# 2019–20 Burton Albion F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Burton Albion's 70th season in their history and their third in League One. Along with competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season ran from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kieran O'Hara | GK | Manchester | 24 | 42 | 0 | Manchester United | 8 July 2019 | Loan | 2020 |
| 13 | Stephen Bywater | GK | Oldham | 39 | 61 | 0 | Kerala Blasters | 16 January 2016 | Free | 2020 |
| 20 | Callum Hawkins | GK | | 20 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 9 May 2018 | Trainee | 2020 |
| 24 | Ben Garratt | GK | Market Drayton | 26 | 4 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 October 2019 | Free | 2020 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | John Brayford | RB/CB | Stoke-on-Trent | 32 | 234 | 13 | Sheffield United | 31 August 2017 | Free | 2020 |
| 3 | Colin Daniel | LB/LM | Eastwood | 32 | 49 | 0 | Peterborough United | 21 January 2019 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 5 | Jake Buxton | RB/CB | Sutton-in-Ashfield | 35 | 140 | 1 | Wigan Athletic | 1 July 2017 | Free | 2020 |
| 6 | Kieran Wallace | LB/LM | Nottingham | 25 | 61 | 2 | Free Agent | 30 October 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 15 | Reece Hutchinson | LB | | 19 | 54 | 0 | Academy | 9 May 2018 | Trainee | 2021 |
| 16 | Conor Shaughnessy | CB | Galway | 24 | 8 | 0 | Leeds United | 13 January 2020 | Loan | 2020 |
| 18 | Richard Nartey | CB | | 21 | 29 | 0 | Chelsea | 1 July 2019 | Loan | 2020 |
| 19 | Jevan Anderson | CB | Aberdeen | 20 | 3 | 0 | Formartine United | 1 July 2019 | Free | 2020 |
| 26 | Ben Hart | DF | | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2019 | Trainee | 2020 |
| | Nathan Morley | LB | | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2019 | Trainee | 2020 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ryan Edwards | AM | Singapore | 26 | 44 | 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 23 July 2019 | 2021 |
| 7 | Stephen Quinn | CM | Dublin | 34 | 86 | 2 | Reading | 22 August 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 8 | Scott Fraser | AM | Dundee | 25 | 90 | 16 | Dundee United | 5 July 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 12 | Ben Fox | CM | Burton upon Trent | 22 | 41 | 2 | Academy | 1 July 2016 | Trainee | 2021 |
| 14 | Joe Sbarra | CM | Lichfield | 21 | 67 | 1 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Trainee | 2020 |
| 21 | John-Joe O'Toole | CM | Harrow | 31 | 36 | 0 | Northampton Town | 1 July 2019 | Free | 2021 |
| 23 | Joe Powell | AM | Canning Town | 21 | 10 | 3 | West Ham United | 14 January 2020 | Undisclosed | 2022 |
| | Ethan Vale | CM | | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2019 | Trainee | 2020 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Nathan Broadhead | LW/CF | Bangor | 22 | 22 | 3 | Everton | 2 August 2019 | Loan | 2020 |
| 10 | Lucas Akins | CF/LWB | Huddersfield | 31 | 273 | 58 | Stevenage | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2021 |
| 17 | Oliver Sarkic | CF/AM | Grimsby | 22 | 36 | 5 | Leeds United | 1 August 2019 | Free | 2020 |
| 27 | Kwame Thomas | Centre forward | Nottingham | 24 | 2 | 0 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 February 2020 | Free | 2020 |
| 29 | Jamie Murphy | LW | Glasgow | 30 | 10 | 7 | Rangers | 20 January 2020 | Loan | 2020 |

### Statistics

    As of 20 March 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Kieran O'Hara | 42 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | John Brayford | 40 | 3 | 29+3 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Colin Daniel | 31 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Ryan Edwards | 43 | 7 | 32+0 | 5 | 4+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jake Buxton | 30 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Kieran Wallace | 36 | 1 | 20+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Stephen Quinn | 37 | 1 | 26+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Fraser | 41 | 9 | 25+5 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Nathan Broadhead | 23 | 3 | 13+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Lucas Akins | 46 | 11 | 35+0 | 9 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Stephen Bywater | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Joe Sbarra | 33 | 1 | 6+16 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Reece Hutchinson | 23 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRL | Conor Shaughnessy | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MNE | Oliver Šarkić | 36 | 5 | 24+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Richard Nartey | 29 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Jevan Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRL | John-Joe O'Toole | 36 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Chris Beardsley | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Joe Powell | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Ben Garratt | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Ben Hart | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Kwame Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 10 | 7 | 10+0 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SCO | David Templeton | 27 | 5 | 7+11 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Dyer | 9 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 33 | 14 | 17+8 | 8 | 3+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 |

#### Goals record

    As of 20 March 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 27 | | CF | Liam Boyce | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 10 | | CF | Lucas Akins | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 8 | | AM | Scott Fraser | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | | AM | Ryan Edwards | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 29 | | LW | Jamie Murphy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 11 | | RW | David Templeton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 17 | | CF | Oliver Šarkić | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | | RB | John Brayford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 9 | | LW | Nathan Broadhead | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | | AM | Joe Powell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | | CB | Jake Buxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | | LB | Kieran Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | | CM | Stephen Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | | CM | Joe Sbarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 71 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 20 March 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 21 | | CM | John-Joe O'Toole | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | | CM | Stephen Quinn | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | | AM | Ryan Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | | CB | Jake Buxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | | LB | Kieran Wallace | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | | LW | Lucas Akins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | | CF | Oliver Šarkić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 18 | | CB | Richard Nartey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | | GK | Kieran O'Hara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | | RB | John Brayford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | | LB | Colin Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | | AM | Scott Fraser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 27 | | CF | Liam Boyce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | | LW | Nathan Broadhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | | CM | Joe Sbarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | | LB | Reece Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | | CB | Jevan Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | | AM | Joe Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Jevan Anderson | Formartine United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | John-Joe O'Toole | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2019 | AM | Ryan Edwards | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2019 | CF | Oliver Šarkić | Leeds United | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2019 | LW | Lloyd Dyer | Free Agent | Free transfer |
| 18 October 2019 | GK | Ben Garratt | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2020 | AM | Joe Powell | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2020 | CF | Kwame Thomas | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Richard Nartey | Chelsea | 30 June 2020 |
| 8 July 2019 | GK | Kieran O'Hara | Manchester United | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | LW | Nathan Broadhead | Everton | 30 June 2020 |
| 13 January 2020 | CB | Conor Shaughnessy | Leeds United | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 January 2020 | LW | Jamie Murphy | Rangers | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 13 September 2019 | MF | Ethan Vale | Grantham Town | 14 October 2019 |
| 16 September 2019 | LB | Nathan Morley | Newcastle Town | 26 December 2019 |
| 20 September 2019 | RB | Ben Hart | Kidsgrove Athletic | October 2019 |
| 19 December 2019 | MF | Ethan Vale | Newcastle Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | RB | Ben Hart | Kidsgrove Athletic | April 2020 |
| 17 January 2020 | FW | Jack Holmes | Halesowen Town | Work experience |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | Jevan Anderson | Hereford | 29 February 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | RB | Ben Hart | Tamworth | March 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Jamie Allen | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Harry Campbell | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Damien McCrory | Notts County | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Kyle McFadzean | Coventry City | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | William Miller | Free agent | Released |
| 18 July 2019 | RW | Marcus Harness | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2019 | ST | Marvin Sordell | Retired | — |
| 25 January 2020 | CF | Liam Boyce | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | RW | David Templeton | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |

## Pre-season

The Brewers confirmed their pre-season schedule in June 2019.

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 8 | Sunderland | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 59 | 1.64 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 54 | 1.59 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 35 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 51 | 1.46 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 52 | 1.44 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 48 | 1.37 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 45 | 1.29 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 45 | 1.29 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 41 | 1.21 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 42 | 1.20 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 17 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports. The draw for the fourth round was made on 25 September 2019.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Burton Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |