Below is the final table for the 1982-1983 season. Fulham missed out on promotion because of a tight Chairman and a pitch invasion at Derby. the dark side avoided dropping down to the third division by the skin of their teeth. That, my friends, was the last time we finished above them in the league. :016:
My question is, can this conceivably happen again? Or are we destined to always be lower than that lot?
DIVISION TWO
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers 42 26 7 9 77 36 85
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 15 7 68 44 75
3 Leicester City 42 20 10 12 72 44 70
4 Fulham 42 20 9 13 64 47 69
5 Newcastle United 42 18 13 11 75 53 67
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 16 15 11 60 47 63
7 Oldham Athletic 42 14 19 9 64 47 61
8 Leeds United 42 13 21 8 51 46 60
9 Shrewsbury Town 42 15 14 13 48 48 59
10 Barnsley 42 14 15 13 57 55 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 12 15 58 58 57
12 Cambridge United 42 13 12 17 42 60 51
13 Derby County 42 10 19 13 49 58 49
14 Carlisle United 42 12 12 18 68 70 48
15 Crystal Palace 42 12 12 18 43 52 48
16 Middlesbrough 42 11 15 16 46 67 48
17 Charlton Athletic 42 13 9 20 63 86 48
18 the dark side 42 11 14 17 51 61 47
19 Grimsby Town 42 12 11 19 45 70 47
20 Rotherham United 42 10 15 17 45 68 45
21 Burnley 42 12 8 22 56 66 44
22 Bolton Wanderers 42 11 11 20 42 61 44
You never know, Roman might get bored, snuffed out, but i cant see it for a fair while unfortunately.
Once Abramovich has been assasinated/locked up/lost his UK residency then yes.
Wow! Grimsby Town one slot below The Undead. Times have changed for a lot of people, eh?
Football's a funny old game. Look at Cambridge - mid table in division 2, now doing fairly poorly in the conference. Chelsea, on the other hand, have had a fairly enjoyable time since then I should imagine (as have we, rock bottom period aside, to be fair). Guess it just goes to show that you don't know what's round the corner, enjoy it while you've got it and all that.
Looking at that table depresses me and yet it is classed as a good season, what could have been, what could have been.
As for the dark side the only way we will finish above them is if they go bankrupt and do a Leeds.
Quote from: SuffolkWhite on April 06, 2010, 07:40:25 AM
As for the dark side the only way we will finish above them is if they go bankrupt and do a Leeds.
We can all hope and dream of that happening! :54:
Never mind The Dark Side, what about the other "big" side in West London?
Your right Peabody there's only one team in Fulham that is in Europe still :011:
If I remember rightly we drew with them twice that year. If only we had beaten them......
Never say "never".
Quote from: Peabody on April 06, 2010, 07:46:19 AM
Never mind The Dark Side, what about the other "big" side in West London?
Exactly! I spotted the Bitters at the top and nearly chucked up my breakfast!
Think we did Teabag...0-0 at the Bridge from memory in a dire game...1-1 at the Cottage?....a win at CC would have done it....Deano's drought..no buying Thomas...Ernie's reluctance to spend or McDonalds stubborness...I know not the answers....but going back to the post we were the second best team in West London for a season and Chelsea were the third!
Remember John Reeves coming on as a sub at the Loftus Road encounter...always thought he was gonna be a player...never panned out.
Fulham for the cup
Cor i rember that season very well. Ray Lew equalising against the bitters at the cottage, it went right off at Hammersmith Broadway after, actually it went right off at laugharsev rd as well. i still remenber seeing Selwyn up the Loft though didn't see no fights up there. We smashed Wolves at thier gaff, Got run silly after. Great football and as a 14/15 year old the fights after nearly every game were great fun. This is of course not the current view of Fat Fred (but if your a young un , get in there).
