The Fulham Chronicle
Squad21 Aug 2028
The knee: Brodie Dair out for 57 days
57 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Fulham lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Emile Smith Rowe frozen out at Fulham
This is not rotation. Emile Smith Rowe has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Fulham is pretending otherwise.
Market21 Aug 2028
Cheltenham Town come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Fulham did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Fulham
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Fulham are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Fulham
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Emile Smith Rowe
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emile Smith Rowe, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Arsenal tell Fulham: Tom Cannon is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market21 Aug 2028
Fulham promote Adam Howard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Howard has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Simon Moore joins the Fulham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Anthony Kelly joins the Fulham first team
- Squad Tempers go at Fulham
- Boardroom A promise the Fulham board did not keep