HMH is proud to offer football to boys, girls, and adults and as a mark of the club’s success it has achieved the prestigious 2* FA Accreditation (previously FA Charter Standard Community Club) status. Today HMH boasts 31 teams and is proud to have offered football to thousands of young people since it was founded.
HMH was initially formed out of Muswell Hill Synagogue in Tetherdown with a vision of creating an inclusive football club for players of all abilities. The dream was to create an environment for youth teams to progress to adult teams so that players could progress within the ‘family’ of one club.
In HMH’s early years, a strong association was built with the Maccabi GB, AJY and Maccabi Junior Leagues. Now we are the only London Jewish club affiliated to Maccabi GB.
The clubs teams are managed by our wonderful volunteer FA accredited parents, some of whom have been managing for over a decade, and supported by the highly qualified coaches provided through a strong collaboration with Excel Coaching, which provides professional coaching support to help create a positive football skills environment for our players all the way from when they start their playing journey with HMH.
All coaches are DBS checked, hold FA Coaching Qualifications (some up to UEFA Licenced level), and have undertaken First Aid and Child Safeguarding courses.
In the early years of HMH, we started using Wingate & Finchley’s training facilities and London Borough of Barnet grass pitches to play on. More recently our relationship with PowerLeague and Tottenham Hotspur’s old training ground Chase Lodge Playing Fields has been nurtured and we are able to make use of the top-quality pitches and facilities at each of these facilities. All HMH training takes place at PowerLeague Finchley & Mill Hill and our Clubhouse complete with tuck shop and old-style arcade games is located at Finchley.
Now overseen by a Chair, Club Secretary and two Club Co-Ordinators with over 40 years of grassroots football experience between them and supported by an excellent Management Committee, the clubs motto of ‘PLAY | GROW | BELONG” perfectly encapsulates our club as we aim to double the size of the club over the next few years.
HMH is proud of is its reputation for inclusivity, respect, sporting enjoyment, fairness & community, and a desire to create friendships and help children grow through sport. Our current Men’s 1st team has some players who have been playing for the club for over 20 years since they were 6 years old.
The cry of “Come on you sky blues” rings out on match days and traditionally unites our players, coaches and managers with our wonderful parents and supporters and make all associated with the club proud of its history and hopeful for its future.
