page_title: Underhill Stadium
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Underhill Stadium / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Underhill Stadium
context_page_description: Underhill Stadium was a stadium in Chipping Barnet, London, that was the home of Barnet Football Club between 1907 and 2013. It has been the training ground of the London Broncos rugby league club since 2014; the club's under-19 team also play their fixtures there. Before being demolished the stadium was recorded as having a final capacity of 6,023. The stadium was famous for its slope from the North to South end. It was also used for Arsenal reserve games until 2012.
  Barnet played their final game at the stadium on 20 April 2013 with a 1-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers, with Jake Hyde scoring the winner in the 81st minute, and Graham Stack saving a 94th-minute penalty to secure the victory in front of a sell-out crowd of 6,001. Barnet moved out of the ground and started their 2013-14 season campaign at The Hive Stadium in Edgware. Demolition of Underhill began in January 2018.
context_section_description: The ground was opened in September 1907 with a match against Crystal Palace which the home side won 1–0. At the time, there were a number of amateur clubs playing in Barnet. When opened, the ground was home to Barnet Alston. Alston merged with Avenue FC (who were known as Barnet FC) in 1912 to become Barnet & Alston FC. After the First World War, the club reverted to the name Barnet FC, which continues today.
  To celebrate the 100th year of football at the stadium, the two sides met again in the 2007-08 Pre-Season. Palace won this match 3–2.
  From the 2013–14 season Barnet will play their home games at The Hive Stadium.
  In 2014, the Super League rugby league team, London Broncos, will be training at Underhill and their gym and offices will be based there. Their Under-19s side also played matches at the stadium.
  Edgware Town played their opening games of the 2014–15 Spartan South Midlands League season at Underhill, while their Silver Jubilee Park ground was refurbished.
  In June 2015 the site was sold to the Education Funding Agency. Demolition work began in January 2018 to facilitate the building the new Ark Pioneer Academy, which is scheduled to open in September 2019.
caption: Barnet vs. Arsenal playing at the Underhill Stadium
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