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1889-90 season
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Club information
Club Secretary Flag of England Tom Norman
Club Captain Flag of England Harry Coleman
Ground Purser's Cross, Parsons Green, London
League season information
League n/a
Other competitions
West London Cup Semi-final
Season statistics
Biggest home win 8-1 v Hawks (25 Jan 1890)
Biggest away win 11-0 v Barnes Institute (5 Oct 1889)
Biggest home defeat unknown
Biggest away defeat unknown
Fulham home (1889-93)
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Overview[]

The 1889-90 season was Fulham's seventh in the history of the football club.

They were forced to move grounds for the third time in as many seasons, this time using a field in Parsons Green known as Purser's Cross. This was a fairly enclosed space, and allowed the club to charge a small admission for matches for the first time ever. However, not only was there a tree on (or very close to) the pitch, it was constantly waterlogged as therefore many matches were postponed or cancelled. Changing rooms were provided at the nearby Rose & Crown pub, which is now a brasserie.

The club also decided to change their colours for the first time. They had ditched the sky blue and navy halved shirts for black and white stripes. This was possibly owing to the fact that they had recently changed name, dropping the church link of St Andrew's from their title and therefore a slight change in identity within the area.

There is very little information on the 1889-90 season. This is due to the fact that the West London Advertiser published two editions per week; the midweek Wednesday edition would often have most of the Fulham match reports in there, but these midweek editions were not kept by the British Library.

Fulham reached the Semi-finals of the West London Cup for the second year running, but were knocked out of the competition once again by rivals Stanley in a 4-0 loss in which club captain Harry Coleman broke his leg.

Squad[]

Pos. Name Age
Goalkeepers
GK Flag of England George Branch ?
GK/RB Flag of England Johnny May 22
GK Flag of England Harry Ransom 19
Full backs
RB Flag of England Jack King 25
LB Flag of England Tom Shrimpton 19
Half backs
LH Flag of England E Chandler ?
LH/CF Flag of England Harry Coleman 22
RH Flag of England Alf Lovell ?
RH Flag of England Tom Norman 26
CH Flag of England George Rumford 19
CH Flag of England J Smith ?
CH Flag of England B Williams ?
Pos. Name Age
Forwards
OR Flag of England Fred Carter 20
I/OL Flag of England Ernie Dallibar 20
OL/LH Flag of England Ted Draper 22
CF/IL Flag of England Tim Draper 19
OL Flag of England H Holt ?
CF Flag of England J Parrott ?
OR Flag of England Will Sermon 20
OL Flag of England Jim Shrimpton 17
IR/CF Flag of England Frank Withington 24

Matches[]

West London Cup[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional info
2nd Round Sat 7 Dec 1889 Darfield Away Won 3-2
Semi-final Sat 1 Feb 1890 Stanley Neutral Lost 0-4

Friendlies[]

# Date Opposition Venue Result Score Additional info
1 Sat 28 Sept 1889 Polytechnic Athletic Away Won 6-2
2 Sat 5 Oct 1889 Barnes Institute Away Won 11-0
3 Sat 12 Oct 1889 Queens Park Rangers Away Drew 1-1
4 Sat 19 Oct 1889 Hawks Away Won 10-0
5 Sat 26 Oct 1889 East Surrey Depot Away ? ?-?
6 Sat 9 Nov 1889 Prairie Rangers Away Drew 2-2
7 Sat 16 Nov 1889 1st Battalion Scots Guards Away ? ?-?
8 Sat 23 Nov 1889 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards Home Won 2-1
9 Sat 30 Nov 1889 Cray Wanderers Away ? ?-?
10 Sat 14 Dec 1889 St Margaret's Away Won 2-1
11 Sat 21 Dec 1889 Norwood Green Away ? ?-?
12 Sat 28 Dec 1889 St Margaret's Away Won 4-0
13 Sat 4 Jan 1890 Polytechnic Athletic Away Won 5-0
14 Sat 25 Jan 1890 Hawks Home Won 8-1
15 Sat 8 Feb 1890 St Mark's College Away Drew 3-3
16 Sat 15 Feb 1890 North Paddington Home ? ?-?
17 Sat 22 Feb 1890 Clapham Pilgrims Away ? ?-?
18 Sat 1 Mar 1890 Bohemians Home ? ?-?
19 Sat 8 Mar 1890 Barnes Institute Away ? ?-?
20 Sat 15 Mar 1890 St Peter's Home ? ?-?
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