Fifteen of Fulham's biggest names reflect on their most memorable games during their careers with the club. From fifties legend Tosh Chamberlain and World Cup winner George Cohen through to current club captain Danny Murphy and Europa League hero Simon Davies - others include Tosh Chamberlain, Steve Earle, John Mitchell, Les Strong, Gordon Davies, Roger Brown, Ray Lewington, Jim Stannard, Rodney McAree, Simon Morgan, Sean Davis and Lee Clark. With a foreword by the late Johnny Haynes, the finest player to wear the white of Fulham, Match of My Life is an absorbing look back at some of the great games in club's history.Key features- Part of the popular and successful Match of My Life series which features a number of football clubs- Features twelve of Fulham's greatest names, reflecting on their most memorable match for the club- Also details those players' cherished memories from their time with the club, the players they played with and the managers they served- Includes contemporary and historic images from the legendary matches covered- Written by respected football writer and author Michael Heatley, who has written a number of books on football
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After having been at Spurs and then slipping down a division to play for Luton, I thought I was making a big step down to go to Walsall, but I was absolutely amazed by the standard of players they had. I went back to Luton for a bit but ...
But I was given offside and I was the only one in the ground that hadn't heard the whistle. I looked round and Hansen and Lawrenson were both there with their arms raised for offside stifling yawns! Then up front Rush and Dalglish took ...
The club manager, Jack Gibbons, was more welcoming and, after a couple of games in the reserves, I was selected at wing-half for the first team, well placed at the time in the Second Division. Jackie had said that he wouldn't guarantee ...
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I always went to the near post - which is something my father always used to teach me - and fired home at about headheight. It was a good build-up with plenty of people involved and it was a good goal. My fourth goal was a far-post ...
12 of Fulham Football Club's biggest icons have come together to tell the remarkable stories behind the games which made their careers.
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Monty was obviously unsighted and possibly still maybe struggling to focus because of the incident three minutes before but this ball had actually gone through the legs of one of the players and I think it was big Charlie Hurley.
During our timeaway, Peter Bennett's wifehad ababy. All the lads metto have a drinkand toast thenew arrival. We hadan uncompromising Scottish centrehalfcalled John Cushley with us.Ron Greenwood had signed himfrom Glasgow Celticfor ...