Phoenix club Edgware Town are hoping the Kingsbury public will come and support them after moving to Silver Jubilee Park.
Edgware, who reformed in the summer seven years after disbanding following the loss of their White Lion Ground, are set to play their first game at SJP on Saturday when they host Chesham United Reserves.
Their last triumph before folding was to win the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division title and League Cup double, and while the re-formed club finds itself in back in Division One – two levels below where they last played – just being back is an achievement in itself.
For a club which produced future England internationals Brian Stein and Dave Beasant, there must have been times in those seven years in the wilderness when it was thought the club would never be seen again.
Theirs is a tale familiar to non-league football in north west London – club loses their ground of many years and either folds or is forced into a nomadic existence – something which will sound familiar to fans of Wealdstone and Hendon.
In fact, SJP's previous tenants are themselves a dead former non-league club, Kingsbury Town FC having merged with London Tigers in 2006 before the Kingsbury part of the name was dropped when Tigers moved to Greenford's Avenue Park.
The new Edgware Town started the season playing at Underhill, vacated by Barnet FC two years ago, but played their last two 'home' games at their opponents' grounds as they found the £1,200 per game rent too steep.
Their move to SJP has been on hold while the pitches have been brought up to scratch, and the club may have one final obstacle to overcome before they make their debut there on Saturday.
Club secretary Daz Bloor said: “The pitch has just been passed as ready but you normally have to wait seven days to get a certificate before you can use them, so we are counting on the league, but they have been very helpful to us so far – so we are hopeful.
“It will definitely been an emotional occasion, but there is still a lot of hard work to do. Having stood still for six or seven years, it sometimes feel like we are running before we can walk, but the club will be financially stable.
“We have good links with Exile Sports, who will be running the whole venue, and Hendon will be coming to play here next season too. We've been like nomads this season, so we know how they feel, and it's not fair on the players.
“We're hoping people who watched the old Edgware Town will come back, and the people of Kingsbury, which is a big town in itself and doesn't have a club any more, will come down, as well as Barnet fans when they are playing away.”
Edgware have have a slow start in the league, with just one win from nine, but knocked Northwood Reserves out of the Middlesex Premier Cup 2-1 on Tuesday night, with goals from Arron Hayles and Olu Quadri.
Meanwhile, there could soon be new homes built on the site of their former ground after Harrow Council gave planning permission for a housing estate project earlier this year.
