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The 1910/11 Season saw yet another fresh challenge for ambitious Hampstead Town Football Club (now Hendon). They'd gained higher status by their promotion to Division One of the Finchley & District League and were now recognised as one of the strongest junior clubs in North West London. The prestigious National Athletic Ground at Kensal Rise had been rented to stage all their home matches and fixtures were arranged to cover the majority of Saturdays throughout the season.
The side was captained by center forward J.J "Jock" Davidson, who led by example and finished as the club's leadin goalscorer. He was also the penalty taker and notched several hat-tricks, including two in successive ties of the Middlesex Junior Cup. Inside forwards A. Tomkins and D. Southern provided fine support and Souther himself achieved the season's best individual scoring performance in one match by hitting five against North Paddington in the London Junior Cup.
On the flanks, T.L. Gliddon and H.W. Pike supplied the crosses and the latter, according to reports from the time, was worth his place just for his accurate corner kicking which led to a number of Hampstead goals.
By conceding a ration book tally of just nine goals in twelve League games, the Hampstead defence proved to be well up to the task. In J. Pells they had a reliable keeper who had seven clean sheets out of twelve in league matches. In front of him J. Southwell and E.L. Hundon were a steady pair of full-backs and G.A. Rathbone proved to be an able deputy when either of them were missing. A.A. McKichan was a rock at the heart of defence with C. Bowden and W. Murray both driving forces at wing-half.
A couple of weeks before Christmas, Hampstead (now Hendon) took what turned out to be a decisive step in the title race by beating close challengers Greenhill 5-0 at their Line-path ground in Barnet. Davidson, Tomkins and Southern were all on the scoresheet and the tally was completed by two own goals from the Greenhill right back.
In mid-February 1911 we completed the double over Greenhill with a fine 4-2 win and followed this up with big wins over Campsbourne Institute and Friern Barnet. This left the club looking good for the title.
On the morning of the last Saturday of the season (29 April), the top of the table looked like this :
| Finchley
& District League - Division One |
| Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Hampstead Town |
11 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
37 |
9 |
16 |
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| Greenhill |
11 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
| Old Burghleyans |
11 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
18 |
9 |
12 |
| Friern Barnet |
11 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
24 |
11 |
Remembering that it was two points for a win, neither Hampstead Town or Greenhill could afford to slip up in their last game, and both had home matches against top four opposition.
Hampstead duly won 3-0 against third placed Old Burghleyans to make absolutely certain of the Division One championship, so Greenhill's 2-0 defeat by the inconsistant Friern Barnet didn't really affect anything in the final reckoning.
It meant that Hampstead Town had now won Divisions three, two and one of the Finchley & District League in three successive seasons, not a bad start to life.
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