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League Record
First Match
1–1 v Blackpool (4,000) (September 14th, 1901)
Last Match
2–0 v West Bromwich Albion (3,580) (April 27th, 1907)
Highest Attendance
4,000 v Blackpool (1–1) (September 14th, 1901)
Lowest Attendance
1,000 v Gainsborough Trinity (1–3) (April 24th, 1905)
Biggest Home Win
7–0 v Stockport County (3,000) (October 10th, 1903)
Biggest Home Defeat
0–6 v Lincoln City (-) (November 23rd, 1901)

106 League games played at Peel Croft by Burton United

Burton Swifts (having finished bottom and so requiring re-election) amalgamated with Burton Wanderers in 1901 to become Burton United and the new club was elected into the Football League Division 2. The club failed to gain re-election in 1907.

*Not all attendances are known and these are the highest and lowest gate figures of those that were recorded.
League Record
First Match
7–1 v Crewe Alexandra (-) (September 3rd, 1892)
Last Match
1–0 v Gainsborough Trinity (-) (April 20th, 1901)
Highest Attendance
5,000 v Newton Heath (1–2) (October 20th, 1894)
Lowest Attendance
300 v Luton Town (3–1) (February 3rd, 1900)
Biggest Home Win
8–5 v Walsall Town Swifts (-) (February 24th, 1894)
Biggest Home Defeat
0–7 v Liverpool (3,000) (February 29th, 1896)

136 League games played at Peel Croft by Burton Swifts

The club was a founder member of the Football League Division 2 in 1892 and, after finishing bottom of the table in 1901, amalgamated with Burton Wanderers to become Burton United.