Sporting Club Thamesmead F.C.
football club
Sporting Club Thamesmead F.C. is an English football club located in Thamesmead in the London Borough of Bexley currently managed by Ben Williams and Craig Penfold, assisted by Uche Ibewere and Neev Sampat. The club is affiliated to the Kent Football Association. The first team plays in the Southern Counties East League Division One, the reserves in the Kent County League and the veterans team in the Southern Vets League.
Formed in 1900 as Royal Ordnance Factories Sports Association (ROFSA), in 1966 they changed their name to Royal Arsenal Sports and Recreation Association (RASRA). From 2003 until 2011, the team was known as Seven Acre Sports, before being renamed as Seven Acre & Sidcup on moving to Oxford Road in Sidcup. The club's current name was adopted in 2016, following a further move to the new Sporting Club Thamesmead sports complex in 2014.
History
Formed in 1900 the club played in several south London leagues, the London Spartan League and the Spartan League before joining the South London Alliance. During its time there the club often moved between its Premier Division and First Division. After numerous cup wins over the years, and following winning the Division One title at the end of the 2008–09 campaign, Seven Acres refused promotion to the Premier Division and joined the Kent County League in Division Two West.
In 2010 the Acre moved from their traditional home of Abbey Wood to Sidcup, changing their name to Seven Acre & Sidcup, and in 2011–12 was accepted to become one of the founder members of the Kent Invicta Football League at level 10 of the English football league system for its inaugural season.
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