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We take a closer look at our opposition for the upcoming Premier League season

2023-06-27T09:00:00.000Z

IN FOCUS: FULHAM

We take a closer look at our opposition for the upcoming Premier League season

2023-06-27T09:00:00.000Z

We take a closer look at our opposition for the upcoming Premier League season

Fulham

Founded as ‘Fulham St Andrew’s Church Sunday School FC’ in 1879, the outfit from the capital won the West London Amateur Cup eight years later before shortening the name to ‘Fulham’ as we now know them in December 1888.

Winners of the West London League at the first attempt, Craven Cottage became Fulham’s home in 1896 and in December 1898 they gained their professional status.

Joining The Football League in 1907, the Cottagers rejected a move to Stamford Bridge resulting in the formation of Chelsea, before eventually gaining promotion to the First Division in 1949.

There were relegations and promotions aplenty between the top flight and Second Division for Fulham who would then find themselves in the Third Division come 1969. It took just two campaigns though for the Cottagers to return to the Second Division and then reach the FA Cup final four seasons later in 1975.

Famous faces such as Bobby Moore and George Best appeared at Craven Cottage in the years to come but the club was on a slow downward slope and at their lowest point, a 17th-place finish in the fourth tier occurred in 1995/96.

A takeover from Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed in the summer of 1997 breathed new life into the Cottagers, who achieved three promotions in just five seasons to rise up to the Premier League in 2001.

Winning the Intertoto Cup the following year, The London side established themselves and remained in the top-flight until 2014. Enjoying the highs of a run to the UEFA Europa League final in 2010. Fulham saw off Juventus, Hamburg, Basel and Shakhtar Donetsk in their path before losing to Spanish side Atletico Madrid in final.

Having yo-yoed between the Premier League and Championship between 2018 & 2022, having been promoted as champions in the 2021/22 campaign, Fulham consolidated their spot in the Premier League last term with an impressive 10th-place finish.

Stadium: Craven Cottage (22,384) – Stevenage Road, London, SW6 6HH

Nickname(s): The Cottagers

Manager: Marco Silva

2022/23 finishing position: 10th

2022/23 top scorer (all competitions): Aleksandar Mitrović (15)

Played for both:

Alexander Kačaniklić – The Swedish international winger moved to Fulham from Liverpool's academy in 2010 as part of a deal which took Paul Konchesky to the Reds. Kačaniklić spent two years in the U21s side at Craven Cottage before breaking into the first team in 2012. With limited game time, the wideman was loaned to Watford, before a loan move to Burnley in the 2012/13 season making six appearances in the Championship. The Swede returned to Fulham and went on to make over 100 appearances in white and black including 47 Premier league outings before departing in 2016 to Nantes.

Kevin McDonald - The midfielder joined the Clarets from Dundee ahead of the 2008/09 season which saw Burnley promoted to the Premier League and go on an impressive League Cup run. McDonald made 64 appearances at Turf Moor across three seasons before leaving in 2011 to Sheffield United. The Scottish international spent three seasons at Bramall Lane before a transfer to Wolves, where McDonald made the move to Fulham from in 2016. In his four years at Craven Cottage, the central-midfielder achieved promotion from the Sky Bet Championship twice and featured 128 times in West London before leaving in 2021.

Gerry Peyton - Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper began his career at Turf Moor in 1975. The shot-stopper made 30 appearances for the Clarets across two seasons before moving to Fulham two years later. Peyton went on to play 345 times for the Cottagers across nine campaigns before joining AFC Bournemouth in 1986. The Birmingham-born goalkeeper also spent two years as goalkeeping coach at Craven Cottage from 2001-2003.

Full record against (competitive): P – 99, W – 48, D – 20, L - 31

Last time we met: 10.05.2021 – Fulham 0-2 Burnley [Westwood, Wood] (PL – COVID)

Last win against: Above

2023/24 Fixtures: H - 03/02/2024 / A – 23/12/2023