Bexley United Football Club was a football club based in

Welling Welling is a town in South East (London sub region), South East London, England, in the London Borough of Bexley, west of Bexleyheath, southeast of Woolwich and of Charing Cross. It was part of Kent prior to the creation of Greater London i ...

. A club of the same name played in the Kent League before the war, before merging with

Bexley Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Ch ...

. It was resurrected as Bexleyheath and Welling in about 1952 following a local campaign, and joined the Kent League. In 1959, the club was elected to the

Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...

Division One. It gained promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 1961 and also won the

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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.

Former players

Michael Hanson, club record number of appearances (540+).

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* * Association football clubs disestablished in 1976 Defunct football clubs in England Sport in the London Borough of Bexley Southern Football League clubs 1976 disestablishments in England Defunct football clubs in London Association football clubs established in 1952 {{London-sport-stub

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