Today’s retrospective looks back at results, goals and performances on 5th March across the history of Hendon Football Club. We begin in 1910 in the club’s second season and a home match against East Barnet in the 2nd Division of the Finchley & District League that was won 3-1 on the way to the title.

In 1921 is was Barnet’s premier side that made the trip to The Avenue Ground in the Athenian League where, in front of a crowd of 3,000 F Burrage’s goal saw the points claimed by Hampstead Town and six years later spectators at Claremont Road were royally entertained as Clapton Orient’s reserves visited for a friendly. Harry Shearcroft scored twice along with G H Smith and George Howell once each as the visitors ran in seven goals of their own to win 7-4.

1932 saw a visit to Park Royal end in defeat by the only goal in the Middlesex Senior Cup however moving ahead to 1949 there was rather richer pickings in the Athenian League as Finchley were hammered 7-1. Ted Hornsby, Bill Reay and Bob Avis each grabbed a couple of goals whilst Roy Stroud added the others on the day that Donald Bradman played his final innings in first-class cricket, scoring 30.

That thumping of Finchley was replicated in 1955 in a London Senior Cup semi-final against Dagenham that was held at Ilford. Bob Avis, who clearly had a liking for 5th March, grabbed a hat-trick this time inside the opening 24 minutes, with Graeme Cunningham netting twice and there being one each for Gerry Saffrey and Dexter Adams. Indeed, as the game entered the 22nd minute it was 1-0 to Hendon, as it entered the 25th minute the Greens had extended their lead to four-goals.

Five years later in 1960 as Elvis Presley left the US Army, Arthur Figg’s goal saw the Greens into the last-four of the Middlesex Senior Cup with the only strike of the game against Wembley and then in 1966 Bromley were beaten 3-2 at Hayes Lane. Laurie Churchill, Dave Swain and David Hyde grabbed the Hendon goals ahead of Udo Jurgens winning the 11th Eurovision Song Contest for Austria in Luxembourg with ‘Merci, Cherie’.

An own goal was no consolation in 1977 as a visit to Leatherhead ended in a 3-1 win for the home side in the Isthmian League, however there was more succour for Greens fans in 1983 as Woking were well beaten 4-1 at Kingfield. Devon Gayle was the hat-trick hero on this occasion, Dermot Drummy adding the other goal in what was a convincing win.

Two years later, in 1985, Steve Wilkins and substitute Steve Johnson grabbed the goals in a 2-2 draw against Sutton United at Claremont Road, this before a 1988 visit to Stag Meadow and another stalemate, this time against Windsor & Eton, as Neil Wolstenholme’s strike secured a 1-1 draw.

1994 saw the largest milkshake ever made (1,955 gallons of chocolate) in Nelspruit, South Africa, whilst the Greens were humbled at home to rock bottom Wivenhoe Town at Claremont Road, the doomed Essex side who conceded 152 goals across the season, winning 2-0. There was much better news in 1996 as Paul Hobbs’ strike grabbed a second consecutive win for Neil Price’s side at Top Field to beat Hitchin Town 1-0 and further inject life into their survival hopes.

Moving into the new century and the duo of Tim Sills and Sean Gorman once again proved too hot for the Greens’ defence to handle as they netted the goals in a 3-2 win at Claremont Road, Ross Pickett and Dale Binns netted the Hendon goals. A year later, on the day that reality show The Osbornes premiered on MTV, the semi-final of the Middlesex Senior Cup against Enfield Town, in their first ever season, saw Steve Butler rise highest to head home the winner and take Dave Anderson’s side into a final against Northwood.

Current Beaconsfield Town manager Gary Meakin grabbed his only goal in a green shirt to secure a 1-1 draw with Staines Town in 2005 to continue Gary McCann’s unbeaten start as manager and two-years later Davis Haule and Belal Aite-ouakrim scored the goals in a 2-0 win over Slough Town at Claremont Road.

2011 saw the other Haule brother, Brian, on target in a 2-1 defeat against Essex side Aveley at Vale Farm and two-years later Dave Anderson returned to haunt his former club with Harrow Borough, also at Vale Farm, as Darren Currie’s penalty wasn’t enough to secure anything in a 2-1 defeat as Nicolas Maduro assumes the Venezuelan presidency following the death of Hugo Chavez.

We end in 2016 and a trip to Lewes where, for the second season in a row, the Greens had to overcome the dismissal of a midfielder – this time Finbarr Robins – to secure a result. Two expertly taken goals by on-loan QPR striker Brandon Adams secured another vital point for Gary McCann’s side to continue their inch to safety.