2015–16 Burton Albion F.C. season

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Burton Albion
2015–16 season
Chairman Ben Robinson
Manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
(Until 4 December 2015)
Nigel Clough
(From 7 December 2015)
Stadium Pirelli Stadium
League One 2nd
League Cup Second round
(eliminated by Middlesbrough)
Football League Trophy First round
(eliminated by Doncaster Rovers)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Burton Albion's 66th season in their history and first ever in League One after gaining promotion last season.[1] Along with League One, the club also took part in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 RW England Sam Austin Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CB England Calum Butcher Dundee United Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 CB England Darius Charles Stevenage Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 GK England Sam Hornby Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CB England Tom Naylor Derby County Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Callum Reilly Birmingham City Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 RM England Mark Shelton Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CB England Liam Slade Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CF Germany Timmy Thiele SC Wiedenbrück Free transfer [7]
18 July 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Anthony O'Connor Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [8]
5 August 2015 CF Luxembourg Aurélien Joachim CSKA Sofia Free transfer [9]
25 August 2015 DF England Tom Flanagan MK Dons Free transfer [10]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF Guadeloupe Mickaël Antoine-Curier Free Agent Released [11]
1 July 2015 CM England Lee Bell Free Agent Released [11]
1 July 2015 RB England Joe Doyle Free Agent Released [11]
1 July 2015 CB Netherlands Stefan Maletić Free Agent Released [11]
1 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland Adam McGurk Portsmouth Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 LM England Jimmy Phillips Gateshead [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 CB England Ian Sharps Chester [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [11]
21 July 2015 CF England Dominic Knowles Harrogate Town Undisclosed [15]
  1. ↑ Following Phillips' release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Gateshead on 7 July 2015.[13]
  2. ↑ Following Sharp's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Chester on 1 July 2015.[14]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
3 July 2015 RM England Mark Duffy Birmingham City 2 January 2016 [16]
6 July 2015 GK England Remi Matthews Norwich City 5 January 2016 [17]
29 July 2015 RM Albania Zeli Ismail Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 January 2016 [18]
30 July 2015 LB England Jerome Binnom-Williams Crystal Palace End of season [19]
15 January 2016 CF England Mason Bennett Derby County End of season [20]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
31 July 2015 LB England George Taft Cambridge United 9 January 2016 [21]
7 August 2015 RM England Marcus Harness Ilkeston 4 September 2015 [22]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 19 May 2015, Burton Albion announced their full pre-season schedule.[23] On 24 May 2015, Burton Albion confirmed their planned pre-season fixture against Benfica was cancelled due to the Portuguese club being invited to take part of the 2015 International Champions Cup.[24] On 29 June 2015, Burton Albion confirmed details of their matches during the tour of the Netherlands.[25]

League One

League table

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Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[26]

FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Burton Albion were drawn away against Bolton Wanderers.[27] In the second round, Burton Albion were handed a home tie against Middlesbrough.[28]

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Burton will travel to Doncaster Rovers.[29]

Birmingham Senior Cup

On the Birmingham FA website details of the first round was released, Burton will face Boldmere St. Michaels.[30]

References

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