2016–17 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion

2016–17 season

Chairman

Ben Robinson

Manager

Nigel Clough

Stadium

Pirelli Stadium

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Burton Albion's 67th season in their history and first ever in Championship after gaining promotion the previous season.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Ben Turner	Cardiff City	Free transfer	^[2]
12 July 2016	CB	Kyle McFadzean	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	^[3]
15 July 2016	DM	Jackson Irvine	Ross County	£330,000	^[4]
25 July 2016	CB	Ryan Delaney	Wexford Youths	Free transfer	^[5]
25 July 2016	LM	Lloyd Dyer	Burnley	Free transfer	^[5]
25 July 2016	CM	Lee Williamson	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[5]
25 August 2016	GK	Harry Campbell	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[6]
26 August 2016	DF	Shaun Barker	Derby County	Free transfer	^[7]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RW	Sam Austin	Kidderminster Harriers ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	LB	Shane Cansdell-Sherriff	Manly United ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	Darius Charles	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2016	GK	Dean Lyness	Blackpool ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	Anthony O'Connor	Aberdeen	Mutual consent	^[13]
1 July 2016	RM	Mark Shelton	Ilkeston ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	Liam Slade	North Ferriby United ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	George Taft	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2016	CF	Timmy Thiele	Carl Zeiss Jena ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Released	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Robbie Weir	Leyton Orient ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Released	^[9]
26 July 2016	CM	Nathan Ferguson	Port Vale	Free transfer	^[19]
25 August 2016	DM	Calum Butcher	Millwall	Undisclosed	^[20]

↑ Following Sam Austin being released, he later signed for Kidderminster Harriers.^[8]
↑ Following Shane Cansdell-Sherriff being released, he later signed for Manly United.^[10]
↑ Following Dean Lyness being released, he later signed for Blackpool.^[12]
↑ Following Mark Shelton being released, he later signed for Ilkeston.^[14]
↑ Following Liam Slade being released, he later signed for North Ferriby United.^[15]
↑ Following Timmy Thiele being released, he later signed for Carl Zeiss Jena.^[17]
↑ Following Robbie Weir being released, he later signed for Leyton Orient.^[18]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
16 July 2016	CF	Chris O'Grady	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of Season	^[21]
6 August 2016	DM	Hamza Choudhury	Leicester City	End of Season	^[22]
19 August 2016	RB	John Brayford	Sheffield United	End of Season	^[23]
25 August 2016	AM	William Miller	Tottenham Hotspur	1 January 2017	^[6]
31 August 2016	LW	Jamie Ward	Nottingham Forest	End of Season	^[24]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK	Sam Hornby	Kidderminster Harriers	End of Season	^[25]
19 August 2016	RB	Phil Edwards	Oxford United	End of Season	^[26]
21 October 2016	DF	Charlie Gatter	Spalding United	19 November 2016	^[27]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Friendly	Leek Town	0–2	Burton Albion	Leek
19:30 BST		Report	Harness 34' Flanagan 76'	Stadium: Harrison Park

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Burton Albion	3–0	Stoke City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	O'Grady 48', 58' Akins 87'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Kidderminster Harriers	0–2	Burton Albion	Kidderminster
19:30 BST		Report	Harness 7', 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 607 (80 away)

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) Friendly	Exeter City	1–0	Burton Albion	Exeter
19:30 BST	Watkins 56'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 768

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Matlock Town	1–2	Burton Albion	Matlock
14:00 BST	Newsham 27'	Report	Harness 12', 79'	Stadium: Causeway Lane

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Burton Albion	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Beavon 57'	Report	Onuoha 36'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,806

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) Friendly	Buxton	1–1	Burton Albion	Buxton
19:45 BST	Bennett 2'	Report	Akins 70'	Stadium: The Silverlands

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29) Friendly	Gresley	3–2	Burton Albion	Church Gresley
19:30 BST	Meade 12', 31' Morris 48'	Report	Harnes 57' Garnett 79'	Stadium: Moat Ground

2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) Friendly	Mickleover Sports	1–0	Burton Albion	Mickleover
19:30 BST	Minot 68'			Stadium: The Don Amott Arena

Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Queens Park Rangers	19	6	5	8	20	28	−8	23
18	Brentford	19	6	4	9	24	26	−2	22
19	Burton Albion	19	5	7	7	21	25	−4	22
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	6	8	21	24	−3	21
21	Blackburn Rovers	19	5	5	9	21	28	−7	20

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Nottingham Forest	4–3	Burton Albion	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Mills 13' Assombalonga 23', 77' Lansbury 35' Lam 45+1' Burke 49'	Report	Akins 27' Dyer 30' Turner 33' Choudhury 40' Naylor 90'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,012 Referee: Andy Woolmer

13 August 2016 2	Burton Albion	1–2	Bristol City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Flanagan 66' Naylor 88'	Report	Tomlin 35' Abraham 44', 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,579

16 August 2016 3	Burton Albion	3–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	McFadzean 7' Irvine 45+2' Dyer 77' Turner 90'	Report	Hunt 7' Hooper 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

20 August 2016 4	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Burton Albion	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Graham 15' Conway 25' Lowe 58' Gallagher 61'	Report	Irvine 43' Mousinho 49' Naylor 88'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,356 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 August 2016 5	Burton Albion	1–0	Derby County	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Irvine 12' Turner 89'		Bryson 78'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

10 September 2016 6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Burton Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Stearman 52' Costa 66' Oniangué 77' Coady 82'	Report	Turner 40' Naylor 54' Miller 90+3' Brayford 90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 22,049 Referee: James Adcock

13 September 2016 7	Fulham	1–1	Burton Albion	London
19:45 BST	Sigurðsson 81' Sessegnon 90+3' Jozabed 90+3'	Report	Irvine 51' 90+7' Turner 75' Ward 90+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 15,288 Referee: Tim Robinson

17 September 2016 8	Burton Albion	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Naylor 55'	Report	Stephens 50' Hemed 88' (pen.) Bong 90+3'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,756 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

24 September 2016 9	Norwich City	3–1	Burton Albion	Norwich
15:00 BST	Martin Olsson 29' 62' Jacob Murphy 47' Hoolahan 83' Ivo Pinto 89'	Report	Naylor 33' Akins 46' Ward 50' Flanagan 63', 76'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,104 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

27 September 2016 10	Burton Albion	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Burton-upon-Trent
19:45 BST	Ward 25' 58' Turner 38'	Report	Washington 27' Bidwell 51' Polter 70'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,725 Referee: Scott Duncan

1 October 2016 11	Burton Albion	2–0	Cardiff City	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 BST	Irvine 12' 84' Akins 49'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,426 Referee: Andrew Madley

15 October 2016 12	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Burton Albion	Wigan
15:00 BST		Report	Akins 54' Brayford 59' McFadzean 64'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,430 Referee: Andrew Davies

18 October 2016 13	Ipswich Town	2–0	Burton Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Chambers 15' Skuse 35' Sears 88'	Report	Irvine 21' Mousinho 80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,816 Referee: Oliver Langford

21 October 2016 14	Burton Albion	2–0	Birmingham City	Burton-upon-Trent
19:45 BST	Akins 29' Dyer 32' Naylor 41' Irvine 45+1' Ward 62'	Report	Maghoma 36' Grounds 64' Shotton 69'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,818 Referee: Tim Robinson

29 October 2016 15	Leeds United	2–0	Burton Albion	Leeds
15:00 BST	O'Kane 45+1' Jansson 76' Wood 83' (pen.) Ronaldo Vieira 90+4' Doukara 90+6' 90+7'	Report	Akins 64' Turner 82'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,220 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

5 November 2016 16	Burton Albion	0–0	Barnsley	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT	Turner 73'	Report	MacDonald 32'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,913 Referee: Peter Bankes

19 November 2016 17	Reading	3–0	Burton Albion	Reading
15:00 GMT	Samuel 22' 63' Williams 29' McCleary 64' Brayford 77' (o.g.) McShane 90+4'	Report	Turner 44'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,545 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 November 2016 18	Preston North End	1–1	Burton Albion	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 37' Robinson 45+2' Cunningham 85' Pearson 90'	Report	Irvine 23' Mousinho 77' O'Grady 79'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 10,696 Referee: Darren Bond

3 December 2016 19	Burton Albion	2–1	Rotherham United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Irvine 15' Naylor 59' Palmer 62'	Report	Vaulks 70' Adeyemi 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

10 August 2016 First round	Burton Albion	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Bury	Burton upon Trent
19:30 BST	Reilly 36' Beavon 105' Butcher 113'	Report	Jones 16' Pope 48' 76' Mellis 75' Maher 120'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,523 Referee: Mark Heywood

23 August 2016 Second round	Burton Albion	0–5	Liverpool	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Choudhury 57' Williamson 61'	Report	Origi 15' Firmino 22' Naylor 61' (o.g.) Sturridge 78', 83'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Simon Hooper

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Clough Brings In First Summer Signing". Burton Albion Official Site. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Brewers Sign Defender In Record Deal". Burton Albion Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Brewers Break Transfer Record To Bring In Irvine". Burton Albion Official Site. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
1 2 3 "Brewers Confirm Three More Additions To Nigel Clough's Squad". Burton Albion Official Site. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
1 2 "Miller Joins Brewers On-Loan From Spurs". Burton Albion Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
↑ "Shaun Barker registered to play tonight". Burton Albion Official Site. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
↑ "Striker and winger sign on board with Kidderminster Harriers". Kidderminster Harriers Official Site. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nigel Clough Announces Plans For His Championship Squad". Burton Albion Official Site. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
↑ "Former Burton Albion defender Shane Cansdell-Sherriff signs for Australian side Manly United". Burton Mail. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Darius Charles Joins AFC Wimbledon". Burton Albion Official Site. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Lyness joins Blackpool on free transfer". BBC. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "Defender O'Connor Leaves Brewers". Burton Albion Official Site. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
↑ "Ilkeston sign midfielder Shelton from Burton Albion". Ilkeston Advertiser. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Delighted to announce the signing on ex-Burton Albion Defender, Liam Slade". Twitter. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "George Taft Joins Mansfield Town". Burton Albion Official Site. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Carl Zeiss Jena verpflichtet Timmy Thiele". FuPa. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Leyton Orient sign midfielder Weir". BBC. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
↑ "Midfielder Joins Port Vale". Burton Albion Official Site. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "Calum Butcher Agrees Permanent Move". Burton Albion Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
↑ "Brewers Sign Striker On Loan". Burton Albion Official Site. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
↑ "Hamza Choudhury Re-Signs On Loan". Burton Albion Official Site. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "John Brayford Joins Burton Albion On Loan". Burton Albion Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Jamie Ward Joins Burton Albion". Burton Albion Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "Goalkeeper Sam Hornby signs long-term loan from Burton Albion". Kidderminster Harriers Official Site. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Phil Edwards Moves Out On Loan". Burton Albion Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Young Brewer Moves Out On Loan". Burton Albion Official Site. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

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

Recent seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 play-off Final 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
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U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League 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)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

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Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

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