# 2017–18 Burton Albion F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Burton Albion's 68th season in their history and second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Bywater | GK | Oldham | 43 | 50 | 0 | Kerala Blasters | 16 January 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 24 | Harry Campbell | GK | Blackburn | 28 | 0 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 August 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | John Brayford | RB | Stoke-on-Trent | 36 | 146 | 7 | Sheffield United | 31 August 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 5 | Kyle McFadzean | CB | Sheffield | 37 | 77 | 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 July 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 6 | Ben Turner | CB | Birmingham | 36 | 72 | 3 | Cardiff City | 1 July 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 12 | Tom Flanagan | RB | Hammersmith | 32 | 82 | 2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 25 August 2015 | Free | 2019 |
| 14 | Damien McCrory | LWB | Limerick | 34 | 205 | 10 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1 July 2012 | Free | 2018 |
| 15 | Tom Naylor | CB | Sutton-in-Ashfield | 33 | 133 | 13 | Derby County | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2019 |
| 23 | Jake Buxton | RB | Sutton-in-Ashfield | 39 | 76 | 0 | Wigan Athletic | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 25 | Shaun Barker | CB | Trowell | 42 | 6 | 0 | Derby County | 26 August 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 29 | Tomas Egert | CB | | 30 | 3 | 0 | Free agent | 16 March 2018 | Free | 2018 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Jamie Allen | CM | Rochdale | 29 | 28 | 1 | Rochdale | 31 August 2017 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 7 | Luke Murphy | CM | Macclesfield | 34 | 61 | 2 | Leeds United | 3 July 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 11 | Lloyd Dyer | LW | Birmingham | 42 | 83 | 15 | Burnley | 25 July 2016 | Free | 2018 |
| 18 | William Miller | AM | London | 28 | 25 | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 August 2017 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 19 | Jacob Davenport | CM | | 25 | 16 | 1 | Manchester City | 31 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 21 | Hope Akpan | CM | Liverpool | 33 | 27 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 July 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 22 | Ben Fox | CM | Burton upon Trent | 26 | 4 | 1 | Academy | 1 July 2016 | Trainee | 2020 |
| 26 | Joe Sbarra | CM | Lichfield | 25 | 19 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Trainee | 2020 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Darren Bent | CF | Tooting | 40 | 14 | 2 | Derby County | 26 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 10 | Lucas Akins | CF/LWB | Huddersfield | 35 | 173 | 33 | Stevenage | 1 July 2014 | Free | Undisclosed |
| 16 | Luke Varney | CF | Leicester | 42 | 34 | 2 | Ipswich Town | 4 January 2017 | Free | 2018 |
| 17 | Marvin Sordell | CF | Pinner | 33 | 64 | 7 | Coventry City | 1 January 2017 | Loan | 2018 |
| 20 | Martin Samuelsen | SS | Haugesund | 27 | 9 | 0 | West Ham United | 17 January 2018 | Loan | 2018 |
| 27 | Liam Boyce | CF | Belfast | 33 | 15 | 3 | Ross County | 1 July 2017 | Undisclosed | 2020 |

## Statistics

    As of 9 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Stephen Bywater | 44 | 0 | 43+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | John Brayford | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Stephen Warnock | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jamie Allen | 28 | 1 | 18+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Kyle McFadzean | 44 | 0 | 38+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Turner | 32 | 2 | 26+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Luke Murphy | 40 | 1 | 34+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent | 14 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Lucas Akins | 45 | 6 | 39+3 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Dyer | 38 | 7 | 29+8 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NIR | Tom Flanagan | 29 | 2 | 20+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Damien McCrory | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tom Naylor | 35 | 4 | 31+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Luke Varney | 18 | 1 | 1+16 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Marvin Sordell | 42 | 3 | 29+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Jacob Davenport | 16 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Martin Samuelsen | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NGA | Hope Akpan | 27 | 2 | 18+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Ben Fox | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Jake Buxton | 32 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Shaun Barker | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Joe Sbarra | 19 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 15 | 3 | 11+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CZE | Tomas Egert | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NIR | Matty Lund | 12 | 2 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Player(s) who left the club: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | John Mousinho | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Sean Scannell | 19 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Will Miller | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Matt Palmer | 13 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Joe Mason | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Jackson Irvine | 5 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 9 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | | LW | Lloyd Dyer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | | LW | Lucas Akins | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 15 | | CB | Tom Naylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | | CF | Marvin Sordell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 27 | | CF | Liam Boyce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | | CB | Ben Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | | CM | Matty Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | | CF | Darren Bent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | | CB | Tom Flanagan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | | CM | Hope Akpan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | | LB | Stephen Warnock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | | CM | Jamie Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | | CM | Luke Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | | CF | Luke Varney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | | CM | Jacob Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | | CM | Ben Fox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | — | | CM | Jackson Irvine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | — | | CF | Joe Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | — | | LM | Matt Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 5 | 42 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 9 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 15 | | CB | Tom Naylor | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | | CB | Kyle McFadzean | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | | CM | Luke Murphy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | | CB | Ben Turner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | | LW | Lucas Akins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | | RB | Jake Buxton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | | GK | Stephen Bywater | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | | RB | John Brayford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | | CB | Tom Flanagan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | | LB | Stephen Warnock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | | CM | Matty Lund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | | CB | Damien McCrory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | | CM | Hope Akpan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | | CF | Liam Boyce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | — | | CM | Jackson Irvine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 4 | | CM | Jamie Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | | CF | Darren Bent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | | LW | Lloyd Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | | CF | Luke Varney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | | CF | Marvin Sordell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | | CM | Jacob Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | | SS | Martin Samuelsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | | CM | Joe Sbarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 66 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Liam Boyce | Ross County | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Jake Buxton | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Matty Lund | Rochdale | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Stephen Warnock | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | CM | Hope Akpan | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | CM | Jamie Allen | Rochdale | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | RB | John Brayford | Sheffield United | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | AM | William Miller | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Phil Edwards | Bury | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Charlie Gatter | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Sam Hornby | Port Vale | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Jon McLaughlin | Heart of Midlothian | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Callum Reilly | Bury | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Lee Williamson | Free agent | Released |
| 30 August 2017 | AM | Jackson Irvine | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | CB | John Mousinho | Oxford United | Free |
* ↑ Phil Edwards joined Bury following his release.
* ↑ Jon McLaughlin joined Heart of Midlothian following his release.
* ↑ Callum Reilly joined Bury following his release.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 3 July 2017 | CM | Luke Murphy | Leeds United | 30 June 2018 |
| 7 August 2017 | GK | Connor Ripley | Middlesbrough | 30 June 2018 |
| 18 August 2017 | RW | Sean Scannell | Huddersfield Town | 11 January 2018 |
| 23 August 2017 | CF | Joe Mason | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 January 2018 |
* ↑ Scannell's season-long loan was cut short on 11 January due to a serious injury.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Ryan Delaney | Cork City | 1 November 2017 |
| 18 July 2017 | RW | Marcus Harness | Port Vale | 30 June 2018 |
| 14 August 2017 | FW | Marcus Dinanga | AFC Telford United | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | LB | Damien McCrory | Portsmouth | January 2018 |
| 1 September 2017 | DF | Jayden Cotterill | Matlock Town | 29 September 2017 |
| 5 September 2017 | GK | Callum Hawkins | Matlock Town | 3 October 2017 |
| 8 September 2017 | CM | Ben Fox | Solihull Moors | 7 October 2017 |
| 26 October 2017 | CM | Ben Fox | Tamworth | 28 November 2017 |
| 17 November 2017 | DF | Jayden Cotterill | Romulus | 14 January 2018 |
| 8 December 2017 | MF | Jack Hallahan | Belper Town | 8 January 2018 |
* ↑ On 28 November, Ben Fox was recalled from his loan spell at Tamworth.
* ↑ On 14 December, Jayden Cotterill extended his youth loan with Romulus until mid-January.

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

As of 7 June 2017, Burton Albion have announced ten pre-season friendlies against Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion, Shrewsbury Town, Matlock Town, Mickleover Sports, AFC Wimbledon, Kidsgrove Athletic, Solihull Moors, Rocester and Arnold Town.

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Reading | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 44 | |
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 43 | |
| 22 | Barnsley (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Burton Albion (R) | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 41 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 24 | Sunderland (R) | 46 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 37 | Relegation to EFL League One |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2018. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 19 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Burton Albion entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Birmingham City.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Oldham Athletic confirmed. Another away trip against Cardiff City for the second round. A third away tie in the third round was confirmed against Manchester United.