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The Foundation History of Fulham

Started by Peabody, February 24, 2013, 02:32:10 PM

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Peabody

Bearing in mind that we have a lot of new members who never saw the original posting of the Foundation History etc. Would it not be a good idea to resurrect it. I have looked but cannot find it.

LBNo11

Twitter: @LBNo11FFC

Peabody



LBNo11

#3
Quote from: Peabody on February 24, 2013, 02:36:21 PM
Why could'nt I do that?

...Peabody, the Foundation is not on the forum pages as we had so many 'stickys' at one stage they took over a quarter of the page and it was decided to put it in the history section of the site.

To see this and all the other useful information:-

HOME PAGE
FULHAM STUFF TAB http://www.friendsoffulham.com/fulhamstuff.php
HISTORY ICON
FULHAM FOUNDATION


Also in the history section is the FFC Timeline and the history of the various Fulham FC badges. There are loads of features in the 'Fulham Stuff' section, worth a visit...
Twitter: @LBNo11FFC

Shredhead

Thanks for this. The colour has just drained from my face. My paternal grandfather lived in Fulham and was a ST holder in the 1940s and 50s. My mum told me that she thought his father was also a Fulham supporter. I've just read the following about our move to the Cottage in 1896: 'The dressing rooms, which comprised substantial wooden buildings, were made and erected by members of the committee and honorary members in their spare time, supervised by Mr Harry Coleman, also an old player and committee man.' My grandfather was called Harold Coleman so 'Mr Harry Coleman' could have easily been his father. I must try to find the family tree! If it was him, I had no idea my family had such an involvement in the club. If it wasn't him, what the hell - it's still a fantastic historical record of the beginnings of our club.
Also occasionally on Twitter @shredheadFFC

Shredhead

I found my family tree and it wasn't my great great grandfather. However, I've now got in touch with a 2nd cousin who is an ace at ancestry and she's helping me to do more research.
Also occasionally on Twitter @shredheadFFC


WhiteJC

#6
 
"Foundation History of The Fulham Football Club"




"Foundation History of The Fulham Football Club"

by H.D. Shrimpton (ex Fulham F.C. player and secretary)


LBNo11

During the 1969-70 season Fulham FC published in it's programme a serialisation of a booklet from a former player and club secretary Mr H.D.Shrimpton entitled "Foundation History of Fulham Football Club". The first part appeared on December 27th 1969 for the game against Barrow. The editor added this postscript to the serialisation:-

"Mr. E.W. Alexander, who lives in Birmingham yet supports Fulham with an inspiring tenacity, has sent us a copy of a booklet he bought recently. We found it fascinating. It is a great opportunity to set the record right on a number of things, so we will be reproducing parts of it from time to time.

We are not sure of the date but assume it is from before the first (world) war."

In the spring of 1997 the same booklet was re-published for £1.00 to help with the funding of Fulham 2000 campaign.

I have always wanted to have such an important historical document available for a wider audience and with the advent of the cyber age this is now possible. I managed to trace (thanks to Geoffrey the cabbie on the official message board, and Jenny Gower at Fulham FC) Henry Shrimpton's grandson, the former Fulham FC director David Shrimpton, whose family still support Fulham, and he very kindly gave me permission to reproduce the booklet exclusively for Friends Of Fulham, TOOFIF and Fulham USA. It must be noted that the writing is in the vernacular of that period, and that although at times the information appears disjointed it is nonetheless enthusiastic and interesting. I have deliberately not changed the wording of the publication in any way, and have left the original programme editors notes from 1970 in italics.

In the original accompanying notes with the series, there was a foreword from G.H.T Shrimpton, CBE., TD. The father of David Shrimpton. "My father published the booklet in 1950 and it is pleasant to learn there is still interest in his account of the origins of the club. My family still takes some pride in its association with Fulham. The record of four brothers playing for it, three of them regularly, seems unlikely to be equalled and is enhanced by the fact that one of them, Tom Shrimpton, captained the first Fulham team to play at Craven Cottage. My father and brother were in the side.

When his employers required my father to reduce his commitment to football, he turned out for Fulham under the name of S.D. Henry. However he was always known locally as 'Mo', a name he acquired as a young full back for Fulham against Dartford in an away Cup tie. Fulham who were not expected to win, took a 1 – 0 lead in the second half and thereafter my father put so many clearances in the river that the name of the boatman who was called each time to retrieve it remained with my father until he died in 1956, aged 81.

I was weaned on Fulham football and although I played rugby football for Kent and London Counties and was for fifteen years chairman of the Old Blues R.F.C., I used to return with my father to Craven Cottage when I was injured or the ground too hard for rugby.

Now my early conditioning has re-asserted itself. My sons, fourth generation Fulham supporters, and I rarely miss a first or reserves game there"

David Shrimpton has written a further postscript to accompany this 'electronic' serialisation.

"The family connection with Fulham is a genetic defect, but this applies to many long-standing Fulham supporters!

Our family involvement in Fulham goes through four generations. My grandfather, Henry, captained Fulham and claimed to be the first person to kick a football at Craven Cottage when on 10th October 1896 he led the team out to play Minerva, the opening game at the new ground.

Three of his brothers also played for Fulham; he then became Company Secretary, and the registered office of the Club was at the family home in Fulham, so he was well qualified to write the 'Foundation History of Fulham Football Club'.

My father, George Shrimpton, was a life long supporter and a Vice President, and he and his father took me to my first match in 1949. I became a Director of the Club in 1991, worked with the Muddyman family to rescue the Club, developed the Dream Scheme to find someone seriously rich to take over the Club (instead of the terminal plan to reduce capacity down to 12,000 by building flats on three sides of the ground) and through an unplanned act of fate was responsible for introducing MAF to Fulham – and the rest is history".

Fulham FC began it's life 130 years ago this year (2009), and so to commemorate this – we bring you:-


you can read the rest here...

http://www.friendsoffulham.com/foundationIntro.html

GUAS W7

We really should honour the Shrimptons for all they've done for the club - on and off the field.

On another tack - I'm having to downsize domestically and have a few hundred progs from late eighties to date plus TOOFIFs , Fultime,Cottage Pie etc.to give away.

Happy to give them to a true fan who can collect from West London.

I'm on [email protected] if anyone's intetested.


GUAS W7

Back in the Seventies Morgan D.Phillips wrote onebof the first histories of the club. It eas called "Fulham we Love Morgan was the son of  Morgan W.Phillips ,General Secretary of the Labour Party and Fulham councillor, and brother of Gwyneth Dunwoody MP.
Very good on the early days and finally puts to bed the legend that the Rev.P.S.G.Propert founded Fulham. It also conrains the following absolute gem.
In his book "Goals are my Business" Allan Clarke describes his Fulham debut at Nottingham Forest on Easter Saturday 1966.The details are convincing enough,his fiancee  Margaret and his friend Percy Sell among the spectators, a 1-2 victory despite the absence of Haynes, praise from George Cohen ,Dave Sexton and the injured Haynes and a kiss from Vic Buckingham. Unfortortunately Clarke omits one essential fact - the game was postponed because of heavy rain.
Clarke actually made his debut at Leeds on the following Tuesday but thought he was in Nottingham!


GUAS W7

Slight error in my post. Morgan D.Phillips' book / booklet was actually entitled "Fulham we love you".

A few too many prematch scoops to blame ,


GUAS W7

LBNo11

#10
Here's a scan of my copy of Morgan D. Phillips' 52 page booklet:-


Twitter: @LBNo11FFC

DadCreature

Quote from: whitejc on September 11, 2017, 04:48:12 PM

"Foundation History of The Fulham Football Club"




"Foundation History of The Fulham Football Club"

by H.D. Shrimpton (ex Fulham F.C. player and secretary)


LBNo11

During the 1969-70 season Fulham FC published in it's programme a serialisation of a booklet from a former player and club secretary Mr H.D.Shrimpton entitled "Foundation History of Fulham Football Club". The first part appeared on December 27th 1969 for the game against Barrow. The editor added this postscript to the serialisation:-

"Mr. E.W. Alexander, who lives in Birmingham yet supports Fulham with an inspiring tenacity, has sent us a copy of a booklet he bought recently. We found it fascinating. It is a great opportunity to set the record right on a number of things, so we will be reproducing parts of it from time to time.

We are not sure of the date but assume it is from before the first (world) war."

In the spring of 1997 the same booklet was re-published for £1.00 to help with the funding of Fulham 2000 campaign.

I have always wanted to have such an important historical document available for a wider audience and with the advent of the cyber age this is now possible. I managed to trace (thanks to Geoffrey the cabbie on the official message board, and Jenny Gower at Fulham FC) Henry Shrimpton's grandson, the former Fulham FC director David Shrimpton, whose family still support Fulham, and he very kindly gave me permission to reproduce the booklet exclusively for Friends Of Fulham, TOOFIF and Fulham USA. It must be noted that the writing is in the vernacular of that period, and that although at times the information appears disjointed it is nonetheless enthusiastic and interesting. I have deliberately not changed the wording of the publication in any way, and have left the original programme editors notes from 1970 in italics.

In the original accompanying notes with the series, there was a foreword from G.H.T Shrimpton, CBE., TD. The father of David Shrimpton. "My father published the booklet in 1950 and it is pleasant to learn there is still interest in his account of the origins of the club. My family still takes some pride in its association with Fulham. The record of four brothers playing for it, three of them regularly, seems unlikely to be equalled and is enhanced by the fact that one of them, Tom Shrimpton, captained the first Fulham team to play at Craven Cottage. My father and brother were in the side.

When his employers required my father to reduce his commitment to football, he turned out for Fulham under the name of S.D. Henry. However he was always known locally as 'Mo', a name he acquired as a young full back for Fulham against Dartford in an away Cup tie. Fulham who were not expected to win, took a 1 – 0 lead in the second half and thereafter my father put so many clearances in the river that the name of the boatman who was called each time to retrieve it remained with my father until he died in 1956, aged 81.

I was weaned on Fulham football and although I played rugby football for Kent and London Counties and was for fifteen years chairman of the Old Blues R.F.C., I used to return with my father to Craven Cottage when I was injured or the ground too hard for rugby.

Now my early conditioning has re-asserted itself. My sons, fourth generation Fulham supporters, and I rarely miss a first or reserves game there"

David Shrimpton has written a further postscript to accompany this 'electronic' serialisation.

"The family connection with Fulham is a genetic defect, but this applies to many long-standing Fulham supporters!

Our family involvement in Fulham goes through four generations. My grandfather, Henry, captained Fulham and claimed to be the first person to kick a football at Craven Cottage when on 10th October 1896 he led the team out to play Minerva, the opening game at the new ground.

Three of his brothers also played for Fulham; he then became Company Secretary, and the registered office of the Club was at the family home in Fulham, so he was well qualified to write the 'Foundation History of Fulham Football Club'.

My father, George Shrimpton, was a life long supporter and a Vice President, and he and his father took me to my first match in 1949. I became a Director of the Club in 1991, worked with the Muddyman family to rescue the Club, developed the Dream Scheme to find someone seriously rich to take over the Club (instead of the terminal plan to reduce capacity down to 12,000 by building flats on three sides of the ground) and through an unplanned act of fate was responsible for introducing MAF to Fulham – and the rest is history".

Fulham FC began it's life 130 years ago this year (2009), and so to commemorate this – we bring you:-


you can read the rest here...

http://www.friendsoffulham.com/wordpress/?p=53

Thanks for that. What an awesome read.


Logicalman

If anyone is interested in additional reading regarding the club, matches, players and managers, then you should checkout Ashwater Press.
http://www.ashwaterpress.co.uk/theashwaters.html

Run by Fulham Fans, with books by:

Ken Cotton (Official FFC Photographer back in the day - if you've ever seen an FFC Program from many years past, pretty good bet that the pix will be from Ken)
Martin Plumb (FFC aficionado of the highest order)
David LLoyd (Whom many will know if they ever read a TOOFIF - There's only one effing Fulham - mag)
Alex White (FFC Historian)
Dennis Turner (Excellent Author)
'Diddy' David Hamilton (Radio Broadcaster, FFC Announcer)

.. and if you just want to know what it was like growing up there, checkout books by Harry Turner
Logical is just in the name - don't expect it has anything to do with my thought process, because I AM the man who sold the world.