Welling United F.C.
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| Full name | Welling United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Wings |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Ground | Park View Road, Welling |
| Capacity | 4,000 (1,000 seated) |
| Owner | Mark Goldberg |
| Chairman | Mark Goldberg |
| Manager | Tristan Lewis and Harry Wheeler (caretakers) |
| League | National League South |
| 2015–16 | National League, 24th (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
Welling United Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Welling, Greater London, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football.
Welling United Football Club was founded in 1963 in Welling, Kent. They 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 One. 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. In 1977 Welling moved to the Park View Road ground, which had previously belonged to the defunct Bexley United (historically called Bexleyheath & Welling). They joined the Athenian League in 1978. In 1981 they progressed to the Southern Football League Southern Division.
After just one season at this level the club found itself in the Southern League Premier Division after the league was re-organised. In 1985–86 they won the league title by 23 points and were promoted to the Football Conference.
Although they struggled in the Conference, only twice finishing above 11th place in 14 seasons, they did enjoy cup success during this period, reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup in six successive seasons, on one occasion knocking out Kent's only Football League side, Gillingham. They also made one third round appearance, losing 1–0 at Park View Road to Blackburn Rovers.
The Wings dropped out of the Conference when they were relegated on the last day of the season in 1999–2000 and returned to the Southern League.
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