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[edit] 2007/8 Squad Numbers

Squad numbers have not been officially announced for this season yet. The numbers worn by players in pre-season friendlies may not be the actual squad numbers that will be assigned to them for this season. So, until squad numbers are confirmed on the club's official website, can people please stop changing them? IlRomano 11:49, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2007/8 Season Transfers

Another transfer section has been added to the article by someone. I did something similar last week but some said that there is no need to include a transfer section as their is a main article dedicated to all 2007/8 season transfers in the Premier League. I think that having a transfer section in the Fulham FC article is beneficial as it provides useful information. IlRomano 21:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FFC LFC

Can anyone who regularly visits here look at the Fulham LFC page, and help me in my quest to get a network of articles for ladies teams which can be as good as the mens pages?

Any help much appreciated.

A.K.A.47

[edit] Away Kit

Thank you to the anon who updated the away kit. however, are the sleeves predominantly black? i'm not sure, take a look at these pictures and decide for yourself. at any case, the away shorts are white, not blue. i'll try and find out how to alter these but could someone else do it if i haven't got round to it. A.K.A.47 17:44, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

To me, the away kit appears as black and grey stripes. Is this just my rubbish computer or are other people having this problem? I am not colourblind (lol), and I meant on Wikipedia. It appears a different colour because my computer is rubbish. I have the same problem with the Bristol City Home Kit.

do you mean the one on this page, or from the ffc website? the kit used here is entitled "Image:Kit body threebluestripes.png" but they look black, not grey or blue, to me. 86.135.151.243 13:02, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
sorry i just read your question again. are you sure you are not colour blind, 'cos its definetly red to me.86.135.151.243 13:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kits

Could you please get a proper image of the kits. Perhaps you should get rid of the shorts and do something like they do here [1] where they have the top home, away, 3rd kit and sponsor. --iceman 19:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] REVERT!

This has got to go back to Fulham F.C. in order to fall in titular line with every other standardised football club's page on wikipedia.

To fall in line with the team's official website, however, it should be Fulham FC (no periods). If the periods are kept, correct English demands a space between the "F." and the "C." (the no-space is a common shortcut, but it's technically wrong). RadioKirk (u|t|c) 16:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Famous Fans

THat list looks a bit suspect to me. The Georgie Thompson article says she is a fan but are the others? CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

The list will probably disappear soon. From the Manchester United discussion page : "I've deleted it. We've had this discussion before, both on this page and at WikiProject Football. All the major English club pages got rid of them - most people agreed it was unencyclopaedic and a waste of space. CTOAGN (talk) 16:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)" - fchd 18:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

The list was re-added and rightly reverted, but I thought I'd dump it here if only to keep the Pope John Paul II/Fulham connection, because, true or not, it's priceless:

[edit] West London derby

I've just created a West London derby article. If any Fulham fans around here can more add to it, then they are more than welcome. SteveO 13:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fulham, Hammersmith?!

So as to get rid of any potential edit war, i've got a few words to say.

Fulham FC is not based in "Fulham, Hammersmith" - they two are different places within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham!

You can clearly see here that it is based in Fulham, not Hammersmith! (Craven Cottage towards the south of the image, the red borderline in the middle of the page separating Fulham to the south and Hammersmith to the north.

Even then, shouldn't the club be listed as situated where its motspur park offices?

[edit] Steve Earle

I've amended Steve Earle's link in the top scorers section as it was linking to a different Steve Earle, the American singer.

[edit] Nov 29 Arsenal

Since I'll be put down as a vandal, could someone add on the Arsenal match? The american scored first, a yellow card for Arsenal, the Canadian scored, two yellow cards and a read card, then arsenal scored, followed by another 5 yellows.

[edit] Fixture List

I have removed the fixture list since it is copyrighted by the Premier League. Besides, Wikipedia is not a news service. Oldelpaso 10:35, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll agree for its removal for your second point about it being a news service... but your first point is pure rubbish... you can't copyright a schedule. Jazznutuva 09:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Past results are not copyrightable, but unfortunately fixtures are; the FA Premier League (in the guise of their licensee Football DataCo Ltd) charge a fee for publication of £266 +VAT per club per season and vigorously enforce it. Oldelpaso 19:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sigurður Þór Arason (Current Squad)

He's been added twice now, but I've not found any evidence he plays for the club? I'm probably completely wrong. A google search of that name comes up with an Icelandic blog about Fulham written by someone with that name. I had removed it from the page thinking it was vandalism, as the user who added him had also Vandalised the Montella page, but user Archibald99 re-added him, citing a google search page as evidence, despite the fact the page again shows no evidence of him at Fulham. There is no evidence on the Fulham website about the player. Can anyone confirm this? Eastlygod 21:10, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

My apologies, bit of a hasty revert. I took the fact that it was in the article and mentioned on Google as a sign it was real. Should have checked the official Fulham website. Archibald99 21:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Agreed that he does not play for Fulham and remove then? Eastlygod 18:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fulhamish

Be aware of inappropriate use of the adjective 'Fulhamish' in this article. Fulhamish is not a general adjective to refer to Fulham (in the same way as 'English', for example), but has a more complex definition. Those taken from the club messageboard include:

  • The art of building youself up for a fall.
  • The science of putting yourself down for a reason to get up.
  • The absolute commitment to unrealistic expectation.

It has been suggested by DaveNearDC on one messageboard that 'Fulhamish' involves pulling off unlikely wins in adverse circumstances.

It was also the club's early telegraph address, according to this messageboard. However, the most popular definition seems to be a fluctuation in results which defies expectations and predictions.

Another messageboard see Alan C suggesting that:"One day you can beat the best, the next day you loose with out a fight to the dross and all of your loyal followers actually expect it to happen!"

americanrefugee suggests here that Fulhamish entails a particularly poor result being juxtaposed with a particularly good one.

Of course, messageboards are fallible, but in lieu of all these things I think a section 'Fulhamish' should be added to this page. It should not be misused, it should also not be considered a false or made-up term, as there also are two FFC fansites called 'Fulhamish' so it is clearly a popular enough term.

86.135.205.215 00:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dates & dashes

En dashes should be used in scorelines and only full dates and dates with a day and month should be wikilinked, including in the footnotes. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dashes) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). Epbr123 20:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lawrie Sanchez is English

I keep changing the flag icons next to Lawrie Sanchez to the cross of St. George because he is English. He was born in England and only played for Northern Ireland due to his grandmother. Playing football for a different nation does not change your nationality on your passport. Please keep the flags English. 212.159.120.207 16:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

The nationality on his passport isn't "English" either. His notability is derived from football, and for football purposes he represented Northern Ireland. Therefore, he is shown with the flag of Northern Ireland. This has come up several times before for other people whose birth nationality has been different from the international site they represented, and in all cases consensus has been, once they have declared for an international side, to use that flag. - fchd 16:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Was just about to mention this myself. Being Northern Irish myself i assumed that as Sanchez was born in England he would have an English flag beside his name not an Ulster flag. Mabuska 14:51, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Managers section

I was thinking it could do with a revamp. Make the list into two coulombs to save on the length on the page. Govvy 12:00, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA

Yep, good and interesting. Covers a lot, well cited. Coule use a few more citations in the rivalries section, but sufficient for GA. SGGH speak! 23:59, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Away Socks

Fulham's away socks are red as depcited here: [2]. OKTerrific —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.18.23 (talk) 03:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Titles

The titles are a bit dramatic sounding, but I don't want to change them without running it by people first. Things like Sanchez's struggle make it sound like a soap opera Ianbeany1989 (talk) 15:56, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great Escape

Hello, just checking to see about adding some more details under the Great Escape section. Listing the goal scorers against Man City and Birmingham maybe and a few other modifications.

KMac279 (talk) 18:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)KMac279