The Burton Albion Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Southampton come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Burton Albion did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jordan Amissah in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Burton Albion this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move John Kelly would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. John Kelly is living that version at Burton Albion, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Millar Matthews-Lewis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Millar Matthews-Lewis and Burton Albion agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tyrese Shade falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mark Cunningham steps up from the Burton Albion academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Cunningham has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Timothy White steps up from the Burton Albion academy
- Market Burton Albion promote Charles Davis from within
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Terence Vancooten