Hendon F.C.
Full nameHendon Football Club
GroundBrent Street

Hendon Football Club was an English association football club founded in about 1876. The club was based at Hendon, today in the London Borough of Barnet, and played its home games at the Hendon cricket ground in Brampton Grove, off Brent Street, London NW4.[1] 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

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. Mosquitos
  • Third Round – Bye
  • Fourth Round – Defeated 2–0 by Clapham Rovers
1880–81
  • First Round – Won 8–1 v. St Peter's Institute
  • Second Round – Defeated 2–0 by Old Etonians
1881–82
  • First Round – Defeated 5–0 by Reading
1882–83
  • First Round – Won 3–1 v. West End
  • Second Round – Won 2–1 v. Chatham
  • Third Round – Won 11–1 v. South Reading
  • Fourth Round – Won 3–0 v. Marlow
  • Fifth Round – Defeated 4–2 by Old Etonians
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

The club continued in existence into the 1930s and is known to have been playing in 1937. There is no direct connection between the original club and the present day Hendon F.C., which was founded in 1908 as Christ Church Hampstead and took its present name in 1946. The two clubs played each other twice in April 1932 to raise funds.

Famous players

Colours

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

Caption text
YearColours
1875-77White jersey with HFC monogram, blue knickerbockers, scarlet stockings
1877-78Scarlet & white jersey, blue knickers, scarlet stockings
1878-80Red, white & blue
1880-81Scarlet & white
1882-84White & blue
1884-85Red & white


References

  1. ↑ "The Original Hendon on www.hendonfc.net". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Hendon 3–2 Old Etonians; 10 November 1883 (Match report)". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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