Burton Swifts F.C.

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Burton Swifts
Full name	Burton Swifts Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Swifts
Founded	1871
Dissolved	1901
Ground	Peel Croft
Ground Capacity	?
Chairman	?

Burton Swifts were an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club ceased to exist in 1901 when they merged with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United.

History

Burton Swifts F.C. were formed in 1871. In 1890, the club became a founder member of The Combination. However, after only a year they switched to the Football Alliance. When the Alliance merged with The Football League in 1892, the club joined the Second Division of the League.

Burton Swifts became the first visitors to the newly opened Springfield Park, Wigan on 1 September 1897 when the club played Wigan County in a friendly match. The score was 1-1, Yardley scoring for the Swifts.^[1]

The club was not very successful, and never finished higher than 6th in their division. After finishing in bottom place at the end of the 1900–01 season, the club merged with neighbours, Burton Wanderers to form Burton United, which took Swifts' place in the League.

Burton Swifts played their home games at Peel Croft and this venue continued to be used at the home ground for Burton United. After the club's demise in 1910 Burton Rugby Club took over ownership.

External links

Burton Swifts at the Football Club History Database
Burton United Historical kits

References

↑ Wigan Examiner 4.9.1897 page 3 column 4

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