Winchmore Hill Football Club is an amateur football club based in north London, United Kingdom. They are currently members of the and play at the Paulin Ground in Winchmore Hill.
The club was established in 1920 as part of Winchmore Hill Cricket Club, with the football side playing at the same ground. A club with the same name had previously existed between 1903 and 1914. After playing friendlies for a year, the club joined the Middlesex County Amateur League. They won the league at the first attempt, also winning the Middlesex County Charity Cup. The club then transferred to Division B of the Southern Olympian League, which they won in 1923âÂÂ24, earning promotion to the league's top division. They won the AFA Middlesex Senior Cup in 1926âÂÂ27 and were league champions the following season.
After winning the Southern Olympian League, Winchmore Hill were elected to Division Three the Southern Amateur League. They were Division Three runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division Two. After World War II, the club were placed in Division One. They were Division Two B champions in 1946âÂÂ47, a title win that preceded a decade of success. They were league champions in 1946âÂÂ47 and retained the title for the next two seasons, before winning it again in 1950âÂÂ51 and 1951âÂÂ52. After being joint winners of the AFA Senior Cup in 1952âÂÂ53, the club were Division One champions again in 1955âÂÂ56.
Winchmore Hill won the AFA Senior Cup in 1959âÂÂ60, but were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1963âÂÂ64 season. However, they were Division Two champions in 1966âÂÂ67 to earn promotion back to Division One, and won the Division One title the following season. The club won the league again in 1983âÂÂ84 and the AFA Middlesex Senior Cup in 1992âÂÂ93, but were relegated to Division Two after finishing bottom of Division One in 1996âÂÂ96. They were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1998âÂÂ99 season, but were Division Three runners-up the following season, earning an immediate promotion back to Division Two.
In 2002âÂÂ03 Winchmore Hill were AFA Senior Cup winners and Division Two champions, earning promotion to Division One. After finishing as runners-up in Division One in 2004âÂÂ05, the club won the Senior Cup again in 2005âÂÂ05 and 2009âÂÂ10, before winning both the AFA Senior Cup and the AFA Middlesex/Essex Senior Cup in 2011âÂÂ12. After finishing as runners-up in the league in 2012âÂÂ13 and 2013âÂÂ14 (a season in which they also won the AFA Middlesex/Essex Senior Cup again), the club were Division One champions in 2014âÂÂ15 and Southern Amateur League Senior Cup winners in 2017âÂÂ18.
The club has played at the Paulin Ground since their foundation. Initially the cricket pavilion was used as changing rooms by the home team, with away teams using corrugated iron sheds, before a new pavilion was opened in 1923. The first team moved to a new pitch in 1946.