Burton Albion Football Club is an English football club based in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club participates in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005.

The club's most common nickname is The Brewers, stemming from the town's brewing heritage.

The club competed in the non-League of English football from their founding in 1950 until 2009, despite the Football League heritage of their predecessors Burton Swifts, Burton United, and Burton Wanderers. The current manager is Gary Rowett, who took over from Paul Peschisolido following his sacking in March 2012 alongside Kevin Poole as caretaker managers, before being officially announced as manager on 10th May 2012.

The town of Burton has had a chequered history of football clubs, partly due to the area's main sport traditionally in the past being rugby union. Many former Burton teams have struggled financially. Albion can claim lineage from Burton Swifts, Burton Town, Burton United and Burton Wanderers, all defunct football clubs in the town. Burton Albion were formed in 1950, and joined the Birmingham & District League.

Richard Glynn "Ritchie" Jones (born 26 September 1986 in Manchester) is an English footballer. He is a midfielder, preferring to play in the centre of midfield. He now plays for Bradford City after he rejected a contract extension from Oldham Athletic, whom he joined on a free transfer from Hartlepool United in July 2010. He is a product of the Manchester United youth system.

A Manchester United player from the age of nine, Jones made five appearances for the Manchester United first team, playing in the FA Cup and League Cup. During his time at United, he also went on loan to a number of lower league teams in order to gain first team experience. He has made league starts for Colchester United and Barnsley in 2006–07, Yeovil Town in the 2007–08 season and, in 2006, went on loan to Belgium's Royal Antwerp for a month.

Jones was a member of the Manchester United F.C. Academy from the age of nine, and scored the golden goal to win the Milk Cup in 2003, beating Preston in the final. He captained United's Youth Cup team and was part of the United reserve side that won four trophies in 2004–05, and three trophies in 2005–06.