, ▁before ▁defeat ▁finally ▁came ▁at ▁home ▁to ▁Bur ton ▁Alb ion . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁campaign ▁Ald ers hot ▁posted ▁a ▁comfortable ▁mid - table ▁finish , ▁and ▁Hold sw orth ▁handed ▁out ▁contract s ▁to ▁young ▁players ▁Adam ▁M ek ki , ▁Doug ▁Berg q v ist ▁and ▁Hen rik ▁Bre im yr . ▁He ▁also ▁released ▁nine ▁players ▁in ▁Ben ▁Hard ing , ▁John ▁H alls , ▁Mar vin ▁Morgan , ▁Dam ian ▁Sp encer , ▁Tim ▁S ills , ▁Mik ha el ▁Ja ime z - R u iz , ▁W ade ▁Small , ▁Clay ton ▁Fort une , ▁and ▁Jack ▁Rand all . ▁ ▁He ▁assemble d ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁free ▁sign ings ▁to ▁re pl en ish ▁his ▁squad : ▁strik ers ▁Brad ley ▁B ub b ▁and ▁Michael ▁Rank ine ; ▁mid field ers ▁Anthony ▁Pul is ▁and ▁Gra eme ▁Mont gom ery ; ▁def enders ▁A aron ▁Brown ▁and ▁Jam ie ▁Collins ; ▁and ▁goal keeper ▁Ross ▁Wor ner . ▁He ▁also ▁brought ▁in ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁eight ▁lo ane es ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁season : ▁J ake ▁Taylor , ▁Jordan ▁Brown , ▁Bruno ▁And rade , ▁Adam ▁Smith , ▁Scott ▁Dav ies , ▁Jam ie ▁Day , ▁Greg ▁Pear son ▁and ▁Charlie ▁Henry . ▁His ▁team ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁incons istent , ▁though ▁they ▁did ▁reach ▁the ▁Four th ▁Round ▁of ▁the ▁League ▁Cup , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁be aten ▁ 3 – 0 ▁by ▁a ▁Manchester ▁United ▁side