2024–25 Burton Albion F.C. season

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The 2024–25 season was the 75th season in the history of Burton Albion Football Club and their seventh consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

OwnerNordic Football Group

ChairmanOle Jakob Strandhagen

Head CoachMark Robinson
(until 23 October)^[1]
Tom Hounsell
(interim basis)
Gary Bowyer
(from 17 December)^[2]

StadiumPirelli Stadium

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Burton Albion
2024–25 season
Owner	Nordic Football Group
Chairman	Ole Jakob Strandhagen
Head Coach	Mark Robinson (until 23 October)^[1] Tom Hounsell (interim basis) Gary Bowyer (from 17 December)^[2]
Stadium	Pirelli Stadium
League One	20th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Rumarn Burrell (11 goals) All: Rumarn Burrell (11 goals)
Average home league attendance	3,254^[3]
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Transfers

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024	CB	Jason Sraha (ENG)	Shrewsbury Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[4]
20 June 2024	CF	Julian Larsson (SWE)	Nottingham Forest (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[5]
21 June 2024	CM	Charlie Webster (ENG)	Chelsea (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[6]
24 June 2024	CM	Alex Bannon (SCO)	Queen's Park (SCO)	Undisclosed	^[7]
25 June 2024	CB	Udoka Godwin-Malife (ENG)	Swindon Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[8]
26 June 2024	CF	Danilo Orsi (ENG)	Crawley Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 July 2024^[a]	CB	Geraldo Bajrami (ALB)	Notts County (ENG)	Free	^[10]
1 July 2024^[b]	CF	Rumarn Burrell (JAM)	Cove Rangers (SCO)	Free	^[11]
1 July 2024^[c]	LW	Tomas Kalinauskas (LTU)	Den Bosch (NED)	Free	^[12]
1 July 2024^[d]	DM	Elliot Watt (SCO)	Salford City (ENG)	Free	^[13]
1 July 2024^[e]	CM	Ben Whitfield (ENG)	Barrow (ENG)	Free	^[14]
8 July 2024	LB	Jack Armer (SCO)	Carlisle United (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[15]
8 July 2024	RW	Billy Bodin (WAL)	Oxford United (ENG)	Free	^[16]
12 July 2024	CF	Jack Hazlehurst (ENG)	Chorley (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[17]
16 July 2024	CF	Jack Cooper-Love (SWE)	Elfsborg (SWE)	Undisclosed	^[18]
20 July 2024	LB	Ivan Inzoudine (FRA)	Chambly Oise (FRA)	Undisclosed	^[19]
24 July 2024	RB	Nick Akoto (USA)	Tormenta (USA)	Undisclosed	^[20]
25 July 2024	CB	Terence Vancooten (GUY)	Stevenage (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[21]
27 July 2024	GK	Harry Isted (ENG)	Charlton Athletic (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[22]
16 January 2025	CF	Jón Daði Böðvarsson (ISL)	Wrexham (WAL)	Free	^[23]
31 January 2025	CM	James Jones (SCO)	Wrexham (WAL)	Undisclosed	^[24]
20 February 2025	RM	Anthony Forde (IRL)	Wrexham (WAL)	Free	^[25]
28 February 2025	CF	Jack Stretton (SCO)	Stockport County (ENG)	Free	^[26]

[a]
The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Notts County contract expired
[b]
The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Cove Rangers contract expired
[c]
The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Den Bosch contract expired
[d]
The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Salford City contract expired
[e]
The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Barrow contract expired

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024^[a]	CF	Cole Stockton (ENG)	Salford City (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[27]
1 July 2024	CF	Josh Gordon (ENG)	Walsall (ENG)	Free	^[28]
8 July 2024	CF	Josh Walker (ENG)	Southend United (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[29]
19 July 2024	RB	Tom Hamer (ENG)	Lincoln City (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[30]
25 July 2024	CM	Mark Helm (ENG)	Fleetwood Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[31]
13 August 2024	CB	William Tamen (ENG)	Everton (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[32]

[a]
The transfer was announced on 7 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened

Loaned in

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Date	Pos	Player	From	Date until	Ref
3 July 2024	LB	Dylan Williams (ENG)	Chelsea (ENG)	End of Season	^[33]
30 August 2024	RW	Romelle Donovan (ENG)	Birmingham City (ENG)	6 December 2024^[a]	^[34]^[35]
30 August 2024	CF	Ronnie Stutter (ENG)	Chelsea (ENG)	1 January 2025^[b]	^[36]^[37]
5 September 2024	CM	Alejandro Bran (CRC)	Minnesota United (USA)	5 January 2025^[c]	^[38]^[39]
9 January 2025	LB	Owen Dodgson (ENG)	Burnley (ENG)	End of Season	^[40]
10 January 2025	CM	JJ McKiernan (NIR)	Lincoln City (ENG)	End of Season	^[41]
31 January 2025	CF	Fábio Tavares (POR)	Coventry City (ENG)	End of Season	^[42]
3 February 2025	RB	Kyran Lofthouse (ENG)	Barnsley (ENG)	End of Season	^[43]

[a]
On 6 December, Donovan was recalled back early from his season-long loan from Birmingham.
[b]
On 1 January, Stutter was recalled back early from his season-long loan from Chelsea.
[c]
On 5 January, Bran was recalled back early from his season-long loan from Minnesota.

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
20 July 2024	LB	Ivan Inzoudine (FRA)	Kalmar (SWE)	1 January 2025	^[19]
7 August 2024	GK	Kamil Dudek (POL)	Alvechurch (ENG)	1 November 2024	^[44]
9 August 2024	CF	Dylan Scott (ENG)	Mickleover (ENG)	7 September 2024	^[45]
30 August 2024	CB	Jasper Moon (ENG)	Harrogate Town (ENG)	End of Season	^[46]
24 January 2025	AM	Jack Hazlehurst (ENG)	Marine (ENG)	End of Season	^[47]
31 January 2025	DM	Elliot Watt (SCO)	St Johnstone (SCO)	End of Season	^[48]
3 February 2025	CM	Alex Bannon (SCO)	Airdrieonians (SCO)	End of Season	^[49]
3 February 2025	RW	Billy Bodin (WAL)	Reading (ENG)	End of Season	^[50]
3 February 2025	CM	Ben Whitfield (ENG)	Barrow (ENG)	End of Season	^[51]
4 February 2025	CF	Jack Cooper-Love (SWE)	De Graafschap (NED)	End of Season	^[52]
4 February 2025	CF	Danilo Orsi (ENG)	Milton Keynes Dons (ENG)	End of Season	^[53]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	CB	Sam Hughes (ENG)	Stockport County (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[54]
30 June 2024	CM	Charlie Lakin (ENG)	Walsall (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[55]^[56]
30 June 2024	CB	Aristote Nsiala (COD)	Shrewsbury Town (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[55]^[57]
30 June 2024	CM	Deji Oshilaja (ENG)	Mansfield Town (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[55]^[58]
30 June 2024	AM	Joe Powell (ENG)	Rotherham United (ENG)	1 July 2024	^[59]
30 June 2024	CF	Bobby Kamwa (CMR)	Newport County (WAL)	2 August 2024	^[55]^[60]
30 June 2024	RB	Jake Caprice (ENG)	Oldham Athletic (ENG)	7 August 2024	^[55]^[61]
30 June 2024	LW	Mustapha Carayol (GAM)	Exeter City (ENG)	20 September 2024	^[55]^[62]
30 August 2024	CM	Rekeem Harper (ENG)	Port Vale (ENG)	1 November 2024	^[63]^[64]
30 June 2024	GK	Jamal Blackman (ENG)	Shrewsbury Town (ENG)	21 December 2024	^[55]^[65]
3 February 2025	LB	Ivan Inzoudine (FRA)			^[66]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 3 July, the Brewers announced their pre-season schedule, with friendly matches against Port Vale, Buxton and Morecambe.^[67]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

27 July 2024 Friendly	Burton Albion	2–0	Port Vale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Bodin 9' Godwin-Malife 70'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,680 Referee: Tom Reeves

30 July 2024 Friendly	Buxton	Cancelled	Burton Albion	Buxton
19:30 BST				Stadium: The Silverlands
Note: Fixture was cancelled, following the Brewers withdrawing from the fixture.^[68]

3 August 2024 Friendly	Burton Albion	2–2	Morecambe	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Bodin 70' Burrell 90+4'	Report	Tollitt 34', 45'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Referee: Ross Joyce

Competitions

League One

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Peterborough United	46	13	12	21	68	81	−13	51
19	Northampton Town	46	12	15	19	48	66	−18	51
20	Burton Albion	46	11	14	21	49	66	−17	47
21	Crawley Town (R)	46	12	10	24	57	83	−26	46	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Bristol Rovers (R)	46	12	7	27	44	76	−32	43	Relegation to EFL League Two

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[69]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
44	11	13	20	47	62	−15	46	6	5	11	29	33	−4	5	8	9	18	29	−11

Last updated: 26 April 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	5¹	15	17	11²	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	16³	28	29	30	31	32	26⁴	33	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	38⁵	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L
Position	15	17	19	19	20	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 5 (vs Crawley Town) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
² Matchday 11 (vs Charlton Athletic) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
³ Matchday 16 (vs Wigan Athletic) was postponed due to the international call-ups.
⁴ Matchday 26 (vs Stevenage) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
⁵ Matchday 38 (vs Wigan Athletic) was postponed due to international call-ups.

Matches

On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.^[70]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 August 2024 1	Burton Albion	2–3	Lincoln City	Burton upon Trent
17:30 BST	Godwin-Malife 5', 43' Bodin 41'	Report	O'Connor 9', 86' Darikwa 22' Duffy 43' Erhahon 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Edward Duckworth

17 August 2024 2	Mansfield Town	3–3	Burton Albion	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Evans 4' Armer 45+1' (o.g.) Reed 72' Gregory 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Bodin 7', 81' Armer 9' Whitfield 69' Vancooten 78' Bajrami 90+6'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7,781 Referee: Sam Purkiss

24 August 2024 3	Burton Albion	0–0	Stevenage	Burton upon Trent
12:30 BST	Godwin-Malife 34' Gilligan 67' Watt 90'	Report	Sweeney 7' Thompson 34' Roberts 34' Simpson 50' Smith 83'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,378 Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[71]

31 August 2024 4	Northampton Town	0–0	Burton Albion	Northampton
15:00 BST	Hondermarck 26' McGeehan 34' Chouchane 54'	Report	Kalinauskas 33' Watt 34' Orsi 43'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,909 Referee: Ben Atkinson

14 September 2024 6	Rotherham United	2–2	Burton Albion	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Clarke-Harris 39' Humphreys 57' Odoffin 74'	Report	Orsi 25' Vancooten 54' Cooper Love 71'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,704 Referee: Ben Speedie

21 September 2024 7	Burton Albion	1–2	Barnsley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Vancooten 67' Cooper Love 88' Akoto 90+6'	Report	Earl 3' De Gevigney 20' Connell 36' Humphrys 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Dean Whitestone

28 September 2024 8	Blackpool	3–0	Burton Albion	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Offiah 19' Apter 50' Evans 75'	Report	Orsi 37'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,168 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

1 October 2024 9	Reading	3–1	Burton Albion	Reading
20:00 BST	Campbell 23', 42' Ehibhatiomhan 50' Smith 82' Savage 85'	Report	Williams 41' Watt 81' Orsi 84'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 8,774 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 19:45 kick-off, but was pushed back fifteen minutes following agreement between both clubs.^[72]

5 October 2024 10	Burton Albion	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Orsi 15' Kalinauskas 39' Webster 45+1' Vancooten 82' Cooper Love 88'	Report	Conteh 45' Forde 52' Mola 59' O'Donkor 85' Ward 90+3'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,832 Referee: Alan Young

19 October 2024 12	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Burton Albion	Bolton
15:00 BST	Johnston 47' Collins 61', 85' Williams 63'	Report	Bennett 24' Orsi 66' Whitfield 86' Sweeney 90+1'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 19,540 Referee: Martin Coy

22 October 2024 13	Burton Albion	2–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Sweeney 7' Orsi 34' Webster 63'	Report	Scowen 12' Kodua 16', 49' Taylor 52' Leahy 53' Onyedinma 80' Udoh 81'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Aaron Bannister

26 October 2024 14	Cambridge United	1–0	Burton Albion	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Bennett 39' Cousins 84' Andrew 90+3'	Report	Bennett 5' Watt 23' Bodin 34'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,706 Referee: Declan Bourne

5 November 2024 5^[73]	Burton Albion	0–0	Crawley Town	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Webster 38' Armer 69' Bannon 90+1'	Report	Forster 40'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,810 Referee: Scott Oldham
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 September, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[74]^[73]

9 November 2024 15	Burton Albion	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Burton upon Trent
12:30 GMT	Kalinauskas 10' Webster 19' Orsi 51'	Report	Lloyd 86'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,935 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[75]

23 November 2024 17	Burton Albion	0–3	Stockport County	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Bennett 10' Watt 24' Armer 61'	Report	Bate 30' Barry 42', 59' Norwood 61' Horsfall 63' Wootton 64'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Ben Atkinson

26 November 2024 11^[76]	Burton Albion	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Webster 68'	Report	Ahadme 8' Edmonds-Green 32' Taylor 68' Campbell 69' Coventry 82' Berry 89' Small 90+1'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,749 Referee: Elliot Bell
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 12 October, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[77]^[76]

4 December 2024 18	Peterborough United	0–1	Burton Albion	Peterborough
19:45 GMT		Report	Bennett 64'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 3 December, but was moved back a day due to Burton playing on the preceding Sunday.^[78]

7 December 2024 19	Burton Albion	0–1	Wrexham	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Sraha 34'	Report	Lee 65'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,644 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

14 December 2024 20	Leyton Orient	0–0	Burton Albion	Leyton
12:30 GMT	Ball 77'	Report	Gilligan 58' Bennett 71'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,267 Referee: Martin Woods
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[75]

21 December 2024 21	Burton Albion	1–2	Exeter City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Bodin 8' Watt 21' Sraha 59' Gilligan 69' Vancooten 78'	Report	Woods 13' McDonald 43' Magennis 45+2' Alli 71', 81' J. Richards 85'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Sebastien Stockbridge

26 December 2024 22	Birmingham City	2–0	Burton Albion	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Stansfield 26' Crocombe 56' (o.g.)	Report	Godwin-Malife 45+1' Crocombe 48'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 27,524 Referee: Simon Mather

29 December 2024 23	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Kasumu 38' Helik 88'	Report	Webster 13' Crocombe 71' Vancooten 73' 90+3'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 18,842 Referee: Ben Toner

1 January 2025 24	Burton Albion	2–2	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Chauke 6' Burrell 26' Crocombe 77' Williams 78' Kalinauskas 87'	Report	Collins 42' Fernandez 77' Conn-Clarke 80'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,821 Referee: Matthew Corlett

4 January 2025 25	Burton Albion	0–1	Northampton Town	Burton upon Trent
12:30 GMT	Webster 17'	Report	Hoskins 84', 86'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[75]

18 January 2025 27	Crawley Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Radcliffe 50' Ibrahim 70' Showunmi 72' Conroy 73' Camará 81' Barker 86'	Report	Burrell 25' Dodgson 55' Vancooten 90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Ollie Yates

21 January 2025 16^[79]	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Burton Albion	Wigan
19:45 GMT	S. Smith 28' Aasgaard 32' Norburn 45'	Report	Dodgson 4' Webster 8' Böðvarsson 34' Burrell 59' Watt 78'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 7,553
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 16 November, but was postponed due to international call-ups.^[80]

25 January 2025 28	Burton Albion	4–2	Rotherham United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Böðvarsson 8', 41' McKiernan 27', 47' Sweeney 39' Armer 67'	Report	Sibley 2' Green 61'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Tom Reeves

28 January 2025 29	Burton Albion	3–2	Reading	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Burrell 10', 90+2' Böðvarsson 29'	Report	Ehibhatiomhan 36' Garcia 44' Craig 69' Smith 71'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Will Finnie

1 February 2025 30	Barnsley	0–0	Burton Albion	Barnsley
12:30 GMT	de Gevigney 81'	Report	Armer 82' McKiernan 90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[81]

8 February 2025 31	Burton Albion	1–1	Blackpool	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Burrell 19' Dodgson 76' Crocombe 89'	Report	Morgan 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,965 Referee: Carl Brook

15 February 2025 32	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Burton Albion	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Martin 13', 35' Thomas 69', 87' Hutchinson 90+9'	Report	Chauke 66' Tavares 82' Bennett 90+5'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,938 Referee: Thomas Kirk

18 February 2025 26^[82]	Stevenage	0–1	Burton Albion	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Reid 56'	Report	Webster 45' Vancooten 57' Dodgson 79' Crocombe 90' Godwin-Malife 90+2'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,801 Referee: James Durkin
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 11 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[83]

22 February 2025 33	Lincoln City	0–1	Burton Albion	Lincoln
15:00 GMT		Report	Webster 90+2'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,507 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

1 March 2025 34	Burton Albion	1–1	Mansfield Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Dodgson 13' McKiernan 81' Jones 89'	Report	Hewitt 43' Sweeney 52' (o.g.) McLaughlin 55' Akins 89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Matthew Russell

4 March 2025 35	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Burton Albion	High Wycombe
20:00 GMT	Udoh 16' Kone 44' Armer 59' (o.g.)	Report	Dodgson 90+2'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[84]

8 March 2025 36	Burton Albion	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	McKiernan 29' Armer 42' Sweeney 53' Lofthouse 59' Bennett 79'	Report	Morley 22' Sheehan 47', 60' Murphy 76'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,172 Referee: Lee Swabey

15 March 2025 37	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Gape 62' Gilliead 82'	Report	Dodgson 27' Burrell 72' Vancooten 86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,807 Referee: Declan Bourne

29 March 2025 39	Stockport County	2–1	Burton Albion	Edgeley
12:30 GMT	Wootton 8' Touray 24' Fevrier 45+3' Pye 53' 90+4' Olaofe 76'	Report	McKiernan 27' Lofthouse 45+2' Sweeney 55' Larsson 89'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,554 Referee: Elliot Bell
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[85]

1 April 2025 40	Burton Albion	2–1	Leyton Orient	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

5 April 2025 41	Wrexham	3–0	Burton Albion	Wrexham
12:30 BST	Rathbone 33' Fletcher 71' (pen.) Smith 74' Marriott 87'	Report	Webster 10' Dodgson 49' Crocombe 90'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 12,829 Referee: Seb Stockbridge
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[86]

12 April 2025 42	Burton Albion	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Burrell 9', 55' Dodgson 20' Larsson 45' Williams 71'	Report	Balker 51' Hogg 53' Evans 70'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,278 Referee: Scott Jackson

18 April 2025 43	Exeter City	0–0	Burton Albion	Exeter
13:00 BST	McDonald 27' Turns 55' MacDonald 88'	Report	Sweeney 33' Lofthouse 64' Chauke 86'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,972 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward two hours following agreement between both clubs.^[72]

21 April 2025 44	Burton Albion	1–2	Birmingham City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Delap 84' Tavares 90+4'	Report	Sampsted 44' Stansfield 45+2' Anderson 89' Klarer 90+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Matt Corlett

26 April 2025 45	Burton Albion	2–1	Cambridge United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	McKiernan 27' 45+4' Böðvarsson 48' Williams 90+3'	Report	Kaikai 33' Loft 45+3' Kachunga 84'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Will Finnie

29 April 2025 38	Burton Albion	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Burrell 57' Bennett 60'	Report	Darcy 90+6'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: Darren Drysdale Referee: 3,506
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 22 March, but was rearranged due to international call-ups.^[87]

3 May 2025 46	Charlton Athletic	3-1	Burton Albion	Charlton
15:00 BST	Maynard-Brewer 12'			Stadium: The Valley

FA Cup

Burton Albion were drawn at home to Scarborough Athletic in the first round^[88]^[89] and then to Tamworth in the second round.^[90]^[91]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round	Burton Albion	1–0	Scarborough Athletic	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Cooper Love 27' Sweeney 62' Kalinauskas 69' Orsi 74' Williams 90+1'	Report	Gooda 27' Tear 50' Mulhern 90+6'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,066 Referee: Simon Mather

1 December 2024 Second round	Burton Albion	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Tamworth	Burton upon Trent
14:00 GMT	Godwin-Malife 41' Armer 56' Watt 64' Larsson 90+8' Bennett 92' Whitfield 116'	Report	Cullinane-Liburd 25' Williams 52' Maher 94' Fletcher 110' Crompton 118' Enoru 120+2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,393 Referee: Thomas Kirk
	Penalties
	Orsi Bennett Whitfield Watt Sweeney		Milnes Fletcher Crompton Morrison Hollis

EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Burton being drawn at home against Blackpool.^[92]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round	Burton Albion	0–4	Blackpool	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Sweeney 11' Chauke 48'	Report	Fletcher 13' Finnigan 69' Pennington 76', 81' Evans 90+1'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Matthew Corlett

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Burton were drawn into Southern Group F alongside Northampton Town, Notts County and Leicester City.^[93]^[94] In the round of 32, Burton were drawn at home against Stevenage.^[95]^[96]

Group stage

More information Pos, Div ...

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Burton Albion	3	2	1	9	5	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Northampton Town	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Notts County	3	2	1	3	3	0	6
4	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 August 2024 Group stage	Burton Albion	3–1	Leicester City U21	Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST	Gilligan 29' Delap 32' Bennett 46', 68' Sweeney 83' Orsi 84'	Report	Richards 57' Wormleighton 64'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 473 Referee: Martin Woods

24 September 2024 Group stage	Burton Albion	1–2	Notts County	Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST	Gilligan 18' Whitfield 87' Orsi 88'	Report	Gordon 29', 39' Austin 54' Cisse 58'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Referee: Elliot Bell
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 3 September, but was pushed back three weeks.^[97]

12 November 2024 Group stage	Northampton Town	2–5	Burton Albion	Northampton
19:00 GMT	Dobson 2' Waghorn 34', 47'	Report	Akoto 13' Williams 36' Webster 39' Donovan 49' Whitfield 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 778 Referee: James Durkin

Knockout stages

10 December 2024 Round of 32	Burton Albion	0–4	Stevenage	Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT	Bran 2' Williams 20' Gilligan 72' Whitfield 74'	Report	Freestone 6' Simpson 54' Piergianni 62' Aboh 78' White 83'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 321 Referee: Richard Eley

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 26 April 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

More information No., Pos ...

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NZL	Max Crocombe	43	0	41+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Udoka Godwin-Malife	44	1	37+3	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Owen Dodgson	20	1	20+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Elliot Watt	30	0	24+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
5	DF	ALB	Geraldo Bajrami	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	IRL	Ryan Sweeney	45	3	41+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
7	FW	LTU	Tomas Kalinauskas	42	2	18+20	1	1+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
8	FW	ENG	Charlie Webster	33	6	24+6	5	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
9	FW	ENG	Danilo Orsi	32	7	18+9	6	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	1
10	FW	ISL	Jón Daði Böðvarsson	12	5	10+2	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	WAL	Billy Bodin	15	4	7+5	4	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	MF	ENG	Jack Hazlehurst	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Harry Isted	8	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
14	DF	USA	Nick Akoto	20	1	6+8	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
15	DF	GUY	Terence Vancooten	34	1	29+1	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
16	FW	SWE	Jack Cooper-Love	21	2	6+8	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
17	DF	SCO	Jack Armer	40	0	31+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
18	FW	JAM	Rumarn Burrell	33	10	25+4	10	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
19	DF	ENG	Dylan Williams	31	2	13+11	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
20	DF	ENG	Jason Sraha	17	0	11+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
21	MF	SCO	Alex Bannon	12	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
22	FW	SWE	Julian Larsson	13	2	5+5	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
23	FW	POR	Fábio Tavares	8	2	0+8	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	NIR	JJ McKiernan	19	1	19+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IRL	Ciaran Gilligan	16	0	8+4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
26	DF	ENG	Finn Delap	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Toby Oakes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
32	FW	ENG	Mason Bennett	35	3	14+18	1	0+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	1
33	MF	RSA	Kegs Chauke	40	1	31+6	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
34	MF	ENG	Ben Whitfield	30	3	13+10	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+2	2
35	MF	SCO	James Jones	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	ENG	Kyran Lofthouse	15	0	13+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW	ENG	Jack Newall	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	DF	ENG	Josh Taroni	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
44	MF	IRL	Anthony Forde	9	0	3+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
47	FW	SCO	Jack Stretton	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
23	MF	CRC	Alejandro Bran	4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Ronnie Stutter	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
49	FW	ENG	Romelle Donovan	9	1	1+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1

2024–25 Burton Albion F.C. season

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