# 2009–10 Burton Albion F.C. season

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
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 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | James Knowles |
| 23 | MF | JAM | Cleveland Taylor (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 |

### Coca-Cola League Two
#### League Two results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |