Brief History

The Deres were formed in 1922 following the restructuring of Belvedere and District FC, a club founded in 1918 (although the original Erith FC, formed in 1885, played in the inaugural FA Amateur Cup in 1893.)  The new club played its first Kent League match on 26 August 1922 at its original home - Park View, Belvedere - losing 3-1 to Chatham.  In 1924 the Deres reached the FA Amateur Cup Final (losing 3-0 to Clapton at The Den), won the Kent Amateur Cup, and lost 2-0 at home to Third Division Reading in the FA Cup.  Later in the 20s several Deres players joined French clubs and one, Stan Hillier, went on to win Cup and League honours with Cannes and Sête.
They reached successive Kent Amateur Cup Finals in 1934/5.  The FA Amateur Cup Final was reached again in 1938: although they lost 1-0 to Bromley, again at The Den, the 33,346 crowd was the biggest ever for a Deres match.
Life was hard for the Deres in the Southern League, with just six top-half finishes and a best placing of 7th under Harry Richardson in 1993:
Back in the Kent League for the first time since the war, Wayne Brown's Deres were in promotion contention until the final day of 2005-06, but a poor start ruined their challenge in 2006-07.