The 2013-14 season is Burton Albion's fifth consecutive season in League Two. They finished 4th in the previous season but failed to get promotion via the playoffs. It is Gary Rowett's second season as manager of the club.
Overview
League
Burton Albion's league campaign began well with a 2–2 away draw against Cheltenham Town on the opening day of the season, which was followed by a 1–0 victory versus Rochdale in their first home game of the season. In the following match they held off a Fleetwood Town comeback to beat the Lancashire side 3–2, to give them their first league away win since March 2013 (excluding play-offs).
Cup Competitions
League Cup
In the League Cup, Burton were drawn against Sheffield United away in the first round. They won 2–1. On 8 August 2013, they were drawn a home tie against Premier League side Fulham in the second round. Against Fulham, Albion equalised with five minutes remaining through Jack Dyer before taking the lead 12 minutes into extra-time, before conceding through Hugo Rodallega. After the 2–2 draw Phil Edwards was the only player to miss a penalty and Albion crashed out 4–5 in the shoot-out. After the match Burton manager Gary Rowett said he was incredibly proud to nearly knock the Premier League side out.
Football League Trophy
On 17 August 2013, Burton were drawn away to Notts County in the first round of the Football League Trophy.
Transfers Players transferred inDatePos.NameClub transferred fromFeeRef. 18 June 2013 MF Alex MacDonald Burnley Free 18 June 2013 FW Dominic Knowles Harrogate Town Free 18 June 2013 MF Adam Reed Sunderland Free 28 June 2013 DF Chris Hussey A.F.C. Wimbledon Free 29 June 2013 DF Phil Edwards Rochdale Free 29 June 2013 DF Ian Sharps Rotherham United Free 29 June 2013 DF Michael Symes Leyton Orient Free 13 July 2013 FW Rene Howe Torquay United Free 18 July 2013 MF Rory Delap Stoke City Free 5 August 2013 FW Adam McGurk Tranmere Rovers Free 31 January 2014 FW Gary Alexander Crawley Town Undisclosed 31 January 2014 DF David Gray Stevenage Free Players transferred outDatePos.NameClub transferred toFeeRef. 19 June 2013 FW Calvin Zola Aberdeen Free 1 July 2013 FW Jacques Maghoma Sheffield Wednesday Free 4 August 2013 MF John McGrath Alfreton Town Free Players loaned inDatePos.NameClub loaned fromLoan DurationRef. 2 August 2013 GK Jordan Pickford Sunderland Season-long 17 August 2013 GK Mats Mørch Derby County One Month 28 November 2013 GK Benjamin Siegrist Aston Villa One Month Players loaned outDatePos.NameClub loaned toLoan DurationRef.
Squad Last updated: 30 November 2013 No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Benjamin Siegrist 0 0 13 Kevin Poole 133 0 16 Dean Lyness 27 0 Defenders 2 Phil Edwards 19 1 3 Chris Hussey 19 3 5 Zander Diamond 49 6 6 Ian Sharps 37 0 14 Damien McCrory 74 1 21 Marcus Holness 41 1 25 Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 10 0 Midfielders 4 Rory Delap 7 1 7 Lee Bell 68 4 8 Robbie Weir 70 9 10 Adam Reed 6 1 11 Alex MacDonald 32 1 17 Jimmy Phillips 112 3 22 Jack Dyer 62 2 23 Matt Palmer 20 1 27 Marcus Harness 1 0 Forwards 9 Rene Howe 12 1 18 Dominic Knowles 14 0 20 Adam McGurk 20 7 28 Michael Symes 28 6 29 Billy Kee 82 31 Gary Alexander 0 0
Results WinDrawLoss
Pre-season
League Two
Play-offs
League table
Results summary
Results by round
FA Cup
League Cup
Football League Trophy
Squad statistics Updated 16 April 2014
|colspan="14"|Players featured for Burton but left before the end of the season:
Top scorers Last updated: 4 January 2014
Scorers are organised by goals and then alphabetically through surname. #PositionNationalityNameLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupFL TrophyTotal 29 FW Billy Kee 7 2 0 0 9 20 FW Adam McGurk 7 1 0 0 8 3 DF Chris Hussey 1 0 2 0 3 2 DF Phil Edwards 2 0 0 0 2 9 FW Rene Howe 2 0 0 0 2 28 FW Michael Symes 1 0 1 0 2 8 FW Robbie Weir 2 0 0 0 2 4 DF Rory Delap 1 0 0 0 1 22 MF Jack Dyer 0 0 1 0 1 10 FW Adam Reed 1 0 0 0 1 5 DF Zander Diamond 1 0 0 0 1 17 MF Jimmy Phillips 1 0 0 0 1 23 MF Matt Palmer 0 1 0 0 1 6 DF Ian Sharps 1 0 0 0 1Total 27 4 4 0 35
Displinary Record Last updated: 30 November 2013 This is ordered by points, 1 pt for a yellow and 2 pts for a red. #PositionNationalityNameLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupTotal 21 DF Marcus Holness 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 7 MF Lee Bell 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 25 DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 MF Alex MacDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 DF Chris Hussey 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 29 FW Billy Kee 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 DF Ian Sharps 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 MF Matt Palmer 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20 FW Adam McGurk 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 DF Robbie Weir 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 MF Jimmy Phillips 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22 MF Jack Dyer 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16 GK Dean Lyness 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 DF Damien McCrory 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 FW Adam Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 FW Rene Howe 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 MF Jordan Pickford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 DF Phil Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total 26 4 2 0 4 0 32 4
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