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1886-87 season
1886-87
Club information
Club Secretary Flag of England Tom Norman
Club Captain Flag of England Jack Howland
Ground Ranelagh House, Fulham, London
League season information
League n/a
Other competitions
West London Cup Winners (v St Matthew's)
Season statistics
Biggest home win 5-0 v Stanley (23 Oct 1886)
5-0 v Clapham St George's (26 Mar 1887)
Biggest away win 12-0 v Kildare (5 Mar 1887)
Biggest home defeat n/a
Biggest away defeat n/a
Fulham home (1882-89)
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Overview[]

The 1886-87 season was Fulham's (then known as Fulham St Andrew's) fifth in regard to organised football.

Over the summer of 1886, the club joined the West London Football Association and rechanged their name from St Andrew's to Fulham St Andrew's. This was in order to distiguish themselves from the several London-based sides who also went by the name of St Andrew's.

Along with the name change, there was also a change of grounds for the club as they moved to a ground at Ranelagh House. Many of the players were good friends with the owner of the Eight Bells pub in Fulham High Street, James Howard. Howard had recently become a patron of the club and allowed use of the pub as headquarters and changing rooms, whilst also providing refreshments after each home match. The Ranelagh House & grounds had just been bought for redevelopment and the tenants (The Ranelagh Club) had moved out, but for the time being the grounds were available for rent. This allowed the club to acquire its first private pitch near to Putney Bridge station and the Eight Bells, which was an ideal arrangement, especially compared to the previous pitch on open-land with no real facilities to speak of.

This season found Fulham St Andrew's in confident mood. For the first time the club had its own full size pitch, and the players celebrated with a 5-0 victory over their main rivals the Stanley FC on 23 October 1886. The visitors were perhaps unsettled by St Andrew's tactic of playing six forwards (it was routine to play five forwards during this period), with the front line being bolstered by new players in the shape of Fred Keefe and 20 year-old East Ender Billy Bolster. This experimental lineup showed the players faith in their defence and especially in the new goalkeeper Johnny May from Greyhound Road. Johnny was to retain his place in the team for the next decade.

It was a very successful season, with 21 victories out of 22 matches played, scoring a total of 87 goals whilst conceding only 13. To top it off, the club won its first piece of silverware in the form of the West London Cup after a 2-1 win over St Matthew's. The cup can be seen in a historic photograph (the first of any known Fulham team) which can be seen above and right.

Squad[]

Pos. Name Age
Goalkeepers
GK Flag of England Bert Aram 21
GK Flag of England Cooper ?
GK Flag of England Johnny May 19
GK Flag of England George Read 24
Full backs
LB Flag of England Brum Hobson 17
RB Flag of England Jack King 22
RB Flag of England Tom Shrimpton 16
R/LB Flag of England Spiers ?
Half backs
CH Flag of England Arthur Aram 26
LH Flag of England Joe Morrison 20
LH Flag of England Barney Newport 18
RH Flag of England Tom Norman 23
CH Flag of England Ernest Scorey 19
LH Flag of England Arthur Thomas 23
Pos. Name Age
Forwards
IL/CF Flag of England William Andrews 17
OL Flag of England Billy Balster 20
IR Flag of England Tubby Carter 17
CF Flag of England Harry Coleman 19
IL Flag of England Ted Draper 19
CF/GK Flag of England Jack Howland (c) 22
OR Flag of England Fred Keefe 17

Matches[]

West London Cup[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Goalscorer(s) / Additional info
1st Round Sat 6 Nov 1886 Stanley Home Won 4-1 ?
Semi-final Sat 11 Dec 1886 Oaklands Home Won 2-0 Howland, Carter
Final Sat 19 Feb 1887 St Matthew's Home Won 2-1 Howland 2

Friendlies[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Goalscorer(s) / Additional info
1 Sat 23 Oct 1886 Stanley Home Won 5-0 ?
2 Sat 30 Oct 1886 Old Victorians Home ? ?-? ?
3 Sat 13 Nov 1886 Westminster St Andrew's Home Lost 0-1
4 Sat 11 Dec 1886 Caxtonians Away ? ?-? ?
5 Sat 18 Dec 1886 Imperial Rovers Home Won 2-1 ?
6 Sun 26 Dec 1886 Hammersmith Away Won 4-1 ?
7 Sat 8 Jan 1887 Stanley Away ? ?-? ?
8 Sat 15 Jan 1887 Hanover United 2nd XI Away Won 2-0 Draper 2
9 Sat 22 Jan 1887 Clarendon Home Won 3-0 Balster, Draper, Keefe
10 Sat 29 Jan 1887 Wimbledon Rangers Away Won 10-0 ?
11 Sat 5 Feb 1887 Oaklands Home Won 3-2 1 Own goal, others unknown
12 Sat 12 Feb 1887 St Mark's Home Won 1-0 Keefe
13 Sat 5 Mar 1887 Kildare Away Won 12-0 Howland 6, Andrews 4, Carter, Balster
14 Sat 12 Mar 1887 Oaklands Home Won 2-1 Aram, Coleman
15 Sat 19 Mar 1886 Crescent Away ? ?-? ?
16 Sat 26 Mar 1887 Clapham St George's Home Won 5-0 Howland 2, Carter, Keefe, Andrews
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