Hendon maintained their unbeaten start to the season after a game of two halves at SJP this afternoon.
After having the best of the first half and missing a host of chances, they went in at the break with only Matty Harriott's 32nd minute goal to show for their dominance.
Wimborne came back strongly to dominate after the break and deservedly drew level when Howard Hall was penalised for handball in the penalty area and Kieran Roberts tucked the penalty away to ensure a share of the spoils.
Next up for the Greens is a trip to Gosport Borough next Saturday.
Posted at 17:04
Tomorrow afternoon we play host to Wimborne Town in our first Saturday home league match of the season.
Under the canny stewardship of former West Ham, Blackburn and Charlton midifielder Matty Holmes, Wimborne enjoyed a solid first ever season at step 3 last year finishing 14th level on points with ourselves but with a superior goal difference.
The two fixtures between the two sides saw goals galore with the Greens triumphing 3-2 at SJP thanks to a couple of Ricky German strikes allied with a beauty from Shaquille Hippolyte-Patrick, whilst at Cuthbury in February a brave Darren Locke header salvaged a vital point in the second half to share the honours in a six-goal thriller.
There have been plenty of changes in the summer, notably with prolific marksman Tobias Holmes - who scored 132 goals in 143 games for the Magpies - has departed along with goalkeeper Gerard Benfield to Salisbury, whilst incoming players include Tony Lee from Gosport Borough who was instrumental in both of the Hampshire side's victories over us last season.
So far this term Wimborne have taken a single point from their two opening games but been unable to find the net. They'll be looking to break that duck tomorrow whilst Jimmy Gray will hope that his charges can maintain their solid start to the campaign and add an all important win to their two impressive draws thus far.
Posted at 10:35
HFCTV spoke to manager Jimmy Gray after yesterday's draw with Met Police, discussing the two recent draws, the qualities of his squad for the new season and conceding late goals.
The full interview can be seen on the HFCTV Youtube channel as usual.
Posted at 09:25
The Greens maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 1-1 draw against Met Police this evening.
In a keenly contested game, Connor Calcutt opened the scoring ten minutes before time with a header from a Kam English cross but for the second time in three days a late goal denied the Greens as Jeremy Arthur stooped to head home Ollie Knight's cross 2 minutes from time.
Attention now moves to Saturday when we host Wimborne Town with a 3pm kick-off.
Posted at 21:56
Ahead of our opening home league match against Metropolitan Police we would like to offer a reminder that our offer of free entry to any home league match for anyone struggling with depression, loneliness, isolation or any other mental health condition remains in place for this season and beyond.
The offer is designed to give someone whose day to day struggles threaten to overwhelm them a distraction for a couple of hours through football, hopefully providing some respite from the ongoing and constant mental anguish they're experiencing and provide a warm welcome and safe environment for them to visit at a time when leaving the house and being in the company of others can often feel like an insurmountable obstacle.
Anyone wishing to come along to a home league game is invited to drop chairman Simon Lawrence an email at simon.hendon@btinternet.com and he will arrange entry.
Posted at 12:44
With Jimmy Gray having completed his squad for the new season last week, a number of players who finished last season with the Greens have moved onto pastures new.
Bayley Brown and Andrew McCorkell both started in Beaconsfield Town's 1-0 defeat at Dorchester Town on Saturday whilst Shaquille Hippolyte-Patrick has signed for Salisbury and had a penalty saved in their 2-0 defeat at Chesham United at the weekend.
Lewis Toomey and Darren Locke both played against us for Berkhamsted last week in our final friendly and JJ da Cruz has signed for Isthmian League side Heybridge Swifts.
James Hammond played for Wingate & Finchley against us in pre-season as well, however he wasn't part of their squad for their opener at Bowers and Pitsea whilst Junior Osborne's whereabouts are currently unknown.
Posted at 10:35
Tomorrow evening sees us kick off our home campaign with the visit of Metropolitan Police.
The Met are coming off the back of the finest season in their history and one which, in any other year, would have seen them gain promotion to the National League South.
After finishing last season in third place, they beat Salisbury in the play-off semi-final before despatching Poole Town in the final to take them into the Step 3 South Super Final against Isthmian League side Tonbridge Angels. It proved a step too far for the Blues, as they went down 3-2 at Imber Court.
In addition to their near success in the league, which included a double over the Greens (3-1 at home and 3-0 at Imber Court), they hosted Newport County in the first round of the FA Cup, going down 2-0 to the Exiles, and won the Surrey Senior Cup with a 2-0 win over Tooting & Mitcham United.
In spite of losing some crucial players (Ethan Chislett has joined Aldershot Town and striker Max Blackmore has re-signed for Westfield), boss Gavin MacPherson has kept the nucleus of last season's side together including, crucially, Jack Mazzone who will be well known to Greens fans for his spell with us towards the beginning of the decade. One or two additions have also been made including Bilal Sayoud, who made a couple of substitute appearances for us last season, following his release by Enfield Town.
Their season didn't begin as they might have liked, however, as they went down 2-0 at Imber Court against the other newly relegated side from the National League South, Truro City. They will be keen to get their season up and running at the second time of asking whilst Jimmy Gray will be looking to build on the encouraging display at Weston-super-Mare on Saturday afternoon.
Posted at 10:18
The draw for the first round of the Middlesex Senior Cup was made on Friday and we have received a bye.
Other teams to have received an exemption at the first stage are Harrow Borough, Brentford B, Barnet, Hayes and Yeading United, Wealdstone and Hampton and Richmond Borough.
We will bring you details of the second round draw when we have it.
Posted at 09:55
Hendon very nearly came away from their opener at Weston-,super-,Mare with all three points but were denied by an equaliser four minutes into stoppage time.
Luke Tingey gave the Greens a dream start after 6 minutes with a near post header before Kameron English extended the lead thirteen minutes later capitalising on a goalkeeping error.
Nick McCootie reduced the arrears five minutes before the break and Hendon had to withstand heavy pressure throughout the second half, digging in. With a minute of stoppage time remaining the hosts' perseverance paid off and Ben Whitehead kept his head to slot past Chris Grace to salvage a point
Posted at 17:09
Tomorrow we finally begin the new league season with a first ever visit to Weston-super-Mare.
The seagulls have returned to the Southern League after relegation last season from the National League South of whom they were one of the founder members.
Their pre-season campaign has seen them take on a number of local professional clubs and includes an 8-1 defeat against a full-strength League 1 Newport County side, however it also includes an excellent 2-1 triumph over Taunton Town in the Somerset Premier Cup Final.
After a difficult 2018/9 season, the club under the stewardship of Scott Barlett, will be looking to bounce back at the first time of asking and are one of the fancied sides in the league this season. With the weather forecast threatening unseasonally high winds, a tough and keenly fought encounter looks to be on the menu for both sides as they look to make a positive start to the new campaign.
Posted at 08:24
Ahead of the big weekend kick-off, Jimmy Gray has added two further faces to his squad.
Goalkeeper Max Huxter has signed from Bromley, where he was last season. Max, who is 24, was in goal for our friendly on Tuesday night at Berkhamsted.
Also joining is Tahjae Anderson, a 19 year old striker who was also with Bromley last season and also had a spell at Herne Bay. Tahjae had spent pre-season with Ebbsfleet United and was offered a deal, but turned it down in search of more regular playing time.
We welcome both Max and Tahjae to the club and wish them well for their time at SJP.
Posted at 22:13
We are delighted to be able to announce that PP Wealth, currently sponsors of the Player of the Month award, have agreed to sponsor all home cup matches in the 2019/20 season.
The agreement will cover all home matches in the FA Cup, FA Trophy, League Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup and London Senior Cup.
Once again we'd like to thank Colin Tate and his colleagues at PP Wealth for their continuing support of Hendon Football Club.
Posted at 13:24
Hot on the heels of his early second half strike last night at Berkhamsted, forward Luca Valentine has signed for the new season.
Luca has been a fixture for the Greens during pre-season scoring breaking Edgware's hearts with a double in the early training game and was with Staines Town last term.
We welcome him to SJP and wish him a successful time with the club.
Posted at 11:33
Hendon finished their pre-season build-up with a 3-2 win at Berkhamsted last night.
Kameron English opened the scoring in the 33rd minute with a well taken left-footed finish before Dan Williams converted Connor Calcutt's adroit far post knock back on the stroke of half time.
A trialist extended the lead 29 seconds in the second period as the Greens briefly threatened to run riot, however the hosts took advantage of two Hendon defensive errors to reduce the arrears and were indebted to two fine saves from a trialist goalkeeper to secure the win.
Focus now switches to the beginning of the league campaign and the opening fixture on Saturday at Weston-super-Mare.
Posted at 09:46
We have been informed that the draw for the Middlesex Senior Cup will take place on Friday lunchtime this week.
As soon as it has been released, we will bring it to you via the usual channels.
Posted at 11:11
Hendon's latest pre-season warm-up saw them draw 0-0 in a keenly contested friendly with Southern League Central Premier Division side St Ives Town this afternoon.
In a game of few clear-cut chances, both goalkeepers were forced into one excellent save each with Chris Grace making a solid stop early on and the home custodian denying a trialist about twenty minutes from time.
The final warm-up sees us travel to Berkhamsted on Tuesday night. Kick-off is at 7:45pm.
Posted at 18:34
Two more players put pen to paper at training last night to further reinforce James Gray's squad ahead of the new season.
Matty Newman has overcome the injury problems that limited his impact last season and re-signed whilst Arash Abdollahi has also signed forms. He was part of our successful Under-23 squad last season.
Posted at 11:11
We are delighted that PP Wealth have agreed to continue their sponsorship of the Player of the Month award for the 2019/20 season.
Our thanks go to our former striker Colin Tate and all the team at PP Wealth for their continuing support of the club. The first poll will take place at the end of August.
Posted at 08:11
In what has been a busy day for player movements, Howard Hall has re-signed for the current season and experienced midfielder Ram Marwa has also signed on.
Hall re-joined the club at the start of last season and will be looking to add to his 79 Hendon appearances whilst Marwa, who wore the number 4 shirt in the first-half against Billericay, comes with a wealth of experience including spells with James Gray at St Albans City, and time at Ebbsfleet United and Grays Athletic amongst others.
We welcome Ram to the club and hope he enjoys his time at SJP.
Posted at 22:02
Jimmy Gray continues to fine tune his squad ahead of the new campaign with two players being released.
Michael Campbell had left the club by mutual consent due to work and travel commitments, whilst James Harper has also left the club.
We wish both players well for the future and hope to bring news of incoming signings shortly.
Posted at 18:14
We've received news this afternoon that Ogo Obi has left the club and signed for Hayes and Yeading United. He is expected to feature for them this evening against Chalfont St Peter.
Ogo joined from Wealdstone last season and scored three times in fifteen appearances, including the memorable free kick at Poole Town.
We'd like to thank Ogo for his efforts and wish him well for the future.
Posted at 14:19
We are delighted to announce that the following sponsorship opportunities are now open and available.
Match Sponsorship - 150 pounds
Player Kit Sponsorship - 120 pounds
Matchball Sponsorship - 80 pounds
McCann Stand Seat Sponsorship - 50 pounds
Programme Sponsorship - 30 pounds
Sock Sponsorship - 5 pounds (for Under 16s)
More details can be found here
All of these have historically sold quickly, so to reserve your player or match, please contact Simon Lawrence at simon.hendon@btinternet.com.
Posted at 10:03
The Greens came unstuck in their latest pre-season outing at Ware going down 3-1 to the Hertfordshire side at Wodson Park.
The hosts were 2-0 up at the break and extended their lead in the second period before Kameron English reduced the arrears with 10 minutes remaining.
There is no midweek match this week following the cancellation of the Staines Town game, next up is a visit to Cambridgeshire side St Ives Town next Saturday afternoon with a 3pm kick-off.
Posted at 23:00
James Gray took time out from his busy pre-season schedule to have a word with HFCTV giving us his thoughts on pre-season and the season ahead with the big kick-off just over a fortnight away.
The full interview can be found on the HFCTV YouTube channel here
Posted at 10:30
Jimmy Gray has further strengthened his midfield options with the signing of Sam Corcoran from Royston Town.
28 year-old Sam, who played against us for St Albans on Saturday and wore the number 13 shirt for us on Tuesday against Billericay, has previously played for St Albans as well.
We welcome him warmly to Silver Jubilee Park and wish him a successful stay.
Posted at 16:13
A reminder that the Supporters Associations and Supporters Trust AGMs will be held tonight at Silver Jubilee Park.
The Supporters Association will hold their AGM first, beginning at 7:30pm and that will then be immediately followed by the Supporters Trust AGM.
Simon Lawrence and Jimmy Gray will then both be available for a Q&A session to end the evening.
Entry is available only to members of one or both organisations, whilst only those members of the appropriate organisation will be able to take part in any votes on the evening.
Posted at 11:19
With thanks to David Ballheimer, the reports for the pre-season games with FC Romania, St Albans City and last night's clash with Billericay Town are now available to read online.
Posted at 16:16
Our final home pre-season game this evening saw a much fancied and expensively assembled Billericay Town side triumph by the odd goal in 3 on a sultry evening at Silver Jubilee Park.
In spite of the result, it was another encouraging performance for the Greens who started with three trialists and went close to opening the scoring when Matty Newman's drive was repelled by Alan Julian.
Moses Emmanuel opened the scoring shortly before half-time seizing on indecision in the home defence to neatly lob Luke Sheldrick and sub Adam Cunnington extended the lead on the hour mark with a slick low strike from 25 yards.
Ogo Obi reduced the arrears with a quarter of an hour to go with a well taken goal, capitalising on a Charlie Wassmer error having twice gone close from free-kicks and despite plenty of pressure, the Greens were unable to fashion an equaliser.
Next up is a trip to Wodson Park on Saturday as we take on Ware FC. Kick off for that one is 3pm.
Posted at 00:32
We have been informed that next week's scheduled friendly with Staines Town has unfortunately been cancelled.
We will update any replacement fixture in due course.
Posted at 14:57
If you are not able to get to Silver Jubilee Park but would still want to keep up to date by reading the match day programme you will be pleased to hear that we have the solution. We are again making available an electronic version of all home game match day programmes to be sent out to supporters.
The electronic version will be in PDF format and will usually be e mailed within two days after the game has been played. If you are interested in taking this forward for the coming season it will cost £25, you will be sent all the home league, cup and friendly match day programmes that are printed throughout 2019/2020. We can also supply one-off PDF files for matches this season and for last season for the usual cover price.
What do you need to do to receive the On Line Magazine ? Simply contact Eddie Edwards by email on Hendon.edd@hotmail.com or you can buy online on the HFCSA website which will soon be live.
Posted at 19:56
