Wingate and Finchley F.C.

Wingate & Finchley
Full name	Wingate & Finchley Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues
Founded	1874 as Finchley F.C, Wingate F.C where formed in 1948. The club under the name Wingate & Finchley 1991
Ground	The Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley; (Capacity: tbc)
Chairman	Harvey Ackerman
Manager	David Norman
League	Isthmian League; Division One North
2008-09	Isthmian League; Division One North, 7th
Home colours	Away colours

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Wingate & Finchley F.C. is a football club from Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet, 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.

Finchley F.C. were formed in 1874, making them one of the oldest football clubs clubs in London. It is at Finchley's home ground, The Harry Abrahams Stadium, that Wingate and Finchley play. The ground was originally called Summers Lane in the Finchley F.C. days, until the ground was named after Harry Abrahams, a long time Wingate F.C fan.

Wingate F.C. was a Jewish club, named after Orde Wingate. At one time they joined up with Leyton F.C. under the name Wingate and Leyton, but they soon parted. Wingate's original ground had to be demolished to make way for the M1 motorway to be built. At one time the England football squad used to train on their pitch.

The club struggles to get gates over 100. This is because bigger and more successful clubs like Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are both nearby and can be reached easily.

They reached the third qualifying round of the FA Cup in the 1999-00 season.