Wingate & Finchley F.C.

Wingate & Finchley

Full name

Wingate & Finchley Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Blues

Founded

1991

Ground

Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley

Capacity

1,500

Manager

Keith Rowland

League

Isthmian League
Premier Division

2015–16

Isthmian League
Premier Division, 13th

Home colours

Away colours

Wingate & Finchley (blue shirts) take on Wivenhoe Town at The Harry Abrahams Stadium.

Wingate & Finchley F.C. is an English football club based in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League and play at The Harry Abrahams Stadium. Their previous manager was former Hillingdon Borough manager Gary Meakin who arrived as manager in November 2012 from Southern Football League side Northwood. However Meakin and the club parted company in May 2013 citing both parties had different visions regarding the future of the club and was replaced by veteran player Daniel Nielsen with former manager David Norman assuming an overseeing Director of Football role.

History

The club was established in 1991 by a merger of Finchley and Wingate, who parted their company with Leyton.^[1] Leyton regained Leyton-Wingate's place in the First Division of Isthmian League, while Wingate & Finchley took Finchley's place in the South Midlands League and played at Finchley's Summers Lane ground, which was renamed after Harry Abrahams, a long time Wingate supporter. In 1994–95 they finished second in the league and joined Division Three of the Isthmian League.

After a second-place finish in 1998–99 they were promoted to Division Two, but were relegated back to Division Three at the end of the following season.^[2] After league reorganisation they were placed in Division One North for the 2002–03 season, but in 2004 were transferred to the Eastern Division of the Southern League. The club later returned to Division One North of the Isthmian League. In 2009–10 they finished third, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they lost 3–2 to Enfield Town. The following season the club won the Isthmian League Cup and the London Senior Cup, and finished third again. After beating Harlow Town in the play-off semi-finals, they defeated Brentwood Town 3–2 after extra time in the final, earning promotion to the Premier Division - and securing an historic Treble.

The Club finished mid-table in its first season in the Ryman Premier Division, before surviving a relegation scare in 2012-13 with one match to spare. In 2013-14, the Club were relegated on goal difference behind East Thurrock United despite a final day 5-0 victory. However the drama did not end there, as the resignation of Worksop Town from the Northern Premier League gave Wingate & Finchley a much-welcomed reprieve from relegation.

Honours

As Wingate & Finchley

Isthmian League
- Division One North Playoff winners 2010-11
- League Cup winners 2010–11
London Senior Cup^[3]^[4]
- Winners 1994-95, 2010–11
- Runners Up 2004-05

As Finchley FC

Middlesex Senior Cup
- Winners 1928-29, 1943–44, 1951–52
London Senior Cup
- Winners 1932-33, 1951–52, 1952-53 (Joint holders with Walthamstow Avenue)
Middlesex Charity Cup
- Winners 1942-43, 1950–51
Championship London League
- Winners 1936-37
London League Challenge Cup
- Winners 1934-35
London Intermediate Cup
- Winners 1932-33
Middlesex Intermediate Cup
- Winners 1932-33
Athenian League
- Winners 1953-54

As Wingate FC

Herts County League Division One
- Winners 1984-85

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Charlie Crowley
		GK	Jack Metcalfe
		GK	Bobby Smith
		DF	Tommy Cummings
		DF	Mark Goodman
		DF	Jake Hutchings
		DF	Orlando Joao
		DF	Daniel Nielsen
		DF	Aron Pollock (on loan from Leyton Orient)
		DF	Ahmet Rifat
		DF	Marc Weatherstone
		MF	Josh Grantham
		MF	Alex Addai (on loan from Grays Athletic)
		FW	Elliot Bailey
		MF	Alfie Bartram
		DF	Karl Stevenson
		MF	Danny Hart
		MF	Freddy Moncur (on loan from Leyton Orient)
		MF	Karl Oliyide
		DF	Joe Foley
		MF	Joe Sharpe
		MF	Ola Sogbanmu
		MF	Gavin Suddell
		MF	Tommy Tejan-Sie
		MF	Leon Fisher
		FW	Billy Healey
		FW	Rob Laney
		FW	Jack Read

Ground

Wingate & Finchley play their home games at The Harry Abrahams Stadium, Summers Lane, Finchley, London, N12 OPD.

References

↑ Wingate (Herts) at the Football Club History Database
↑ Wingate & Finchley at the Football Club History Database
↑ 2E0MCA Martin Addison+ Add Contact (2011-05-10). "Wingate & Finchley 3 vs Hendon FC 1 in the London Senior Cup | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
↑ "Memorandum Of Procedures For Dealing With Misconduct Occurring". Docstoc.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-09.

External links

Club website

Isthmian League

Premier Division	Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Brentwood Town Burgess Hill Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet East Thurrock United Enfield Town Farnborough Grays Athletic Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lewes Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Tonbridge Angels VCD Athletic Wingate & Finchley

Division One North	AFC Hornchurch AFC Sudbury Aveley Barkingside Brightlingsea Regent Bury Town Cheshunt Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Haringey Borough Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Phoenix Sports Redbridge Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury Waltham Abbey Witham Town Wroxham

Division One South	Carshalton Athletic Chatham Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Dorking Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Hythe Town Molesey Peacehaven & Telscombe Ramsgate Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Whyteleafe Worthing

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Football in London

League teams
(tiers 1–4)

1	Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

2	Brentford Charlton Athletic Fulham Queens Park Rangers

3	Millwall

4	AFC Wimbledon Barnet Dagenham & Redbridge Leyton Orient

Non-League teams
(tiers 5–8)

5	Bromley Welling United

6	Sutton United Wealdstone

7	Dulwich Hamlet Enfield Town Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Metropolitan Police VCD Athletic Wingate & Finchley

8	A.F.C. Hornchurch Barkingside Carshalton Athletic Corinthian-Casuals Cray Wanderers Hanwell Town Haringey Borough North Greenford United Northwood Phoenix Sports Redbridge Thamesmead Town Tooting & Mitcham United Uxbridge

Rivalries

London derbies
- Arsenal–Chelsea
- Millwall–West Ham
- North
- South
- East
- West

Cup competitions