Burton Wanderers F.C.

Burton Wanderers
Full name	Burton Wanderers Football Club
Founded	1871
Dissolved	1901 (merged to form Burton United)
Ground	Derby Turn, Burton upon Trent
	Home colours
	Home colours

Burton Wanderers Football Club was a football club based in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The club were members of the Football League for three seasons in the mid-1890s. In 1901 they merged with Burton Swifts to form Burton United. The club played at Derby Turn.

History

Founded in 1871, the club was amongst the founder members of the Midland League in 1890. In the 1893–94 season, they finished as champions despite a points deduction for fielding an ineligible player, and were elected to the Second Division of the Football League. However, the club did not last long in the League, and at the end of the 1896–97 season, after finishing second last in the League, they were voted out. In their time in the Second Division, Burton Wanderers beat Newcastle United 9–0, which remains Newcastle's worst league defeat.

The club then rejoined the Midland League, and, after finishing in bottom place in 1901, merged with neighbouring Burton Swifts (who were still members of the Football League) to form Burton United. The new club took Swifts' place in the League and played their home games at the Swifts' Peel Croft ground.

Ground

During their existence Burton Wanderers played their home games at Derby Turn and their record attendance was 6,000 for an FA Cup second round match against Notts County on 10 February 1894.

Honours

Midland League
- Champions 1893–94

Records

Best FA Cup performance: Second round, 1893–94

References

External links

Burton Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
Burton Wanderers Historical Kits

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First tier (League 1888–1992)	Accrington (1888–93)
Second tier (1892–present)	Bootle (1892–93) Burton Swifts (1892–1901) Burton United (1901–07) Burton Wanderers (1894–97) Darwen (1891–99) Gainsborough Trinity (1896–1912) Glossop North End (1898–1915) Leeds City (1905–19) Loughborough (1895–1900) Middlesbrough Ironopolis (1893–94) New Brighton Tower (1898–1901) Northwich Victoria (1892–94) Rotherham Town (1893–96) Wimbledon Became Milton Keynes Dons (1977–92, 2000–04)
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Fourth tier (by election, 1958–1987)	Accrington Stanley (1921–62) Bradford (Park Avenue) (1908–70) Gateshead (1930–60) Southport (1921–78) Workington (1951–77)
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