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A 382 bus passes Wingate and Finchley FC on route to Mill Hill East on a glorious spring day. The houses opposite are a mix of different semi-detached styles. On Saturday afternoons and Tuesday evenings, motorists often hear the sound of leather on paintwork as a poorly directed shot clears the football ground fence and bounces across the road. The bus is PDL90, a Dennis Dart with Plaxton body, belonging to Arriva.

Entrance to the Wingate & Finchley Football Club on Summers Lane. The club is currently in Northern Division 1 of the Ryman League also known as the Isthmian League. The club's fascinating history is detailed on wikipedia. Go inside to see a match Image]

View west, towards the High Road. Nevertheless, we went out to celebrate.

A London Ambulance Service Mercedes-Benz Sprinter makes its way gingerly between parked cars and a paramedic vehicle into the Abrahams Stadium. It was attending for a Cray Wanderers player who was suffering from concussion and was the second ambulance to attend the same emergency. The first, out of shot beside the changing rooms, was diagnosed as having a slow puncture to the rear tyre and was therefore unfit to carry the patient to hospital. The second ambulance initially turned into the adjacent Finchley Rugby Club and the paramedic, seen walking in front, was dispatched to collect it and bring it round to the Wingate & Finchley side.

A dark November evening and the floodlights are on at the Wingate and Finchley football ground. The home team are in their usual blue strip whilst the visitors, Tilbury, are in the stripes. The stand behind the players is the 'Jack Fisk Stand'. Behind the stand are two mini-pitches for children. The grey sheds in the background are part of the David Lloyd Centre. Wingate and Finchley went behind twice, but came back to win 3-2 on the night.

Managers and coaches stand in their respective technical areas beside the touchline at Wingate and Finchley football club. The substitutes sit in their respective home and away dugouts, or keep warmed up by trotting up and down the touchline.

The referee and his assistants lead the teams out of the tunnel for the Wingate & Finchley v Cheshunt match. The unusual colour of the ball was a Ryman League initiative for Red Nose Day and collection buckets were available at the ground.

Not so much 'spot the ball', but 'miss the ball'. The game is between Wingate and Fisher Athletic FC. The away side in yellow won 2.0.

Advertising hoardings along the wall separating the fans from the pitch. The stand itself has just a single step for the fans to stand on. It is named after one of the club's groundsmen from the past, who sadly passed away within a year of retiring. His memory lives on, not just in the naming of the stand but, in excellent condition of the pitch.

Wivenhoe Town (in the Orange Shirts) defend against Wingate & Finchley FC during a Ryman League Division 1 North match. In the background is the main stand of the Harry Abrahams Stadium. Go to Image] to see a Penalty