Fulham's crest since 2000

Full name Fulham Football Club

Nickname(s) The Cottagers, The Whites, The Lilywhites

Founded 1879 (as Fulham St Andrew's
Church Sunday School)

Ground Craven Cottage

Fulham, London
(Capacity: 25,678[1])

Chairman Flag of Egypt Mohamed Al-Fayed

Manager Flag of England Roy Hodgson

Captain : DANNY MURPHY http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/danny-murphy/
League Premier League

2008–09 Premier League, 7th



Fulham Football Club (pronounced /ˈfʊləm/) is an English professional football club based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and they are in the top tier of English football, the Premier League. Fulham are the oldest professional football team in London, usually considered to have been founded in 1879 (though the semi-professional Cray Wanderers F.C. are the oldest team in London still in existence).[2]

They spent much time in the old First Division through the 1960s, but are yet to gain any major honours. In 1975, as a Second Division team, they contested the FA Cup final for the only time in their history, losing 2–0 to West Ham United. Fulham qualified for the UEFA Cup in 2002 by winning the Intertoto Cup, beating Bologna 5–3 in the final over two legs. In the UEFA Cup, they won through two rounds before being defeated by Hertha Berlin. In the mid-1990s they had a brief spell in the former Fourth Division, but within less than a decade, they advanced into the top flight. No doubt their new millionaire chairman, Mohamed Al-Fayed played a crucial role. In 2009, Fulham had their highest-ever finish in the top-flight, coming 7th to qualify for Europe once again.

The club has produced many British greats including Johnny Haynes, George Cohen, Bobby Robson, George Best, Rodney Marsh, Alan Mullery and Bobby Moore. They play at the historic Craven Cottage, their famous home since 1896, a riverside ground on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham, having spent two years at Loftus Road while Craven Cottage was undergoing renovations to bring it up to Premier League standards. The club's training ground is located near Motspur Park (and was where Chariots of Fire among others was filmed), where Fulham's Academy is also situated, including a mini-stadium where the reserves play.

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Added on September 20, 2009, 11:20 pmRoy Hodgson and the great escape
Main article: Fulham Season 2007-08
Fulham in white playing against Manchester United in March 2008

Roy Hodgson was named as the new manager of Fulham on 28 December 2007, and took up his contractual duties on 30 December 2007[25], just two days before the January transfer window opened. The squad's spine was strengthened with the signings of Brede Hangeland, Leon Andreasen, Eddie Johnson, Erik Nevland and veteran former Liverpool striker, Jari Litmanen. Canadian captain and right-back Paul Stalteri and Finland's Toni Kallio were also signed on loan from Tottenham Hotspur and Young Boys, respectively. This new look squad was complemented by the return of key players and fan favourites Brian McBride and Jimmy Bullard. Both would prove to be hugely influential in Fulham's end-of-season run-in.

Hodgson's tenure started with a 2-1 loss to Chelsea on New Year's Day, followed by a goalless draw with Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium before he claimed his first win five days later against Aston Villa, courtesy of a trademark Bullard free-kick. Despite this positive start, Fulham struggled to build momentum and their form remained patchy throughout March. Hodgson did however add a second victory on 16 March 2008, against an Everton side chasing the fourth and final UEFA Champions League qualification spot. Former Toffees Simon Davies and McBride combined, with the latter heading home to secure a 1–0 win at Craven Cottage.

Again however, Fulham failed to maintain a consistent run of form following a victory. A drab 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Roy Keane's Sunderland side left Hodgson on the verge of tears in the post-match press conference and many pundits writing off Fulham's survival chances. Fans contended that although Hodgson's side were markedly improved defensively, and retained possession much better than under either Coleman or Sanchez, with aesthetically pleasing football, a lack of fire power up-front and the failure to settle on a first-choice 11 had hurt the team and caused vital points to be dropped.

Despite the negative press Hodgson continued to believe survival was attainable and rallied his team to win four of their remaining five games and secure their Premier League position for the 2008–09 season. This incredible run of form started with a first away win in 34 attempts against relegation rivals Reading. However, for many fans the turning point of the season came two games later, against Manchester City. Fulham trailed 2–0 at half-time and due to results in other fixtures, were mathematically relegated. However the introduction of the much maligned Diomansy Kamara heralded the start of a fantastic comeback. Kamara struck twice as Fulham registered 3-2 victory and second consecutive away win.

This result set the scene for a "six-pointer" against fellow strugglers Birmingham City at Craven Cottage. McBride and Erik Nevland struck to lift Fulham out of the relegation zone for the first time in months and leave survival in the club's own hands.

Barring a goal-rush from Reading, a win against a Portsmouth side looking ahead to their first FA Cup Final appearance in 69 years would guarantee survival. This however would be no easy feat. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, himself a survivor of several relegation scrapes (West Ham in 1995 and 1997 as well as Portsmouth in 2006), promised to field a full-strength side. More importantly Fulham had never recorded three consecutive victories in the Premier League, much less three consecutive away wins. Fulham's fans travelled to Fratton Park expecting a tense final-day and they weren't disappointed. In fact, with 15 minutes to play Fulham were again mathematically relegated with Birmingham City and Reading leading comfortably. However Kamara earned Fulham a free-kick with 76 minutes played, and Bullard's delivery found Danny Murphy who headed home the decisive goal, sparking manic celebrations from the travelling fans. Hodgson had ensured survival against all odds, breaking several club records in the process and cementing his place in Fulham folklore.
[edit] 2008–09 season
Main article: Fulham F.C. season 2008-09

After Fulham's relegation escape, Hodgson spoke of the need to ensure Fulham never found themselves in such a precarious position again. He struck early during the summer transfer window to claim the signing of experienced, Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer on a free from Middlesbrough on 22 May 2008. On 28 May 2008, the club announced that captain and club legend Brian McBride would not renew his contract and would be returning to USA to play for the Chicago Fire. On 12 June Fulham added the signing of Andranik Teymourian to its summer acquisitions. The 25-year-old Armenian-Iranian defensive midfielder has played most recently for Bolton and the Iran national football team. Zoltan Gera was also added to the squad earlier in the same month, after turning down a new contract with newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. In early July, Toni Kallio, whom Hodgson had signed on loan in January, signed a full contract with the club. On 15 July, Fulham announced the joint signing of Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil from London rivals West Ham. Next followed the saga of Andrew Johnson in which it was reported in the press on 29 June that Johnson (from Premier League rivals Everton) would be joining immediately for up to 12 million pounds. The transfer eventually happened more than a week later and at fees rising to almost 13 million, he is the second most expensive signing in Fulham's history, (after Steve Marlet), and was looking to make an impact along with the other 9 player Roy Hodgson signed in the 2008–09 season. The current captain is Danny Murphy.
Clint Dempsey (23), John Paintsil (4), and Andrew Johnson celebrate a goal against Middlesbrough

Fulham's start to the season was not fantastic: a 2-1 defeat away to Hull City. However, two home games in quick succession saw them record a surprise 1-0 victory over Arsenal, as well as a 2-1 win against Bolton Wanderers. They also beat Leicester City in the Carling Cup, but it was a nervy affair for Fulham, who won 3-2 after being 2-1 down with 7 minutes to go: Danny Murphy scored the winner in stoppage time. Four successive defeats, three of which were in the League to Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion saw Fulham slide down the table: the other defeat, away to Burnley, saw them go out of the Carling Cup. Two draws against Sunderland and Portsmouth helped to stop the rot, and a 2-0 home win against Wigan Athletic was crucial. Fulham then somehow contrived to lose away to Everton, but they rectified this by defeating both Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage. The win against Spurs was particularly noteworthy, as Roy Hodgson's side became the first to beat Tottenham under their new manager Harry Redknapp. Two 0-0 draws away to Liverpool and Aston Villa saw them rise to 10th in the table, and they have already picked up over half their points tally of last season. Their 1-1 draw at home with Manchester City, followed by their 0-0 draw away at Stoke City mean that they are now unbeaten in six matches. Following the Stoke match, Fulham had a very comfortable 3-0 win against Boro. Despite not winning either of their next two fixtures, the Christmas period was a satisfactory one for Fulham: on Boxing Day they drew 0-0 away to Tottenham (the year before they had lost 5-1 in the same fixture on the same day), and two days later they snatched a dramatic draw at home to their local rivals Chelsea, with both goals coming from American Clint Dempsey. This saw them cement their place in mid-table, where they still remain at 9th position in the third week of March 2009, a month in which they have had mixed results, losing 1-2 to lowly ranked Blackburn Rovers and 0-1 to Hull City, but sensationally prevailing 2-0 on 21 March 2009 at Craven Cottage against Premier League defending champions and 2008-09 leaders Manchester United, who had two players, Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney sent off. The goals for Fulham were scored by Danny Murphy and Zoltan Gera. Earlier in the season, the team reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup, eventually losing at home to Manchester United. Fulham finished the season in seventh place allowing them to enter the recently re-named Europa League for only the second time in their history.

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Added on September 20, 2009, 11:21 pmCurrent management
Position Name Nationality
Manager: Roy Hodgson Flag of England English
Assistant Manager/Goalkeeping Coach: Mike Kelly Flag of England English
First Team Coach: Ray Lewington Flag of England English
Development Squad Coach: Billy McKinlay Flag of Scotland Scottish
Head of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science Mark Taylor Flag of England English
Strength/Conditioning Scott Miller Flag of Australia Australian
First Team Doctor: Steve Lewis Flag of England English
Fulham Academy Director: Huw Jennings Flag of Wales Welsh
Senior Match Analyst: Andy Scoulding Flag of England English
[edit] Players
[edit] First-team squad

As of 1 September 2009.[26]

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Australia GK Mark Schwarzer
2 Flag of Ireland DF Stephen Kelly
3 Flag of England DF Paul Konchesky
4 Flag of Ghana DF John Pantsil
5 Flag of Norway DF Brede Hangeland (vice-captain)
6 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Chris Baird
7 Flag of South Korea FW Seol Ki-Hyeon
8 Flag of England FW Andrew Johnson
10 Flag of Norway FW Erik Nevland
11 Flag of Hungary MF Zoltán Gera
12 Flag of England GK David Stockdale
13 Flag of England MF Danny Murphy (captain)
14 Flag of Iran MF Andranik
15 Flag of Senegal FW Diomansy Kamara
16 Flag of Ireland MF Damien Duff

No. Position Player
17 Flag of Norway MF Bjørn Helge Riise
18 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Aaron Hughes (vice-captain)
19 Flag of Switzerland GK Pascal Zuberbühler
20 Flag of Nigeria MF Dickson Etuhu
21 Flag of the United States FW Eddie Johnson
22 Flag of Sweden DF Fredrik Stoor
23 Flag of the United States MF Clint Dempsey
25 Flag of England FW Bobby Zamora
26 Flag of England DF Chris Smalling
27 Flag of England MF Jonathan Greening (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
29 Flag of Wales MF Simon Davies
33 Flag of Finland DF Toni Kallio
34 Flag of South Africa MF Kagisho Dikgacoi
35 Flag of Sweden FW David Elm
[edit] Reserve squad

As of 21 August 2009.[27] [28]

No. Position Player
24 Flag of England MF Robert Milsom
28 Flag of England DF Adam Watts
30 Flag of England MF Wayne Brown
31 Flag of England MF Matthew Saunders
32 Flag of the Netherlands FW Danny Hoesen
36 Flag of England DF Joe Anderson
37 Flag of England DF Matthew Briggs
38 Flag of the Philippines GK Neil Etheridge
39 Flag of England GK Wesley Foderingham

No. Position Player
40 Flag of Nigeria FW Michael Uwezu
41 Flag of England GK Marcus Bettinelli
42 Flag of England MF Courtney Harris
43 Flag of Wales MF Reece Jones
44 Flag of England DF Keanu Marsh-Brown
45 Flag of England DF Alex Smith
— Flag of England DF Elliot Omozusi
— Flag of Italy MF Luca Moscatiello

Numbers refer to first team. Reserve and youth games are 1-11.
[edit] Fulham in Europe

Fulham have twice qualified for European Competition, qualifying for the Intertoto Cup after their inaugural season in the Premier League, and the Europa League after their club-best seventh place finish in the 2008-09 Premier League season. Fulham have never lost at home in European Competition, with a home record of 6 wins and 3 draws.

This post has been edited by fk2222: Dec 30 2009, 09:32 AM

Fulham

Murphy signed for Fulham for an undisclosed fee on 31 August 2007. [3][4]

Since joining Fulham Murphy has become a regular starter and kept his place in the team throughout the season and has scored 6 goals in 43 matches. One goal, a rare header scored on 11 May 2008 for a 1-0 win away at Portsmouth ensured Fulham's Premier League survival at the expense of Birmingham and Reading; the goal coming as manager Roy Hodgson prepared to substitute Murphy.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson gave Murphy the captain's armband for the 2008-09 season after he had been captain for most of Fulham's pre-season games.

Murphy scored his 100th career goal against Newcastle United on 9 November 2008. [1] On 21 March 2009, Murphy scored the first goal from the penalty spot against defending champions and league leaders Manchester United in a sensational 2-0 win at Craven Cottage. The penalty was awarded when Paul Scholes handled the ball, which also resulted in Scholes being sent off.

In 2009, Murphy began writing a twice-weekly blog for eurosport.yahoo.com, in which he gives insight into the Fulham dressing room and opinions on the current issues in football.

On 23 August 2009, Murphy injured himself while attempting an ambitious tackle on Ricardo Carvalho in a home game against Chelsea. This meant that he would miss a game for Fulham for the first time, against Aston Villa.

This post has been edited by fk2222: Sep 20 2009, 11:36 PM

Best Videos to know about Fulham FC.





Support Mid-Sized teams that play real football!!!
You can always be a fan of the Mid-Sized team , and also support the BIG 4 in the same time.

They are small , but they play with their limited resources. Yet they are striving for succcess , although finance is always their problem.

Anyway, wish you guys have a good discussion.

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Location Stevenage Road, London SW6 6HH
Coordinates 51°28′30″N 0°13′18″W / 51.475°N 0.22167°W / 51.475; -0.22167Coordinates: 51°28′30″N 0°13′18″W / 51.475°N 0.22167°W / 51.475; -0.22167
Opened 1896 (as a stadium)
Owner Fulham F.C.
Operator Fulham F.C.
Surface Grass
Architect Archibald Leitch
Capacity 26,678[1]
Tenants
Fulham F.C. (1896-2002, 2004-present)
Fulham R.F.C. (RFL Championship) (1980-1984)
Republic of Ireland national football team (some matches)

Craven Cottage is the name of a sports stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896. The capacity of the stadium was increased to 25,500 following cosmetic repairs. Fulham's highest all-seated attendance to date of 25,661 was recorded in their 0-1 defeat against Liverpool on Saturday 4 April 2009.

It is located next to Bishop's Park on the banks of the River Thames. 'Crave Cottage' was originally a royal hunting lodge and has history dating back over 300 years. The stadium is used by the Australian and Republic of Ireland national football team for some friendly matches due to a large expat population living in England (mainly in London).

cottagers' fan in here.

I'm in. We're always exciting to watch I must say; depends on which end of the field it is though.

Yeah. And what's more unique about us is that the majority of other EPL club fans here (most likely of the big four) don't really bother about us when their team meet. But we are capable of giving out surprises, right? It's amazing how Fulham has gone from a lower division side to a Premier League side in less than a decade. Go Cottagers!

Yeah man , I'm so glad that u guys are brave enough to bump up this post.

Fulham is just like my supporting Liverpool , since danny murphy went over , its like fulham gonna be the next Liverpool. Dramatic!

Fulham is my 2nd favourite in EPL. I like them during Jean Tigana and Chris Coleman era.

im not a big fan of big 4....newcastle is my fav....
and fulham is doing great job so far....duff so fierce in fulham..isn't he?

yes. let's bump up this post more often and try to gather as much as possible Cottagers fans in LYN.

Go Fulham! My 2nd favourite team. Fulham deserve at least Europa League spot with this performance.

I thought I saw Chris Baird just now, i guess he's still in Fulham XD

Damien Duff is one of Fulham greatest buy. He perform better in fulham than chelsea.

I don't think so. He was a left winger for chelsea and has done much more than way then..

its alright guys , damien duff bobby zamora even glen johnson...

these are players that been dumped by big clubs...haha, look at fulham craven cottage , how humble is it!

the ball flung out to the roof and fell down to the spectators , and they still use back the same ball.

that's football. period

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Added on December 20, 2009, 3:03 pmDanny murphy scores against MU AGAIN!!!

HAHA...look our devil killer...I love fulham because he is there to be such big impact to the team. I love the structure and balance of the team , defensively and attacking abilities.

Its so nice to watch such an organised team.

This post has been edited by fk2222: Dec 20 2009, 03:03 PM

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/danny-murphy/

GUYS MUST VISIT HERE!

Danny Murphy remind me of Ray Parlour. Unsung hero when he was a Liverpool. Tireless till the end. I still stand Damien Duff play lot better at Fulham than Chelsea. But his best form when he was at Blackburn play along with David Dunn.

First of all, Duff just joined fulham this season. And you're already judging him playing better than his times at chelsea

He hasn't even got 20 games in his belt under fulham...

This post has been edited by gerrardtorres9: Dec 20 2009, 11:32 PM

my! I was chuffed when we beat Man U 3-0!! that's a big achievent. we could have even scored 4 or 5! hats off to Murphy, Zamora and Duff. A bit late to comment here coz I couldn't go online for the past 2 days.

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Added on December 29, 2009, 8:31 amwe lost against our neighbouring rival Chelsea. I thought we could have won because we were leading in the 1st half. well, at least we're still in mid-table and no one (especially supporters of the big four) bothers that much about us. lulz.



This post has been edited by kurt995: Dec 29 2009, 09:07 AM