Fulham L.F.C.
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| Fulham WFC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Fulham Women Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Cottagers[1], The Whites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1993, (dissolved May 16, 2006) re-established 2006 |
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| Ground | The Gore, Burnham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Geoff Bourne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Mark Saunderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | FA Women's Premier League National Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–06 | Premier League, 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fulham WFC, also known as Fulham LFC, is a Ladies Football Club (LFC) formerly associated with Fulham Football Club. The team were dissolved as of May 16, 2006, but was later re-established with independence from Fulham F.C.
Fulham were the first European Ladies' football team to turn professional in April 2000[2], and were closely followed by Arsenal L.F.C. thereafter. Club Chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed reversed this decision in 2003, however, reverting the club to semi-professional status. Fulham Ladies now also play their home games at The Gore, Burnham
[edit] History
Their debut came in 1993 in the Greater London Division, and quickly rose to the heights of the FA Women's National Premier League, via the Greater London Premier Division, the South East Combination League and the Southern Premier League. They first reached the FA Women's Cup final in 2001.
In the 2001/02 season, where they won promotion to the Premiership, they also won the London County Cup, the Premier League Cup and the FA Women's Cup, scoring 342 goals in an amazing season, conceding just 15. This was their first season as a Professional team.
They won the treble of FA Cup, League Cup and Premier League in 2002/03, scoring 68 goals and conceding just 13. Last season they were the only English team to compete in the UEFA Women's European Cup, and they came 2nd in the Premier League.
During the 2005–2006 season, having lost most of their squad to a variety of factors (such as the choice to revert to semi-professional status), they struggled in the league, finishing eighth.
On May 16, 2006, Fulham announced that they were withdrawing the team from the Women's Premiership and discontinuing the team altogether. The decision to dissolve the team was made on financial grounds, with Fulham officially laying the blame on a poor media coverage and poor league attendance. Fulham F.C. did announce plans to continue its Girls Development Centre, but clearly stated they would not be fielding any further league teams in the foreseeable future.[3]
Fulham found funds to carry on as a football club but are currently lying bottom of the FA Women's National Premier League after 14 games, having conceded 69 goals and scoring only 8 (including a 14-0 drubbing by local rivals Arsenal L.F.C.). On February 4, 2007, they scored their only season win so far, against Sunderland A.F.C. Women, 1-0.
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