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Memries of Fulham.
Our last meeting was on 25th August 2015 when we lost 0-3 away at Craven Cottage in the second round of the Capital One League Cup.
The season before, we met Fulham in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup at Bramall Lane on January 26th, 2014. Leading 1-0 at half-time, the game changed when Michael Doyle was sent off for an ‘off the ball’ incident. Fulham duly levelled and, at 1-1, a replay in the capital loomed:
This video also covers the replay on February 4th. 0-0 after 90 minutes and extra time, Sean Miller finally broke the deadlock in the last seconds of ET. This Cup run progressed with victories at home to Nottingham Forest and then Charlton in the Quarter Finals before finally ending in the semi-final v Hull at Wembley.
The earliest clip I’ve found is 21st March 1936 and the FA Cup Semi-Final at Molineaux. This match between two second-tier sides (commentary by Cholmondley Warner) saw United win 2-1 before losing in the Final v Arsenal, 1-0.
The FA Cup 4th Round tie at Craven Cottage on 4th Feb. 1967. 32,659 saw United draw 1-1 with our goal coming from Mick Jones. The Blades played in all white that day and the Fulham goal was scored by Allan Clarke – later of Leeds United. The replay at Bramall Lane attracted a crowd of 33,279 and we won 3-1 with two goals for Bill Punton and one from Mick Jones:
Also around that era – on April 23rd, 1968 – Fulham won the top tier (Division One) match at Bramall Lane 2-3. Three games later, on the final day of the season, Fulham’s neighbours Chelsea won 2-1 at Bramall Lane after trailing 1-0. John Harris’s Blades were relegated to Division Two and I sat down on the kop steps long after most of the 28,680 crowd had drifted away and (not for the last time) cried.
On 26th March, 1977 me and some mates went down to see us lose 2-3 at Fulham in Division Two. Back then, British Rail did ‘Football Weekends’ to London with return rail travel and a night in a hotel for around £28. Our hotel was at St. Pancras but, back then, the station was a dump – covered in soot left over from the steam era. What made this journey especially memorable was that Fulham had taken to signing well past-it players and fielded the likes of George Best, Rodney Marsh, Bobby Moore and Alan Mullery. However in this game, only Moore featured:
Bobby Moore and a 19-years-old Keith Edwards
Kevin McDonald left the Blades in August 2013 for a reported £750,000 to join Wolves. Despite signing a contract that would keep him at Wolves until summer 2018, in July 2016 McDonald joined Fulham where he is still a regular starter.
Recent-ish meetings:
Full list.
Since their relegation from the Premier League in 2013-14 (where they finished second-bottom with 32 points), The Cottagers (
) have taken three season to ‘find their feet’. The relegation season was marked with ownership battles, three managers and a ‘last throw of the dice’ in the January 2014 transfer window when they broke their transfer record by spending £12.5 on Kostantinos Mitroglou from Olympiacos.
On their return to the Championship (surely their natural home?), Fulham spent £11m on Ross McCormack. However, after seven games Fulham had just one point, manager Felix Magath was sacked in September 2014 and Fulham ended the 2014-15 season in 17th position.
The following season – 2015-16 – was even more disappointing and a season-long relegation struggle saw them scrape enough points to just avoid relegation and finish in 20th place.
Last season (2016-17) was far more productive and Fulham reached the play-offs in 6th place with 80 points. However, a narrow defeat over two legs to Reading (2-1) ensured a fourth season in the Championship.
Fulham Football Club is owned by Shahid Khan. Khan completed his purchase of the club from Mohamed Al-Fayed on 12 July 2013 for a reported £150–200M.
During his ownership of Fulham, Al-Fayed had provided Fulham F.C. with £187 million in interest free loans. In March 2011 Fulham posted annual losses of £16.9 million, Al-Fayed stated that he would continue to make "funds available to achieve our goals both on and off the pitch" and that the "continued success of Fulham and its eventual financial self-sustainability is my priority."As of January 2013 Fulham were effectively debt free as Al-Fayed converted the loans into equity in the club.
Key Player? Ryan Sessegnon. (No. 3) A left-sided defender with attacking instincts, he's risen through the ranks quickly, and was a regular for Steve Wigley's Under-18 side in 2015/16, despite being just 15 years of age at the time. Now just 17 years old, last season, he scored an impressive 7 goals in 30 Championship appearances. His current estimated value is €8m. (But then, the same site – transfermarkt – has David Brooks valued at £250k…)
Manager: Slaviša Jokanović.
To date, our League results against Fulham read:
Home: P: 27 W: 16 D: 6 L: 5 F: 45 A: 22
Away: P: 27 W: 7 D: 6 L: 14 F: 35 A: 61
Our team that day was: 1 – Jim Brown, 2 – John Cutbush, 3- Paul Garner, 4 – Colin Franks, 5 – Eddie Colquhoun, 6 – Tony Kenworthy, 7 – Alan Woodward, 8 – Dennis Longhorn, 9 – Keith Edwards, 10 – Gary Hamson, 11 – Simon Stainrod.
Memries of Fulham.
Our last meeting was on 25th August 2015 when we lost 0-3 away at Craven Cottage in the second round of the Capital One League Cup.
The season before, we met Fulham in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup at Bramall Lane on January 26th, 2014. Leading 1-0 at half-time, the game changed when Michael Doyle was sent off for an ‘off the ball’ incident. Fulham duly levelled and, at 1-1, a replay in the capital loomed:
This video also covers the replay on February 4th. 0-0 after 90 minutes and extra time, Sean Miller finally broke the deadlock in the last seconds of ET. This Cup run progressed with victories at home to Nottingham Forest and then Charlton in the Quarter Finals before finally ending in the semi-final v Hull at Wembley.
The earliest clip I’ve found is 21st March 1936 and the FA Cup Semi-Final at Molineaux. This match between two second-tier sides (commentary by Cholmondley Warner) saw United win 2-1 before losing in the Final v Arsenal, 1-0.
The FA Cup 4th Round tie at Craven Cottage on 4th Feb. 1967. 32,659 saw United draw 1-1 with our goal coming from Mick Jones. The Blades played in all white that day and the Fulham goal was scored by Allan Clarke – later of Leeds United. The replay at Bramall Lane attracted a crowd of 33,279 and we won 3-1 with two goals for Bill Punton and one from Mick Jones:
Also around that era – on April 23rd, 1968 – Fulham won the top tier (Division One) match at Bramall Lane 2-3. Three games later, on the final day of the season, Fulham’s neighbours Chelsea won 2-1 at Bramall Lane after trailing 1-0. John Harris’s Blades were relegated to Division Two and I sat down on the kop steps long after most of the 28,680 crowd had drifted away and (not for the last time) cried.
On 26th March, 1977 me and some mates went down to see us lose 2-3 at Fulham in Division Two. Back then, British Rail did ‘Football Weekends’ to London with return rail travel and a night in a hotel for around £28. Our hotel was at St. Pancras but, back then, the station was a dump – covered in soot left over from the steam era. What made this journey especially memorable was that Fulham had taken to signing well past-it players and fielded the likes of George Best, Rodney Marsh, Bobby Moore and Alan Mullery. However in this game, only Moore featured:
Bobby Moore and a 19-years-old Keith Edwards
Kevin McDonald left the Blades in August 2013 for a reported £750,000 to join Wolves. Despite signing a contract that would keep him at Wolves until summer 2018, in July 2016 McDonald joined Fulham where he is still a regular starter.
Recent-ish meetings:
Since their relegation from the Premier League in 2013-14 (where they finished second-bottom with 32 points), The Cottagers (
) have taken three season to ‘find their feet’. The relegation season was marked with ownership battles, three managers and a ‘last throw of the dice’ in the January 2014 transfer window when they broke their transfer record by spending £12.5 on Kostantinos Mitroglou from Olympiacos.On their return to the Championship (surely their natural home?), Fulham spent £11m on Ross McCormack. However, after seven games Fulham had just one point, manager Felix Magath was sacked in September 2014 and Fulham ended the 2014-15 season in 17th position.
The following season – 2015-16 – was even more disappointing and a season-long relegation struggle saw them scrape enough points to just avoid relegation and finish in 20th place.
Last season (2016-17) was far more productive and Fulham reached the play-offs in 6th place with 80 points. However, a narrow defeat over two legs to Reading (2-1) ensured a fourth season in the Championship.
Fulham Football Club is owned by Shahid Khan. Khan completed his purchase of the club from Mohamed Al-Fayed on 12 July 2013 for a reported £150–200M.
During his ownership of Fulham, Al-Fayed had provided Fulham F.C. with £187 million in interest free loans. In March 2011 Fulham posted annual losses of £16.9 million, Al-Fayed stated that he would continue to make "funds available to achieve our goals both on and off the pitch" and that the "continued success of Fulham and its eventual financial self-sustainability is my priority."As of January 2013 Fulham were effectively debt free as Al-Fayed converted the loans into equity in the club.
Key Player? Ryan Sessegnon. (No. 3) A left-sided defender with attacking instincts, he's risen through the ranks quickly, and was a regular for Steve Wigley's Under-18 side in 2015/16, despite being just 15 years of age at the time. Now just 17 years old, last season, he scored an impressive 7 goals in 30 Championship appearances. His current estimated value is €8m. (But then, the same site – transfermarkt – has David Brooks valued at £250k…)
Manager: Slaviša Jokanović.
To date, our League results against Fulham read:
Home: P: 27 W: 16 D: 6 L: 5 F: 45 A: 22
Away: P: 27 W: 7 D: 6 L: 14 F: 35 A: 61
One last pic – Simon Stainrod and Bobby Moore from the 1977 game:
Our team that day was: 1 – Jim Brown, 2 – John Cutbush, 3- Paul Garner, 4 – Colin Franks, 5 – Eddie Colquhoun, 6 – Tony Kenworthy, 7 – Alan Woodward, 8 – Dennis Longhorn, 9 – Keith Edwards, 10 – Gary Hamson, 11 – Simon Stainrod.
