Wingate & Finchley F.C.

Wingate & Finchley
Full name Wingate & Finchley Football Club
Nickname(s) The Blues
Founded 1991 (1991)
Ground Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley
Ground Capacity 1,500
Manager Keith Rowland
League Isthmian League
Premier Division
2015–16 Isthmian League
Premier Division, 13th
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

As Finchley FC

As Wingate FC

Squad

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

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

Ground

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

References

  1. Wingate (Herts) at the Football Club History Database
  2. Wingate & Finchley at the Football Club History Database
  3. 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.
  4. "Memorandum Of Procedures For Dealing With Misconduct Occurring". Docstoc.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-09.

External links

Coordinates: 51°36′24.649″N 0°10′17.540″W / 51.60684694°N 0.17153889°W / 51.60684694; -0.17153889

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