The club
From park to Step 5 in just three years. This is the story of the Boots.
A community club with big ambitions
Welling Town Football Club was founded in 2014 and plays in green and black. Known as the Boots, the club rose through the London & Kent Suburban League and the Kent County League, then won the Southern Counties East League Division One title in its very first season and spent five years at Step 5.
The story so far
Summarised from the club's Southern Counties East League profile.
Founded
Founded in 2014 as a Sunday side with big ambitions, playing at Hall Place, Bexley, in the London & Kent Suburban League, and winning promotion in its first season.
Saturday football
The club steps up to Saturday football in the Kent County League, winning promotion and the West Kent Challenge Shield in its debut season.
The treble
Kent County League Division Two West champions, West Kent Challenge Shield retained and the Kent Junior Cup lifted, losing just one match in 53 games.
Champions at the first attempt
Accepted into the Southern Counties East Football League First Division, the Boots win the title at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division and places in the FA Cup and FA Vase.
FA Vase run
A run to the Third Round Proper of the FA Vase in the club's early seasons at Step 5.
Five seasons at Step 5
After groundshares with Kent Football United and Chatham Town, and a season at Phoenix Sports, the club returns to the First Division after five seasons in the Premier Division.
A new chapter
Kevin Oakes and Richard Bennett head a new management team, aiming to challenge higher up the First Division table. From Saturday 31 October 2026, home games are played at The Bauvill Stadium, Chatham.
Honours
SCEFL Division One
Champions
Kent County League Division Two West
Champions
Kent Junior Cup
Winners
West Kent Challenge Shield
Winners (Barry Bundock Shield)
FA Vase
Third Round Proper
Kent County League Division Three West
Runners-up (promoted)
Sources: SCEFL club profile and Wikipedia.
The Bauvill Stadium
From Saturday 31 October 2026 (v FC Elmstead), Welling Town play their home games at The Bauvill Stadium, also known as The Sports Ground, home of Chatham Town FC.
- Address
- The Bauvill Stadium (The Sports Ground), Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 6LR
- By car
- Exit the M2 at junction 3 and follow signs for Chatham & Town Centre. Pass Homebase on your left, go straight over the roundabout and bear right for Chatham at the split; you are now on Maidstone Road. Continue straight over the crossroads, where there is a petrol station on the left. Bournville Road is opposite the petrol station.
- Parking
- The entrance to the ground car park is first left on Bournville Road. Chatham Town FC asks visitors to use the car parks provided rather than the adjacent roads.
- By train
- Chatham station. Turn right out of the station, then right again onto Maidstone Road. Continue up Maidstone Road past the cemetery on your left; the ground is next on your left.
- Admission
- Adults £7
Concessions £5
Under 16s £1
Under 5s Free
All tickets purchased online via this link
Directions from Chatham Town FC's "How to find us" page.
Committee & officials
Kevin Oakes and Destiny Oduh are listed on the club's SCEFL profile.
Kevin Oakes
Founder / Chairman / Manager
Destiny Oduh
Programme Editor