2017–18 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Nigel Clough
League Season information
Final League position	TBA
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Season statistics
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The 2017–18 season was Burton Albion's 68th season in their history and second in the Championship.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Tranfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	CF		Liam Boyce	Ross County	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	CB		Jake Buxton	Wigan Athletic	Free
1 July 2017	CM		Matty Lund	Rochdale	Free
1 July 2017	LB		Stephen Warnock	Wigan Athletic	Free
18 July 2017	CM		Hope Akpan	Blackburn Rovers	Free
31 August 2017	CM		Jamie Allen	Rochdale	Undisclosed
31 August 2017	RB		John Brayford	Sheffield United	Free
31 August 2017	AM		William Miller	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	RB		Phil Edwards	Bury	Released
1 July 2017	MF		Charlie Gatter	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	GK		Sam Hornby	Port Vale	Free
1 July 2017	GK		Jon McLaughlin	Heart of Midlothian	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Callum Reilly	Bury	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Lee Williamson	Free agent	Released
30 August 2017	AM		Jackson Irvine	Hull City	Undisclosed
31 August 2017	CB		John Mousinho	Oxford United	Free

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
3 July 2017	CM		Luke Murphy	Leeds United	30 June 2018
7 August 2017	GK		Connor Ripley	Middlesbrough	30 June 2018
18 August 2017	RW		Sean Scannell	Huddersfield Town	11 January 2018
23 August 2017	CF		Joe Mason	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 January 2018

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
1 July 2017	LB		Ryan Delaney	Cork City	1 November 2017
18 July 2017	RW		Marcus Harness	Port Vale	30 June 2018
14 August 2017	FW		Marcus Dinanga	AFC Telford United	30 June 2018
31 August 2017	LB		Damien McCrory	Portsmouth	January 2018
1 September 2017	DF		Jayden Cotterill	Matlock Town	29 September 2017
5 September 2017	GK		Callum Hawkins	Matlock Town	3 October 2017
8 September 2017	CM		Ben Fox	Solihull Moors	7 October 2017
26 October 2017	CM		Ben Fox	Tamworth	28 November 2017
17 November 2017	DF		Jayden Cotterill	Romulus	14 January 2018
8 December 2017	MF		Jack Hallahan	Belper Town	8 January 2018

Pre-season

12 July 2017	Kidsgrove Athletic	0–5	Burton Albion	Kidsgrove
19:30			Lund  2' Dinanga  61' Fox  64', 81' Irvine  81'	Stadium: The Novus Stadium

14 July 2017	Mickleover Sports	0–4	Burton Albion	Mickleover
19:30			Varney  70' Harness  79' Dinanga  86' Lund  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Don Amott Arena

18 July 2017	Solihull Moors	1–2	Burton Albion	Solihull
19:30	Benbow  72'		Lund  69' Sordell  83'	Stadium: Damson Park

21 July 2017	AFC Wimbledon	3–0	Burton Albion	Kingston upon Thames
19:45	Parrett  42' McDonald  45' Antwi-Nyame  83'			Stadium: Kingsmeadow

22 July 2017	Matlock Town	2–2	Burton Albion XI	Matlock
15:00	Trialist  18' Trialist  20'		Sbarra  6' Dinanga  34'	Stadium: Causeway Lane

24 July 2017	Rocester	4–1	Burton Albion XI	Rocester
19:30	Ritchie-Smith  2' Riddell  16' Wesson  72', 76'	Report	Clamp  80'	Stadium: Hillsfield

26 July 2017	Burton Albion	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Burton upon Trent
19:45		Report	Rodriguez  77'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

27 July 2017	Arnold Town	0–9	Burton Albion	Arnold
19:30		Report	Dinanga  12', 24' Sbarra  35' Naylor  54' Palmer  58' Fox  74' Davies  79', 85' Hallahan  89'	Stadium: Eagle Valley

29 July 2017	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
15:00	Whalley  85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: New Meadow

1 August 2017	Burton Albion	2–1	Leicester City	Burton upon Trent
19:45	Akpan  17' Akins  30'	Report	Maguire  66'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Competitions

Championship

League table

2017–18 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolves  (C) (P)	46	30	9	7	82	39	+43	99	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Cardiff City  (P)	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90
3	Fulham  (P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	69	48	+21	75
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	58	45	+13	73
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	+11	72
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69
10	Sheffield Utd	46	20	9	17	62	55	+7	69
11	Bristol City	46	17	16	13	67	58	+9	67
12	Ipswich Town	46	17	9	20	57	60	−3	60
13	Leeds United	46	17	9	20	59	64	−5	60
14	Norwich City	46	15	15	16	49	60	−11	60
15	Reading	46	14	15	17	59	60	−1	57
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56
17	Nottm Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53
18	Hull City	46	11	16	19	70	70	0	49
19	Birmingham City	46	13	7	26	38	68	−30	46
20	Reading	46	10	14	22	48	70	−22	44
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	13	23	39	74	−35	43
22	Barnsley  (R)	46	9	14	23	48	71	−23	41	Relegation to League One
23	Burton Albion  (R)	46	10	11	25	38	81	−43	41
24	Sunderland  (R)	46	7	16	23	52	80	−28	37

Updated to games played on 26 May 2018
Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	7	9	22	27	67	−40	30	2	4	13	13	36	−23	5	5	9	14	31	−17

Last updated: 10 April 2018
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L
Position	19	24	24	19	21	22	21	20	19	19	21	20	22	22	23	21	21	22	23	24	24	22	21	21	23	22	22	24	24	24	24	24	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24

Last updated: 17 March 2018.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches