Will we ever finish above the dark side again?

[Scrumpy]

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

[FatFreddysCat]

You never know, Roman might get bored, snuffed out, but i cant see it for a fair while unfortunately.

[Jimpav]

Once Abramovich has been assasinated/locked up/lost his UK residency then yes.

[HatterDon]

Wow! Grimsby Town one slot below The Undead. Times have changed for a lot of people, eh?

[ImperialWhite]

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.

[SuffolkWhite]

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.

[Tom]

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:

[Peabody]

Never mind The Dark Side, what about the other "big" side in West London?

[SuffolkWhite]

Your right Peabody there's only one team in Fulham that is in Europe still  :011:

[Teabag]

If I remember rightly we drew with them twice that year. If only we had beaten them......

[ron]

Never say "never".

[The Equalizer]

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!

[BarneyTravers]

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

[FatFreddysCat]

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).