Hey Micky

It’s been a while but Iain Dowie last night arranged for Micky Adams to return to Craven Cottage. The draw for the League/Carling Cup saw Mr Dowie draw Fulham to play League 2 Port Vale at the Cottage in just under 2 weeks. Port Vale saw off our near-neighbours...

Danny Cullip retires

Sad news from Lewes, where Danny Cullip has had to call it quits after failing to recover from a serious hamstring injury. I have had to retire through injury. I can’t play to any standard. The hamstring is detached and won’t reattach itself. There is no surgery to...

Book review: The Micky Adams promotion season, 1996-97

I thought I’d write a book review to keep us somewhat Fulham-related during the international break. It may or may not be a regular feature, depending on just how popular it proves to be. I should start with a couple of disclaimers. First, I’ve loved some...

A new book on the ’97/’98 promotion season

Great news. Ashwater Press, the same publishing company, that produced the wonderful Johnny Haynes book recently have announced that they are planning to publish a book on the Micky Adams 1997/98 promotion season by early September at the latest. I was only a...

Adams to take charge at Port Vale

Port Vale are poised to name former Fulham manager Micky Adams as their new boss by the end of this week. The former Leicester City boss appears to have won the race to succeed Dean Glover ahead of his only rival for the job, former Cheltenham manager John Ward. It is...