2014–15 Burton Albion F.C. season

The 2014-15 season is Burton Albion's sixth consecutive season in League Two. They finished 6th in the previous season but failed to get promotion via the playoffs. It was Gary Rowett's third season as manager of the club, he would leave in November to join Birmingham City. The club would appoint former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and under his leadership the club finished first earning promotion to the Football League One for the first time in the club's history.

Burton Albion
2014–15 season
ChairmanBen Robinson
ManagerGary Rowett
(until 27 October)
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
(from 13 November)
GroundPirelli Stadium
League Two1st
FA CupFirst Round
(Eliminated by Barnsley)
League CupThird Round
(Eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion
FL TrophySecond Round
(Eliminated by Doncaster Rovers
Top goalscorerLeague: Lucas Akins (9)
All: Lucas Akins (9)
Highest home attendance3,999 vs Queens Park Rangers
(26 August 2014)
Lowest home attendance2,099 vs Exeter City
(19 August 2014)
Average home league attendance2,713

Match details

Pre-season
15 July 2014 Ilkeston1–0Burton AlbionNew Manor Ground, Ilkeston
19:30 BST Duffy  2' (pen.) Report
19 July 2014 Burton Albion4–0Sheffield UnitedPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST MacDonald  5'
Akins  12'
Knowles  43'
Cutajar  84'		 Report Referee: Jonathan Moss
22 July 2014 Hednesford Town0–2Burton AlbionKeys Park, Hednesford
19:45 BST Report Akins  26'
Edwards  87'		 Referee: Chris Sarginson
29 July 2014 Burton Albion0–1Derby CountyPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:30 BST Report Hendrick  44' Attendance: 3,743
Referee: Steve Bratt
2 August 2014 Burton Albion0–0Stoke CityPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Kevin Johnson

League Two
Main article: 2014–15 Football League Two

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burton Albion (C, P) 46 28 10 8 69 39 +30 94 Promotion to Football League One
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 27 8 11 67 31 +36 89
3 Bury (P) 46 26 7 13 60 40 +20 85
4 Wycombe Wanderers 46 23 15 8 67 45 +22 84 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Southend United (O, P) 46 24 12 10 54 38 +16 84
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[1]

9 August 2014 1Oxford United0–1Burton AlbionKassam Stadium, Oxford
15:00 Long  67'
Collins  81'		 Report MacDonald  14'
Akins  42'
Edwards  90+2'		 Attendance: 5,370
Referee: Darren Handley
16 August 2014 2Burton Albion2–1Dagenham & RedbridgePirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Kee  84' (pen.), 88' Report Cureton  18' Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
19 August 2014 3Burton Albion1–0Exeter CityPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45 Beavon  41' Report Sercombe  76' Attendance: 2,099
Referee: Mark Heywood
23 August 2014 4Newport County1–1Burton AlbionRodney Parade, Newport
15:00 Zebroski  37' Report Mousinho  51'
Edwards  79'		 Attendance: 2,872
Referee: Kevin Johnson
30 August 2014 5Mansfield Town1–2Burton AlbionField Mill, Mansfield
15:00 Beevers  67'
Rhead  75'		 Report MacDonald  42'
Beavon  52'
McLaughlin  64'
McFadzean  71'
Weir  87'		 Attendance: 2,966
Referee: Darren Drysdale
7 September 2014 6Burton Albion2–0PortsmouthPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
12:15 McGurk  2'
Akins  55'		 Report Attendance: 2,980
Referee: Oliver Langford
13 September 2014 7Burton Albion2–0York CityPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Akins  55'
Mousinho  79'		 Report Attendance: 2,890
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
16 September 2014 8AFC Wimbledon3–0Burton AlbionKingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
19:45 Tubbs  21'  82'
Akinfenwa  37', 67'		 Report Attendance: 3,195
Referee: Andy Davies
20 September 2014 9Bury3–1Burton AlbionGigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Nardiello  48', 66'
Lowe  57'		 Report Jacob Blyth Attendance: 4,536
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
27 September 2014 10Burton Albion1–0Cheltenham TownPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Beavon  34'
Blyth  83'		 Report Elliott  8'
Brown  83'		 Attendance: 2,225
Referee: David Webb
3 October 2014 11Burton Albion1–3Cambridge UnitedPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45 MacDonald  39'
Edwards  45+3'
Mousinho  45+4'
Akins  81'		 Report Elliott  35', 76'
Donaldson  64'		 Attendance: 2,683
Referee: Mick Russell
11 October 2014 12Northampton Town1–2Burton AlbionSixfields Stadium, Northampton
14:00 D'Ath  66'
Cresswell  80'
Stevens  90+1'		 Report Blyth  45'
Akins  80'
MacDonald  86'		 Attendance: 4,935
Referee: Gary Sutton
18 October 2014 13Burton Albion0–2MorecambePirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Report Fleming  56'
Ellison  59'
Kenyon  61'
Barkhuizen  85'		 Attendance: 2,560
Referee: Carl Boyeson
21 October 2014 14Carlisle United3–4Burton AlbionBrunton Park, Carlisle
19:45 Dempsey  12'
Potts  45+5'
White  51'
Asamoah  65'		 Report McCrory  5'
Bell  27'
Blyth  40'
MacDonald  45+2'  51'
Beavon  58'  90+5'		 Attendance: 4,266
Referee: Scott Duncan
25 October 2014 15Stevenage1–0Burton AlbionBroadhall Way, Stevenage
15:00 Parrett  14'
Sharps  84' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 3,051
Referee: Andy Woolmer
1 November 2014 16Burton Albion1–1Plymouth ArgylePirelli Stadium, Burton-on-Trent
15:00 MacDonald  32' BBC Report Reid  70' Attendance: 3,083
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 November 2014 17Wycombe Wanderers1–3Burton AlbionAdams Park, High Wycombe
19:45 Hayes  65' (pen.)
Ephraim  89'
Lewis  90'		 BBC Report Edwards  38' 42'
MacDonald  49'
Blyth  68'
Lenihan  81'		 Attendance: 3,981
Referee: Graham Scott
22 November 2014 18Burton Albion1–0Luton TownPirelli Stadium, Burton-on-Trent
15:00
29 November 2014 19Shrewsbury Town1–0Burton AlbionGreenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00 Collins  70'
Akpa Akpro  74'  82'		 Report Mousinho  14'
Edwards  68'
Maynard  89'		 Attendance: 5,170
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
6 December 2014 20Exeter City1–1Burton AlbionSt James Park, Exeter
15:00 Ribeiro  87' Report Blyth  60'
McCrory  90+3'		 Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Pat Miller
13 December 2014 21Burton Albion4–0Hartlepool UnitedPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 MacDonald  45', 46'
Cansdell-Sherriff  65'
Beavon  69'		 Report Austin  38'
Green  88'		 Attendance: 2,474
Referee: Gavin Ward
19 December 2014 22Southend United0–0Burton AlbionRoots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
19:45 Prosser  72' Report MacDonald  48'
Blyth  68'
Weir  84'		 Attendance: 5,266
Referee: Charles Breakspear
26 December 2014 23Burton Albion2–0Tranmere RoversPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 McCrory  23' (pen.)
Cansdell-Sherriff  38'
Blyth  88'		 Report Ridehalgh  23' Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Keith Hill
3 January 2015 24Burton Albion1–0Shrewsbury TownPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Beavon  19'
Lenihan  23'
Taft  60'
Blyth  72'		 Report Woods  45+1'
Collins  77'		 Attendance: 4,555
Referee: Brendan Malone
10 January 2015 25Burton Albion2–1Mansfield TownPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Palmer  8'
Maynard  24'
Blyth  62'
Lenihan  70'		 Report Lambe  51'
Kee  54'		 Attendance: 3,506
Referee: Andy Haines
17 January 2015 26Portsmouth1–1Burton AlbionFratton Park, Portsmouth
15:00 Wallace  36'
Dunne  43'		 Report Weir  70'
Lenihan  82'		 Attendance: 14,323
Referee: Scott Mathieson
24 January 2015 27York City1–1Burton AlbionBootham Crescent, York
15:00 Sinclair  70'
Fletcher  90+1'		 Report Taft  43'
Beavon  63'
McGurk  87'
Edwards  90+3'		 Attendance: 3,398
Referee: Ben Toner
31 January 2015 28Burton Albion1–0BuryPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Edwards  62' Report Tutte  88' Attendance: 3,049
Referee: Stuart Attwell
7 February 2015 29Cheltenham Town1–3Burton AlbionWhaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00 Brown  45+2'
Burns  55'		 Report Beavon  21'
McGurk  36'
Edwards  49'
Weir  81'		 Attendance: 2,389
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
10 February 2015 30Burton Albion0–0AFC WimbledonPirelli Stadium, Burton-upon-Trent
19:45 Mousinho  90+6' Report Phillips  65'
Akinfenwa  76'		 Attendance: 2,399
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
14 February 2015 31Burton Albion2–0Oxford UnitedPirelli Stadium, Burton-on-Trent
15:00 McGurk  13'
Weir  42'
Mousinho  80'
Akins  89'		 Report Whing  27'
Skarz  60'
Hylton  85'		 Attendance: 2,954
Referee: Peter Bankes
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32Dagenham & Redbridge1-3Burton AlbionDagenham
15:00 GMT Jakubiak  67' Report McGurk  71'
El Khayati  75'
McCory  90'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,718
Referee: James Adcock
24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 33Accrington Stanley1–0Burton AlbionAccrington
19:45 GMT Windass  23'
Proctor  49'
Atkinson  84'		 Report Stadium: Store First Stadium
Attendance: 919
Referee: Mark Brown
28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 34Burton Albion0–1Newport CountyBurton upon Trent
15:00 GMT Report Storey  59'  85'
Jones  69'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Andy Madley
7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 35Hartlepool United0–1Burton AlbionHartlepool
15:00 GMT Tshibola  58' Report Akins  3'
Cuvelier  90'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Darren Bond
14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 36Burton Albion3–0Accrington StanleyBurton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT McCrory  27' (pen.)
Edwards  73'
Beavon  74'
Palmer  85'		 Report Atkinson  27' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Carl Boyeson
18 March 2015 (2015-03-18) 37Burton Albion2–1Southend UnitedBurton-upon-Trent
19:45 GMT Mousinho  23'
Naylor  26'
Weir  45'
Palmer  56'
El Khayati  89'		 Report Corr  45'
Timlin  50'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: James Linington
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 38Tranmere Rovers1–4Burton AlbionTranmere
15:00 GMT Odejayi  35'
Ihiekwi  76'
Molyneux  79'
Dugdale  90+2'		 Report McCrory  18'
Akins  22'
Mousinho  57'
El Khayati  72'
Dugdale  90' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,390
Referee: Tim Robinson
30 March 2015 (2015-03-30) 39Burton Albion1–1StevenageBurton-upon-Trent
19:45 GMT Dembélé  45' (o.g.)
Beavon  88'		 Report Naylor  12' (o.g.)
Andrade  65'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Gary Sutton
3 April 2015 40Plymouth Argyle1-1Burton AlbionPlymouth
15:00 GMT McHugh  86' Report Stewart  33'
Mousinho  35'
Atkins  54'
Beavon  84'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 8,469
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
6 April 2015 41Burton Albion1-0Wycombe WanderersBurton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT Beavon  23'
McLaughlin  25'
McGurk  55'
Taft  85'		 Report Yennaris  15'
Mawson  90'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,284
Referee: Darren Deadman
11 April 2015 42Luton Town0-1Burton AlbionLuton
15:00 GMT McNulty  72' Report Palmer  79' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,680
Referee: Andy Madley
15 April 2015 43Burton Albion1-1Carlisle UnitedBurton-upon-Trent
19:45 GMT Johnstone  90+8' Report Grainger  2'
Buddle  69'
Young  90+4'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,892
Referee: Mark Haywood
18 April 2015 44Morecambe1-2Burton AlbionMorecambe
15:00 GMT Kenyon  8'
Ellison  40'
Arestidou  60'
Hughes  90'		 Report Akins  30'  60' (pen.)
Edwards  87'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Keith Stroud
25 April 2015 45Burton Albion3-1Northampton TownBurton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT Akins  4'  41' (pen.)
Edwards  31'		 Report D'Ath  53'
Taylor  78'
Cresswell  87'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,720
Referee: Richard Clark
2 May 2015 46Cambridge United2-3Burton AlbionCambridge
15:00 GMT Elliott  25'
Simpson  69' (pen.)		 Report Beavon  11'
Taft  55'
McLaughlin  67'
Mousinho  69'
Edwards  77'
McCory  86'
Stewart  88'		 Stadium: R Costings Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,109
Referee: Oliver Langford

FA Cup
Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[2]

8 November 2014 First roundBarnsley5–0Burton AlbionOakwell, Barnsley
15:00 Winnall  40', 42', 74'
Hourihane  56'
Cole  83'		 Report Attendance: 5,158
Referee: David Webb

League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Burton Albion were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic.[3]

12 August 2014 Round OneBurton Albion2–1Wigan AthleticPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45 Knowles  45+2'
Beavon  52'		 Report Fortuné  27' Attendance: 2,602
Referee: Pat Miller
26 August 2014 Round TwoBurton Albion1–0Queen's Park RangersPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45 MacDonald  27'
Mousinho  35'
McGurk  77'		 Report Simpson  59'
Dunne  76'		 Attendance: 3,999
Referee: Paul Tierney
24 September 2014 Round ThreeBurton Albion0–3Brighton & Hove AlbionPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45 Report Ince  18'
LuaLua  37'
Mackail-Smith  66'
Calderón  88'		 Attendance: 3,253
Referee: Darren Bond

Football League Trophy
Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy
7 October 2014 Round TwoBurton Albion0–3Doncaster RoversPirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45 Report Forrester  32'
Tyson  41' (pen.)
Wellens  87'		 Attendance: 1,269
Referee: Mark Brown

Transfers
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Club transferred from Fee Ref.
28 May 2014DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff Preston North EndFree[4]
30 May 2014DF George Taft Leicester CityFree[5]
6 June 2014MF John Mousinho Preston North EndFree[6]
18 June 2014FW Lucas Akins StevenageUndisclosed[7]
22 July 2014GK Jon McLaughlin Bradford CityFree[8]
1 September 2014FW Stuart Beavon Preston North EndUndisclosed[9]
27 November 2014DF Kelvin Maynard Royal AntwerpFree[10]
8 January 2015DF Stefan Maletić Achilles '29Free[11]
29 January 2015FW Abdenasser El Khayati Kozakken BoysUndisclosed[12]
17 February 2015FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier Hamilton AcademicalFree[13]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Club transferred to Fee Ref.
7 May 2014DF Zander Diamond Northampton TownFree[14]
30 May 2014DF Chris Hussey BuryFree[15]
27 June 2014DF Marcus Holness Tranmere RoversFree[16]
18 August 2014FW Billy Kee Scunthorpe UnitedUndisclosed[17]
2 February 2015MF Alex MacDonald Oxford UnitedUndisclosed[18]
Players loaned in
Date Pos. Name Club loaned from Loan end date Ref.
30 June 2014FW Stuart Beavon Preston North End1 September 2014[19]
3 July 2014MF Callum McFadzean Sheffield UnitedJanuary 2015[20]
27 August 2014FW Jacob Blyth Leicester City3 May 2015[21][22]
21 October 2014MF Darragh Lenihan Blackburn Rovers4 March 2015[23][24][25][26][27]
20 November 2014MF Bryn Morris Middlesbrough19 December 2014[28]
27 November 2014GK Remi Matthews Norwich City28 December 2014[29]
2 January 2015GK Scott Shearer Crewe Alexandra3 May 2015[30]
30 January 2015DF Tom Naylor Derby County3 May 2015[31]
2 February 2015MF Iván Calero Derby County2 March 2015[32]
6 March 2015MF Florent Cuvelier Sheffield United3 May 2015[33]
11 March 2015MF Callum Reilly Birmingham City30 June 2015[34]
26 March 2015MF Jack Dunn Liverpool25 April 2015[35]
26 March 2015DF Kevin Stewart Liverpool25 April 2015[35]
26 March 2015FW Denny Johnstone Birmingham City30 June 2015[36]
Players loaned out
Date Pos. Name Club loaned to Loan end date Ref.
30 January 2015FW Dominic Knowles Kidderminster Harriers19 March 2015[37][38]
2 February 2015MF Lee Bell Macclesfield Town3 May 2015[39]
27 March 2015MF Jimmy Phillips Alfreton Town30 June 2015[40]

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  35. "Liverpool Youngsters Jack Dunn And Kevin Stewart Join On Loan". Burton Albion F.C. 26 March 2015.
  36. "Denny Johnstone Joins On Loan Until The End Of The Season". Burton Albion F.C. 26 March 2015.
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  40. "Jimmy Phillips Has Joined Alfreton Town On Loan". Burton Albion F.C. 27 March 2015.
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