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| This from ...... Dan Goddard |
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Ten Best FFC Memories 1 Rodney McAree's winner at Brunton Park against Carlisle United. 2 Pulling up roots on the Putney Terrace with my brother for Ian Branfoot. 3 Mike Conroy's goal in the last minute against Southend at the Cottage, FFC lost the game 2-1 but went through 3-2 on aggregate. At the time FFC were div3 while the Shrimpers were div1. 4 The old programme shop in the Stevenage Road stand. 5 Terry Angus, every time he hoofed the ball forward to resounding chants of "HOOOF!!" fromt the FFC faithful. 6 Walking to the Cottage for evening games - especially the 3-1 win against Spurs in the League Cup. 7 Singing "The Blue Flag" song. 8 Signing Edwin Van Der Saar. 9 Buying "Where were we when we were ***" fanzine. 10 Al Fayed's mazy runs onto the hallowed Cottage turf with his giant flag and FFC baseball cap. Supporting FFC has been the best experience of my life and if FFC got relegated to the Richmond Park leagues I'd still be their most passionate fan! Dan Goddard |
| This tale from ...... Tony Murly |
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After seeing some of your recollections of the good and bad times at Craven Cottage over the years and the mention of my old friend Vic Halom, I will always remember the time that Vic had a bad injury to his knee and Johny Haynes who was the manager at the time sent him to the club doctor who diagnosed that he would never play again. Vic was totally devastated. We went for a drink that evening with my late Dad who told Vic that you never accept a first diagnosis and arranged for Vic to see another specialist, who diagnosed pretty much the same problem of arthritis in the knee but said that whether he carries on playing or not he would still have the problem and would have to have surgery in later years. Well Vic decided to refuse the insurance payout and went to Luton and then onto Sunderland where I was lucky enough to be present with his wife Jean when Vic played a major part in Sunderland beating Leeds in the 73 cup final. That was the last match that I saw in England for nearly 20 years as I moved to South Africa, but I was lucky enough to keep in touch and become good friends with the maestro himself Johnny Haynes, Alan Mullery, Mike Pentecost, Jimmy Dunne (the most under-rated player ever to wear a Fulham shirt) and my old mate Vic when he played for a team in Pretoria. The last I heard of Vic he was standing for a place in parliament at the last General Election in anybody knows of his whereabouts I would love to know. Tony Murly |
| This from ...... Les Osborn |
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10 Reasons why I love being a FFC supporter 1 Craven Cottage 2 Watching Johnny Haynes play 3 Graham Leggat's 4th and our 10th goal against Ipswich 4 Steve Earle's hat trick at Northampton to keep us up 5 The joy of John Mitchell's winner in the semi-final replay ( boy did I cry!!) 6 Les Barrett & Jimmy Conway at Wembley 7 Rodney MaCaree's strike at Carlisle 8 Sean Davis wiping the smirk off "sourpusse's" face 9 The way we played in Split 10 Singing Blue Flag Les Osborn |
| These tales from ...... Ian Alexander |
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Away to Brighton - Leaving the Black Horse at closing time Friday with two crates of Double Diamond in the boot - Sitting on the seafront at one in the morning - Copper asked "are you expecting a big crowd"? - Told us where to park and play footy - We fell asleep during the morning and nearly missed the kick off! Away to Carlisle - What a long way - Arrived Half time - and we lost. Away to Sunderland - Nearly died on the way back when I fell asleep on the A1. Away to Preston travelling with Thamesbank travellers - The coach ran out of Diesel and while waiting I realised I was pretty ill - Spent a week in Birmingham hospital having my appendix out and had to discharge myself to see Brighton at home following Saturday but because it hurt I sat in the new riverside stand - think we score 5 - everytime I cheered my insides threatened to explode. All about thirty years ago but seems like it was only yesterday. All done with Rob, Geoff, Andy and Frank - Don't know what happened to Andy, Geoff has just retired to Spain but Rob, Frank and I are still Season ticket holders although I didn't renew last year until I knew we were going back to the Cottage. Ian Alexander |
| This tale from ...... J D Sullivan |
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for me i will never forget terry angus at the away game at orient. he missed the game due to a ban and was sitting in the section of the seats next to our fans and when the singing started he stood up and joined in with the singing. a great man and a very loyal servant to the club. this was one of many times that he showed his love and loyalty to our club. J D Sullivan |
| This tale from ...... John Higgs |
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I've had some great memories as a Fulham supporter but for me the 65/66 season holds the fondest memories for me. Without looking up the exact statistics, with about 13 games to go we were in deep s***. Rock bottom, but we put a run together in those games, that if we had started the season like we finished those last 13, we would have won the league by a mile. In that run, the most important was Northampton away. It was I think the third game from the end of the season and they were in the same position as us and it virtually meant whoever won this game would stay up. For that game we still hold the record attendance at the Northampton ground (the old one) beating the previous attendance held by Chelsea ( which makes it all the sweeter). I'm sure on the day Chelsea were playing Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-final of the FA Cup which they lost 2-0, (can it get any better). In the game we went behind twice. Bobby Robson equalized the first with a screamer, then Steve Earle equalized the second and with time running out he scored twice more for his hat-trick, virtually guaranteeing us another season in Division One. To top it all, where all the Fulham supporters had run onto the pitch at the end of the game, I hadn't realised that Ken Cotton had taken my photo but I was so chuffed when at our next home game against Stoke there was my picture in the programme and since then it has been put in the Fulham Golden Years book. I'm sure everyone will know only a couple of months on and George Cohen won a world cup with England, a great time to be a Fulham Supporter. John |
(2 pts for a win in those days), losing only twice in our last 13 games!
| This tale from ...... Simon Lipscombe |
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| One of my favourite players was Vic Halom. Not the most gifted player to don the shirt but what a character! He got booked once and as the ref was telling him off he hid the match ball up the back of his shirt. I think was at home to Derby in the Watney Cup. All the crowd and all the players, including the opposition, could see what was going on and were falling about laughing. After booking him the ref looked for the ball but it was nowhere to be seen. Vic eventually produced it like he was Tommy Cooper and, luckily, the ref saw the funny side. 'Ave 'im, Vic! I also remember one terrible game in the late 70's. Wrexham or Carlisle I think. They could still be playing now and it would still be 0-0. The only excitement was when a dog ran onto the pitch. Five minutes after the dog had been caught and ejected from the ground we had a chorus of 'We want the dog back'. One of my first away days was in Shrewsbury in the old third division. I nicked a toilet roll from the bathroom and carried all the way to Shropshire. When Jimmy Conway scored I dutifully threw into the goal. Did I feel stupid when the goal was disallowed? Ho hum Simon |
| This tale from ...... Jon |
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| Can anyone else remember that auspicious occasion when Rodney Marsh ended up
in goal? I can't remember any details of the match - just the beautiful moment when Rod gathered the ball, bounced it to the edge of the area and gave it an almighty thump.Which was rather unfortunate for the opposition forward trotting away 5 yards in front of him - it hit him right in the back of the head and knocked him flying. A typical Marsh moment, I have to say...... does anyone else remember the match details? Jon |
| This tale from ...... The Wardo Wanderer |
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| Reading John Dixons article, brought back a few memories of my own and one which I will try to tell you now. When growing up within a five minute walk from the ground, me, my two brothers and a few friends would spend all our half term/summer breaks playing football in Bishops Park. We formed an imaginary team called the Wardo Wanderers (Wardo Avenue) and always spent the morning watching our heroes training at CC (yes they never had any other training facilities then) before trying to emulate what we just witnessed, in a game in Bishops Park. After the team finished training, we would always wait for our heroes to leave the Cottage through the big iron gates & collect thier autographs for the hundreth time (we were kids after all). However, one particular day whilst waiting with football in hand, the late great Bobby Moore appeared, signed autographs (again) & rather than leaving told us all to wait there! A few minutes passed and Bobby reappeared along with John Lacy, Alan Mullery, Peter Mellor and the late Bill Taylor (ffc & england coach) and in true jumpers for goalposts fashion, lined us all up, picked two captains and proceeded in the old playground style of picking two five a side teams. One goal was the iron gates and the other was two jumpers somewhere along the Stevenage Road. Can you imagine going home and telling your parents this tale? I can't remember the score but what a feeling for five lads and a ball, needless to say all five are still supporting FFC and are all STHs. I will be extremely sad to see the old ground disappear but that's progress and I am sure in years to come my son and probably his, will have his own unique tale to tell of the new ground. The Wardo Wanderer |
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