Fulham F.C.
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Fulham Football Club, is an English football club from London. It plays in a white shirt and black shorts for home games. For away games, it plays in blue shirts and white shorts in 2005, but has played in colours such as green, yellow or black. Mohamed Al-Fayed owns the club. He is from Egypt, and also owns Harrods, a famous shop in London.
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[edit] History
The club was made in 1879, it has played nearly 3,500 and games and scored more than 5,000 goals. Lots of famous players used to play for Fulham, like Johnny Haynes (1950s), Bobby Moore (1970s), George Best (1970s) and Edwin van der Sar (2000s). Fulham have only won 1 trophy; the Inter Toto Cup in 2003.
When Mohamed Al-Fayed bought Fulham, it was in the 2nd division of English football (English Division Two). He put lots of money into the club, and he made good choices about the club. The club won promotion two times, so in 2001 it was a Premiership team.
[edit] Stadium
Fulham's stadium is called "Craven Cottage", it was built 100 years ago. It has a pretty building in one corner of the pitch, this is the "Cottage". The fans of Fulham like to call it "The Cottage", and it can have 22,230 people sitting in it.
From 2002 to 2004, Fulham had to play at Loftus Road, which is the ground of Queens Park Rangers, near the BBC. This was because the club needed to change Craven Cottage because of new rules. The rules said that nobody can stand at football games, so the club had to have new seats.
Some people who live near to Craven Cottage do not like having a big club near to them. They made it hard for the club to be allowed to make the changes. This is why the changes took a long time, even though it was easy work for the builders.
Because of the "Cottage", the club and its supporters are called "The Cottagers".
[edit] Now
The club plays in the FA Premier League, the top football league in England. Its manager is Chris Coleman. Coleman is from Wales, and is called "Cookie" by his friends. Cookie is an American word for biscuit, so it is not easy to understand why! He was a defender and he played for Fulham from 1998-2001. He broke his leg in a car crash in 2001, and was not able to recover completely.
The club is not one of the best teams in the Premiership, but it is getting better. It has players from many countries across the world, like Senegal, Canada, the United States and Denmark. It is the only team in the FA Premier League to have 3 players from the United States on its team. Their captain is Michael Brown. He works hard and is a team player.
