On this day 1987, Fulham 0-6 Port Vale

[win-dup]

Horrible bleak winter day, look how empty everywhere is with people huddling together. Ground neglected with weeds growing through the terracing while that a******e Clay pocketed five million pounds and buggered off. Thought we'd had it that day and we would be out of the Cottage at the end of the season. Horrible time.

[RaySmith]

Just moved to Glasgow at that time, but the protests were on the news up there, and my wife's relatives were impressed by Fulham fans' loyalty and  refusal to be pushed around.

Coincidentally, my wife, clearing boxes in the cellar, just found two programmes from 1986 - v Swindon, in October, and v Bristol City, November- with a photo of Gordon Davies on the cover,  re-signing for us.

I'm afraid I can't remember much about these games, but the team for Swindon was - Vaughan, Marshall, Cottington, Scott, Oakes, Parker, Barnett, Achampong, Coney, Hoddy, Lewington, and against City- Vaughan, Marshall, Hopkins, Scott, Oakes, Parker, Barnett, Hoddy, Coney, Kerrins, Davies.

[FulhamKC]

Great pics of the Cottage in leaner times. When was the Putney end renovated?