The Burton Albion Sentinel
Squad9 Jun 2031
A fracture rules Charlie Webster out for 88 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Burton Albion will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match7 Jun 2031
Nobody wins at Burton Albion
16 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Market9 Jun 2031
Sam Hart is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Burton Albion is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings9 Jun 2031
Ross Stewart, 34, rolls back the years — 8.06
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.06 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market9 Jun 2031
Julot Monteyne hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Burton Albion can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Jun 2031
Words exchanged at Burton Albion
Caylan Vickers and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad9 Jun 2031
Ross Stewart is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.31 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad9 Jun 2031
A row about effort at Burton Albion
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ross Stewart was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets9 Jun 2031
Inter tell Burton Albion: Jesper Lindstrøm is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Match Ross Stewart sends Burton Albion past Exeter City
- Market Oleksandr Kalinin told to find a new club
- The dugout Oleksandr Kalinin gets it from the manager