Bexley Football Club is a football club based in

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 Char ...

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, England. They are currently members of the

Kent County League The Kent County League is a football competition based in Kent, England. The league has seven senior divisions – a Premier Division, Division One East and West, Division Two East and West and Division Three East and West. It sits below the Sout ...

Division One West. Bexley Football Club 1

History

Bexley were formed in 1884, becoming registered with

the Football Association The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the ...

in 1886. In 1927, Bexley became a senior club. In the 1939–40 season, Bexley entered the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

for the first time, beating Gravesend United 3–1, however their progress in the cup was halted due to

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. On 24 May 1946, Bexley amalgamated Bexley United into the club. In 1965, Bexley joined the

Greater London League The Greater London League was a football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the London League and the Aetolian League, after the two leagues had run a joint league cup the previous season due to both stru ...

, becoming founder members of the

London Spartan League The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League. History The Spartan League was establ ...

in 1975, leaving the league in 1982. In 2010, Bexley joined the

from the

South London Football Alliance The South London Football Alliance was a football competition based in South London, England. It was founded in 1920 and had in its last season 2016/17 a total of 2 divisions with 23 teams. The league was not part of the English football leag ...

, winning promotion to the Premier Division in 2015. In 2019, the club was relegated to the Division One West.

Ground

The club currently play at St Mary's Recreation Ground in

Records

*Best

performance: Preliminary round, 1947–48 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: Second round, 1974–75

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bexley F.C. Association football clubs established in 1884 1884 establishments in England Football clubs in England Football clubs in London Sport in the London Borough of Bexley Greater London League Spartan League Southern Counties East Football League South London Football Alliance Kent County League