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 |
| 1898 - |
Fulham join Second Division of the Southern League |
| 1898 - |
Fulham vote and accept professionalism at the club |
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| 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 Chelsea 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 Chelsea 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 |
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| 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 - |
FFC loose a thrilling match 5-4 against Newcastle in the FA Cup |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 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. |
| 1977 - |
Ernie Clay in control of the club. After 50 years, Dean family no longer on board |
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| 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 |
| 1984 - |
Clay acquired option to buy Craven Cottage ground |
| 1986 - |
Fulham again are relegated to Division 3 |
| 1986 - |
Marler Estates buy the Club and ground |
| 1987 - |
Marler Estates buy QPR and try to merge the 2 clubs into Fulham Park Rangers |
| 1987 - |
After a great campaign led by Jimmy Hill, he buys the Club from Marler Estates |
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| 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 |
| 1999 - |
The Cottagers are crowned Division 2 Champions. promotion to Division 1 follows |
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| 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 |
| 2002 - |
The Cottagers get to the Semi Finals of The FA cup, but lose to Chelsea 1-0 |
| 2003 - |
Redevelopment of Craven Cottage means The Lilliewhites play at Loftus Road |
| 2003 - |
Chris 'Cookie' Coleman Takes over as Manager of the Club. |
| 2004 - |
Cookie guides The Whites to their highest ever finish of 9th in the Premiership |
| 2005 - |
Johnny Haynes "The Maestro" dies |
| 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 |
| 2008 - |
Against all the odds Roy Hodgson manages 'The Great Escape' Fulham stay up... |
| 2009 - |
Roy Hodgson stears the club to 7th, their highest ever finish and European football |
| 2010 - |
Fulham reach the Europa League Final - Losing 2 -1 to Atletico Madrid |
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