In 2011 a seemingly new team, Seven Acre & Sidcup F.C, became founder members of the Kent Invicta League. However, the history of the club’s roots goes back much further. To the 1900 founding of the Royal Arsenal (when we were also formed as Royal Ordnance Factories Sports Association FC ROFSA FC) in south east London.
In 1966 we changed our name again, this time to Royal Arsenal Sports and Recreation Association (RASRA) and from 2003 until 2011, the team was known as Seven Acre Sports, before being renamed as Seven Acre & Sidcup (upon moving to Oxford Road in Sidcup). The club's current name was adopted in 2016, following another move, this time to the newly opened Sporting Club Thamesmead sports complex in 2014.
After many successful years in the London Spartan League (then renamed the Spartan League), the London Metropolitan League and then the South London Alliance (and with club owner Lee Hill at the helm) the club grew from strength to strength before entering the Kent County League in 2008.
The 2007 season was one of the most prolific in the club’s recent history. Winning the treble with a league title and two cups (also being runner-up in another cup final), all of which was played in the space of three days, a week after the league title was sealed!
Lee has been involved in the club for over 30 years striving to drive it on and gradually he has added to the backroom team on a mission to improve the club and to achieve a higher football league status.
In 2010 the Seven Acre Sports FC management team searched for a new home away from Abbey Wood in order to continue developing the club, and in keeping the Seven Acre aspect of the name, in homage to the club's roots, settled with a new home in Sidcup to become Seven Acre & Sidcup F.C.
After a big gamble to move, and set up a new club in a new area, Seven Acre & Sidcup kicked off the brand new Kent Invicta League season in 2011 at Oxford Road (a ground that was totally refurbished by the club and turned into the wonderful ground that it still is now).
Several successful seasons in the Kent Invicta League, with the odd cup success thrown in for good measure, saw the club rapidly grow on and off the pitch. New teams from youth to vets’ teams joined the Acre family and we became a major part of the Sidcup community.
For the start of the 2014-15 season the committee decided to push on like never before and a major ground-breaking ground share arrangement with Sporting Club Thamesmead was secured. This would mean that although Abbey Wood and Oxford Road remained spiritual homes to the club, the first team could now compete in the FA national cups, progress through the leagues and attract more new sponsors and supporters. Our games in the FA Cup and FA Vase remain memorable for all Acre supporters.
For the start of the 2016-17 season the committee decided to take the big step in securing the long term future of the club by changing our name to that of our new home. We became Sporting Club Thamesmead FC. This would enable the club to become more community orientated and attract even more sponsors and supporters.
2018 saw our newly named club claim its first silverware as the historic Hospitals Charity Cup was won once again. This time by beating Phoenix Sports Reserves at Park View Road.
These are very exciting times for Sporting Club Thamesmead Football Club.