Glebe F.C. should not be confused with Glebe Rangers F.C..
Clubname: | Glebe |
Fullname: | Glebe Football Club |
Founded: | 1995 |
Ground: | Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst |
Capacity: | 1,200 |
Chairman: | Rocky McMillan |
Manager: | Fred Dillon |
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Glebe Football Club is a football club based in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley, England. Affiliated to both the Kent County Football Association and the London Football Association,[1] they are currently members of the and play at Foxbury Avenue.
The club was established by Rocky McMillan as Glebe Globetrotters in 1995,[2] and was initially based in West Wickham.[3] They were initially a youth team and were members of the Kent Youth League in 2013, when an adult team was formed and joined the Kent Invicta League.[3] In 2016 the league merged into the Southern Counties East League, becoming its Division One. In 2015–16 they won the London Senior Trophy, beating Tooting Bec 4–1 in the final.[4]
In 2016–17 Glebe won the Division One title, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They finished third in the Premier Division in 2023–24 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, in which they were beaten 2–1 by Erith Town in the semi-finals.
After joining the Kent Invicta League, the club played at Holmesdale's Oakley Road ground in Bromley.[5] In 2014 they obtained a 25-year lease on Foxbury Avenue ground in Chislehurst, the former ground of Old Elthamians rugby club.[5] The first match at the new ground on 18 July 2015 saw the club lose 3–2 to Canterbury City in front of a crowd of 42.[6]