19 Saturday 28 December 2013 HULL CITY v Fulham
About
Fulham was founded in 1879. In 1906 and 1907 they won the Southern League and then joined the Football League in Division 2.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_fc
Grounds
Fulham played at several grounds in their early days but had settled at Craven Cottage by 1896. All their league career has been based there since, except that they played their home games at Loftus Road between 2002 and 2004 while Craven Cottage was being renovated.
Honours
Football League runners-up: 1958-59
FA Cup runners-up: 1975
UEFA Intertoto Cup winners: 2002
Meetings
1907-15 and 1919-28 Division 2 and 1912-13 FA Cup
Fulham had won the Southern League in each of the two seasons before joining the Football League in 1907. Their first ever league match was at home to Hull City on September 3rd 1907. Jackie Smith scored the only goal and Fulham suffered their first league defeat. By Christmas, Fulham had put six past Lincoln, Glossop North End, and Gainsborough Trinity, but had been hit for six by Barnsley and Stoke. Their visit to Hull allowed them to take some revenge with a 2-1 win and they finished fourth, four places and three points ahead of The Tigers. A reversal of the result of the second game would have meant City finishing higher of the two. Fulham made it all the way to the semi-final of the FA Cup, not bad going for their first season in the league, but defeat in the semi-final by six goals to nil against Newcastle United remains a record for that stage of the FA Cup. In 1975 Fulham went one better by reaching the final of the FA Cup where they lost 2-0 to West Ham United, who were in the division above. Both West Ham goals were scored by Alan Taylor who would later play for Hull City. He had also scored both West Ham goals in the 2-1 semi-final replay win against Ipswich as well as both in the 2-0 quarter-final win against Arsenal.
Results were more or less even over this period with little that stands out. In September 1921, City beat Fulham 2-1 at home one Saturday and a week later were thumped 6-0, the biggest win either club has achieved against the other. On Boxing Day 1923 Paddy Mills claimed a hat-trick in a 4-2 home win. Alf Thomas added the other.
1927-28 brought Fulham’s first relegation along with two defeats against The Tigers. A 3-2 Christmas home win for City included a hat-trick by Arthur Nelson, and a few months later a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage included another Nelson goal and one from Bill Taylor. City’s tally of 41 goals was the lowest in the division by a dozen and a huge 27 fewer than Fulham’s. City conceded 54 goals, a total bettered by only three teams. The aggregate of 95 goals in City’s 42 games was the lowest in the division by 25 and Blackpool’s games included 89 more goals.
1933-36 Division 2
Hull City’s promotion from Division 3 North brought another half dozen meetings, but not one victory. Fulham had escaped from Division 3 South the season before. City were relegated in 1936.
1952-56 Division 2
Fulham dropped out of Division 1 in 1952 and the subsequent half a dozen games with City were evenly split results-wise, although a couple of Fulham’s wins were more emphatic. City were relegated in 1956.
1959-60 FA Cup
When the teams met at Craven Cottage in the third round of the FA Cup in early 1960, Fulham were once again a First Division team. City, by contrast, were newly promoted but last in Division 2 and destined for a rapid return to Division 3. Fulham were in the top half, despite a five game winless run, but still won 5-0.
1962-63 League Cup
The League Cup was still quite new in 1962 and the third round brought the clubs together at Boothferry Park. City were in Division 3, two divisions below Fulham. It was no surprise that Fulham won, but the 2-1 scoreline was no embarrassment and Chris Chilton found the target.
1968-69 Division 2
Fulham suffered consecutive relegations in 1968 and 1969, dropping from Division 1 to Division 3. A goalless draw at Craven Cottage in the August gave no clue to Fulham’s fate, but when City beat them 4-0 the following April with a hat-trick from Ken Wagstaff and another goal from Malcolm Lord, Fulham’s mathematical chance of survival was gone.
1971-78 Division 2, 1972-73 League Cup, 1974-75 FA Cup
Fulham ascended as Division 3 runners-up in 1971. An early 4-0 win for The Tigers, with two apiece from Stuart Pearson and Ken Wagstaff was the best they managed before decline set in. A Ken Knighton goal was enough for a 1972-73 League Cup win, but City went out in the next round.
The clubs played each other five times in the 1974-75 season. On top of the two league games, there was an FA Cup tie which took three games to decide in Fulham’s favour at Filbert Street in Leicester. From the first match of the cup tie onward, 12 of the next 19 games between the clubs were drawn.
City were relegated in 1978.
1980-81 Division 3
Fulham dropped into Division 3 in 1980. The two games produced one goal - for Fulham - and City were relegated to Division 4 for the first time.
1985-86 Division 2
Hull City were promoted to Division 2 a season after narrowly missing out. This was a good season for The Tigers, their sixth place finish their best since 1971 and one of their best ever prior to 2008. Fulham came to Boothferry Park in the November and despite a goalless first half were beaten 5-0, with penalty king Stan McEwan on target twice, along with Garreth Roberts, Frankie Bunn, and Billy Whitehurst. The return was drawn but Fulham were relegated.
1991-94 Division 3 and Division 2 (3rd tier)
The first five meetings in this period were drawn and City won the sixth as Fulham were despatched to the basement.
1996-97 Division 3 (4th tier)
Hull City’s 1996 demotion to the fourth tier would lead to worrying times. A couple of defeats against Fulham were neither here nor there in the scheme of things. Fulham were promoted as runners-up to Wigan Athletic. Swansea finished fifth and Cardiff seventh, but it was Northampton that went up via the play-offs.
2008-10 Premier League
It was perhaps appropriate, given that Hull City were Fulham’s first opponents in the Football League, that Fulham should be Hull City’s first opponents in the Premier League. Goals from Geovanni and Caleb Folan helped City to a 2-1 win. The final victory of that first season came at Fulham via a very late Manucho goal, and that with ten league games to play.
The games in 2009-10 were both 2-0 home wins and once again City’s victory over Fulham was their last of the season. Jimmy Bullard’s spot kick and a Craig Fagan effort gave The Tigers the points.
Overall Records
League: P 80 W 30 D 24 L 26 F 91 A 97
FA Cup: P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2 F 5 A 9
League Cup: P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 2 A 2
Total: P 87 W 32 D 26 L 29 F 98 A 108
Here
League: P 40 W 21 D 11 L 8 F 65 A 34
FA Cup: P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 2 A 2
League Cup: P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 2 A 2
Total: P 43 W 22 D 12 L 9 F 69 A 38
Scorers (98 goals)
6. Paddy Mills, Ken Wagstaff.
5. Arthur Temple, Sammy Stevens.
4. Arthur Nelson, Stuart Pearson.
3. Jackie Smith, Malcolm Lord.
2. Alf Toward, Wally Smith, Charlie Flood, George Whitworth, Syd Gerrie, Bill Bradbury, Stan McEwan, Frankie Bunn, Graeme Atkinson.
1. Joe Shaw, Joe “Stanley” Smith, Gordon Wright, Stan Fazackerley, David Mercer, Bill Halligan, John Lee, Harry Lewis, Alf Thomas, Sam Hamilton, Alex Thom, Bill Cowan, Con Sullivan, Bill Taylor, Bill McNaughton, Cliff Hubbard, Ken Cameron, Eddie Burbanks, Viggo Jensen, Ken Horton, Alf Ackerman, Bob Crosbie, Brian Cripsey, Chris Chilton, Ken Knighton, Ian Butler, Gordon Staniforth, Peter Fletcher, Stuart Croft, Alf Wood, Vince Grimes, Jeff Hemmerman, Peter Daniel, Billy Whitehurst, Garreth Roberts, Nicky Mohan, Leigh Jenkinson, Richard Peacock, Dean Windass, Geovanni, Caleb Folan, Manucho, Jimmy Bullard, Craig Fagan.
Scorers here (69 goals)
6. Paddy Mills.
5. Ken Wagstaff.
4. Arthur Temple, Stuart Pearson.
3. Sammy Stevens, Arthur Nelson, Malcolm Lord.
2. Wally Smith, Charlie Flood, Bill Bradbury, Stan McEwan.
1. Joe Shaw, Gordon Wright, David Mercer, John Lee, Alf Thomas, Sam Hamilton, Alex Thom, George Whitworth, Bill Cowan, Cliff Hubbard, Ken Cameron, Eddie Burbanks, Syd Gerrie, Viggo Jensen, Bob Crosbie, Brian Cripsey, Chris Chilton, Ken Knighton, Ian Butler, Gordon Staniforth, Peter Fletcher, Stuart Croft, Vince Grimes, Peter Daniel, Billy Whitehurst, Garreth Roberts, Frankie Bunn, Graeme Atkinson, Richard Peacock, Geovanni, Caleb Folan, Jimmy Bullard Craig Fagan.
Players in common
Alan Warboys, Dave Roberts, David Stockdale, Ernie Shepherd, Iain Hesford, James Thompson, Jimmy Bullard, John Houghton, Joseph Edelston, Junior Lewis, Kevin Betsy, Kyle Lightbourne, Liam Rosenior, Thomas Burdett, Tony Finnigan.
Also
Iain Dowie played a handful of games on loan for Fulham and later managed Hull City for almost two handfuls of games.
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