Fulham
Football Club was formed and
were elected into the
football league on the
12th of
December 1898.
Although
throughout the years, Fulham
has been home to
more than a few house
hold names, it was usually at
the end of the players
career and as such Fulham
FC spent most of their time in
the lower divisions
of the football league.
It
wasn’t until the arrival of
multi-millionaire Harrods
owner Mohammed Al
Fayed, who had big plans for
the club that Fulham began to
make their name as a top
flight football team, When
Kevin Keegan took over
as Fulham’s manager in
1998 it was a sure sign of Al
Fayed's intentions with
the club, as Keegan had
previously taken Newcastle
United from the Second
Divison to within an
whisker of the championship.
However, despite the
higher profile that Keegan
brought, with him, it wasn’t
until Jean Tigana
took control of the team
that Fulham finally reached
the promised land of
the Premier League, and
whilst they did not quite take
the top division by
storm as their eccentric
owner had predicted, Fulham
are slowly but surely
establishing themselves as
a Premiership club.
With
Roy Hodgson now at the
helm, and quality players in
their squad, can Fulham
turn things around and
perhaps even push for a
European spot? Only time
will tell...
