Fulham (The Cottagers) History

• 1879 - the club was founded by worshippers at the C of E church on Star Road as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School.
• October, 1885 - took place the first match against Hendon for the London FA Cup, but Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School was defeated 0-9.
• August,1887 - the first win of the team was the West London Amateur Cup. They beat St Matthew's 2-1.
• December, 1888 - Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School to Fulham.
• 1893 - Fulham won the West London League.
• 1894 - the team used many grounds (such as Roskell's Fields next to Parsons Green Station and the Ranelagh Ground close to the Hurlingham Club) but settled at Craven Cottage.
• October 10, 1896 - the first game at a new stadium was against Minerva. It was a London Senior Cup which Fulham won 4-0.
• 1986 - 1987 - Fulham entered the Second Division of the London League.
• December 12, 1898 - Fulham Football Club gained professional status.
• 1898 - the club was admitted into the Southern League 's 2nd division.
• 1899 - 1900 - Fulham finished runners-up to Watford, but they lost the Test Match 1-5 to Thames Ironworks (later West Ham).
• 1901 - 1902, 1902 - 1903 - the team was Southern League Second Division champions, but in spite of this, they missed out on the First Division.
• 1902 - 1903 - the club won promotion to the Southern League 1st Division.
• 1905 - 1906, 1906 -1907 - these seasons were prominent for winning the Southern League. Thus they entered the national Football League.
• September 3, 1907 - took place the first match playing in the Second Division, but the club lost 1-0 to Hull City. The first victory was four days later at Derby County's Baseball Ground, by a score line of 1-0. The club stayed in this division for twenty one year.
• 1908 - the team won an FA Cup game at Luton Town, but they were defeated by Newcastle United in semi-final match with a record score 6-0.
• 1909 - 1910 - this season was prominent for winning the London Challenge Cup.
• 1920 - the Third Division was organized.
• 1927 - 1928 - the team won only 13 out of 42 games and was relegated to the Third Division.
• 1931 - 1932 - after three season in the Third Division the Cottagers became champions. They defeated Torquay United 10-2, scored 111 goals and won 24 games. As a result the club was promoted to the Second Division.
• 1933 - Fulham finished 3rd and weren't promoted to the First Division.
• 1935 - 1936 - the club reached FA Cup semi-final.
• October 8, 1938 - a record crowd of 49,335 attended the game against Millwall FC at Craven Cottage.
• 1949 - after the war the Whites finished in 17th and then in 18th place.
• 1951 - 1952 - the Cottagers won only 8 of 42 games.
• May 20, 1951 - the club played a match against Celtic F.C. at Delorimier Stadium in Montreal.
• 1958 - Fulham reached the FA Cup semi-finals and as a result they won promotion back to the First Division. Graham Leggat came to the team.
• 1959 - 1960 - the club reached 10th position in the First Division.
• February, 1966 - Fulham had 15 points from 29 game.
• 1968 - 1969 - due to poor results (only 7 wins in 42 games), the club was relegated to the Third Division.
• 1970 - 1971 - the Whites were promoted back to the Second Division.
• 1975 - the team won their first semi-final of FA Cup and reached the final. Unfortunately Fulham lost to West Ham. Also they lost to Middlesbrough in Anglo-Scottish Cup final.
• 1979 - 1980 - the club was relegated. Bobby Campbell was dismissed and Malcolm Macdonald was brought in.
• 1981 - 1982 - due to the well-qualified players such as: Ray Houghton, Tony Gale, Paul Parker, Gerry Peyton and Ray Lewington the Cottagers were promoted again to the Second Division.
• 1982 - 1983 - the team was defeated by Derby and in such a way missed out a promotion.
• 1986 - they were relegated to the Third Division.
• 1994 - Ian Branfoot took over as a manager.
• 1995 -1996 - the club finished in 17th place. They lost to Torquay United. Micky Adams was appointed manager.
• 1996 - Mohamed Al-Fayed became an owner of the club. He replaced Micky Adams with Ray Wilkins and Kevin Keegan. Ray Wilkins became the First Team Manager and Kevin Keegan was Chief Operating Officer.
• 1998 - Ray Wilkins left the club after an argument. Keegan took over the management of the team and oversaw the clubs promotion. Then he left the club too.
• 1999 - Paul Bracewell was a new manager. The team won the Second Division title.
• 2000 - John Tigana took over a post of manager. He signed new players, among them was Louis Saha. The club gained a promotion, after scoring 90 goals in 46 matches. Finally the club had reached the Premier League.
• 2002 - 2003 - closely avoiding relegation Tigana was sacked and fans' favorite Chris Coleman took over the managerial reigns. He sold Louis Saha to Manchester United, for a record fee of £13 million. Fulham got 10 points out of a possible 15 and preserving a place in the Premier League for the next season. In his debut season he guided the club to a record ninth place finish.
• 2003 - 2004 - Fulham came close to relegation. Chris Coleman was dismissed and Chris Coleman was brought in, after a 4-0 home defeat by Blackburn Rovers.
• 2004 - 2005 - the Cottagers finished in 13th place.
• 2005 - 2006 - this season is prominent for a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic, a 6-1 win over West Bromwich Albion, a 1-0 win over rivals and champions Chelsea in the West London derby, a 2-0 win over 2005 European champions Liverpool F.C. From 18 home matches the team won 12.
• April 29, 2006 - a 2-1 win over Manchester City F.C. It was the first away victory. As the result the club finished in 12th position.
• 2006 -2007 - the start wasn't a success. They lost 5-1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. Vincenzo Montella, Alexey Smertin, Simon Davies and Clint Dempsey were brought in. The only victory between December and May was a game against Newcastle United (2-1).
• 2007 - after a series of defeats, Lawrie Sanchez was taken as manager. On 11 May 2007 - he became the permanent Fulham manager. He signed Diomansy Kamara from West Brom for a fee of £6 million.