Bexley United F.C.

Bexley United Football Club was a football club based in Welling.

A club of the same name played in the Kent League before the war. It was resurrected in about 1952 following a local campaign,^[1] and joined the Kent League.

In 1959, the club was elected to the Southern Football League Division One. It gained promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 1961 and also won the Kent Senior Cup for the only time. In 1963, the team changed its name to Bexley United.

Four seasons after promotion into the Premier Division, Bexley found itself relegated back into Division One, staying there for the rest of the club's life, except for a move into the Division One South when the league structure was altered. At that point, the club got into financial trouble and never truly recovered. Bexley played its final game in April 1976 in front of 222 spectators.^[1]

In 2010 the club name Bexley United was resurrected at youth level (U18s) with a team of young men Bexley and surrounding areas. The following season the team entered in to a transitional league for players Under the age of 21 (U21s) in the SELKENT YOUTH LEAGUE where they gained their first piece of silverware in the Shield Final. From there Bexley United have moved in to Adult football and now play in the Orpington & Beckenham District Sunday Football League(OBDSFL) on Sunday mornings. On entering the league after their election to Division 5 have worked there way up in to Division 3 after promotions and look forward to future success in seasons to come. This season 15/16 the side have found themselves sitting second in Division 3 as they continue their development and revival of the Bexley United name!

See also

• Welling United F.C. – a successor to Bexley United

References

• Bexleyheath & Welling at the Football Club History Database
• Bexley United at the Football Club History Database