Wingate & Finchley F.C.

Wingate & Finchley
Full name Wingate & Finchley Football Club
Nickname(s) The Blues
Founded 1991; 25 years ago
Ground The Maurice Rebak Stadium, Finchley
Capacity 1,500
Chairman Aron Sharpe
Manager Nicky Shorey & Glen Little (joint managers)
League Isthmian League Premier Division
2017–18 Isthmian League Premier Division, 9th of 24
Website Club website
Wingate & Finchley (blue shirts) take on Wivenhoe Town at The Harry Abrahams Stadium.

Wingate & Finchley Football Club is an English football club based in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at The Maurice Rebak Stadium.

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 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. The club finished the 2015–16 season in 13th position on 60 points.

Club identity

Wingate & Finchley are often perceived as a 'Jewish club', due to Finchley's sizeable Jewish community and a number of other factors, including sporting the Star of David on the club's badge, having a number of Jewish individuals on the committee of the club and being able to apply for special dispensation to move their games should they fall on Yom Kippur.[3] One of Wingate & Finchley's predecessor clubs, Wingate, was established in order to aim to combat anti-semitism.[4] The original Wingate club was named after Orde Wingate, who had been involved in training the Haganah, the precursor to the Israeli Defense Forces.

Ground

Wingate & Finchley play their home games at The Maurice Rebak Stadium, Summers Lane, Finchley, London, N12 0PD.

Players

Current squad

As of 14 October 2018.[5][6]

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 Shane Gore
England DF Samir Bihmoutine
Wales DF Sean Cronin
England DF Jake Eales
England DF Loïc Hernandez (on loan from Barnet)
England DF Jack Humphrey
Romania DF Claudiu Vîlcu
England DF Marc Weatherstone
England DF Ola Williams
England MF Isaac Ebelebe
England MF Luke Ifil
No. Position Player
England MF David Manu
England MF Brandon McKenna
England MF Chace O'Neill
England MF Joe Sharpe
England MF Scott Shulton
England MF Tommy Tejan-Sie
Antigua and Barbuda FW Reece Beckles
England FW Marc Charles-Smith
England FW Rob Laney
England FW Tim Monsheju
England FW Lewis Putman

Honours

As Wingate & Finchley

  • Isthmian League
    • League Cup winners 2010–11
  • London Senior Cup[7][8]
    • 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

References

  1. ↑ Wingate (Herts) at the Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ Wingate & Finchley at the Football Club History Database
  3. ↑ "An ambiguous Jewish identity for Wingate & Finchley". When Saturday Comes. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Wingate & Finchley FC: Built up from proud Anglo-Jewish roots". Kick It Out. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wingate & Finchley Football Club". Wingate & Finchley F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Squad Updates". Wingate & Finchley F.C. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "Memorandum Of Procedures For Dealing With Misconduct Occurring". Docstoc.com. 24 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

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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