Erith Town
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Erith Town Football Club is a football club based in Thamesmead in South East London, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division and play at Bayliss Avenue.
History
The club was established in 1959 as a Sunday league club under the name Woolwich Town. They initially played in the London Metropolitan Sunday League and were Senior Section champions in 1965–66, 1970–71 and 1974–75. In 1989 the club was renamed Woolwich Heathway, but reverted to their original name within a year. In 1991 they began playing Saturday football, joining Division Two of the Spartan League. Despite only finishing ninth in their first season in Division Two, the club were promoted to Division One due to league restructuring. In 1994–95 they finished second in Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
In 1996 Woolwich transferred to the Kent League, and at the end of the 1996–97 season were renamed Erith Town due to their move to the Erith Stadium. They won the Kent League's Premier Division Cup in 2007–08, beating Hythe Town 1–0 in the final. The club reached the final again the following season, losing 3–1 on penalties to Croydon after a 1–1 draw. A proposed merger with Dartford Town in the summer of 2010 was abandoned, and the club went on to win the Kent Senior Trophy in 2010–11 with a 3–1 win over Tunbridge Wells in the final. In 2013 the league was renamed the Southern Counties East League. In 2023–24 they won the League Challenge Cup, beating Corinthian 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, as well as winning the Kent Senior Trophy for the second time with a 3–2 win against Croydon in the final. The season ended with further success for the Dockers, once again defeating Corinthian on penalties in the Premier Division play-off final, earning promotion to the Isthmian League for the first time in the club's history.
Die Heimspiele von Erith Town finden im Erith Stadium statt, das eine Kapazität von 3.000 Zuschauern hat. Das Stadion wurde 1955 eröffnet und ist seitdem die Heimat des Vereins.
Erith Town hat eine lange Geschichte im englischen Fußball und hat in der Vergangenheit einige bemerkenswerte Erfolge erzielt. So gewann der Verein 1952 den London Senior Cup und 1968 den Kent Senior Trophy. Außerdem erreichte Erith Town 1972 die erste Runde des FA Cups, was für einen Verein aus der Amateurliga eine große Überraschung war.
In den letzten Jahren hat Erith Town jedoch schwer zu kämpfen und ist in die unteren Ligen abgestiegen. Der Verein versucht derzeit, sich wieder in die höheren Ligen zurückzukämpfen und hat dafür in den letzten Jahren einige vielversprechende Spieler verpflichtet.
Erith Town ist ein Verein mit einer langen Tradition und einer großen Fangemeinde. Der Verein hat in der Vergangenheit einige bemerkenswerte Erfolge erzielt und versucht derzeit, sich wieder in die höheren Ligen zurückzukämpfen.