Erith Town F.C.

Erith Town F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Erith Town


fullname = Erith Town Football Club
nickname = The Dockers
founded = 1959 (as Woolwich Town)
ground = David Ives Stadium
Erith
capacity = 1,450 (1,006 seated)
chairman = Albert Putnam
manager = Mark Tompkins
(player-manager)
league = Kent League
Premier Division
season = 2007–08
position = Kent League
Premier Division, 5th
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Erith Town Football Club is a football club based in Erith in the London Borough of Bexley, England. They have reached the Second Round of the FA Vase five times in their history. They are currently members of the Kent League Premier Division.

History

Erith Town were originally formed in 1959 as a Sunday club under the name Woolwich Town and played in the London Metropolitan Sunday League. In 1989 they briefly changed their name to Woolwich Heathway FC before reverting back to their original name within a year.

In 1991, the club made the step up to Saturday football and joined the London Spartan League Division Two. In their very first season, they were promoted to Division One due to the restructuring of the league despite having finished in a lowly ninth place. At this time they also left their home at the Woolwich Barracks Stadium and entered into a ground-share agreement with Greenwich Borough F.C. at their Harrow Meadow ground.

In 1995, the club gained full senior status and were promoted to the Spartan League Premier Division and also moved to a new home at the Erith Sports Stadium, Avenue Road, Erith.

In March 1996, at the third request, the Dockers were granted permission to leave the Spartan League and they thus entered the Kent League, where they remain to this day.

In June 1997 the club decided that they should more fully represent the community of their new home and changed their name to Erith Town FC (although due to building works they returned to spend one more season sharing with Greenwich in 1998/99).

Club records

* Best league position: 7th in Kent League Premier Division, 2003/04
* Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 2004/05
* Best FA Vase performance: 2nd round on five occasions, most recently 2005/06

Ground

Erith Stadium is a council-run facility and thus has plentiful car parking, a well-maintained playing surface, and ample (albeit uncovered) seating. All the facilities however, are on one side of the pitch and the fans are separated from the action somewhat by an athletics track. The dugouts are mobile and have to be pushed into position on match days.

In February 2006 the ground hosted international football for the first time when it staged an under-21 ladies' international between England and the USA.

ources

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External links

* [http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/erith_town.html Pyramid passion feature]


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