By JB
July 4 2008
Timeline History of Fulham Football Club
1879 - Club founded as Fulham St Andrews
1888 - Fulham drop St Andrews from the club name
1891 - Move to 1st enclosed ground-Half Moon Pub Land shared with Wasps rugby club
1894 - FFC takes control of Craven Cottage land and start to develop it
1896 - Craven Cottage hosts its first proper Home game Vs Minerva FC, Fulham win 4-0
1898 - Fulham join Second Division of the Southern League
1898 - Fulham vote and accept professionalism at the club
1903 - Fulham FC become a Limited Company
1903 - Fulham gain promotion to Southern League 1st Division
1904 - Fulham appoint 1st Manager: Harry Bradshaw
1905 - Stevenage Road Stand Built by Archibald Leitch
1906 - Fulham win the Southern League
1907 - Fulham win the Southern League again and are promoted to The Football League
1907 - Craven Cottage used for England International against Wales
1908 - Great Britain football team wins Olympic gold, Arthur Berry from Fulham FC plays
1910 - Fulham beat Chelsea in their first ever match 1-0
1911 - Craven Cottage used for Rugby International
1912 - Fulham make it to quarter finals of the FA Cup
1914 - Attempt to merge Arsenal and Fulham FC by ex-chairman Henry Norris fails
1919 - FFC in Final of the Victory Cup (beating Spurs +Arsenal) but lose to Chelsea 3-0
1920 - John Dean returns as Director. 3 generations of Deans stay in control of the club
1924 - Philip Kelso, Fulham's longest serving Manager of 15 years retires
1928 - Fulham relegated to Division 3 South
1931 - John McIntyre appointed Manager
1932 - Fulham gain promotion back to Division 2
1936 - Fulham reach FA cup Semi Finals but lose to Sheffield Utd 2-1
1938 - Highest ever home attendance record set at 49,335 against Milwall
1945 - Fulham resume football after World War II
1949 - Fulham Division 2 Champions & promoted to Division 1-First time in the top flight
1952 - After 3 seasons in Top Division, coming 17th,18th and 22nd Fulham are relegated
1952 - Jimmy Hill, future chairman and man behind 'Save Fulham FC' campaign signs
1952 - Johnny Haynes, Fulham Legend, starts his career with The Cottagers
1956 - FFC win famous victory 4-3 against Newcastle in the FA Cup after going 3 down
1956 - George Cohen MBE, World Cup winner, begins his career with Fulham
1958 - Fulham reach Semi Finals of the FA cup losing 5-3 to Man Utd at a replay
1959 - Fulham promoted to 1st Division
1960 - Against all expectations The Whites come 10th in their new season in the Elite
1962 - Another FA cup semi final, another need for a replay, Fulham lose 2-1 to Burnley
1964 - Frank Osborne retires after 43 years involved with the club
1965 - After 50 years as a player and trainer with Fulham, Frank Penn retires
1968 - Fulham relegated to Division 2 after disastrous season under Vic Buckingham
1968 - Bobby Robson returns from managing Vancouver Royals in Canada to Fulham
1969 - Robson sacked by Eric Miller and went on to a great managing career elsewhere
1969 - Fulham relegated to Division 3 after just one year in second division
1971 - After being pipped at the post to be divisional champions Fulham are promoted
1974 - Bobby Moore, England legend and World Cup winner signs for Fulham for £20k
1975 - After an amazing Cup run, Fulham make the FA Cup final.
1975 - In front of 100,000 people the all London FA Cup final is lost to West Ham 2-0
1976 - George Best signs for the club.
1977 - Ernie Clay in control of the club. After 50 years, Dean family no longer on board
1980 - Fulham demoted to Division 3
1982 - FFC take it to the wire and a draw in the final game ensure promotion to Div 2
1984 - Clay acquired option to buy Craven Cottage ground
1986 - Fulham again are relegated to Division 3
1986 - Marler Estates buy the Club and ground
1987 - Marler Estates buy QPR and try to merge the 2 clubs into Fulham Park Rangers
1987 - After a great campaign led by Jimmy Hill, he buys the Club from Marler Estates
1992 - The owners of the ground (now Cobra Estates) goes into recievership
1992 - Premier League's first season starts, restructuring the Football League
1994 - Fulham relegated from Division 3 to 4. (renamed 3 after Premier league created)
1995 - The lowest home attendance (in peacetime) is recorded of 2176 V Rotherham
1996 - Fulham placed 91st out of 94 in English League football, an all time low.
1996 - Mickey Adams given Managers job and reverses decline.
1997 - The club given option to buy Craven Cottage ground for £7.5 million
1997 - Coming second in the bottom division ensures promotion to Division 2
1997 - Mohamed Al Fayed steps in and buys the ground and the club
1999 - The Cottagers are crowned Division 2 Champions. promotion to Division 1 follows
2000 - Jean Tigana takes the helm and inspires a revolution on the pitch
2001 - After just 2 seasons in Division 1, Fulham become Champions and are promoted
2001 - After 34 years away from top flight English football Fulham are in the Premiership
2002 - Fulham come 13th in their first season in the premiership
2002 - The Cottagers get to the Semi Finals of The FA cup, but lose to Chelsea 1-0
2003 - Redevelopment of Craven Cottage means The Lilliewhites play at Loftus Road
2003 - Chris 'Cookie' Coleman Takes over as Manager of the Club.
2004 - Cookie guides The Whites to their highest ever finish of 9th in the Premiership
2007 - After a run of disappointing results Chris Coleman is sacked as manager
2007 - Laurie Sanchez oversees a solitary win over Liverpool to keep Fulham up
2008 - Against all the odds Roy Hodgson manages 'The Great Escape' Fulham stay up...