The 2013-14 season is

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

's fifth consecutive season in League Two. They finished 4th in the previous season but failed to get promotion via the

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. It is

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's second season as manager of the club.

Overview

League

's league campaign began well with a 2–2 away draw against

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on the opening day of the season, which was followed by a 1–0 victory versus

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in their first home game of the season. In the following match they held off a

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comeback to beat the

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side 3–2, to give them their first league away win since March 2013 (excluding play-offs).

Cup Competitions

League Cup

In the League Cup, Burton were drawn against

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away in the first round. They won 2–1. On 8 August 2013, they were drawn a home tie against

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side

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in the second round. Against

, Albion equalised with five minutes remaining through

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before taking the lead 12 minutes into extra-time, before conceding through

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. After the 2–2 draw Phil Edwards was the only player to miss a penalty and Albion crashed out 4–5 in the shoot-out. After the match Burton manager

said he was incredibly proud to nearly knock the

side out.

Football League Trophy

On 17 August 2013, Burton were drawn away to

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in the first round of the

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Transfers

Squad

''Last updated: 30 November 2013''

Results

Pre-Season

League Two

Play-offs

League table

Results summary

Results by round

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad statistics

:''Updated 16 April 2014'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players featured for Burton but left before the end of the season:''

Top scorers

''Last updated: 4 January 2014'' *Scorers are organised by goals and then alphabetically through surname.

Displinary Record

''Last updated: 30 November 2013'' *This is ordered by points, 1 pt for a yellow and 2 pts for a red.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Burton Albion F.C. season Burton Albion F.C. seasons