Thank you for everything you did for Fulham. I will always hold a special place in my heart for you and have very fond memories.
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good one!
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Well said - I agree
Happy birthday wishes from my wife and me.
Happy birthday MAF, you did so much for us and we are really missing you.
Happy birthday, shame you lost interest.
Quote from: dannyboi-ffc on January 27, 2016, 09:58:14 AM
Thank you for everything you did for Fulham. I will always hold a special place in my heart for you and have very fond memories.
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good one!
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Spot on Danny nice one mate, and I whole heartedly agree. His efforts will be unsurpassed and most of us will always be grateful
When you look at all the so called "wealthy benefactors" in English football over the years he has to be one of the best and we were lucky to have him.
Happy Birthday Mohamed !
No doubt he saved the club and put us on the map... He presided over our "golden years". Happy birthday...
Quote from: Burt on January 27, 2016, 12:21:13 PM
No doubt he saved the club and put us on the map... He presided over our "golden years". Happy birthday...
Agreed but as maf stated he was always a fulham fan why did he approach chelsea before us? Can anybody tell me please ?
Happy birthday ex Chairman Mo. Come back and save us, you'd only have to pay half of what you paid Ernie Khan.
Hope his former right hand man Michael Cole, a true Fulham supporter, reads this message board and passes on our messages today to Mo.
Quote from: Dr Know on January 27, 2016, 12:43:24 PM
Quote from: Burt on January 27, 2016, 12:21:13 PM
No doubt he saved the club and put us on the map... He presided over our "golden years". Happy birthday...
Agreed but as maf stated he was always a fulham fan why did he approach chelsea before us? Can anybody tell me please ?
Mo's grasp of Fulham's history was rather tenuous and God knows why he bought us. I suspect developing the Cottage was his ultimate aim which is why he was trying to get a ground built at the Westfield site for us. HOWEVER, for a while at least, he got caught up in the excitement of football and the quirkiness of Fulham and gave us several years of real happiness and success, which I can't see being repeated ever again.
Happy Birthday Mr Al Fayed.
Ignore the negatives, just short minded people who never suffered the 80's!!
Have a good day Sir.
Quote from: Fulham Tup North on January 27, 2016, 01:17:29 PM
Happy Birthday Mr Al Fayed.
Ignore the negatives, just short minded people who never suffered the 80's!!
Have a good day Sir.
Ive suffered every year since i started supporting fulham in the 1950s
Happy birthday Mo...
Agree completely with dannyboi, best wishes to you maf, and hope you have many more.
Quote from: Fulham Tup North on January 27, 2016, 01:17:29 PM
Happy Birthday Mr Al Fayed.
Ignore the negatives, just short minded people who never suffered the 80's!!
Have a good day Sir.
:plus one:
He was an absolute legend for us.
Legend ? You mean he threw a lot of money our way. Like the guy at the bridge does.
Quote from: Dr Know on January 29, 2016, 02:31:54 PM
Legend ? You mean he threw a lot of money our way. Like the guy at the bridge does.
Legend is a very over used word these days, and your right he did throw "a lot of money our way" but do you know what?
He made a massive difference to the club, often with the class and charm you would expect from the owner of Harrods and the Ritz (Paris) and sometimes with his own unique personality.
Times may be tough now but have a look at the Training ground, the academy and the Cottage (if you ever attend?) because throwing "a lot of money our way" has achieved things nobody in their right mind would have thought possible before he did.
Bill. If i ever attend ? Ive been going to cc since the 1960s.Ive been to over 130 grounds to see ffc play.What gets me is as ive mentioned before maf claiming to be a fulham fan but approaching chelsea before us Why ?
081.gifHappy birthday Mohamed. I for one regardless of who you first approached or your possible unknown aims miss you walking across the pitch spinning your scarf. Hope you got many more birthdays to come.
Quote from: Dr Know on January 29, 2016, 03:09:03 PM
Bill. If i ever attend ? Ive been going to cc since the 1960s.Ive been to over 130 grounds to see ffc play.What gets me is as ive mentioned before maf claiming to be a fulham fan but approaching chelsea before us Why ?
Of course he wasn't a fan previously but who cares!
I'm totally aware of MAF's re writing of certain parts of his life, I worked for Harrods just before he bought it and was told stuff that went on by friends still working there.
To be generous to him, he enjoyed being "the big I am" but he did back it up and I think we can all be ungrudging about his original motives and generous in our appreciation.
To use an old fashioned word, he was a rouge I'm sure and like many business men did what he had to do at times but boy oh boy just think about what kind of rouge we could of ended up with.
I understand he wasn't the kind of person everyone would warm to but I enjoyed his character and am forever grateful to him.
Quote from: Dr Know on January 29, 2016, 02:31:54 PM
Legend ? You mean he threw a lot of money our way. Like the guy at the bridge does.
The word Legend is over-used at times but in Big Mo's case its very apt. We would never achieved what we did without him. Yes he did splash the cash but so have plenty of other owners. Do you think City fans or Chelscum fans moan about all the money that's been spent at their clubs over the last few years????? Admittedly I wonder who these so called Chelscum fans supported pre- Abramovich!!!!
In a way Al Fayed can't win with some supporters. Considering the dark days of the 80s I would imagine the stuff we achieved with him wasn't even a dream. Yet some seem pretty ungrateful to me.
On one hand you have those who say we are now in the situation we find ourselves in because he didn't invest. And then others point out that he wasn't a fan but more of a businessman who splashed the cash to gain the success we had. So which is it?
I don't know about the rest of you but when I get to 85 years old I hope to not have the stress and responsibility of running a football club no matter how much I love them. Sure he did get his money back, big deal. I love Fulham more than anything but I doubt I would write off over 100 million if I could get it back in my 80s.
Again so what if Mo wasn't a fan before he bought us, so what if he approached Chelsea first, so what if we were going to be his man utd of the south project just to make him richer. Doesn't that add to the romance of the fact he did fall in love with the place and it's fans. His passion and scarf waving was clearly for attention but most supporters loved it. He showed heart towards us in a personal way, add to that his two songs with Keith Allen, the Fulhamish sense of humour and a genuine bond was developed. We only spent over 10 million 3 times under Mo, Marlet Ruiz and AJ. I would argue that all 3 were a waste of money and prove that lack of investment or over investment means sweet FA if you don't have the knowhow of what you're spending it on. We were run brilliantly under Mo and he rarely made the same mistake twice. You could argue Khan splashes the cash, Mitroglou and Ross cost the same amount as our starting line up in the Europa League final and what do we have to show for it?
Whatever way you look at it we achieved special things under Mo. Maybe he wasn't everyone's cup of tea and those people will get their opportunity to criticise him the minute someone posts a debate asking whether he was a good chairman.
However, this wasn't a question. This was an opportunity for fans to join me in wishing an 87 year old gentleman a happy birthday and to thank him for achievements that weren't possible without him. Opinions are for everyone but that last sentence is a fact.
