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 Darren Stride 1993–2010 646 124 2 Aaron Webster 1998–2013 588 100 3 Phil Annable 1970–80, 1981–83 567 70Albion Oldboys: Phil Annable 4 Nigel Simms 1981-93 535 11 5 Nick Goodwin 1988-95, 1997–99 508 0

Goalscorers Top Goalscorers

# Name Career Goals Apps Average Source 1 Richie Barker 1960-62, 1963–67 159 270 0.58 Albion Oldboys: Richie Barker 2 Stan Round 1963-67 149 199 0.75 Albion Oldboys: Stan Round 3 Darren Stride 1993–2010 124 646 0.19 4 Aaron Webster 1998–2013 101 588 0.17 Aaron Staying With Albion 5 Simon Redfern 1987-97 86 457 0.19 Albion Oldboys: Simon Redfern

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: 6–0 v St Albans City, 1 November 2025 Record League Cup win: 4–0 v Morcambe, 27 August 2019 Record EFL Trophy win: 5–0 vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 9 November 2021

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 0–6 v Fulham, Championship, 20 January 2018 Record FA Cup: 0–7 v Charlton Athletic, 1952 Record League Cup: 0–9 v Manchester City, 9 January 2019

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