Welling United Football Club are an English football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley. The club was founded in 1963 and began as a youth team playing in the Eltham & District Sunday League on a park pitch from 1963-64 to 1970-71. From 1971-72 to 1974-75 they played in the Metropolitan-London League (Intermediate/Reserves) Division. In 1975-76 they played in the London Spartan League- Reserve Division 1. They gained senior status in the London Spartan League in 1976 at Butterfly Lane, Eltham. They finished 6th in Division 2 in 1976-77 and were promoted to the Premier Division. 1977-78 was their first season at Park View Road. Welling United currently play in the National League South.

Key Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Seasons Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer FA Cup FA Trophy Average homeattendanceAverage home attendance = for league games only Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec 1977–78 London SpartanLeague 30 15 4 11 45 39 6 34 6th of 16Transferred - - - - 1978–79 AthenianLeague 7 36 17 9 10 60 46 14 43 7th of 19 QR1 0-0-1 - - 1979–80 AthenianLeague 7 38 20 7 11 86 46 40 47 5th of 20 QR4 4-1-1 - - 1980–81 AthenianLeague 7 38 19 8 11 62 48 14 46 7th of 20Promoted QR2 1-0-1 - - 1981–82 Southern Football LeagueSouthern Division 6 46 19 13 14 70 48 22 51 8th of 24TransferredAt the end of the season a single Premier Division was formed at the top of the Southern Football League with regionalized Midland and Southern divisions below. Welling United qualified to get a place in the Premier Division. QR2 1-3-1 - - 1982–83 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 38 21 6 11 63 40 23 69 3rd of 20 QR2 1-0-1QR1 0-0-1 1983–84 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 38 15 7 16 61 61 0 52 12th of 20 QR1 0-0-1R2 2-1-1 1984–85 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 38 18 11 9 55 38 17 65 6th of 20 QR3 2-0-1R3 3-2-1 1985–86 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 38 29 6 3 95 31 64 93 1st of 20Promoted QR3 2-1-1R1 0-0-1 1986–87 FootballConference 5 42 10 10 22 61 94 -22 40 20th of 22ReprievedClub reprieved after Nuneaton Borough were relegated due to financial irregularities. Gary Abbott 23R1 4-1-1R2 1-0-1 704 1987–88 FootballConference 5 42 11 9 22 50 72 -22 42 19th of 22 R2 5-1-1R1 1-0-1 873 1988–89 FootballConference 5 40 14 11 15 45 46 -1 53 11th of 21 R3 3-2-1QF 4-2-1 1,017 1989–90 FootballConference 5 42 18 10 14 62 50 12 64 6th of 22 Terry Robbins 17R2 2-4-1R2 1-1-1 1,107 1990–91 FootballConference 5 42 13 15 14 55 57 -2 54 11th of 22 Terry Robbins 18R1 1-0-1R3 2-0-1 986 1991–92 FootballConference 5 42 14 12 16 69 79 -10 54 12th of 22 Terry Robbins 29R1 1-0-1R2 1-0-1 840 1992–93 FootballConference 5 42 12 12 18 57 72 -15 48 20th of 22 Terry Robbins 19QR4 0-0-1R2 1-0-1 947 1993–94 FootballConference 5 42 13 12 17 47 49 -2 51 16th of 22 Terry Robbins 17QR1 0-0-1R2 1-0-1 967 1994–95 FootballConference 5 42 13 10 19 57 74 -17 49 17th of 22 QR2 1-0-1R2 1-2-1 739 1995–96 FootballConference 5 42 10 15 17 42 53 -11 45 19th of 22 QR2 1-2-1R2 1-1-1 615 1996–97 FootballConference 5 42 13 9 20 50 60 -10 48 18th of 22 Lennie Dennis 21R1 4-0-1R2 1-1-1 714 1997–98 FootballConference 5 42 17 9 16 64 62 2 60 10th of 22 Mark Cooper 18QR2 1-1-1R2 0-1-1 709 1998–99 FootballConference 5 42 9 14 19 44 65 -21 41 20th of 22ReprievedClub reprieved after Barrow were relegated due to entering administration. R1 2-0-1R2 0-0-1 682 1999–2000 FootballConference 5 42 13 8 21 54 66 -12 47 20th of 22Relegated Ritchie Hanlon 12R1 1-0-1R3 1-0-1 737 2000–01 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 42 17 13 12 59 55 4 64 4th of 22 QR4 2-1-1R1 0-0-1 546 2001–02 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 42 13 12 17 69 66 3 51 15th of 22 R1 3-1-1R4 2-0-1 516 2002–03 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 42 13 12 17 55 58 −3 51 15th of 22 QR3 1-1-1R1 0-1-1 570 2003–04 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 6 42 16 8 18 56 58 −2 56 9th of 22TransferredAt the end of the season Conference North and South were formed above the Southern Football League. Welling United qualified to get a place in newly created divisions. QR4 1-3-1R2 1-0-1 597 2004–05 ConferenceSouth 6 42 15 7 20 64 68 −4 52 16th of 22 Paul Booth 19QR2 0-0-1R2 1-0-1 567 2005–06 ConferenceSouth 6 42 16 17 9 58 44 +14 65 9th of 22 Danny Kedwell 19R1 3-0-1R3 3-0-1 606 2006–07 ConferenceSouth 6 42 21 6 15 65 51 +14 69 8th of 22 Danny Kedwell 19QR4 2-2-1 QF 4-2-1 566 2007–08 ConferenceSouth 6 42 13 7 22 41 64 −23 46 16th of 22 Omari Coleman 8QR3 1-0-1QR3 0-0-1 526 2008–09 ConferenceSouth 6 42 19 11 12 61 44 +17 68 7th of 22 Charlie Sheringham 19QR2 0-1-1R2 2-1-1 640 2009–10 ConferenceSouth 6 42 18 9 15 66 51 +15 63 9th of 22 Lee Clarke 16QR3 1-0-1R1 1-0-1 538 2010–11 ConferenceSouth 6 42 24 8 10 81 47 +34 75Deducted 5 points for financial irregularities. 6th of 22 Andy Pugh 17QR2 0-0-1R1 1-1-1 651 2011–12 ConferenceSouth 6 42 24 9 9 79 47 +32 81 3rd of 22Lost in PO Final Andy Pugh 15QR2 0-0-1R1 1-1-1 676 2012–13 ConferenceSouth 6 42 26 8 8 90 44 +46 86 1st of 22Promoted Ross Lafayette 19QR4 2-2-1R3 3-0-1 615 2013–14 ConferencePremier 5 46 16 12 18 59 61 −2 60 16th of 24 Ross Lafayette 16R2 2-0-1R1 0-0-1 811 2014–15 ConferencePremier 5 46 11 12 23 52 73 −21 45 20th of 24 Harry Beautyman 10QR4 0-0-1R1 0-1-1 727 2015–16 Conference Premier 5 46 8 11 27 35 73 −38 35 24th of 24 Relegated Sahr Kabba 6R11-1-1R11-0-1682 2016–17 National League South 6 42 12 7 23 64 69 −5 43 16th of 22 Adam Coombes 20QR42-0-1R33-0-1 539 2017–18 National League South 6 42 17 10 15 68 59 +9 61 10th of 22 Bradley Goldberg 10QR20-0-1QR30-0-1 533 2018–19 National League South 6 42 23 7 12 70 47 +23 76 3rd of 22 Lost in play-off final Brendan Kiernan 14QR42-0-1QR30-1-1740 2019–20 National League South 6 34 12 6 16 38 46 -8 42 (1.24 PPG) 12th of 22 Season abandoned Anthony Cook 8QR42-1-1R11-0-1624 2020–21 National League South 6 14 2 6 6 18 20 -2 12 21st of 21 Season declared null and void Dipo Akinyemi 6QR20-0-1R20-0-1611Average attendance for games played in front of spectators. 2021–22 National League South 6 40 10 8 22 46 87 -41 38 20th of 21 Dipo Akinyemi 18QR20-0-1R20-0-1584 2022–23 National League South 6 46 15 14 17 57 63 -6 58Deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player. 16th of 24 Ade Azeez 15QR41-1-1R31-0-1792 2023–24 National League South 6 46 12 18 16 56 71 -15 54 17th of 24 Tristan Abrahams / Kain Adom 7QR42-1-1R51-2-17232024–25 National League South 6 46 10 8 28 47 91 -44 38 22nd of 24 Relegated Gene Kennedy 8QR20-0-1R20-0-1688

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