Timeline History Of Fulham Football Club

[White Noise]

I like what they have done here but the buggers won't let me right click to cut 'n paste it.

Could some one clever like WhiteJC find a way of pasting in the timeline??


http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s623/st130651.htm

[LBNo11]

Super Fulham
Timeline History of the club
By JB
July 4 2008

And with additions and corrections by LB, Feb 2010


Timeline History of Fulham Football Club



1879 - Club founded as Fulham St Andrews

1888 - Fulham drop St Andrews from the club name

1891 - Move to 1st enclosed ground-Half Moon Pub Land shared with Wasps rugby club

1894 - FFC takes control of Craven Cottage land and start to develop it

1896 - Craven Cottage hosts its first proper Home game Vs Minerva FC, Fulham win 4-0

1897 - Fulham win their first silverware winning the West London Associations Cup.

1898 - Fulham join Second Division of the Southern League

1898 - Fulham vote and accept professionalism at the club

1903 - Fulham FC become a Limited Company

1903 - Fulham gain promotion to Southern League 1st Division

1904 - Fulham appoint 1st Manager: Harry Bradshaw

1905 - Stevenage Road Stand Built by Archibald Leitch

1906 - Fulham win the Southern League

1907 - Fulham win the Southern League again and are promoted to The Football League


1907 - Craven Cottage used for England International against Wales

1908 - Great Britain football team wins Olympic gold, Arthur Berry from Fulham FC plays

1910 - Fulham beat the dark side in their first ever match 1-0

1911 - Craven Cottage used for Rugby International

1912 - Fulham make it to quarter finals  of the FA Cup

1914 - Attempt to merge Arsenal and Fulham FC by ex-chairman Henry Norris fails

1919 - FFC in Final of the Victory Cup (beating Spurs +Arsenal) but lose to the dark side 3-0

1920 - John Dean returns as Director. 3 generations of Deans stay in control of the club

1924 - Philip Kelso, Fulham's longest serving Manager of 15 years retires

1928 - Fulham relegated to Division 3 South

1931 - John McIntyre appointed Manager

1932 - Fulham gain promotion back to Division 2

1936 - Fulham reach FA cup Semi Finals but lose to Sheffield Utd 2-1

1938 - Highest ever home attendance record set at 49,335 against Milwall

1945 - Fulham resume football after World War II

1949 - Fulham Division 2 Champions & promoted to Division 1-First time in the top flight

1952 - After 3 seasons in Top Division, coming 17th,18th and 22nd Fulham are relegated

1952 - Jimmy Hill, future chairman and man behind 'Save Fulham FC' campaign signs

1952 - Johnny Haynes, Fulham Legend, starts his career with The Cottagers

1956 - 2nd division Fulham lose to 1st division Newcastle in the 4th round of the FA Cup 4 - 5 in what many described as the best game ever played at Craven Cottage, a controversial goal denies FFC a draw.

1956 - George Cohen MBE, World Cup winner, begins his career with Fulham

1958 - Fulham reach Semi Finals of the FA cup losing 5-3 to Man Utd at a replay

1959 - Fulham promoted to 1st Division

1960 - Against all expectations The Whites come 10th in their new season in the Elite

1962 - Another FA cup semi final, another need for a replay, Fulham lose 2-1 to Burnley

1963 - Fulham record their biggest ever league win on Boxing day, beating Ipswich 10 - 1 at Craven Cottage.

1964 - Frank Osborne retires after 43 years involved with the club

1965 - After 50 years as a player and trainer with Fulham, Frank Penn retires

1966 - The first 'Great Escape' Fulham beat Northampton Town 2 - 4 and beat the drop. George Cohen plays for the winning England team in the World Cup Final.

1968 - Fulham relegated to Division 2 after disastrous season under Vic Buckingham

1968 - Bobby Robson returns from managing Vancouver Royals in Canada to Fulham

1969 - Robson sacked by Eric Miller and went on to a great managing career elsewhere

1969 - Fulham relegated to Division 3 after just one year in second division. Fulham beat Halifax Town 0 - 8 at the Shay to record their biggest ever league away win.

1970 - The Maestro Johnny Haynes retires from playing for Fulham.

1971 - After being pipped at the post to be divisional champions Fulham are promoted

1974 - Bobby Moore, England legend and World Cup winner signs for Fulham for £20k

1975 - After an amazing Cup run, Fulham under manager Alec Stock make the FA Cup  final.

1975 - In front of 100,000 people the all London FA Cup final is lost to West Ham 2-0

1976 - George Best signs for the club, alongside Rodney Marsh signing for a second time.

1977 - Ernie Clay in control of the club. After 50 years, Dean family no longer on board

1980 - Fulham demoted to Division 3

1982 - FFC take it to the wire and a draw in the final game ensure promotion to Div 2

1983 - Fulham miss out on promotion to the top flight (Division 1) at the last game, a controversial match at Derby that was abandoned due to a pitch invasion by the Derby fans where they attacked Fulham players - the FA did not grant a replay - so began 27 more years of hurt.

1984 - Clay acquired option to buy Craven Cottage ground, the team nurtured and developed by Malcolm MacDonald and Ray Harford is broken up and sold and the steady decline begins.

1986 - Fulham again are relegated to Division 3

1986 - Marler Estates buy the Club and ground from Clay - Fulham suffer a 10 - 1 defeat at Liverpool in the League Cup.

1987 - Marler Estates buy QPR and try to merge the 2 clubs into Fulham Park Rangers

1987 - Former Fulham player Jimmy Hill leads a high profile campaign to save the club, and financed by The Muddyman family, Marler Estates is bought out and Jimmy Hill is installed as Chairman

1992 - The owners of the ground (now Cabra Estates) goes into recievership

1992 - Premier League's first season starts, restructuring the Football League

1994 - Fulham relegated from Division 3 to 4. (renamed 3 after Premier league created)


1995 - The lowest home attendance (in peacetime) is recorded of 2176 V Rotherham

1996 - Fulham placed 91st out of 92 in English League football, an all time low.

1996 - Mickey Adams given Managers job and reverses decline.

1997 - The club given option to buy Craven Cottage ground for £7.5 million

1997 - Coming second in the bottom division ensures promotion to Division 2

1997 - Mohamed Al Fayed steps in and buys the ground and the club and eventually Kevin Keegan as manager. Mr Fayed funds the purchase of top flight players and promises to take Fulham to the Premiership in 5 seasons.

1999 - The Cottagers are crowned Division 2 Champions. promotion to Division 1 follows

2000 - Jean Tigana takes the helm and inspires a revolution on the pitch

2001 - After just 2 seasons in Division 1, Fulham become Champions and are promoted

2001 - After 34 years away from top flight English football Fulham are in the Premiership

2002 - Fulham come 13th in their first season in the premiership and win the Intertoto Cup by beating Bologna in the final.

2002 - The Cottagers get to the Semi Finals of The FA cup, but lose to the dark side 1-0

2003 - Redevelopment of Craven Cottage means The Lilliewhites are exiled to Loftus Road

2003 - Chris 'Cookie' Coleman Takes over as Manager of the Club from Tigana and saves the club from relegation. Fulham make their mark in the Premiership by beating Manchester United at Old Trafford 1 - 3.

2004 - Cookie guides The Whites to their highest ever finish of 9th in the Premiership and Fulham FC return to their rightful home of Craven Cottage.

2005 - Johnny Haynes dies in a car crash

2007 - After a run of disappointing results Chris Coleman is sacked as manager

2007 - Laurie Sanchez oversees a solitary win over Liverpool to keep Fulham up, but his luck runs out and he is sacked in December.

2008 - Against all the odds Roy Hodgson manages 'The Great Escape' Fulham stay up. A statue to the famous Johnny Haynes is erected outside the ground by the Cottage gates.


2009 - Roy Hodgson transforms Fulham's fortunes and guides them to their highest ever league position, 7th place and subsequent qualification  for the newly formed Europa Cup competition...

[White Noise]

Nice one LB. Thanks.

[Rupert]

Can I be picky here?

It was Cabra Eatates, not Cobra, and we were,for a while, 91st out of 92, not 94. Otherwise it looks fine to me, thank you LBNo11.

[LBNo11]

...amended, thanks Rupert.. :)

[finnster01]

Not to be a smart arse either, but wouldn't it be safe to add last season as well when we set a new Fulham record in points, highest table finish and qualified for the first ever Europa League?

Should be significant enough to make the timeline I would have thought.

We should also tuck that list away under the History section (if it isn't done already)

[LBNo11]

...already amended Finn, as soon as the History section is ready this will be added with all the ammendments.. :)

[TonyGilroy]

It wasn't Jimmy Hill who bought the club from Marler Estates - that was Bill Muddyman and his family. Hill served as Chairman but as I understand it made no financial investment.

[LBNo11]

...How would you amend it Tony?


How about:-


1987 - Former Fulham player Jimmy Hill leads a high profile campaign to save the club, and financed by The Muddyman family, Marler Estates is bought out and Jimmy Hill is installed as Chairman...

[TonyGilroy]

That sounds good to me.

The club would have died had Bill Muddyman not been willing to spend his money on saving it. My understanding is that he recognised that he did not have the expertise to run the club and would only invest if Hill came on board as Chairman.

Hill of course then became essentially the public face of the club.

[Jimpav]

Great work with the time line guys.

Any objections to giving Keegan a mention? I know it was short stay but it would be good for future generations to know that Fulham have supplied more than one England manager- possibly three the way Woy is going!

[TonyGilroy]

Don't forget Ron Greenwood.

[The Equalizer]

How about:

1954 - Class of '54 born.
1976 - The Equalizer arrives.

[GoldCoastWhite]

1983 - Fulham miss out on promotion to the top flight (Division 1) at the last game, a controversial match at Derby that was abandoned due to a pitch invasion by the Derby fans where they attacked Fulham players - the FA did not grant a replay - so began 37 more years of hurt.

With my proof reading hat on - 37 years of hurt began in 1983 ? We still have 10 years more to suffer ? - I thought we'd been doing pretty damned well of late !  ;)

[The Equalizer]

2005 - The Maestro, Johnny Haynes departs this mortal coil...

[BarneyTravers]

Maybe a reference to winning the Inter Toto and entering recognised European Competition for the first time.....'we won it one time' and all that malarky!

[LBNo11]

...I have added suggestions and corrected mistakes (such as us beating Newcastle in the famous game of 1956) and I have added new historical date events such as 0-8 against Halifax Town, 10- 1 against Ipswich etc.,

Any more suggestions - let me know...