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BUXTON’S BACK WITH ‘TOP, TOP BLOKE’

By Dan Barnes

FAMILIAR TERRITORY: Burton Albion’s Jake Buxton, left, battles with Nottingham Forest forward Jason Cummings.
PICTURE: PSI/Jon Hobley

CARING: Nigel Clough

THE OLD pals’ act is working like a charm for Jake Buxton.
The 32-year-old is in the midst of his second spell as a Burton player and is once again back under the wing of Nigel Clough, the manager who handed him a career lifeline with the Brewers following his release by Mansfield in 2008.
Having followed Clough to Derby, following Burton’s subsequent 2008-09 National League title triumph, Buxton has ...

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