Welling Town F.C.
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| Full name | Welling Town Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Boots |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Ground | The Bauville Stadium, Chatham |
| Chairman | Kevin Oakes |
| Manager | Kevin Oakes |
| League | Southern Counties East League Premier Division |
| 2022–23 | Southern Counties East League Premier Division, 18th of 20 |
Welling Town Football Club is a football club based in Welling, London, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division and play at The Bauville Stadium in Chatham.
History[edit]
The club was established in 2014 by Kevin Oakes and friends as a Sunday league club.[1] They joined Division Two of the London & Kent Suburban League, and finished third in the division in their first season, resulting in promotion to Division One.[1][2] After finishing fourth in Division One the following season,[3] the club switched to Saturday football,[1] joining Division Three West of the Kent County League.[4] The Sunday side continued for another two seasons.
Welling won the Barry Bundock West Kent Challenge Shield in 2016–17 and were Division Three West runners-up, earning promotion to Division Two West.[5] They went on to win Division Two West and the Kent Junior Cup the following season, also retaining the Barry Bundock West Kent Challenge Shield.[5] The club then successfully applied to join Division One of the Southern Counties East League,[5] a jump of three divisions.
In their first season in the Southern Counties East League, Welling were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
Ground[edit]
The club moved to Bayliss Avenue in Thamesmead in 2017 after Thamesmead Town left the ground.[6] In 2021 they relocated to Kent Football United's Efes Stadium in Dartford. For the 2022/23 season they moved to Chatham Town's Bauvill Stadium in Chatham.[7]
Honours[edit]
- Southern Counties East League
- Division One champions 2018–19
- Kent County League
- Division Two West champions 2017–18
- Barry Bundock West Kent Challenge Shield winners 2016–17, 2017–18
- Kent Junior Cup
- Winners 2017–18
References[edit]
- ^ a b c History Welling Town F.C.
- ^ 2011–2015 Second Division (Adults) London & Kent Suburban League
- ^ 2015–2016 First Division (Adult) London & Kent Suburban League
- ^ Welling Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Welling Town chairman Kevin Oakes: We were required to provide considerable documentation and a business plan to outline our past, present and future. This is not something that has been thrown together in a few weeks! Kentish Football, 25 May 2018
- ^ Let's be quite clear I am not killing the club by moving it to Dartford, insists Thamesmead Town chairman Paul Bowden-Brown Kentish Football, 9 March 2017
- ^ "A new home for 2022/23". wellingtown.co.uk. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
External links[edit]
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