1882-83 season

Overview
The 1882-83 season was the first season in which the club (known as St Andrew's Football & Cricket Club) played football at an organised level. Although the club is listed as being formed in 1879 (or some historians argue 1880), evidence of this being the first "official" season can be found in an edition of the West London Observer, dated 13 May 1893. In an article titled 'Retrospect of season 1892-93', it states "On September 10th 1892, the Fulham Football Club opened its eleventh season with a journey to Windsor." We can therefore deduce from this that 1882-83 was the first. However, there is no recorded evidence of any matches played during this season, and the number of matches played is a complete unknown. Any home matches were possibly played on Star Road on a makeshift pitch which was commonly known as "The Mud Pond", which former player and club secretary Henry Shrimpton recollects this in his 1950 book Foundation History of The Fulham Football Club.