List of Burton Albion F.C. seasons

Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home ground in 2005 to the Pirelli Stadium from Eton Park. The club's nickname, The Brewers, evokes the brewing heritage of Burton upon Trent.

Burton Albion were formed in 1950 and initially joined the Birmingham & District League before switching to the Southern League eight years later. They were promoted from the Southern League Division One in 1965–66, 1971–72 and 1973–74 and were relegated from the Southern League Premier Division in 1970, 1973 and 1977. Burton spent 1979 to 1987 in the Northern Premier League, before reverting to the Southern League Premier Division. The club rejoined the Northern Premier League in 2001 and were promoted to the Conference as Northern Premier League champions in 2001–02. ^[1]

Nigel Clough spent seven seasons as the club's player-manager in the Conference and then led them into the Football League as champions of the Conference in 2008–09. They lost the 2014 League Two play-off final, but went on to win the League Two title in 2014–15 and were promoted from League One in 2015–16. Burton spent two seasons in the Championship until relegation in 2018. ^[2]

Key

Key to league record Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

League standings

Year	League														Cup competitions						Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average [3] attendance	FA Cup [4]		FL Cup FA Trophy		FL Trophy
												Name	Goals		Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
Joined Birmingham & District League
1950–51	Birmingham & District League		36	10	6	20	63	97	-34	26	16th of 19				–		–		–		McPhail
1951–52			34	17	7	10	81	62	+19	41	5th of 18				QR1	1-1-1	–		–		Billy Wrigglesworth
1952–53			36	20	8	8	95	45	+50	48	4th of 19				QR1	1-1-1	–		–		Tally Sneddon
1953–54			46	31	6	9	120	58	+62	68	2nd of 24				QR3	2-1-1	–		–		Reg Weston
1954–55			38	23	3	12	100	50	+50	49	3rd of 20				QR4	4-0-1	–		–
1955–56			38	20	7	11	82	48	+34	47	5th of 20				R3	7-2-1	–		–
1956–57			38	17	11	10	98	74	+24	45	4th of 20				R1	1-0-1	–		–		Reg Weston Sammy Crooks
1957–58			38	14	8	16	60	65	-5	38	11th of 20				QR4	0-0-1	–		–		Jackie Stamps
			Club transferred
1958–59	Southern League North-West Division		34	3	3	28	41	104	-63	9	18th of 18 Relegated				QR1	1-0-1	–		–
1959–60	Southern League Division One		42	11	10	21	52	79	-27	32	21st of 22				QR1	0-0-1	–		–		Bill Townsend
1960–61			40	12	4	24	63	85	-22	28	19th of 21				QR1	0-0-1	–		–
1961–62			38	16	5	17	70	79	-9	37	13th of 20				QR2	1-0-1	–		–
1962–63			38	10	10	18	48	76	-28	30	15th of 20				QR2	1-1-1	–		–		Peter Taylor
1963–64			42	19	8	15	76	70	+6	46	8th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	–		–
1964–65			42	20	7	15	83	75	+8	47	10th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	–		–
1965–66			46	28	8	10	121	60	+61	64	3rd of 22 Promoted				R1	4-0-1	–		–		Alex Tait
1966–67	Southern League Premier Division		42	17	5	20	63	71	-8	39	15th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	–		–
1967–68			42	14	6	22	51	73	-22	34	19th of 22 Reprieved				QR4	3-1-1	–		–
1968–69			42	16	5	21	55	71	-16	37	17th of 22				PR	0-0-1	–		–
1969–70			42	3	9	30	24	82	-58	15	22nd of 22 Relegated				QR3	2-0-1	QF	4-2-1	–
1970–71	Southern League Division One		38	19	10	9	56	37	+19	48	5th of 20				QR4	4-1-1	R3	2-0-1	–		Richie Norman
1971–72	Southern League Division One North		34	18	13	3	58	27	+31	49	2nd of 18 Promoted				QR2	1-1-1	R2	1-0-1	–
1972–73	Southern League Premier Division		42	9	7	26	43	81	-38	25	21st of 22 Relegated				QR3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	–
1973–74	Southern League Division One North		42	27	9	6	88	32	+56	63	2nd of 22 Promoted				QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	–		Ken Gutteridge
1974–75	Southern League Premier Division		42	18	13	11	54	48	+6	49	5th of 22				QR3	2-3-1	SF	6-2-1	–		Harold Bodle
1975–76			42	17	9	16	52	53	-1	43	10th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	–
1976–77			42	10	10	22	41	52	-11	30	21st of 22 Relegated				QR4	3-1-1	R2	1-0-1	–		Mick Walker
1977–78	Southern League Division One North	6	38	17	11	10	48	32	+16	45	3rd of 22				R1	4-0-1	R1	1-0-1	–
1978–79			38	16	10	12	51	40	+11	42	8th of 22				PR	0-0-1	QR3	0-1-1	–		Ian Storey-Moore
			Club transferred
The club was transferred to the Northern Premier League to fill empty places opened by the creation of Alliance Premier League
1979–80	Northern Premier League	6	42	25	6	11	83	42	+41	56	4th of 22				R1	4-1-1	R3	5-1-1	–		Ian Storey-Moore
1980–81			42	19	8	15	70	62	+8	46	6th of 22				R1	4-3-1	R1	1-0-1	–
1981–82			42	19	9	14	71	62	+9	47	7th of 22				QR4	3-1-1	R1	1-0-1	–		Neil Warnock
1982–83			42	24	9	9	81	53	+28	81	3rd of 22				QR2	1-1-1	R1	1-0-1	–
1983–84			42	17	13	12	61	47	+14	64	5th of 22				R1	4-1-1	QR3	0-0-1	–
1984–85			42	18	15	9	70	49	+21	69	6th of 22				R3	6-1-2	R2	2-0-1	–
1985–86			42	18	12	12	64	47	+17	66	5th of 22				QR4	0-0-1	R3	3-0-1	–
1986–87			42	16	6	20	56	68	-12	54	12th of 22				QR2	1-1-1	F	6-2-1	–		Brian Fidler
			Club transferred
1987–88	Southern League Premier Division	6	42	11	14	17	62	74	-12	47	16th of 22				R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	–		Brian Fidler Vic Halom Bobby Hope
1988–89			42	18	10	14	79	68	+11	64	8th of 22				QR4	0-0-1	R2	1-1-1	–		Chris Wright
1989–90			42	20	12	10	64	40	+24	72	4th of 22				QR4	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	–		Ken Blair
1990–91			42	15	15	12	59	48	+11	60	7th of 22				QR4	3-1-1	R2	2-0-1	–		Steve Powell
1991–92			42	15	10	17	59	61	-2	55	10th of 22				QR4	3-0-1	QR3	0-1-1	–		Brian Fidler
1992–93			40	16	11	13	53	50	+3	59	8th of 21				QR1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-1	–		Brian Kenning
1993–94			42	15	11	16	57	49	+8	56	11th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	QR3	2-0-1	–
1994–95			42	20	15	7	55	39	+16	75	3rd of 22				QR4	3-0-1	QR1	0-1-1	–		John Barton
1995–96			42	13	12	17	55	56	-1	51	16th of 22				R1	4-1-1	R2	2-1-1	–
1996–97			42	18	12	12	70	53	+17	66	6th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	QR3	0-0-1	–
1997–98			42	21	8	13	64	43	+21	71	3rd of 22				QR1	0-0-1	R2	2-2-0	–
1998–99			42	17	7	18	58	52	+6	58	13th of 22				R1	3-0-1	R3	2-1-1	–		John Barton Nigel Clough
1999–2000			42	23	9	10	73	43	+30	78	2nd of 22				R1	3-2-1	R3	2-3-0	–		Nigel Clough
2000–01			42	25	13	4	76	36	+40	88	2nd of 22			1,224	R1	3-3-1	QF	4-0-1	–
			Club transferred
2001–02	Northern Premier League	6	44	31	11	2	106	30	+76	104	1st of 22 Promoted			1,430	QR4	2-1-1	SF	6-2-1	–
2002–03	Football Conference	5	42	13	10	19	52	77	-25	49	16th of 22			1,747	R1	1-2-0	R3	0-0-1	–
2003–04			42	15	7	20	57	59	-2	51	14th of 22			1,682	R2	2-0-1	R5	2-1-1	–
Football Conference expanded up to two levels and changed name of a higher division
2004–05	Conference National	5	42	13	11	18	50	66	-16	50	16th of 22			1,368	QR4	0-2-0	SF	4-0-2	–		Nigel Clough
2005–06			42	16	12	14	50	52	-2	60	9th of 22			1,724	R3	3-2-1	R1	0-0-1	–
2006–07			46	22	9	15	52	47	+5	75	6th of 24			1,869	R1	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	–
2007–08			46	23	12	11	79	56	+23	81	5th of 24			1,815	R2	2-1-1	QF	3-2-1	–
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2008–09			46	27	7	12	81	52	+29	88	1st of 24 Promoted			2,310	QR4	0-0-1	R3	1-2-1	–		Nigel Clough Roy McFarland
2009–10	League Two	4	46	17	11	18	71	71	0	62	13th of 24	Shaun Harrad	21	3,213	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	Paul Peschisolido
2010–11			46	12	15	19	56	70	-14	51	19th of 24	Aaron Webster	11	2,948	R4	0-0-0	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1
2011–12			46	14	12	20	54	81	-27	54	17th of 24	Calvin Zola Billy Kee	12	2,809	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	Paul Peschisolido Gary Rowett
2012–13			46	22	10	14	71	65	+6	76	4th of 24	Jacques Maghoma	16	2,859	R3	2-1-1	R3	1-1-1	R1	0-1-0	Gary Rowett
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2013–14			46	19	15	12	47	42	+5	72	6th of 24	Billy Kee	12	2,720	R3	2-1-1	R2	1-1-0	R1	0-0-1
			Lost in the play-off final.
2014–15			46	28	10	8	69	39	+30	94	1st of 24 Promoted	Lucas Akins	9	3,237	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	0-0-1	Gary Rowett Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
2015–16	League One	3	46	25	10	11	57	37	+20	85	2nd of 24 Promoted	Lucas Akins	12	4,089	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-0	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Nigel Clough
2016–17	Championship	2	46	13	13	20	49	63	-14	52	20th of 24	Jackson Irvine	10	5,228	R3	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	–		Nigel Clough
2017–18			46	10	11	25	38	81	-43	41	23rd of 24 Relegated	Lloyd Dyer	7	4,645	R3	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	–
2018–19	League One	3	46	17	12	17	66	57	+9	63	9th of 24	Lucas Akins	13	3,351	R1	0-0-1	SF	5-0-2	GS	0-0-3
2019–20			35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	12th of 24	Lucas Akins	9	2,986	R3	2-1-1	R4	3-0-1	GS	1-0-2
			Final league positions decided by Points-Per-Game after league was postponed due to COVID-19
2020–21			46	15	12	19	61	73	-12	57	16th of 24	Kane Hemmings	15	– [a]	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-1	GS	0-2-1	Jake Buxton Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
2021–22			46	14	11	21	51	67	-16	53	16th of 24	Daniel Jebbison	7	3,229	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-0	GS	1-0-2	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
2022–23			46	15	11	20	57	79	-22	56	15th of 24	Victor Adeboyejo	11	3,445	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R3	3-1-1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Dino Maamria
2023–24			46	12	10	24	39	67	-28	46	20th of 24	Beryly Lubala Mark Helm Joe Powell	5	3,419	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R3	3-0-2	Dino Maamria Martin Paterson
2024–25			46	11	14	21	49	66	-17	47	20th of 24	Rumarn Burrell	10	3,254	R2	1-1-0	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-3-0	Mark Robinson Tom Hounsell Gary Bowyer

1. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

Notes

• Source: Burton Albion at the Football Club History Database

References

1. "Nigel Clough's Burton Albion Legacy". www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
2. "Preston North End 2-1 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
3. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
4. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.