Hendon Football Club was an English association football club from Hendon, today in the London Borough of Barnet, founded in 1876.[1]

Hendon
Full nameHendon Football Club
Founded1876
Dissolved1939
GroundBrent Street

History

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The club appeared in the F.A. Cup between 1877 and 1887 and had one of its players selected for England in 1884.

FA Cup history

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The club's greatest achievement was on 10 November 1883 when it defeated the previous season's FA Cup finalists Old Etonians by three goals to two.[2]

1877–78
  • First Round – Defeated 2–0 by Marlow
1878–79
  • First Round – Defeated 1–0 by Reading
1879–80
  • First Round – Drew 1–1 with Old Foresters
  • First Round Replay – Drew 2–2
  • First Round Second Replay – Won 3–1
  • Second Round – Won 7–1 v. Mosquitoes
  • Third Round – Bye
  • Fourth Round – Defeated 2–0 by Clapham Rovers
1880–81
1881–82
  • First Round – Defeated 5–0 by Reading
1882–83
1883–84
1884–85
  • First Round – Drew 3–3 with Clapham Rovers
  • First Round Replay – Won 6–0
  • Second Round – Defeated 1–0 by Chatham
1885–86
  • First Round – Defeated 4–0 by Clapton
1886–87
1887–88

Later history

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The club continued in existence until the Second World War.[3] It did not however survive the War, and Golders Green F.C., which was founded in 1908 as Christ Church Hampstead, adopted the Hendon F.C. name in 1946.[4] The two clubs played each other twice in April 1932 to raise funds.

Colours

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The Charles Alcock annuals record the following colours for the club:

Caption text
Year Colours
1875–77 White jersey with HFC monogram, blue knickerbockers, scarlet stockings
1877–78 Scarlet & white jersey, blue knickers, scarlet stockings
1878–80 Red, white & blue (possibly same schema as 1877–78)
1880–81 Scarlet & white
1882–84 White & blue
1884–85 Red & white

Ground

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The club played its home games at the Hendon cricket ground in Brampton Grove, off Brent Street, London NW4.[5]

Famous players

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References

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  1. ^ Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler. p. 163.
  2. ^ "Hendon 3–2 Old Etonians; 10 November 1883 (Match report)". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Hendon Football Club". Hendon & Finchley Times: 12. 31 March 1939.
  4. ^ "Golders Green F.C.". Kensington Post: 3. 20 April 1946.
  5. ^ "The Original Hendon on www.hendonfc.net". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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