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Burton Albion
Burton Albion
Full name Burton Albion Football Club
Nickname(s) The Brewers
Founded 6 July 1950
Ground Pirelli Stadium
(Capacity: 6,912)
Owner Flag of Norway Nordic Football Group
Chairman Flag of Norway Ole Jakob Strandhagen
Manager Flag of England Gary Bowyer
Current League League One 
2023–24 League One, 20th
Website Club home page
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Football current event Current season

Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of English football. Burton Albion competed in non-League of English football from their formation in 1950 until 2009, when they were promoted to the Football League.

The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005, and their nickname is The Brewers, stemming from the town's brewing heritage dating back hundreds of years.

Stadium[]

Albion began life at the Lloyds Foundry ground on Wellington Street, but high attendances meant that the club quickly searched for a more suitable home. Eton Park was built off Derby Road and officially opened on 20 September 1958, coinciding with the club's promotion to the Southern League. Until its demolition in 2005, the Brewers played all their home games at Eton Park.

The Pirelli Stadium on Princess Way was built in 2005 and is the current home of the Brewers, replacing Eton Park, also on the same road, which was demolished and developed into housing. The ground cost £7.2 million to build, and was built on the former site of the Pirelli UK Tyres Ltd Sports & Social Club. The land was donated to the club by Pirelli in return for naming rights.

The ground was designed by architect Jon Hawkeye, and has served as the inspiration for numerous newer grounds, including Morecambe's Globe Arena, and the proposed Hayes & Yeading stadium. It gained its most recent safety certificate from Staffordshire County Council on 12 July 2010, having been subject to crowd trouble on 8 May 2010 at the hands of Grimsby Town fans following their relegation from Football League Two.

The Pirelli Stadium has seen minor capacity changes since its construction, and the current capacity is 6,912, with 2,034 being seated in the South (Main) Stand. The current record attendance for the stadium stands at 6,746 for an EFL Championship match against Derby County on 26 August 2016. Previous records include 6,192 for a Conference National 1–0 defeat against Oxford United, during the club's title-winning season, and 6,191 for an FA Cup third-round match on 8 January 2006 against Manchester United.

The stadium also hosts the National ISFA Under-13 tournament final.

Players[]

As of 6 September 2024

First-team squad[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Flag of New Zealand Max Crocombe
2 DF Flag of England Udoka Godwin-Malife
4 MF Flag of Scotland Elliot Watt (team captain)
5 DF Flag of Albania Geraldo Bajrami
6 DF Flag of Republic of Ireland Ryan Sweeney (club captain)
7 MF Flag of Lithuania Tomas Kalinauskas
8 MF Flag of England Charlie Webster
9 FW Flag of England Danilo Orsi
11 FW Flag of Wales Billy Bodin
12 MF Flag of England Jack Hazlehurst
13 GK Flag of England Harry Isted
14 DF Flag of United States Nick Akoto
15 DF Flag of Guyana Terence Vancooten
16 FW Flag of Sweden Jack Cooper Love
17 DF Flag of Scotland Jack Armer
18 FW Flag of England Rumarn Burrell
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Flag of England Dylan Williams (on loan from Chelsea)
20 DF Flag of England Jason Sraha
21 MF Flag of Scotland Alex Bannon
22 FW Flag of Sweden Julian Larsson
23 MF Flag of Costa Rica Alejandro Bran (on loan from Minnesota United)
24 FW Flag of England Ronnie Stutter (on loan from Chelsea)
25 MF Flag of Republic of Ireland Ciaran Gilligan
26 DF Flag of England Finn Delap
28 DF Flag of England Cameron Gilbert
29 DF Flag of England Toby Oakes
32 FW Flag of England Mason Bennett
33 MF Flag of South Africa Kegs Chauke
34 MF Flag of England Ben Whitfield
35 FW Flag of Poland Jakub Niemczyk
49 MF Flag of England Romelle Donovan (on loan from Birmingham City)

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 GK Flag of Poland Kamil Dudek (at Alvechurch until 31 October 2024)
30 FW Flag of England Dylan Scott (at Mickleover)
37 DF Flag of England Jasper Moon (at Harrogate Town)
DF Flag of France Ivan Inzoudine (at Kalmar until 1 January 2025)

External links[]

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Burton Albion F.C. squad - 2024–25

Crocombe · Godwin-Malife · Watt · Bajrami · Sweeney · Kalinauskas · Webster · Orsi-Dadomo · 11 Bodin · 12 Hazlehurst · 13 Isted · 14 Akoto · 15 Vancooten · 16 Cooper Love · 17 Armer · 18 Burrell · 19 Williams · 20 Sraha · 21 Bannon · 22 Larsson · 25 Gilligan · 26 Delap · 28 Gilbert · 29 Oakes · 32 Bennett · 33 Chauke · 34 Whitfield · 35 Niemczyk · 36 Harper · 37 Moon ·

Manager:  Flag of England Gary Bowyer
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2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 ·

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Barnsley · Birmingham City · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bristol Rovers · Burton Albion · Cambridge United · Charlton Athletic · Crawley Town · Exeter City · Huddersfield Town · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Peterborough United · Reading · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Stevenage · Stockport County · Wigan Athletic · Wrexham · Wycombe Wanderers

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