Maurice Rebak Stadium base at Fallow Corner in North Finchley in 1902, at which point they joined the London League. On the junction of Summers Lane and the Great North Road, the ground possessed a pavilion and a pitch that was described as‘ somewhat Alpine’. Be that as it may, Finchley became founder members of the Athenian League in 1912 / 13, though by the time the competition resumed after the end of the
Photo: Britain From Above
Great War, Finchley had disappeared. They re-emerged in 1921, still based at Fallow Corner but now domiciled next door to an anti-aircraft station that had been used to shoot down Zeppelins during the 1914-18 war. The soldiers’ quarters had been turned over to community use, with Finchley converting one of the huts previously let to the 6th Finchley Troop of Boy Scouts into changing rooms. Having railed off a new pitch and laid clinkers for hard standing, Gun Station Meadow was ready to stage its first match, a Spartan League fixture v. Leavesden Mental Hospital on 17 September 1921. The next year, a covered stand was completed, volunteers helping to fix a new roof after the previous one blew off in a storm.
The huts used as changing rooms at Gun Station Meadow and the same ground from the air in 1926( top of page)
With social reform in the air following the horrors of the Great War, the 1920s and 1930s saw local authorities pumping large sums into public building works, with council house estates, libraries, civic centres and leisure facilities being developed, often to a high standard. Aiming to create a municipal complex, in 1928 Finchley Urban District Council purchased 100 acres of glebe land, south of Summers Lane, which included Fallow Corner. Twenty two acres were set aside for a superior sports ground to accommodate both
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