Fulham Football Club
The Georgian House Hotel is
a great place to stay if you are planning to visit Fulham
Football Club. The club is based in Fulham and is easy to
reach walking, by bus or underground.
Fulham is the oldest of London's first class clubs and
its long history began back in 1879 with some Sunday-school
boys knocking a ball around on a long-forgotten park pitch.
History of Fulham Football Club
Fulham's history has, at times, been a genuine "Who's Who"
of football folklore and the roll call underpins the underachievement
of the Club through the years. England captain Johnny Haynes,
spent his entire first class career at Fulham between 1952
and 1970. The original Maestro, Haynes made the unprecedented
steps of becoming the first footballer to earn £100 a week.
Fulham has long been renowned for discovering promising
young talent that has progressed to win major honours elsewhere.
Alan Mullery, Rodney Marsh, and Allan Clarke all came to
prominence with Fulham. In addition to being a springboard
for many blossoming futures, Fulham has been home to numerous
legends in the autumn of their football lives. Mullery returned
to Craven Cottage in 1972 and linked up with the legendary
Bobby Moore, another of the World Cup-winning XI, to don
the black and white. Together, Moore and Mullery guided
Fulham through record 11 matches to reach the 1975 FA Cup
Final. Despite the FA Cup Final and the star-studded line-ups
of the 70s, it is the 60s that are viewed as the sepia-tinted
halcyon days in Fulham's post-war history.
The reason is pretty straightforward - between 1959 and
1968 the banks of the Thames were home to top-flight football.
By May 1968 Fulham had ridden their luck once too often
and the sultry 27 points on the board made relegation unavoidable.
Malcolm Macdonald's young Fulham side of the early 80s looked
to be the ray of sunshine the Club so desperately craved
and were touted by many as the best Fulham team since the
60s.
However, as battles were fought and won in the boardroom,
the gradual slide on the pitch continued until Fulham hit
the football basement in 1994. In January 1996 the situation
hit absolute rock bottom. Home gates were averaging a meagre
4000. Fulham were second from bottom, the Club's lowest
ever League position. Fulham lost. For many it was the blackest
day in the entire history of the Club. Staring non-league
football right in the face, Fulham Football Club in its
traditional guise was also staring at the prospect of extinction.
But Fulham Football Club was too much a part of the football
establishment to slip away into the abyss, and this was
at the forefront of former player Micky Adams' mind when
he assumed control of team affairs in 1996.
Steering the ailing side out of the danger zone, he secured
Fulham's future as a Football League club before embarking
on a comeback campaign the following season. Fulham finished
1996/97 in second place in Division Three - the Club's first
promotion in 15 years, achieved solely on spirit, hard work
and determination.
For more information visit www.fulhamfc.com.
Need a place to stay? Georgian
House Hotel is ideally situated in a very central location,
so visiting sights all over London is quick and easy. Why
not book Georgian House Hotel when you plan a trip
to see the Fulham Football Club? You can book online or
email to make a reservation on reception@georgianhousehotel.co.uk,
or telephone on 0044(0)207 834 1438
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