NEVER go to the dressing room to have your say, ALWAYS switch the lights off, recruit hungry young coaches, and BACK YOUR TOWN - Burton Albion chairman Ben Robinson has worked out the secrets of a successful football club after 36 years in the job

No one can accuse Ben Robinson of being in football for a quick win.

The long-serving chairman first took the helm at Burton Albion aged 31 some 45 years ago and is still going strong.

Thanks to Robinson’s patient stewardship during two spells as chairman, the Brewers have climbed out of the Northern Premier League all the way to the Championship, before settling in League One.

The club's stability is in sharp contrast to what is happening at Derby County 12 miles up the A38.

Burton’s nearest ‘rivals’, command an average gate pushing 30,000 in a city of 260,000, but they have gambled hard on promotion.