# 2014–15 Burton Albion F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Burton Albion's sixth consecutive season in League Two. They finished 6th in the previous season but failed to get promotion via the playoffs. It was Gary Rowett's third season as manager of the club, he would leave in November to join Birmingham City. The club would appoint former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and under his leadership the club finished first earning promotion to the Football League One for the first time in the club's history.

## Match details
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Burton Albion (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 94 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 89 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 3 | Bury (P) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 85 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Southend United (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.

### League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Burton Albion were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic.

### Football League Trophy
## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club transferred from | Fee | Ref. |
| 28 May 2014 | DF | Shane Cansdell-Sherriff | Preston North End | Free | |
| 30 May 2014 | DF | George Taft | Leicester City | Free | |
| 6 June 2014 | MF | John Mousinho | Preston North End | Free | |
| 18 June 2014 | FW | Lucas Akins | Stevenage | Undisclosed | |
| 22 July 2014 | GK | Jon McLaughlin | Bradford City | Free | |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Stuart Beavon | Preston North End | Undisclosed | |
| 27 November 2014 | DF | Kelvin Maynard | Royal Antwerp | Free | |
| 8 January 2015 | DF | Stefan Maletić | Achilles '29 | Free | |
| 29 January 2015 | FW | Abdenasser El Khayati | Kozakken Boys | Undisclosed | |
| 17 February 2015 | FW | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | Hamilton Academical | Free | |
| Players transferred out |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club transferred to | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 May 2014 | DF | Zander Diamond | Northampton Town | Free | |
| 30 May 2014 | DF | Chris Hussey | Bury | Free | |
| 27 June 2014 | DF | Marcus Holness | Tranmere Rovers | Free | |
| 18 August 2014 | FW | Billy Kee | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed | |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Alex MacDonald | Oxford United | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club loaned from | Loan end date | Ref. |
| 30 June 2014 | FW | Stuart Beavon | Preston North End | 1 September 2014 | |
| 3 July 2014 | MF | Callum McFadzean | Sheffield United | January 2015 | |
| 27 August 2014 | FW | Jacob Blyth | Leicester City | 3 May 2015 | |
| 21 October 2014 | MF | Darragh Lenihan | Blackburn Rovers | 4 March 2015 | |
| 20 November 2014 | MF | Bryn Morris | Middlesbrough | 19 December 2014 | |
| 27 November 2014 | GK | Remi Matthews | Norwich City | 28 December 2014 | |
| 2 January 2015 | GK | Scott Shearer | Crewe Alexandra | 3 May 2015 | |
| 30 January 2015 | DF | Tom Naylor | Derby County | 3 May 2015 | |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Iván Calero | Derby County | 2 March 2015 | |
| 6 March 2015 | MF | Florent Cuvelier | Sheffield United | 3 May 2015 | |
| 11 March 2015 | MF | Callum Reilly | Birmingham City | 30 June 2015 | |
| 26 March 2015 | MF | Jack Dunn | Liverpool | 25 April 2015 | |
| 26 March 2015 | DF | Kevin Stewart | Liverpool | 25 April 2015 | |
| 26 March 2015 | FW | Denny Johnstone | Birmingham City | 30 June 2015 | |
| Players loaned out |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club loaned to | Loan end date | Ref. |
| 30 January 2015 | FW | Dominic Knowles | Kidderminster Harriers | 19 March 2015 | |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Lee Bell | Macclesfield Town | 3 May 2015 | |
| 27 March 2015 | MF | Jimmy Phillips | Alfreton Town | 30 June 2015 | |