First Visit to Hendon?
If you're planning to visit Hendon Football Club for the first time - whether you're hoping to become a new fan, visiting with your own team, or groundhopping - we hope that this page will provide you with all the information you need to make it an enjoyable day.
Where do Hendon play?
We currently groundshare with Wembley Football Club at Vale Farm in Sudbury, Brent, less than two miles from the more recognisable Wembley Stadium. We recommend using the Tube or London Overground if possible as traffic can sometimes be quite bad in the local area, but directions for all forms of transport can be found on our Directions Page.
I need to drive: Where can I park?
As noted on our Directions Page we only have a small club carpark, which is usually filled early on, mainly by players, club officials and volunteers. However, just past the entrance to the ground there are two car parks, one on the right as the road bends round and the other as you follow the road down) which usually provide sufficient parking for our games. Parking is free here, although as they are shared with the Sport Centre, Health Centre and Play Centre at Vale Farm, we ask that you use them considerately.
On road parking may be available locally, but please bear in mind that on Wembley Stadium Event days additional parking restrictions apply and you will recieve a ticket if you park in a marked bay without a residents permit. Please do check signs near where you decide to park to ensure that you are parked legally.
How do I find out when you're playing?
Our season runs from mid-August to early May, with our usual matchdays being on Saturdays and Tuesdays, starting at 3:00pm and 7:45pm respectively. We keep our website's Fixtures and Results Page up to date with our latest fixtures, so you can check there to see when we are next at home.
However, due to our groundshare, we sometimes have a clash with our landlords and may play on alternative days, and sometimes fixtures are moved due to cup committments or postponed due to the weather, so please do double check before travelling and if in doubt call our postponement hotline on 07957 328352.
How much is it and how do I buy a ticket?
Our latest ticket prices can always be found on the Admission and Season Tickets page. Programmes, typically costing £2, are usually sold just outside the turnstiles or in our club-shop. We may sell out of these before the game, but if you are desperate for one for some reason, do speak to one of our volunteers and we will do our best to try and find a spare one for you.
We may occasionally reduce prices and for cup games against higher level opposition may be forced to increase prices, but we always aim to publicise this beforehand if it is the case.
We do not usually sell tickets in advance, so you can turn up and pay on the day. The turnstiles for all fans are on the left as you enter the football club car park and usually open around an hour before kick-off, while those with passes enter through the gate on the left at the far end of the car park. If you arrive before the turnstile is open, then all are welcome in the clubhouse where you can sit down and enjoy both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Again, for big cup games against larger sides, we may be forced to sell tickets in advance or make a match all ticket. If this is the case we will publicise this as widely as possible, so please do double check if planning to attend one of our bigger ties.
Where do I go inside the ground?
We, in common with most football clubs at our level, do not segregate our games and so you are free to sit or stand wherever you like. We have an all seated stand on the other side of the pitch (facing you as you walk in), and terracing is available on the other three sides. The terrace on the other side of the halfway line from where you enter offers cover in wet weather.
Typically at our level, many supporters of the teams choose to stand behind the goal which their side is attacking and change ends at half time. However, for a first time visitor, the best overall view to be able to see action at both ends of the ground without obstruction is probably from the main stand.
If you're feeling brave, feel free to speak to one of our fans - many of us will be wearing some form of green. We're generally a friendly bunch and more than happy to welcome newcomers or help out with questions on the day.
What other facilities are available inside the ground?
Our other main facilities inside the turnstiles are all located in the car-park corner by the entrance/exit. On your left as you enter you will see a hatch, serving hot and cold soft drinks, snacks such as burgers, chips and hot dogs, chocolate and crisps at reasonable prices.
Just past this, are two doors leading to toilets and then past this you will see our Club Shop, run by volunteers from our Supporters' Association. As well as selling all kinds of club merchandise, they also usually have programmes from previous games on sale and penny sweets that prove popular with our younger visitors.
Is there somewhere I can buy alcohol?
Yes! The clubhouse at Vale Farm can be accessed through a door straight ahead of you as you enter the car-park at the ground and usually opens from roughly mid-day for afternoon matches and around half-past five when we kick-off in the evening. Inside we serve lager, bitter and Guinness from taps along with bottles of lager, cider, light ale, wine and various spirits, soft drinks and mixers. Most alcoholic drinks cost around £3.
Home and away fans of all ages are welcome to join us before the game, at half time and afterwards where you will often get a chance to meet the players and managers after they've changed and showered. The TV in the clubhouse will usually have some sport or the latest scores on, while we also have a pool table and dart board available for people to use.
You may take your drinks outside into the car park if you want to smoke, but we ask that you don't take them through into the ground itself.
There's another game I'd like to see on TV, will you show it?
Probably not unfortunately. We don't have a Sky subscription due to the cost, so are only able to show any sport that is on terrestrial TV. This means that we are able to show some International, Championship and Champions League Football and other events such as the Six Nations, the Grand National and Formula One, but not the Premier League.
If we aren't showing something you'd like to see, then ask at the bar and we may be able to change the channel to show what you'd like to see instead. For events that we are unable to show in the clubhouse, we recommend The Swan, around five minutes walk away (turn left onto Watford Road, and cross by the mini-roundabout), where they show most things that we can't.
I've still got a question, who can I ask?
If you've got any other requirements or any questions about things that we haven't covered, feel free to contact us via e-mail at admin@hendonfc.net, or call the club office line on 020 8908 3553 (normally open on weekdays between 10am and 4pm). Alternatively, feel free to leave a message on our messageboard, where one our our supporters may be able to help.