No go for Gustafsson

by | Dec 16, 2008 | Uncategorized

We can at least cross off one persistent transfer rumour. Swedish international goalkeeper Eddie Gustafsson will not be joining Fulham in the transfer window. We had been linked with a move for the FC Lyn Oslo goalkeeper and some papers had reported that we had handed...

Bits and bobs

by | Nov 26, 2008 | Uncategorized

A few things have caught my eye today as the week meanders along. There’s a timely look back at one of the sorrier episodes in Fulham’s history which makes most fans get more than a little hot under the collar. Our failure to gain promotion in 1982-83 when...

A slippery slope?

by | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized

Well, I’ve waited for the best part of a day and a half before posting my thoughts on Saturday’s debacle and the disappointment hasn’t yet ebbed out of my system. As I said to someone I was drinking with on Saturday night, I can take the losing...

Thank you and good night Antti Niemi

by | Sep 10, 2008 | Uncategorized

I remember when we signed Antti Niemi. I was delighted. Chiefly because we’d been waiting a long time for a goalkeeper to replace Edwin van der Sar, who had gone to Manchester United in the summer, and I wasn’t enthralled by the prospect of watching Tony...

Thanks Kasey

by | Aug 15, 2008 | Uncategorized

Just a quick note of thanks to Kasey Keller, who has signed for the Seattle Sounders, new Major League Soccer franchise. Keller spent last season at the Cottage after being signed just before deadline day by Lawrie Sanchez as cover for Antti Niemi. He eventually took...