The attendance record of 9,000 was set for the visit of Northampton Town in a FA Cup tie in 1952.

[2] It was also a popular location for production companies, with over 30 films, television programmes and adverts being shot there.

Hendon chairman Ivor Arbiter put in hand plans to move the club from the increasingly decrepit Claremont Road ground.

[3] The land where the stadium, clubhouse and banqueting suites stand was put on the market, to be sold for housing, while the plans were put in place to move the club to the Barnet Copthall Athletics Stadium.

After the closure of Claremont Road, Hendon's home games were played at Harrow Borough's Earlsmead ground, Northwood's Chestnut Avenue, Staines Town's Wheatsheaf Road and Wembley's Vale Farm.