Hendon Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in north-west London. They play at Silver Jubilee Park in Kingsbury and are currently members of the .
The club was established as Christchurch Hampstead in 1908. They joined the Third Division of the Finchley & District League, which they won at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division Two. At the start of the 1909âÂÂ10 season the club were renamed Hampstead Town and they went on to win Division Two at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. For the 1911âÂÂ12 season the club entered teams into both Division One of the Finchley & District League and Division Two of the London League. They won the Finchley & District League title, and a fourth-place finish in Division Two of the London League saw the club promoted to Division One. They subsequently entered a team into the Middlesex League alongside the London League team.
In 1912âÂÂ13 Hampstead Town were runners-up in Division One of the London League, earning promotion to the Premier Division (Amateur); they also won the Middlesex League. The following season saw them win both the Middlesex League and the Premier Division (Amateur) of the London League. This success saw the club admitted to the Athenian League for the 1914âÂÂ15 season. However, the league was abandoned after two games due to World War I. After the war they played in the United Senior League in the 1918âÂÂ19 season and won the league, before returning to the Athenian League when it restarted in 1919. The club was renamed Hampstead in 1926. They were Athenian League runners-up in 1928âÂÂ29 and again in 1932âÂÂ33, before being renamed Golders Green in 1933. They reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in 1934âÂÂ35, losing 10âÂÂ1 at Third Division South Southend United. In 1946 the club was renamed again, adopting its current name, that of a club that existed in the 19th century.
Hendon were Athenian League runners-up in 1947âÂÂ48, 1948âÂÂ49 and 1951âÂÂ52 before winning their first Athenian League title in 1952âÂÂ53, a season which also saw them reach the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 2âÂÂ0 at Northampton Town in a replay. In 1954âÂÂ55 they reached the final of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 2âÂÂ0 to Bishop Auckland at Wembley. They went on to win the Athenian League title again in 1955âÂÂ56, also reaching the second round of the FA Cup, beating Halesowen Town 4âÂÂ2 in the first round before losing 6âÂÂ2 at Exeter City in the second. The club won their first Amateur Cup in 1959âÂÂ60, defeating Kingstonian 2âÂÂ1 in the final. A third Athenian League title was won in 1960âÂÂ61. In 1963 the club switched to the Isthmian League. They were runners-up in their first season in the league. In their second season, 1964âÂÂ65, the club won the Isthmian League and Amateur Cup double, defeating Whitby Town 3âÂÂ1 in the final.
Hendon reached the final of the FA Amateur Cup again the following season, but lost 3âÂÂ1 to Wealdstone. After winning their third Amateur Cup with a 2âÂÂ0 win against Enfield in 1971âÂÂ72, the club won the Coppa Ottorino Barassi, a competition between the top amateur teams in England and Italy, beating Unione Valdinievole 3âÂÂ1 over two legs. A second Isthmian League title was won in 1972âÂÂ73 and the following season they reached the third round of the FA Cup, where they drew Newcastle United; after holding them to a 1âÂÂ1 draw at St James' Park, Hendon lost 4âÂÂ0 in a replay played at Watford's Vicarage Road. In 1975âÂÂ76 the club defeated a Football League club for the first time, beating Reading 1âÂÂ0 in the first round, before losing to Swindon Town in the second round.
In 2003âÂÂ04 Hendon finished fourth in the Isthmian League Premier Division but declined to join the new Conference South. Having remained in the top division of the Isthmian League since joining it in 1963, Hendon finished in the relegation zone at the end of the 2005âÂÂ06 season, but were reprieved after Canvey Island's resignation from the Football Conference. During the summer of 2010, the club was bought out by the Hendon FC Supporters Trust, an Industrial and Provident Society. In 2014âÂÂ15 they were Premier Division runners-up, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; after beating Metropolitan Police 2âÂÂ1 in the semi-finals, they lost the final 1âÂÂ0 to Margate. The 2017âÂÂ18 season saw the club finish third in the Premier Division. In the subsequent play-offs, they defeated Folkestone Invicta 4âÂÂ0 in the semi-finals before losing the final 4âÂÂ3 on penalties to Dulwich Hamlet. The club were placed in the Premier Division South of the Southern League for the 2018âÂÂ19 season as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid.
At the end of the 2023âÂÂ24 season Hendon were transferred back to the Premier Division of the Isthmian League. They finished fourth-from-bottom in 2024âÂÂ25 and were relegated to the South Central Division.
The club moved to Claremont Road in Cricklewood in 1926. The first match was played on 18 September, an FA Cup game against Berkhamsted that Hendon won 4âÂÂ3. The ground was also briefly used by rugby league club London Broncos. In the mid-2000s the ground was sold to property developers and it was initially planned that the club would move to Barnet Copthall. However, the proposed move fell through after the death of the club's chairman and although Hendon had initially expected to leave in 2006, they were still at the ground in 2008; the final match at Claremont Road on 20 September 2008 saw local rivals Wealdstone win 4âÂÂ1.
After leaving Claremont Road Hendon played at Northwood's Chestnut Avenue, Staines Town's Wheatsheaf Road for the remainder of the 2008âÂÂ09 season. They then moved to Wembley's Vale Farm before relocating to Harrow Borough's Earlsmead ground in 2013. In 2016 they moved to Silver Jubilee Park in Kingsbury on a groundshare with Edgware Town.