Blue Square South club Welling are the latest club to face a winding-up order from Revenue and Customs. The club has reduced the debt by £30,000 with takings from pre-season matches, but a substantial amount remains. A deal was nearly completed for the long-term owners, the Hobbins family, to sell the club to a local businessman but he turned out to have insufficient funds and has gone to Spain.
Blue Square South club Welling are the latest club to face a winding-up order from Revenue and Customs. The club has reduced the debt by £30,000 with takings from pre-season matches, but a substantial amount remains. A deal was nearly completed for the long-term owners, the Hobbins family, to sell the club to a local businessman but he turned out to have insufficient funds and has gone to Spain.
Located in suburban South-East London, Welling face competition from bigger clubs in the capital.