2009–10 Burton Albion F.C. season

Burton Albion
2009–10 season
Chairman	Ben Robinson
Manager	Paul Peschisolido
League Two	13th
FA Cup	Second round; (eliminated by Gillingham)
League Cup	First round; (eliminated by Reading)
FL Trophy	First round; (eliminated by Chesterfield)
Top goalscorer	League: Harrad (21); All: Harrad (22)
Highest home attendance	5,801 (vs. Notts County, 28 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance	2,027 (vs. Accrington Stanley, 1 December 2009)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

This article details Burton Albion F.C.'s 2009–10 season in League Two. This season was Burton's inaugural season in the Football League and saw them finish comfortably in mid-table at 13th, challenging for the play-off places throughout the season.

However, there was little success in other competitions. Despite reaching the second round of the FA Cup, 5–1 defeats against Reading and Chesterfield condemned the Brewers to defeat in the opening rounds of the League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Paul Peschisolido completed his first full season in management alongside assistant Gary Rowett. Shaun Harrad finished as top goalscorer with 22 goals in all competitions, whilst Tony James was awarded the club's Player of the Year.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Kevin Poole
2	DF	ENG	Paul Boertien
3	DF	ENG	Aaron Webster
4	DF	ENG	Michael Simpson
5	DF	WAL	Tony James
6	MF	IRL	John McGrath
7	DF	ENG	Darren Stride (captain)
8	DF	ENG	Andrew Corbett
9	FW	ENG	Shaun Harrad
10	FW	ENG	Richard Walker
11	MF	IRL	Keith Gilroy
15	DF	ENG	Ryan Austin
16	MF	ENG	Russell Penn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ENG	Jimmy Phillips
18	FW	ENG	Greg Pearson
19	MF	COD	Jacques Maghoma
21	MF	BEN	Romuald Boco^{[notes 1]}
22	FW	ENG	James Knowles
23	MF	JAM	Cleveland Taylor^{[notes 2]} (on loan from Brentford)
24	DF	ENG	Kevin Grocott
25	DF	ENG	Tom Parkes (on loan from Leicester City)
26	FW	ENG	Steve Kabba (on loan from Brentford)
27	DF	ENG	Richard Jackson
28	DF	ENG	Shaun Kelly
30	GK	POL	Artur Krysiak (on loan from Birmingham City)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	ENG	Robin Shroot (on loan from Birmingham City)
12	DF	JAM	O'Neil Thompson (on loan from Barnsley)
13	GK	IRL	Shane Redmond (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
13	GK	ENG	Ross Atkins (on loan from Derby County)
14	MF	ENG	Marc Goodfellow (on loan to Kidderminster Harriers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ENG	Guy Branston (on loan to Torquay United)
21	DF	ENG	Marc Edworthy (released)
23	MF	ENG	Aaron Brown (released)
24	FW	COD	Serge Makofo (released)
25	MF	ENG	Kieron Cadogan (on loan from Crystal Palace)

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2010. Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Position	No.	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	JP Trophy	Total
1	9	Shaun Harrad	21	1	0	0	22
2	18	Greg Pearson	14	0	0	0	14
3	26	Steve Kabba	6	0	0	0	6
4	3	Aaron Webster	4	0	0	0	4
	16	Russell Penn	4	0	0	0	4
	19	Jacques Maghoma	3	1	0	0	4
	23	Cleveland Taylor	4	0	0	0	4
5	10	Richard Walker	3	0	0	0	3
	15	Ryan Austin	2	1	0	0	3
6	4	Michael Simpson	2	0	0	0	2
	6	John McGrath	1	0	0	1	2
	17	Jimmy Phillips	1	0	1	0	2
7	2	Paul Boertien	1	0	0	0	1
	5	Tony James	1	0	0	0	1
	8	Andrew Corbett	1	0	0	0	1
	25	Tom Parkes	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS			69	3	1	1	74

Source: Burton Albion.

Match results

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Pre-season

11 July 2009	Burton Albion	0–1	Derby County	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 BST		(Report)	Porter 19'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,518

14 July 2009	Burton Albion	2–3	Ilkeston Town	Rangemore
19:45 BST	Phillips Richards	(Report)	Unknown	Stadium: National Football Centre Attendance: Behind closed doors

18 July 2009	Burton Albion	1–4	Nottingham Forest	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 BST	Shroot	(Report)	Unknown	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,013

21 July 2009	Rocester	0–8	Burton Albion	Rocester
20:00 BST		(Report)	Goodfellow Goodfellow Shroot McGrath Harrad Phillips Branston Pearson	Stadium: Hillsfield Attendance: 275

25 July 2009	Burton Albion	3–2	Birmingham City XI	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 BST	Shroot Walker Maghoma	(Report)	Unknown	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,250

30 July 2009	Burton Albion	1–0	Derby County	Burton Upon Trent
19:45 BST	Harrad	(Report)		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,492

1 August 2009	Altrincham	2–3	Burton Albion	Altrincham
15:00 BST	Unknown	(Report)	Walker Maghoma Shroot	Stadium: Moss Lane Attendance: 417

Coca-Cola League Two

8 August 2009	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Burton Albion	Shrewsbury
	Robinson 10' Hibbert 49' Labadie 83'		Pearson 62'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,438 Referee: Kevin Wright

15 August 2009	Burton Albion	5–2	Morecambe	Burton Upon Trent
	Pearson 3', 54' (pen.) Penn 16' Harrad 38' McGrath 75'		Craney 17' Jevons 62'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,742 Referee: A.R. Hall

18 August 2009	Burton Albion	0–2	Torquay United	Burton Upon Trent
			Rendell 26' Benyon 37'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,670 Referee: C.Pawson

22 August 2009	Lincoln City F.C.	0–2	Burton Albion	Lincoln
			Austin 23' Penn 90+4'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,590 Referee: G. Eltringham

29 August 2009	Burton Albion	3–2	Northampton Town	Burton Upon Trent
	Harrad 2' Simpson 7', 11'		Guinan 72' Gilligan 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,321 Referee: R. Shoebridge

5 September 2009	Notts County	1–1	Burton Albion	Nottingham
	Hawley 54'		Walker 84'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,891 Referee: A. Woolmer

12 September 2009	Bradford City	1–1	Burton Albion	Bradford
	Evans 24'		Boertien 74'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 11,439 Referee: Mick Russell

19 September 2009	Burton Albion	0–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Burton Upon Trent
			Benson 4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,689 Referee: J. Waugh

26 September 2009	AFC Bournemouth	1–0	Burton Albion	Bournemouth
	Pitman 86'			Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 6,327 Referee: J. Singh

29 September 2009	Burton Albion	1–1	Macclesfield Town	Burton Upon Trent
	Pearson 37'		Sinclair 14'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,332 Referee: C. Webster

4 October 2009	Burton Albion	1–0	Rochdale	Burton Upon Trent
	Walker 3'			Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,119 Referee: F. Graham

10 October 2009	Grimsby Town	1–2	Burton Albion	Cleethorpes
	C Jones 4'		Corbett 10' Phillips 31'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,002 Referee: S. Rushton

17 October 2009	Burton Albion	2–0	Barnet	Burton Upon Trent
	Maghoma 8' Austin 78'			Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,935 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

24 October 2009	Chesterfield	5–2	Burton Albion	Chesterfield
	Hall 13' Allott 24' Lester 81' Talbot 89' McDermott 90+5'		Webster 79' Harrad 90+4'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4,218 Referee: D. Sheldrake

31 October 2009	Burton Albion	0–0	Bury	Burton Upon Trent
				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,373 Referee: Andy Penn

14 November 2009	Darlington	1–0	Burton Albion	Darlington
	Main 7'			Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Dave Foster

21 November 2009	Burton Albion	3–2	Hereford United	Burton Upon Trent
	Harrad 50', 64' (pen.) Webster 87'		Constantine 61', 76'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,796 Referee: D. Whitestone

24 November 2009	Crewe	2–1	Burton Albion	Crewe
	Donaldson 12' Grant 19'		Walker 90+4'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Graham Salisbury

1 December 2009	Burton Albion	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Burton Upon Trent
			Kee 45+1' Symes 76'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,027 Referee: P. Taylor

5 December 2009	Rotherham United	2–2	Burton Albion	Sheffield
	Le Fondre 39' (pen.) Le Fondre 63'	(Report)	Webster 65' Pearson 85'	Stadium: Don Valley Stadium Attendance: 3,177 Referee: S. Hooper

12 December 2009	Burton Albion	6–1	Aldershot Town	Burton Upon Trent
	Pearson 31' (pen.), 39', 45' Kabba 43', 45' Harrad 84'	(Report)	Grant 67'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,547 Referee: A. Haines

28 December 2009	Burton Albion	1–4	Notts County	Burton Upon Trent
	Kabba 38'	(Report)	Ravenhill 13' Hughes 45', 48', 53'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,801 Referee: Mick Russell

16 January 2010	Burton Albion	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Burton Upon Trent
	Pearson 75'	(Report)	Hibbert 13'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,139 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

19 January 2010	Port Vale	3–1	Burton Albion	Burslem
	Richards 7', 85' (pen.) Rigg 25'	(Report)	Harrad 15' (p)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,458 Referee: G. Eltringham

23 January 2010	Torquay United	2–3	Burton Albion	Torquay
	Rendell 8' Robertson 15'	(Report)	Penn 31' Harrad 56' Taylor 84'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,629 Referee: D. Phillips

27 January 2010	Burton Albion	1–0	Lincoln City	Burton Upon Trent
	Taylor 1'	(Report)		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,629 Referee: D. Phillips

27 January 2010	Northampton Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Northampton
	Holt 88'	(Report)	Harrad 53'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,552 Referee: A.R. Hall

6 February 2010	Burton Albion	1–0	Port Vale	Burton Upon Trent
	Maghoma 39'	(Report)		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,644 Referee: P. Crossley

9 February 2010	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Burton Albion	Cheltenham
		(Report)	Harrad 7'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,593 Referee: Steve Tanner

12 February 2010	Burton Albion	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Burton Upon Trent
	Harrad 28'	(Report)	Miller 27' Donaldson 84'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,985 Referee: S.J. Bratt

16 February 2010	Morecambe	3–2	Burton Albion	Morecambe
	Drummond 28' Jevons 72' Mullin 85'	(Report)	Maghoma 23' Harrad 41'	Stadium: Christie Park Attendance: 1,537 Referee: G. Sutton

20 February 2010	Hereford United	3–4	Burton Albion	Hereford
	Pugh 28' Lunt 55' McQuilkin 59'	(Report)	Harrad 9' Taylor 60' Webster 66' James 90'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,253 Referee: M.J. Jones

27 February 2010	Burton Albion	0–1	Rotherham United	Burton Upon Trent
		(Report)	Le Fondre 52'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,568 Referee: K. Stroud

6 March 2010	Aldershot Town	0–2	Burton Albion	Aldershot
		(Report)	Parkes 9' Kabba 26'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,784 Referee: R. East

13 March 2010	Burton Albion	5–6	Cheltenham Town	Burton Upon Trent
	Harrad 2', 32' (pen.) Kabba 58', 72', 85'	(Report)	Richards 54' Elito 56' Pook 84', 87', 90+4' Richards 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: C. Boyeson

20 March 2010	Burton Albion	2–2	Chesterfield	Burton Upon Trent
	Penn 40' Pearson 90+5'	(Report)	Demontagnac 34' S Boden 61'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,696 Referee: T. Kettle

23 March 2010	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Burton Albion	Accrington
		(Report)	Harrad 27' Pearson 79'	Stadium: The Fraser Eagle Stadium Attendance: 1,270 Referee: R. Booth

27 March 2010	Barnet	1–1	Burton Albion	Barnet
	Hughes 45+1'	(Report)	Pearson 18'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,842 Referee: P. Gibbs

3 April 2010	Burton Albion	1–2	Darlington	Burton Upon Trent
	Pearson 45+1' (p)	(Report)	Gray 22' White 32'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,779 Referee: J Waugh

5 April 2010	Bury	3–0	Burton Albion	Bury
	James (og) 9' Morrell 76', 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,710 Referee: N.Miller

10 April 2010	Burton Albion	1–1	Bradford City	Burton Upon Trent
	Harrad 82'	(Report)	Oliver 59'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Michael Oliver

13 April 2010	Macclesfield Town	1–1	Burton Albion	Macclesfield
	Brown 3'	(Report)	Tipton 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,588 Referee: Andy Penn

17 April 2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	2–1	Burton Albion	Dagenham
	Vincelot 52' Montgomery 90+5'	(Report)	Harrad 22'	Stadium: London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Stadium Attendance: 1,891 Referee: P. Miller

24 April 2010	Burton Albion	0–2	AFC Bournemouth	Burton Upon Trent
		(Report)	Pitman 66' Connell 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,977 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

1 May 2010	Rochdale	1–2	Burton Albion	Rochdale
	O'Grady 79'	(Report)	Taylor 62' Harrad 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,749 Referee: K. Evans

8 May 2010	Burton Albion	3–0	Grimsby Town	Burton Upon Trent
	Pearson 10' Harrad 37', 58'	(Report)		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,9879 Referee: A. Bates

League Two 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
46	17	11	18	71	71	0	62	9	5	9	38	34	+4	8	6	9	33	37	−4

Last updated: 14 August 2010.
Source: Burton Albion F.C.

Results by round

Round	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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W
Position	20	8	16	10	8	8	10	12	14	13	12	10	8	11	11	11	10	12	15	15	12	14	12	14	15	13	14	12	9	10	12	9	13	11	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13

Source: Burton Albion F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

8 November 2009 First round	Burton Albion	3–2	Oxford City	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Harrad 15' (pen.) Maghoma 45' Austin 90+6'	(Report)	Alexis 6' Brooks 55'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,207 Referee: K. Evans

28 November 2009 Second round	Gillingham	1–0	Burton Albion	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Weston 69'	(Report)		Stadium: KRBS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,996 Referee: T. Kettle

Carling Cup

11 August 2009 First round	Reading	5–1	Burton Albion	Reading
20:00 BST	Mooney 6', 77' Bignall 7', 9' Sigurðsson 27'	(Report)	Phillips 59'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,893 Referee: Gavin Ward

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

1 September 2009 First round	Burton Albion	1–5	Chesterfield	Burton Upon Trent
19:45 GMT	McGrath 46'	(Report)	Small 17', 62' Talbot 38', 90+3' Lowry 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,493 Referee: Peter Quinn

References

^ "First team". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Football Squads. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

Notes

^ Boco was born in Bernay, France, but also qualifies to represent Benin internationally and made his international debut for Benin in 2004.
^ Taylor was born in Leicester, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and has represented them at U-20 and U-23 level.

[1] "First team". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Football Squads. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[2] Boco was born in Bernay, France, but also qualifies to represent Benin internationally and made his international debut for Benin in 2004.

[3] Taylor was born in Leicester, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and has represented them at U-20 and U-23 level.

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