List of Welling United F.C. seasons explained

Welling United Football Club are an English football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley. The club was founded in 1963 and began as a youth team playing in the Eltham & District Sunday League on a park pitch from 1963-64 to 1970-71. From 1971-72 to 1974-75 they played in the Metropolitan-London League (Intermediate/Reserves) Division. In 1975-76 they played in the London Spartan League- Reserve Division 1. They gained senior status in the London Spartan League in 1976 at Butterfly Lane, Eltham. They finished 6th in Division 2 in 1976-77 and were promoted to the Premier Division. 1977-78 was their first season at Park View Road. Welling United currently play in the National League South.

Key

Key to league record

• Level = Level of the league in the current league system
• Pld = Games played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goals difference
• Pts = Points
• Position = Position in the final league table
• Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

• Res = Final reached round
• Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
• PR = Preliminary round
• QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
• R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance[1] [2]
		Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1977–78	London Spartan League		30	15	4	11	45	39	6	34	6th of 16[3] Transferred			-	-	-	-
1978–79	Athenian League	7	36	17	9	10	60	46	14	43	7th of 19[4]			QR1	0-0-1	-	-
1979–80	Athenian League	7	38	20	7	11	86	46	40	47	5th of 20[5]			QR4	4-1-1	-	-
1980–81	Athenian League	7	38	19	8	11	62	48	14	46	7th of 20[6] Promoted			bgcolor=White	QR2	bgcolor=White	1-0-1	bgcolor=White	-	bgcolor=White	-	bgcolor=White
1981–82	Southern Football League Southern Division	6	46	19	13	14	70	48	22	51	8th of 24 Transferred[7]			QR2	1-3-1	-	-
1982–83	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	21	6	11	63	40	23	69	3rd of 20			QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1983–84	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	15	7	16	61	61	0	52	12th of 20			QR1	0-0-1	R2	2-1-1
1984–85	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	18	11	9	55	38	17	65	6th of 20			QR3	2-0-1	R3	3-2-1
1985–86	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	29	6	3	95	31	64	93	1st of 20 Promoted			bgcolor=White	QR3	bgcolor=White	2-1-1	bgcolor=White	R1	bgcolor=White	0-0-1	bgcolor=White
1986–87	Football Conference	5	42	10	10	22	61	94	-22	40	20th of 22 Reprieved[8]	Gary Abbott	23	R1	4-1-1	R2	1-0-1	704
1987–88	Football Conference	5	42	11	9	22	50	72	-22	42	19th of 22			R2	5-1-1	R1	1-0-1	873
1988–89	Football Conference	5	40	14	11	15	45	46	-1	53	11th of 21			R3	3-2-1	QF	4-2-1	1,017
1989–90	Football Conference	5	42	18	10	14	62	50	12	64	6th of 22	Terry Robbins	17	R2	2-4-1	R2	1-1-1	1,107
1990–91	Football Conference	5	42	13	15	14	55	57	-2	54	11th of 22	Terry Robbins	18	R1	1-0-1	R3	2-0-1	986
1991–92	Football Conference	5	42	14	12	16	69	79	-10	54	12th of 22	Terry Robbins	29	R1	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	840
1992–93	Football Conference	5	42	12	12	18	57	72	-15	48	20th of 22	Terry Robbins	19	QR4	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	947
1993–94	Football Conference	5	42	13	12	17	47	49	-2	51	16th of 22	Terry Robbins	17	QR1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	967
1994–95	Football Conference	5	42	13	10	19	57	74	-17	49	17th of 22			QR2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-1	739
1995–96	Football Conference	5	42	10	15	17	42	53	-11	45	19th of 22			QR2	1-2-1	R2	1-1-1	615
1996–97	Football Conference	5	42	13	9	20	50	60	-10	48	18th of 22	Lennie Dennis	21	R1	4-0-1	R2	1-1-1	714
1997–98	Football Conference	5	42	17	9	16	64	62	2	60	10th of 22	Mark Cooper	18	QR2	1-1-1	R2	0-1-1	709
1998–99	Football Conference	5	42	9	14	19	44	65	-21	41	20th of 22 Reprieved[9]			R1	2-0-1	R2	0-0-1	682
1999–2000	Football Conference	5	42	13	8	21	54	66	-12	47	20th of 22 Relegated	Ritchie Hanlon	12	bgcolor=White	R1	bgcolor=White	1-0-1	bgcolor=White	R3	bgcolor=White	1-0-1	bgcolor=White	737
2000–01	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	17	13	12	59	55	4	64	4th of 22			QR4	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	546
2001–02	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	13	12	17	69	66	3	51	15th of 22			R1	3-1-1	R4	2-0-1	516
2002–03	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	13	12	17	55	58	−3	51	15th of 22			QR3	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	570
2003–04	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	16	8	18	56	58	−2	56	9th of 22 Transferred[10]			QR4	1-3-1	R2	1-0-1	597
2004–05	Conference South	6	42	15	7	20	64	68	−4	52	16th of 22	Paul Booth	19	QR2	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	567
2005–06	Conference South	6	42	16	17	9	58	44	+14	65	9th of 22	Danny Kedwell	19	R1	3-0-1	R3	3-0-1	606
2006–07	Conference South	6	42	21	6	15	65	51	+14	69	8th of 22	Danny Kedwell	19	QR4	2-2-1	QF	4-2-1	566
2007–08	Conference South	6	42	13	7	22	41	64	−23	46	16th of 22	Omari Coleman	8	QR3	1-0-1	QR3	0-0-1	526
2008–09	Conference South	6	42	19	11	12	61	44	+17	68	7th of 22	Charlie Sheringham	19	QR2	0-1-1	R2	2-1-1	640
2009–10	Conference South	6	42	18	9	15	66	51	+15	63	9th of 22	Lee Clarke	16	QR3	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1	538
2010–11	Conference South	6	42	24	8	10	81	47	+34	75[11]	6th of 22	Andy Pugh	17	QR2	0-0-1	R1	1-1-1	651
2011–12	Conference South	6	42	24	9	9	79	47	+32	81	3rd of 22 Lost in PO Final	Andy Pugh	15	QR2	0-0-1	R1	1-1-1	676
2012–13	Conference South	6	42	26	8	8	90	44	+46	86	1st of 22 Promoted	Ross Lafayette	19	bgcolor=White	QR4	bgcolor=White	2-2-1	bgcolor=White	R3	bgcolor=White	3-0-1	bgcolor=White	615
2013–14	Conference Premier	5	46	16	12	18	59	61	−2	60	16th of 24	Ross Lafayette	16	R2	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	811
2014–15	Conference Premier	5	46	11	12	23	52	73	−21	45	20th of 24	Harry Beautyman	10	QR4	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	727
2015–16	National League[12]	5	46	8	11	27	35	73	-38	35	24 of 24Relegated			R2	2-1-1	R2	1-0-1
2016-17	National League South	6	42	12	7	23	64	69	-5	43	16th of 22
2017-18	National League South	6	42	17	10	15	68	59	+9	61	10th of 22
2018-19	National League South	6	42	23	7	12	70	47	+23	76	3rd of 22Lost in PO final
2019-2020	National League South	6	34	12	6	16	38	46	-8	42	13th - League Table decided by Points Per Game due to Covid
2020-21	National League South	6	14	2	6	6	18	30	-12	21	20th - Season abandoned due to Covid
2021-22	National League South	6	40	10	8	22	46	87	-41	38		Dipo Akinyemi	18

Notes and References

1. Web site: English non-league attendances archive . EFS . 2 March 2016.
2. Average home attendance = for league games only
3. Web site: FCHD archive . 3 March 2016.
4. Web site: 1978–79 Athenian League season . FCHD . 3 March 2016.
5. Web site: 1979–80 Athenian League season . FCHD . 3 March 2016.
6. Web site: 1980–81 Athenian League season . FCHD . 3 March 2016.
7. At the end of the season a single Premier Division was formed at the top of the Southern Football League with regionalized Midland and Southern divisions below. Welling United qualified to get a place in the Premier Division.
8. Club reprieved after Nuneaton Borough were relegated due to financial irregularities.
9. Club reprieved after Barrow were relegated due to entering administration.
10. At the end of the season Conference North and South were formed above the Southern Football League. Welling United qualified to get a place in newly created divisions.
11. Deducted 5 points for financial irregularities.
12. At the end of the previous season Conference was renamed as the National League.