Why Brewers Will Be Making History When New Football Season Kicks Off ; When Newlypromoted Burton Albion Trot Out On to the Pirelli Stadium Pitch at the Start of the Season On August 8, It Will Be the First Time in Over a Century That a Football League Match has Been Played in Burton. Stuart Haywood, Below, Reports.

Derby Evening Telegraph › August 04, 2009

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ON April 27, 1907, Burton United defeated West Bromwich Albion 2- 0 at the Peel Croft Ground, Burton, in a Second Division fixture.

Although United were victorious, they had finished bottom of the league and were not re-elected.

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Why Brewers Will Be Making History When New Football Season Kicks Off ; When Newlypromoted Burton Albion Trot Out On to the Pirelli Stadium Pitch at the Start of the Season On August 8, It Will Be the First Time in Over a Century That a Football League Match has Been Played in Burton. Stuart Haywood, Below, Reports.

Thus ended a spell, commencing in 1892, in which Burton were represented by a team in the Football League. Remarkably, for three seasons from 1894 to 1897, Burton could boast two teams in the League.

The Football League was inaugurated in 1888, after professional football had been legalised in 1885. Football clubs needed a regular income to cover expenses and a formal league programme provided regular fixtures.

Before 1888...

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