FULHAM F.C.
Founded: 1879
Also Known As:
FULHAM ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH
SUNDAY SCHOOL (1879-88)
FULHAM (1888-)
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FULHAM F.C. (Football Club)
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BRIEF HISTORY of FULLHAM FOOTBALL CLUB
(reproduced from 'Wikipedia' pages)
Fulham were formed in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., founded by worshipers at the
Church of England on Star Road, West Kensington (St Andrew's, Fulham Fields). Fulham's mother church still
stands today with a plaque commemorating the team's foundation. Fulham started playing at their current
ground Craven Cottage in 1896, their first game against now defunct rivals Minerva F.C.. Fulham are one
of the oldest established clubs in southern England. The club gained professional status on 12 December 1898,
in the same year that they were admitted into the Southern League's Second Division. They were the second
club from London to turn professional, following Arsenal F.C. (Royal Arsenal 1891). They adopted a red and
white kit during the 190001 season. In 190203 they won promotion from this division, entering the Southern
League First Division. The club's first recorded all-white club kit came in 1903, and ever since then the club
has been playing in all-white shirts and black shorts, with socks going through various evolutions of black
and/or white, but are now normally white-only. The club won the Southern League twice, in 190506 and 190607.
Fulham joined The Football League after the second of their Southern League triumphs. Fulham finished the
season three points short of promotion in fourth place. The club progressed all the way to the semi-final
of that season's FA Cup, a run that included an 83 away win at Luton Town. In the semi-final they were heavily
beaten, 60, by Newcastle United. This is still a record loss for an FA Cup semi-final game. Fulham's first season
in Division Two turned out to be the highest that the club would finish for twenty-one years, until in 192728
when the club were relegated to the 3rd Division South, created in 1920. After finishing 5th, 7th and 9th (out of
twenty-two teams) in their first three seasons in the Third Division South, Fulham won the division in the 193132
season. In doing so they beat Torquay United 102, won 24 out of 42 games and scored 111 goals, thus being promoted
back to the Second Division. The next season they missed out on a second consecutive promotion, finishing 3rd
behind Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City. League and cup football were severely disrupted by the outbreak of World
War II in 1939.
Promotion to the top tier of English football in 1949-50 season saw the club perform poorly, finishing 17th in their
first year and 18th in their second. In only their third season of First Division football, Fulham finished rock bottom
of the 22-team league in the 195152 season, winning only eight of forty-two games. A few seasons of mediocrity in the
Second Division followed, but then the club reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1958 and used this momentum to win promotion
back to the First Division in the following season, having finished second to Sheffield Wednesday. The club experienced
several close escapes from relegation, none more spectacular than in 196566, when the club rooted at the bottom went
on an astounding run beating all the top sides with a few games to go.[20] On the morning of 26 February 1966, Fulham
had just fifteen points from twenty-nine matches. The last thirteen games saw Fulham win nine and draw two to reach
safety. Eventually the club suffered relegation in the 196768 season having won just ten out of their forty-two games.
However even that was not as catastrophic as the calamity of next season. Winning only seven in forty-two, the club
were again relegated to the Third Division.
The aforementioned Third Division hiatus lasted only two seasons before the club was promoted back to the Second Division
as runners-up in 197071. In 1992 the foundation of the Premier League saw Fulham's division of the time, the Third Division,
renamed the Second Division. However the club were relegated from that to the new Third Division after a poor 199394 season,
seeing the club in the basement of the Football League, with Ian Branfoot appointed as new manager. After an eighth place
finish in Branfoot's first season in charge the club hit its lowest ever final league position in the 199596 season,
finishing 17th out of 24. Branfoot was sacked as manager. Fulham returned to the top division of English football in 2001,
and competed in the Premier League for the first time. The club finished the 200102 season in thirteenth place. Fulham
were the only team to host top-flight football with some standing areas in the twenty-first century, but due to restrictions
on standing this was not allowed to continue. Fulham were forced to groundshare with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road
during the 200203 and 200304 seasons while Craven Cottage was rebuilt as an all-seated stadium.
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CLUB FACTS & INFORMATION
| Official Name
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| Fulham F.C. |
| Club Nickname
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| The Cottagers |
| Year Founded
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| 1879 (138 years ago) |
| English County
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| Greater London |
| Current Ground
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| Craven Cottage |
| Ground Location
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| London, England
Town of Fulham (London Inner-district)
(London Borough of Hammersmith/Fulham) |
| Club's Owner
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| Shahid Khan |
| Club Chairman
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| Shahid Khan |
| Current Manager
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| Slavia Jokanovic |
| Current League
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| Championship |
| Last Season
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| Championship, 6th place |
HOME COLORS
White & Black |
AWAY COLORS
Yellow & Navy Blue |
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INTERESTING STADIUM FACTS & INFORMATION
CRAVEN COTTAGE
Stevenage Road, London, SW6-6HH, England
OPENED: ......... October 10, 1896
SURFACE: ........ Grass (Fibrelastic)
COST: .............. not available
CAPACITY: ...... 25,700
RECORD: ......... 49,335 (1938 vs Millwall)
OWNER: ........... Fulham F.C.
OPERATOR: ..... Fulham F.C.
FIELD SIZE: ..... 110 x 75 yards (101 x 69 meters)
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