2013–14 Burton Swifts F.C. season

Key Events

 * 21 April: Burton Swifts annouce a tour of Italy during pre-season before friendlies at Wembley and Peel Croft against Celtic and Real Madrid.
 * 7 May: Roberto Insigne, younger brother of Lorenzo agrees a transfer from Napoli for a undisclosed fee estimated at around £1.5 million, he officially joins on June 30.
 * 25 May: A. J. DeLaGarza signs a new 6 year contract until 2019.
 * 3 June: Joel agrees a new 5 year contract until 2018.
 * 19 June: The 2013– 14 Premier League fixtures are announced with the Swifts starting the season away to Norwich City and finishing away at Hull City.
 * 30 June: The Swifts begin their pre-season with a 7–0 victory over Sampdoria, with Roberto Insigne scoring on his debut
 * 7 July: The Swifts defeat newly promoted Serie A team Hellas Verona 14 –0, with Andrew Collins scoring three, Lorenzo Insigne netting four and James Harrison bagging five goals.
 * 10 July: The Swifts defeat AC Milan 5 –0 in their third pre-season game
 * 12 July: The club reject an offer of £50 million for Cesc Fábregas from Real Madrid stating that they would be looking for £65-70 million.
 * 13 July: Burton Swifts continue their tour of Italy with a fourth win from four beating AS Roma 6 –0 with six different scorers.
 * 14 July: The Swifts make a reported £4.3 million offer for Real Madrid's Jesé Rodríguez.
 * 15 July: The Swifts confirm interest in signing Real Madrid's Denis Cheryshev. Real Madrid make a second offer for Fábregas an undisclosed fee slightly below the clubs £65m valuation. A weakened Swifts team beat Serie C team AC Reggiana 4 –0 but James Harrison goes off after 28 minutes with a suspected broken nose.
 * 16 July: The Swifts accept a £64m offer for Cesc Fábregas from Real Madrid which could rise to £70m. The Swifts confirm that James Harrison's injury sustained against Reggiana isn't as bad as first feared an he hasn't suffered a broken nose and will play against Internazionale.
 * 17 July: Real Madrid accept a £4.3m offer for Jesé Rodríguez from the Swifts. The Swifts make a £2m offer for Denis Cheryshev .
 * 19 July: Cesc Fábregas completes his £64m move to Real Madrid. Madrid accept the £2m bid for Denis Cheryshev
 * 20 July: Jesé Rodríguez completes his move to the Swifts in a deal worth £4.3m.
 * <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;text-align:center;">21 July: The Swifts make it six wins from six in pre-season with a  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;text-align:center;">6–0 win over Internazionale.
 * <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;text-align:center;">22 July: Denis Cheryshev completes his move for £2m.

League Cup
The Swifts Quarter-Final tie against Manchester City was originally planned for December 17, but had to be moved to the 4th as the Swifts were playing the FIFA Club World Cup and the 11th they were playing in the Champions League