Kit Symons/Manager

Kit Symons
0Full Name	Christopher Jeremiah Symons
0Date of Birth	8 Mar 1971
0Place of Birth	Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
0Date of Death	{{{dod}}}
0Place of Death	{{{pod}}}
0Fulham career	2014-2015
0Win percentage	34%
0Honours	n/a
0Other clubs	Crystal Palace (Caretaker) (2003) & (2007) Colchester United (Caretaker) (2008) Fulham U18 (2010-2012) Fulham U21 (2012-2014) Wales (Assistant) (2012-2015, 2016-2017 & 2021-2023) Sunderland (Assistant) (2017-2018) Hebei (Assistant) (2018-2019) Atromitos (Assistant) (2022-2023)

Kit Symons was manager of Fulham from 2014 until 2015. A former player, Kit took over from the disastrous reign of Felix Magath early in the 2014-15 season, before he was sacked a little over a year later.

Career

Before Fulham

After Kit's retirement from playing, he coached at Crystal Palace before being handed the role of Assistant Manager. He became Caretaker Manager on 8 October 2007 after Peter Taylor was dismissed as manager. However, he was not given the opportunity to prove himself as Neil Warnock was handed the job permanently only three days later (Crystal Palace did not play during this time). Following Warnock's appointment, Kit stepped down from his position of Assistant Manager and left the club on 15 October 2007.

He joined Colchester United on 16 January 2008 following Micky Adams' resignation as Assistant Manager the previous week. He was appointed as Colchester's Caretaker Manager in September 2008 after the departure of Geraint Williams, and after a successful start he became the bookies favourite to get the job full time. Paul Lambert ended up being given the job and Kit left the club soon after.

Fulham (2009-2015)

Kit rejoined the club in October 2009 on a part-time scouting role initially before being offered a coaching role within the academy. He began coaching with former Wales teammate Mark Pembridge with the U14 squad for the rest of 2009-10, before being promoted to manager of the U18 squad for the 2010-11 season. It was the best start Kit could have hoped for as he led the team to the national final of the U18 Premier League, and the U18's were runners-up to Everton.

He found success with the U18's the following season, however, as they were comfortable winners of the U18 Premier League. He was promoted to manage the Under-21 squad for the 2012-13 season and Steve Wigley was brought in to manage the U18 squad. After two seasons in charge of the U21's, Kit's moment came in September 2014. After a number of managers had been sacked for the first team - Martin Jol, Rene Meulensteen and the recent Felix Magath, club chairman Shahid Khan saw it fit that Kit became caretaker manager for the foreseeable future. He initially led the team to a remarkable turnaround of results and was given the role permanently in late October 2014.

Although his managerial role began strongly, it tailed off after Christmas, and although he managed to keep the club up, many fans were calling for his head in the off-season. As it was, he was to remain in charge for the beginning of the 2015-16 season but was sacked on 8 November 2015, , one day after a 5-2 loss at home to Birmingham City.

Fulham statistics

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League	55	19	14	22	85	93	-8	34%
FA Cup	4	0	3	1	4	6	-2	0%
League Cup	5	3	0	2	8	7	+1	60%
Total	64	22	17	25	97	106	-9	34%

Career honours

Fulham U18
• U18 Premier League
   Winner (1): 2011-12
   Runner-up (1): 2010-11

Fulham squads

Template:2010-11 U18 squad

2011-12 U18 squad
GK Joronen GK Oberschmidt GK Roberts GK Smith DF Arthurworrey DF Brister DF Kavanagh DF Maloney DF Monguel DF O'Reilly DF Passley DF Richards MF Banya MF Bettache MF Christensen MF Della-Verde MF Mesca MF Minkwitz MF Sambou MF Tieku MF Williams FW Altman FW Gameiro FW Tankovic FW Woodrow Manager  Kit Symons