Burton Swifts F.C. were an Englishfootball club from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club ceased to exist in 1901 when they merged with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Burton-upon-Trent is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Burton United Football Club was formed from the merger of Burton Swifts F.C. (then a Football League club) and Burton Wanderers F.C. in 1901. ...
History
In 1890, the club became a founder member of the 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. The Football Alliance was an association football league in England from 1889 to 1892. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... Between the 1992-93 and 2004-05 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ...
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 1900/1 season, the club merged with neighbours, Burton Wanderers to form Burton United, which took Swifts' place in the League.