Most of these pictures can be found, along with narrative, in the feature on Albion History - Look Back In Amber - which includes several images on each page. Clicking the links below will load each image separately in a new window...
1950's 60's and 70's Early 80's FA Cup 3rd Round 1985 Wembley '87 Post-Wembley Season 1997-98 Season 1998-99 Season 1999-2000
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The 1950's
Albion v Gresley An early derby encounter from April 1952, Albion legend Nobby Hadfield with Gresley skipper Ted Bowler
En-route to Charlton - Brewers fans with suitable refreshment en-route to London for the FA Cup 3rd Round v Charlton Athletic, January 1956
Action from the Valley -1 Albion Captain and Player-Manager Reg Weston (left) shakes the hand of his Charlton counterpart Derek Ufton before the Third Round tie
Action from the Valley - 2 The Charlton skipper (right) leaps with Albion's Frank Bullock for this high ball in front of the towering East Terrace at The Valley. 29,660 were in attendance.
Action from the Valley - 3 Bill Townsend tries in vain to keep out a shot from Charlton's Jimmy gauld, making it 2-0 to the South Londeners, who went on to put seven past the Brewers keeper
Programme cover from Charlton game
Ex-Gresley boss Sammy Crooks became Albion manager, and thought it would be a good idea to put his players ona "Champagne diet". It wasn't.
The 60's and '70's
Flying to Weymouth for the first leg of the Southern League Cup Final, April 1964
Team for Weymouth game - The Brewers team before the Second Leg of the Final at Eton Park. Albion legend Richie Barker is pictured front row, 2nd from right. His strike partner Stan Round was sadly absent through injury for the game, which Albion won 4-0, in front of 5,680 at Eton Park (back l-r Raynor, Delaphena, Finney, Lines, Aston, Follan front - Knight, Reeves, Walters, Barker, Moore)
Peter Taylor who later found fame as Brian Clough's managerial partner at Derby and Forest, here in his less well known role as Burton Albion manager
60's Eton Park action Future Stamford Bridge idol Ian Hutchinson (light strip) bearing down on goal in front of a packed Popside (Notice the advert for now forgotten Truman's Beer)
The early '80's
1970-80 Albion team The Brewers in classic stripes(back l-r) Jon Nixon, Steve Dolby, Phil Annable, Barry Alcock, Clive Arthur, Drew Ferguson, Mick Fletcher (front)-Andy Harrison, Peter Hindley, Ian Moore, Kenny Blair, Kevin Hector
NPL Cup Final v Macclesfield Andy Harrison (centre), celebrates his goal in the NPL Cup Final against Macclesfield Town at Maine Road (l-r) Ian Vaughan, David Vaughan, Harrison, Steve Dolby, Iain MacLain are pictured in front of an empty Kippax Terrace- April 1983
Eton Park action Jim Kabia heads home in an Northern Premier League match against Macclesfield at Eton Park, August 1984
Programme Cover Classic early '80's programme cover
1985 FA Cup Third
Round
Celebrations at Aldershot Albion players celebrate beating Aldershot to make it to the Third Round, 8th December 1984 - manager Warnock far right
Albion v Leicester City - 1 David Vaughan stuns Leicester by firing in past keeper Ian Andrews to level the score at 1-1 in the Third Round tie at the Baseball Ground, Derby -January 5th 1985
Albion v Leicester City - 2 Vaughan , and the Brewers fans packed into the BBG celebrate the goal
Programme Cover from the Third Round match. Leicester won the game 6-1, Gary Lineker scoring a hat trick, but the match was oredered to be replayed behind closed doors, after crowd trouble in which the Brewers keeper Paul Evans was hit by a missile
Ticket for Albion v Leicester
Albion v Leicester Rematch -1 An eerily empty Highfield Road, Coventry, for the behind closed doors rematch, which Leicester won by a single goal
Albion v Leicester Rematch -2 Maradona...Klinsmann...Simmo...Gary Lineker has played alongside all the greats. (l-r Nigel Simms, Gary Lineker, Steve Dolby, Alan Smith) - Albion v Leicester, Highfield Road, Friday 10th January 1985
FA Trophy Final 1987
The Road to Wembley
Maidstone Quarter Final Floodlit drama as Dave Redfern scores against Maidstone in the Quarter Final Replay, en route to Wembley - 3,316 watch on at Eton Park.
Dartford Semi-Final -1 Paul Groves levels the scores against Dartford in the Semi-Final First Leg at Eton Park. Albion went on to win 2-1, and then booked their ticket to a Wembley final against Kidderminster Harriers with a 2-0 win in the second leg in Kent
Dartford Semi-Final - 2 Wembley here we come! Watling Street, Dartford, April 1987
Wembley '87
Wembley action -1 The FA Trophy Final - Albion v Kidderminster, 9th May 1987. A challenge from Brewers' classy defender Alan Kamara causes Harriers' Kim Casey to shoot over
Wembley action -2 Paul Groves and Dave Redfern outleap the Kidder defence, as striker Bob Gauden (right) looks on
Wembley action -3 Treading the hallowed turf- Dave Redfern goes up for a header
Wembley action -4 Future Albion manager John Barton, playing for Kidderminster at the time, clears from Brewers' striker Dave Redfern at Wembley.
The teams The Albion and Kidderminster players line up after 120 draining minutes of football in the Wembley sunshine. The match finisherd goalless -so a replay at the Hawthorns the following Tuesday was required.
Lap of honour The Brewers heroes salute their fans on the traditional Wembley lap of honour...
Homecoming Heroes ...and that other Wembley tradition- the open top bus- King Edward Place, Burton, Sunday afternoon- the day after Wembley
Burton Mail -1 "Brewers you did us proud"...
Burton Mail -2 ...But Albion have to share the front page with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who chose that day to name the election date.
Burton Mail -3 Homecoming heroes
Top of the Pops! Even those dangerous, crazy rock'n'rollers All About Eve can't compete with the Wembley fever sweeping Burton - Albion's imaginative choice of Wembley song tops the charts.
Replay at the Hawthorns
Hawthorns action -1 Paul Groves heads in for Albion after just a minute of the FA Trophy Final Replay against Kidderminster at the Hawthorns. Some fans were still finding their seats after the kick-off was delayed 15 minutes to allow everyone in, but the goal is disallowed for pushing.
Hawthorns action - 2 Paul Davies fires Harriers in front on 31 minutes, thanks to a deflection off Alan Kamara (left) - Steve Essex watches on helplessly
Hawthorns action - 3 Albion had conceded a second goal just a minute before, and looked dead and buried, when Paul Groves headed this goal to send the match into a nerve-jangling last ten minutes.
Hawthorns action - 4 Agony for Albion, and especially for Paul Bancroft, as he suffers one of those "Gareth Southgate" moments that footballers dread. The celebrations of the Brewers fans packed in the Birmingham Road End behind this goal turns to despair as Kidderminster keeper Jim Arnold saves the spot kick, with four minutes left on the clock, to win the Trophy for Harriers.
Brewers beaten heroes After the Replay defeat at the Hawthorns- a shattered looking Paul Bancroft 2nd left Full team: (back l-r) Brian Fidler (manager), Dave Redfern, Dave Wood, Paul Groves, Alan Kamara (obscured), Nigel Simms, Clive Patterson, Bob Gauden (front)- Steve Essex, Paul Bancroft, David Vaughan, Neil Dorsett, Gil Land, Martin New, Joe Mullholland (trainer)
Burton Mail That penalty miss again - freeze-framed for posterity
Post Wembley
Gresley, Boxing Day 1993 Aged Gresley keeper bob Aston quivers before another Albion attack, as the Brewers romp home 4-0 in the first league derby between the two sides in nearly 40 years- The Moat Ground (a splendid view as ever) -Boxing Day 1993...
Albion v Gresley 1993-94 ...followed by a 1-0 victory at Eton Park the following April.
Bradford - FA Cup 1st Round Darren Stride scores his first goal of two as Albion make an astonishing fightback against Bradford at Valley Parade in November 1995. 2-0 and 3-1 down, the Brewers come back to 3-3 and hit the crossbar in the second half before a last gasp Ian Ormanroyd goal robs them of a lucrative replay.
Southern League Cup Winners 1997 More than 30 years after first lifting the Trophy, Albion win the now Dr. Marten's League Cup at Sudbury Town. The Brewers also won the Birmingham Senior Cup in this season, beating Tamworth in the final.
Season 1997-98
Team picture at the start of the 1997-98 season
Moat Ground action - 1 A goalmouth confrontation from this seasons Boxing Day match at the Moat Ground, which Gresley won 2-0
Moat Ground action - 2 Gresley keeper Stuart Ford denies Albion a late equaliser, with the score at 1-0
The Moat Ground on Boxing Day 1997
New Years Day -1 at Eton Park- the biggest gate of the season -2,189 brave the elements for the return fixture against Gresley, looking towards the Eton Road end, the "Popside" on the left...
New Years Day - 2 ...and towards the Main Stand
New Years Day - 3 First half action from the game Albion won 1-0
New Years Day - 4 The lonely figure of Albion keeper Nick Goodwin, as the rain lashes down in the second half
Gloucester - 1 Meadow Park, Gloucester, for the FA Trophy Second Round tie
Gloucester -2 An early free kick for the Brewers, who took the lead but had a man sent off in the first-half
Gloucester - 3 More action from Gloucester - the match finished at 1-1, but Gloucester won the Eton Park replay on penalties
Eton Park basks in some unseasonal February sunshine before the league match against Crawley
Tamworth David Holmes (out of picture) curls in a beauty to give the Brewers the lead at the Lamb
Salisbury game (1) Dave Bright gives Salisbury a half time lead on the final day of the season at Eton Park
Salisbury game (2) Celebrations for the Salisbury players after their victory at Eton Park saves them from relegation
Mark Blount with his Player of the Season award after the Salisbury match
Steve Spooner is presented with his runners-up trophy
James Benfield becomes the first recipient of the Simon Redfern award for Most Promising Young Player
Referee Mangal Singh receives a presentation to commemorate his retirement
After Salisbury match supporters on the pitch after the final game of the season
Eton Park on the final day of the 1997-98 season