List of Burton Albion F.C. records and statistics

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Burton Albion Football Club are a professional football club from Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire. They were formed in 1950. They turned professional in 1950. In early 1950 they were elected into the Birmingham & District League where they remained until the end of the 1957-58 season. In the 1958-59 they moved into the Southern League. Before the 1979-80 they joined the Northern Premier League and in the 1987-88 they re-joined the Southern League. For the 2000-01 season they joined they re-joined the Northern Premier League then they joined the Football Conference and in the 2008-09 season they earned promotion to the Football League Two.

Honours and achievements[]

  • Football League One (Level 3)
    • Runners-Up: 2015-16
  • Football League Two (Level 4)
    • Winners (1): 2014-15
  • Football Conference (Level 5)
    • Winners (1): 2008-09
  • Northern Premier League (Level 6)
    • Winners (1): 2001-02
  • Southern League Premier Division (Level 6)
    • Runners-Up (2): 1999-2000, 2000–01
  • FA Trophy
    • Runners-Up (1): 1986-87
  • Southern League Cup
    • Winners (3): 1963-64, 1996–97, 1999–2000
    • Runners-Up (1): 1988-89
  • Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
    • Winners (1): 1982-83
    • Runners-Up (1): 1986-87
  • Northern League President's Cup
    • Runners-Up (2): 1982-83, 1985–86
  • Staffordshire Senior Cup
    • Winners (1): 1955-56
    • Runners-Up (1): 1976-77
  • Birmingham Senior Cup
    • Winners (2): 1953-54, 1996–97
    • Runners-Up (4): 1969-70, 1970–71, 1986–87, 2007–08
  • Bass Charity Vase
    • Winners (15): 1954, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
    • Runners-Up (12): 1952, 1957, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010

Player records[]

Appearances[]

# Name Career Apps Goals Source
1 England Darren Stride 1993–2010 646 124 [1]
2 England Aaron Webster 1998–2013 588 100 [2]
3 England 1970–80, 1981–83 567 70 [3]
4 England 535 11
5 England 508 0

Goalscorers[]

Top Goalscorers[]

# Name Career Goals Apps Average Source
1 England Richie Barker 1960-62, 1963–67 159 270 0.58 [4]
2 England 1963-67 149 199 0.75 [5]
3 England Darren Stride 1993–2010 124 646 0.19 [1]
4 England Aaron Webster 1998–2013 101 588 0.17 [6]
5 England 1987-97 86 457 0.19 [7]

Managerial Records[]

  • First Manager: Reg Weston managed club for 338 games, from June 1950 to July 1957
  • Longest serving Manager: Nigel Clough managed club for 742 games, from October 1998 to January 2009 and since December 2015. At total of 11 years.

Club Records[]

Matches[]

  • First Football League match: Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Burton Albion, 8 August 2009
  • First League Cup match: Reading 5–1 Burton Albion, 11 August 2009
  • First Football League Trophy match: Burton Albion 1–5 Chesterfield, 1 September 2009
  • First match at Pirelli Stadium: Burton Albion 2–2 Chester City, 16 July 2005

Record wins[]

  • Record win: 12–1 v Coalville Town, Birmingham Senior Cup, 6 September 1954
  • Record Football League win: 6–1 v Aldershot Town, Football League Two, 12 December 2009
  • Record FA Cup win:
5–1 v Rothwell Town, 1983
4–0 v Wootton Blue Cross, 1984
5–1 v Letchwood Garden City, 1986
  • Record League Cup win: 4–2 v Leicester City, 28 August 2012

Record defeats[]

  • Record defeat: 0–10 v Barnet, Southern League Premier Division, 7 February 1970
  • Record Football League defeat:
1–7 v Bristol Rovers, Football League Two, 14 April 2012
1–7 v Port Vale, Football League Two, 5 April 2012
  • Record FA Cup:
0–7 v Charlton Athletic, 1952
  • Record League Cup:
0–9 v Manchester City, 9 January 2019

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Darren Stride Leaves Albion". Burton Albion FC. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Albion Oldboys: Phil Annable Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Albion Oldboys: Richie Barker Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Albion Oldboys: Stan Round Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Aaron Staying With Albion Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Albion Oldboys: Simon Redfern Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
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