Burton Swifts F.C. was a former English League club formed in 1871. The club became a founder member of The Combination in 1890. 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 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.