Wikipedia - Phoenix Sports F.C.

Phoenix Sports Football Club is an English football club located in Barnehurst, Kent. The club plays in the Isthmian League South East Division. Phoenix Sports spent most of its history in the Kent County Football League, with a six-year stint in the Spartan League in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The club was accepted into the newly formed Kent Invicta Football League for the inaugural 2011–12 season.

History

Phoenix Sports Football Club was formed in 1935 as St. Johns Welling, which later changed its name to Lakeside. They were members of the North Kent League until 1939. After the Second World War the club was renamed Phoenix, as it was seen as rising from the ashes of the previous clubs amid the destruction of the Blitz. They entered the South East London Amateur League in 1948 (their reserves were members of the Sidcup and Dartford Leagues) and in 1951 the club joined the Western Section of the Kent Amateur League, now Kent County Football League, Division Two. They moved up to Division One, finishing runners up twice in the 1950s, and once in the 1970s. The club entered the Spartan League in 1981-82 and competed there until 1991–92. They then returned to the Kent County League Division One West, winning the challenge cup in 1993–94. They won the league in 1999–2000, gaining promotion to the Premier Division, however after two relegations they ended up in Division Two West. They won Division Two West in 2004–05 and Division One West in 2007–08, regaining their Premier Division status. For the 2011–12 season the club was accepted into the Kent Invicta Football League at level 10 of the English football league system for the league's inaugural season.

In 2012, they became the inaugural runners-up of the Kent Invicta League. In the 2012–13 season, they went one better, winning the Kent Invicta League championship, gaining promotion to the Southern Counties East League. They were Champions of this League in 2014–15, and promoted to the Isthmian League. A 3–0 defeat to Herne Bay on the final day of the 2021–22 season saw Sports relegated back to the Southern Counties East Football League. They achieved immediate promotion back to the Isthmian League, defeating local rivals VCD Athletic in the inter-step play-off having finished second in the regulation season.

鳳凰競技足球俱樂部(英語:Phoenix Athletics Football Club)是總部位於英格蘭城市謝菲爾德的職業足球俱樂部,成立於1882年,現時屬於英格蘭足球乙級聯賽的參賽球隊之一。球隊主場為唐納斯特球場,可容納12,022人。鳳凰競技是謝菲爾德足球俱樂部和哈勒姆足球俱樂部於1882年合併而成的球隊,而這是足球史上首次有球隊以合併方式組成,因此俱樂部也具有悠久的足球歷史。球隊曾於1911年至1924年期間參加英格蘭足球乙級聯賽,其後一度在非聯賽賽事度過數十年。2017年,鳳凰競技俱樂部在英格蘭足球全國聯賽中脫穎而出,並於2019年升入英格蘭足球乙級聯賽,重返職業足球聯賽。值得注意的是,鳳凰競技也是世界上第二古老的職業足球俱樂部。