NEWS - NOVEMBER 2007

ALBION FANS IN BAY WATCH (27/11/07)

Burton Albion will travel to the North Wales coast to take on Colwyn Bay in the FA Trophy after tonight's replay against Sheffield FC ended in a penalty shootout victory for 'The Bay'.

The Brewers last visited Llanelian Road in January 2002 during the Unibond League Championship season, winning 3-1. The two sides have met in the FA Trophy before, Burton winning 2-0 in the 1979/80 season.

BURTON ALBION 5 ATHERSTONE TOWN 0 (27/11/07)

Jake Edwards finally broke his goal-scoring duck with a hat-trick in this Birmingham Senior Cup replay. Oliver Hancock and Ryan Austin (his first in 129 appearances!) grabbed the other goals to put the Brewers into the quarter finals of the competition.

BREWERS SET OFF ON TROPHY TRAIL (26/11/07)

The draw for the First Round Proper of the FA Trophy has been made and Burton Albion have been handed a tricky away trip to either Sheffield FC or Colwyn Bay.

Albion's possible opponents face a replay on Tuesday night to earn the right to host Nigel Clough's men on Saturday 15th December.

BURTON ALBION 1 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 2 (23/11/07)

Defeat, and a red card for Daryl Clare meant that it was a cold walk home for the majority of the bumper crowd at the Pirelli Stadium.

Shaun Harrad scored the opening goal in this top four clash, but the visitors hit back to equalise. Clare then saw red for swinging an elbow at a Cambridge defender, and the U's immediately made the most of their numerical advantage to score the winner.

ATHERSTONE TOWN 0 BURTON ALBION 0 (20/11/07)

A strong second string Albion team were left feeling 'Sheepish' after being held to a draw by a club from the Midland Alliance.

The result means that there will now be an unwanted replay to add further congestion to the coming weeks. A red card for Danny Holmes capped a miserable night for the Brewers.

EXETER CITY 1 BURTON ALBION 4 (17/11/07)

The Brewers scored four goals for the second successive game to demolish Exeter City at St James Park.

Two goals apiece from Shaun Harrad and Daryl Clare moved Burton up to 4th in the table and set up a mouth watering home clash with Cambridge United on Friday night.

IT'S BARNET IN ROUND TWO (11/11/07)

The draw for the second round of the FA Cup has been made and Burton Albion will face a visit from League Two side Barnet.

Whilst some fans may be disappointed not to have come out of the hat against a 'bigger' team, a potentially winnable home tie is not to be sniffed at with the possibility of facing a Premier League team just 90 minutes away.

The two sides are no strangers to each other with league encounters going back to the mid-sixties, but they have only be paired together in the FA Cup once before. Burton earned a replay with a draw at Underhill in 1989, but were beaten 1-0 in the return game at Eton Park.

HALIFAX TOWN 0 BURTON ALBION 4 (10/11/07)

The Brewers cruised into the second round of the FA Cup with a convincing win at The Shay.

Two goals apiece from Daryl Clare and John McGrath demolished a sorry Halifax side who were reduced to 10 men early in the first half when Anthony Griffith was dismissed for a professional foul on Shaun Harrad.

Clare curled in the resultant free kick and it was all one way traffic from there on in.

SIMPSON IN, AISTON OUT (10/11/07)

The Brewers have signed midfielder Michael Simpson on non-contract terms as Sam Aiston returns to Northampton Town at the end of his loan spell.

Simpson, an experienced campaigner in the Football League, has been out of the game for 12 months through injury. He has been training with the Brewers and completed 90 minutes in a reserve game on Tuesday night and looks set to make his debut against Halifax in the FA Cup.

BURTON ALBION 0 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 2 (03/11/07)

The long run of matches unbeaten came to a disappointing end at the Pirelli Stadium this afternoon.

The visitors were the better side in all areas of the match and never looked in danger of not taking all the point home once Russell Penn opened the scoring. Harriers scored a second goal and then, despite being reduced to 10 men, comfortably saw the rest of the game through to the end. MATCH REACTION