Burton Albion
Goalkeepers:
Kevin Poole joined Burton in 2006 from Derby County. He began his career at Aston Villa where he made 28 first team appearances in 6 years before joining Middlesboro in 1987. He played 34 times on the league for Boro in 4 years before moving to Leicester City where he made 163 first team appearances in 6 years before joining Birmingham in 1997. He made 55 league appearances for City before moving to Bolton in 2005 and subsequently to Derby. He has also had loan spells at Northampton and Hartlepool. League Appearances for Burton: 115.
Shane Redmond joined Burton from Nottm Forest on loan in July 2009. League Appearances for Burton: 1
Artur Krysiak joined Burton in August 2009 on loan from Birmingham City. He has previously had loan spells at Gretna, York, Swansea and Motherwell. League Appearances for Burton: 11.
Defenders:
Guy Branston joined Burton from Kettering in July 2009. He began his career at Leicester as a youngster and was loaned out to Rushden, Colchester, Plymouth, Lincoln and Rotherham before joining the Millers in 1999 for £50,000. He made over 100 first team appearances for Rotherham and had loan spells at Wycombe and Peterborough before joining Sheffield Wednesday in 2004. He moved to Oldham in 2005 following another loan spell at Peterborough and in 2006 finally joined Peterborough. He had loan spells at Rochdale and Northampton before moving to Notts County for a short spell and then on to Kettering Town. League Appearances for Burton: 10.
Andy Corbett joined Burton from Kidderminster in 2003 and has subsequently made over 200 appearances for the Brewers. He scored his first league goal of his career in the recent 2-1 away win at Grimsby Town. League Appearances for Burton: 207(27), Goals: 11.
Darren Stride joined the Brewers from school and has played more games for the club than any other player. League Appearances for Burton: 187(32), Goals: 15.
Tony James joined Burton from Weymouth in 2007. He began his career at WBA before joining Hereford United in 1998. He made over 250 appearances for the Bulls and helped the club win promotion back to the league in 2006. League Appearances for Burton: 66(1).
Aaron Webster is another product of the youth system at Burton. He began his carer as a left sided midfield player before converting to left back. League Appearances for Burton: 239(18), Goals: 40.
Ryan Austin joined Burton from Crewe in 2005 following an initial loan spell. League Appearances for Burton: 122(31), Goals: 3.
Paul Boertien joined Burton from Walsall in June 2009. He began his career at Carlisle before joining Derby County in 1999 for £250,000. He made over 100 league appearances for the Rams. While at Derby, he had loan spells at Crewe, Notts County and Chesterfield before joining Walsall in 2007. League Appearances for Burton: 12, Goals: 1.
Aaron Brown joined the Brewers from Yeovil Town in 2009 on a short term contract. He began his career at Tamworth before moving to Reading in 2005 but failed to make the first team at Elm Park and had loan spells at Bournemouth and Walsall before moving to Yeovil in 2008.
Midfield:
John McGrath joined Burton from Tamworth in 2007. He began his career at Aston Villa and had a loan spell at Dagenham & Redbridge before joining Doncaster in 2003. He had a short loan spell at Shrewsbury Town and then joined Kidderminster in 2005 before moving to Tamworth a year later. League Appearances for Burton: 103, Goals: 11.
Michael Simpson joined Burton from Leyton Orient in 2007. He began his career at Notts County and had loan spells at Plymouth and Wycombe before joining the Chairboys in 1997 for £50,000. He made over 300 appearances for Wycombe before joining Orient in 2004 and making over 100 appearances for the East London club. League Appearances for Burton: 73(2), Goals: 5
Marc Goodfellow joined Burton from Bury in 2007. He has also played for Stoke, Bristol City & Swansea.
Keith Gilroy joined Burton from Darlington in 2005. He began his career at Middlesbrough before joining Scarborough in 2003. He moved to Darlington two years later. League Appearances for Burton: 120(10), Goals: 15.
Jimmy Phillips joined Burton from Stoke City in the summer of 2009. League Appearances for Burton: 8(1), Goals: 1.
Russ Penn joined Burton from Kidderminster in July 2009. He joined Kidderminster in 2005 and made 178 appearances for them, scoring 26 goals and was voted England 'C' player of the year for 2009. League Appearances for Burton: 5(4), Goals: 2.
Jacques Maghoma joined Burton in July 2009 from Tottenham Hotspur. League Appearances for Burton: 4(6).
Strikers
Greg Pearson is a player who was on loan at Barnet in season 2003/04 when he was at West Ham. He scored on his Barnet debut at Gravesend. He also had loan spells at Lincoln City and Canvey Island before moving to Rushden & Diamonds in 2005. He later played for Bishops Stortford before joining Burton in 2008. League Appearances for Burton: 42(9), Goals: 22.
Richard Walker joined Burton in July 2009 from Bristol Rovers. He started his career at Aston Villa and had loan spells at Wycombe, Cambridge United and Blackpool before moving to Blackpool in 2001 for ₤40,000.He scored 12 goals in 2 ½ years and had loan spells at Northampton and Oxford United before moving permanently to Oxford in March 2004.In July of that year he moved to Bristol Rovers and scored 46 goals in 4 ½ years, helping them to win promotion to League One in 2007. He was on loan last season at Shrewsbury Town. League Appearances for Burton: 6(3), Goals: 2.
Shaun Harrad joined Burton in 2005 from Notts County. He had a spell on loan at Tamworth while at County. League Appearances for Burton: 106(69), Goals: 40.
James Knowles is a product of the club's youth system who has had a loan spell with Unibond League club, Grantham Town.
Serge Makofo is a former MK Dons player who joined Burton from Grays Athletic in October 2009. League Appearances for Burton: 0(1).
