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Wingate and Finchley F.C.
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| Full name | Wingate & Finchley Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | The Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley (Capacity ) |
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| League | Isthmian League Division One North |
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| 2006-07 | Isthmian League Division One North, 9th |
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Wingate & Finchley F.C. is a football club from Finchley in London. It was formed in 1991 by a merger of Wingate F.C. and Finchley F.C. and today plays in Division One North of the Isthmian League.
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Wingate Football Club was founded in 1946 by four enthusiastic Jewish sportsmen who returned to the UK after the Second World War and wished to form a Jewish football club playing in senior amateur competition. They earnestly believed that one positive way of helping to combat the ignorance and social evil of anti-Semitism was on the field of play. The four main founders were Major Harry Sadow, Frank Davis (later to become Mayor of Finchley), George Hyams and Asher Rebak, the late uncle of current Committee Member and immediate past Club Chairman, Peter Rebak. Within a short while they were joined by Jack Woolf Goldwhite and Peter's father, Maurice Rebak.
The club was named after the famous British General, Major General Orde Wingate, who although a Gentile, is widely credited with his work during the period 1936 to 1945 with the Hagana as the mastermind behind the formation of the Israel Defense Forces.
Wingate Football Club began its career in one of the senior amateur leagues of the day, the Middlesex Senior League, a competition from which they were promoted in 1952 to the London League, but not before winning the league championship and the league cup.
After performing creditably in the London League and winning the coveted London League Trophy in 1958, the club took a great step forward when it was accepted as a member of the Athenian League in 1964.
In addition to having had players selected for the Middlesex FA Representative Team, the club has also contributed in no small measure to the Great Britain teams at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, often referred to as the "Jewish Olympics". For example, in 1961 the Club had the single honour of having eight players selected, together with the Team Manager and Coach, and for the first time in the history of The Maccabiah Games, Israel was defeated by a visiting team and the winners of the Championship were the unbeaten British side, for which performance the football team were awarded the British Best Performance Trophy.
In 1972 Wingate F.C. lost their ground at Hall Lane in Hendon due to the extension of the M1 motorway and although near neighbours, Finchley F.C., came to the rescue with a ground share arrangement in 1974 it soon became apparent that it was not feasible to compete in senior competitive football without a home ground. The England team had often used the Club's ground for training sessions prior to international matches at Wembley when the players stayed at the nearby Hendon Hall Hotel.
The club therefore ceased to compete in senior football at the end of season 1974-75 and reverted to junior football at a new ground in Arkley, which was not suitable for senior football. The Club rebuilt from grass roots and progressed into the Herts Senior League in 1984 and then to the South Midlands League in 1989. The major success at Arkley was the winning of the Hertfordshire Senior Centenary Trophy in 1988 - the first team from the Herts Senior League to win the trophy. Unfortunately with the Arkley ground being located in the 'green belt' no development was possible and a move was essential if the Club was going to continue to progress.
Finchley F.C. was founded in 1874 by the great Corinthian, Pa Jackson, and had an illustrious record as an amateur club, having competed at the highest level of senior amateur football.
At the end of the 1980s both clubs were facing difficulties and a merger between these two friendly clubs seemed to be the obvious solution. The merger became a reality in 1991 when a schedule of refurbishment commenced that saw considerable expenditure on the Summers Lane ground and by the start of the 1990-91 season the new Abrahams Stadium (named after Harry Abrahams) was ready. Ken Aston, a former international referee became one of the new club's life presidents.
The new club took Wingate's place in the South Midlands League, and remained there four seasons until 1994-95 when they finished runners-up and winners of the London Senior Cup. The club were then promoted to the 3rd division of the Isthmian League and in 1998-99 finished runners-up and gained promotion to the 2nd division where they only remained for one season despite winning their opening seven league matches.
The club enjoyed a successful season in 2001-02 and promotion to the newly formed regional first division of the Isthmian League was secured when the Club finished in seventh place. They were moved to the Southern League Division 1 East for the 2004-05 season due to restructuring of the pyramid, and but returned to the Isthmian League in 2006-07.
- Athenian League
- Champions 1953-54 (Finchley F.C.)
- Hertfordshire County League
- Division One Champions 1984-85 (Wingate F.C.)
- Herts Senior League Centenary Trophy
- Winners 1988 (Wingate F.C.)
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