The club would appoint former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and under his leadership the club finished first earning promotion to the Football League One for the first time in the club's history.
Match details
Pre-season
| 19 July 2014 | Burton Albion | 4–0 | Sheffield United | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 BST | MacDonald Akins Knowles Cutajar |
Report | Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Referee: Jonathan Moss |
| 22 July 2014 | Hednesford Town | 0–2 | Burton Albion | Hednesford |
| 19:45 BST | Report | Akins Edwards |
Stadium: Keys Park Referee: Chris Sarginson |
| 29 July 2014 | Burton Albion | 0–1 | Derby County | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:30 BST | Report | Hendrick |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Steve Bratt |
| 2 August 2014 | Burton Albion | 0–0 | Stoke City | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 BST | Report | Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Kevin Johnson |
League Two
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burton Albion (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 94 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 89 | |
| 3 | Bury (P) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 85 | |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs[a] |
| 5 | Southend United (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 84 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 94 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | +9 |
Results by round
Matches
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[1]
| 9 August 2014 1 | Oxford United | 0–1 | Burton Albion | Oxford |
| 15:00 | Long Collins |
Report | MacDonald Akins Edwards |
Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,370 Referee: Darren Handley |
| 16 August 2014 2 | Burton Albion | 2–1 | Dagenham & Redbridge | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Kee |
Report | Cureton |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Chris Kavanagh |
| 19 August 2014 3 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Exeter City | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:45 | Beavon |
Report | Sercombe |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,099 Referee: Mark Heywood |
| 23 August 2014 4 | Newport County | 1–1 | Burton Albion | Newport |
| 15:00 | Zebroski |
Report | Mousinho Edwards |
Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Kevin Johnson |
| 30 August 2014 5 | Mansfield Town | 1–2 | Burton Albion | Mansfield |
| 15:00 | Beevers Rhead |
Report | MacDonald Beavon McLaughlin McFadzean Weir |
Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,966 Referee: Darren Drysdale |
| 7 September 2014 6 | Burton Albion | 2–0 | Portsmouth | Burton upon Trent |
| 12:15 | McGurk Akins |
Report | Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,980 Referee: Oliver Langford |
| 13 September 2014 7 | Burton Albion | 2–0 | York City | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Akins Mousinho |
Report | Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,890 Referee: Jeremy Simpson |
| 16 September 2014 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 3–0 | Burton Albion | Kingston upon Thames |
| 19:45 | Tubbs Akinfenwa |
Report | Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,195 Referee: Andy Davies |
| 20 September 2014 9 | Bury | 3–1 | Burton Albion | Bury |
| 15:00 | Nardiello Lowe |
Report | Jacob Blyth | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,536 Referee: Geoff Eltringham |
| 27 September 2014 10 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Cheltenham Town | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Beavon Blyth |
Report | Elliott Brown |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: David Webb |
| 3 October 2014 11 | Burton Albion | 1–3 | Cambridge United | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:45 | MacDonald Edwards Mousinho Akins |
Report | Elliott Donaldson |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,683 Referee: Mick Russell |
| 11 October 2014 12 | Northampton Town | 1–2 | Burton Albion | Northampton |
| 14:00 | D'Ath Cresswell Stevens |
Report | Blyth Akins MacDonald |
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,935 Referee: Gary Sutton |
| 18 October 2014 13 | Burton Albion | 0–2 | Morecambe | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Report | Fleming Ellison Kenyon Barkhuizen |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,560 Referee: Carl Boyeson |
| 21 October 2014 14 | Carlisle United | 3–4 | Burton Albion | Carlisle |
| 19:45 | Dempsey Potts White Asamoah |
Report | McCrory Bell Blyth MacDonald Beavon |
Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,266 Referee: Scott Duncan |
| 25 October 2014 15 | Stevenage | 1–0 | Burton Albion | Stevenage |
| 15:00 | Parrett Sharps |
Report | Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,051 Referee: Andy Woolmer |
| 1 November 2014 16 | Burton Albion | 1–1 | Plymouth Argyle | Burton-on-Trent |
| 15:00 | MacDonald |
BBC Report | Reid |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Charles Breakspear |
| 17 November 2014 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1–3 | Burton Albion | High Wycombe |
| 19:45 | Hayes Ephraim Lewis |
BBC Report | Edwards MacDonald Blyth Lenihan |
Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,981 Referee: Graham Scott |
| 22 November 2014 18 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Luton Town | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 15:00 | Edwards Weir |
Report | Wilkinson |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,772 Referee: James Adcock |
| 29 November 2014 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 1–0 | Burton Albion | Shrewsbury |
| 15:00 | Collins Akpa Akpro |
Report | Mousinho Edwards Maynard |
Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 5,170 Referee: Seb Stockbridge |
| 6 December 2014 20 | Exeter City | 1–1 | Burton Albion | Exeter |
| 15:00 | Ribeiro |
Report | Blyth McCrory |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,381 Referee: Pat Miller |
| 13 December 2014 21 | Burton Albion | 4–0 | Hartlepool United | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | MacDonald Cansdell-Sherriff Beavon |
Report | Austin Green |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,474 Referee: Gavin Ward |
| 19 December 2014 22 | Southend United | 0–0 | Burton Albion | Southend-on-Sea |
| 19:45 | Prosser |
Report | MacDonald Blyth Weir |
Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,266 Referee: Charles Breakspear |
| 26 December 2014 23 | Burton Albion | 2–0 | Tranmere Rovers | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | McCrory Cansdell-Sherriff Blyth |
Report | Ridehalgh |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Keith Hill |
| 3 January 2015 24 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Shrewsbury Town | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Beavon Lenihan Taft Blyth |
Report | Woods Collins |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,555 Referee: Brendan Malone |
| 10 January 2015 25 | Burton Albion | 2–1 | Mansfield Town | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Palmer Maynard Blyth Lenihan |
Report | Lambe Kee |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,506 Referee: Andy Haines |
| 17 January 2015 26 | Portsmouth | 1–1 | Burton Albion | Portsmouth |
| 15:00 | Wallace Dunne |
Report | Weir Lenihan |
Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,323 Referee: Scott Mathieson |
| 24 January 2015 27 | York City | 1–1 | Burton Albion | York |
| 15:00 | Sinclair Fletcher |
Report | Taft Beavon McGurk Edwards |
Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,398 Referee: Ben Toner |
| 31 January 2015 28 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Bury | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 | Edwards |
Report | Tutte |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Stuart Attwell |
| 7 February 2015 29 | Cheltenham Town | 1–3 | Burton Albion | Cheltenham |
| 15:00 | Brown Burns |
Report | Beavon McGurk Edwards Weir |
Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Jeremy Simpson |
| 10 February 2015 30 | Burton Albion | 0–0 | AFC Wimbledon | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 19:45 | Mousinho |
Report | Phillips Akinfenwa |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,399 Referee: Seb Stockbridge |
| 14 February 2015 31 | Burton Albion | 2–0 | Oxford United | Burton-on-Trent |
| 15:00 | McGurk Weir Mousinho Akins |
Report | Whing Skarz Hylton |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,954 Referee: Peter Bankes |
| 21 February 2015 32 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1–3 | Burton Albion | Dagenham |
| 15:00 GMT | Jakubiak |
Report | McGurk El Khayati McCory |
Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,718 Referee: |
| 24 February 2015 33 | Accrington Stanley | 1–0 | Burton Albion | Accrington |
| 19:45 GMT | Windass Proctor Atkinson |
Report | Stadium: Store First Stadium Attendance: 919 Referee: Mark Brown |
| 28 February 2015 34 | Burton Albion | 0–1 | Newport County | Burton upon Trent |
| 15:00 GMT | Report | Storey Jones |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Andy Madley |
| 7 March 2015 35 | Hartlepool United | 0–1 | Burton Albion | Hartlepool |
| 15:00 GMT | Tshibola |
Report | Akins Cuvelier |
Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,289 Referee: Darren Bond |
| 14 March 2015 36 | Burton Albion | 3–0 | Accrington Stanley | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 15:00 GMT | McCrory Edwards Beavon Palmer |
Report | Atkinson |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,293 Referee: Carl Boyeson |
| 18 March 2015 37 | Burton Albion | 2–1 | Southend United | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 19:45 GMT | Mousinho Naylor Weir Palmer El Khayati |
Report | Corr Timlin |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,669 Referee: James Linington |
| 21 March 2015 38 | Tranmere Rovers | 1–4 | Burton Albion | Tranmere |
| 15:00 GMT | Odejayi Ihiekwi Molyneux Dugdale |
Report | McCrory Akins Mousinho El Khayati Dugdale |
Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,390 Referee: Tim Robinson |
| 30 March 2015 39 | Burton Albion | 1–1 | Stevenage | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 19:45 GMT | Dembélé Beavon |
Report | Naylor Andrade |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Gary Sutton |
| 3 April 2015 40 | Plymouth Argyle | 1–1 | Burton Albion | Plymouth |
| 15:00 GMT | McHugh |
Report | Stewart Mousinho Atkins Beavon |
Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,469 Referee: |
| 6 April 2015 41 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Wycombe Wanderers | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 15:00 GMT | Beavon McLaughlin McGurk Taft |
Report | Yennaris Mawson |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,284 Referee: |
| 11 April 2015 42 | Luton Town | 0–1 | Burton Albion | Luton |
| 15:00 GMT | McNulty |
Report | Palmer |
Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,680 Referee: |
| 15 April 2015 43 | Burton Albion | 1–1 | Carlisle United | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 19:45 GMT | Johnstone |
Report | Grainger Buddle Young |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,892 Referee: |
| 18 April 2015 44 | Morecambe | 1–2 | Burton Albion | Morecambe |
| 15:00 GMT | Kenyon Ellison Arestidou Hughes |
Report | Akins Edwards |
Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,139 Referee: |
| 25 April 2015 45 | Burton Albion | 3–1 | Northampton Town | Burton-upon-Trent |
| 15:00 GMT | Akins Edwards |
Report | D'Ath Taylor Cresswell |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,720 Referee: |
| 2 May 2015 46 | Cambridge United | 2–3 | Burton Albion | Cambridge |
| 15:00 GMT | Elliott Simpson |
Report | Beavon Taft McLaughlin Mousinho Edwards McCory Stewart |
Stadium: R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,109 Referee: |
FA Cup
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[2]
League Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Burton Albion were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic.[3]
| 12 August 2014 Round One | Burton Albion | 2–1 | Wigan Athletic | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:45 | Knowles Beavon |
Report | Fortuné |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,602 Referee: Pat Miller |
| 26 August 2014 Round Two | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Queens Park Rangers | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:45 | MacDonald Mousinho McGurk |
Report | Simpson Dunne |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,999 Referee: Paul Tierney |
| 24 September 2014 Round Three | Burton Albion | 0–3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:45 | Report | Ince LuaLua Mackail-Smith Calderón |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,253 Referee: Darren Bond |
Football League Trophy
| 7 October 2014 Round Two | Burton Albion | 0–3 | Doncaster Rovers | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:45 | Report | Forrester Tyson Wellens |
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Mark Brown |
Transfers
| Players transferred in | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club transferred from | Fee | Ref. | |
| 28 May 2014 | DF | Free | [4] | |||
| 30 May 2014 | DF | Free | [5] | |||
| 6 June 2014 | MF | Free | [6] | |||
| 18 June 2014 | FW | Undisclosed | [7] | |||
| 22 July 2014 | GK | Free | [8] | |||
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Undisclosed | [9] | |||
| 27 November 2014 | DF | Free | [10] | |||
| 8 January 2015 | DF | Free | [11] | |||
| 29 January 2015 | FW | Undisclosed | [12] | |||
| 17 February 2015 | FW | Free | [13] | |||
| Players transferred out | ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club transferred to | Fee | Ref. | |
| 7 May 2014 | DF | Free | [14] | |||
| 30 May 2014 | DF | Free | [15] | |||
| 27 June 2014 | DF | Free | [16] | |||
| 18 August 2014 | FW | Undisclosed | [17] | |||
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Undisclosed | [18] | |||
| Players loaned in | ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club loaned from | Loan end date | Ref. | |
| 30 June 2014 | FW | 1 September 2014 | [19] | |||
| 3 July 2014 | MF | January 2015 | [20] | |||
| 27 August 2014 | FW | 3 May 2015 | [21][22] | |||
| 21 October 2014 | MF | 4 March 2015 | [23][24][25][26][27] | |||
| 20 November 2014 | MF | 19 December 2014 | [28] | |||
| 27 November 2014 | GK | 28 December 2014 | [29] | |||
| 2 January 2015 | GK | 3 May 2015 | [30] | |||
| 30 January 2015 | DF | 3 May 2015 | [31] | |||
| 2 February 2015 | MF | 2 March 2015 | [32] | |||
| 6 March 2015 | MF | 3 May 2015 | [33] | |||
| 11 March 2015 | MF | 30 June 2015 | [34] | |||
| 26 March 2015 | MF | 25 April 2015 | [35] | |||
| 26 March 2015 | DF | 25 April 2015 | [35] | |||
| 26 March 2015 | FW | 30 June 2015 | [36] | |||
| Players loaned out | ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club loaned to | Loan end date | Ref. | |
| 30 January 2015 | FW | 19 March 2015 | [37][38] | |||
| 2 February 2015 | MF | 3 May 2015 | [39] | |||
| 27 March 2015 | MF | 30 June 2015 | [40] | |||