Burton United F.C.
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Burton United F.C. were an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire that played in The Football League between 1901 and 1907, before folding in 1910.
[edit] History
The club was formed in 1901 as a merger between Football League Club Burton Swifts and Midland League (and ex-Football League) club Burton Wanderers.
The new club took Burton Swifts' place in the Second Division of the Football League. However, the club were not really successful, and never finished above 10th place or made it past the first round of the FA Cup. In 1905 and 1906 the club finished in second last place, and in 1907 finished bottom. The club was then voted out of the Football League.
The club dropped into the Birmingham & District League, and in 1909 also became members of the Southern League. However, at the end of the 1909/10 season, the club had finished bottom of the Birmingham & District League, and second bottom of their Southern League division, and subsequently folded.
