The Fulham Chronicle
Match18 Aug 2029
Chastening afternoon for Fulham
A 0‑4 beating by Liverpool was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market20 Aug 2029
Terms done: Macaulay Zepa is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Tranmere Rovers waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Fulham is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market20 Aug 2029
Fulham say no — this time
The offer from Cultural Leonesa for Saša Kalajdžić was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Jack Stevens is a medical away from Fulham
The deal with Millwall is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Fulham
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Door shut on Jean-Philippe Mateta
Fulham asked and West Ham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad20 Aug 2029
A row about effort at Fulham
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kenny Tete was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market20 Aug 2029
One of our own: Mark Walker joins the Fulham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Walker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market20 Aug 2029
Fulham promote Liam Allen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Allen 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.
In brief
- Squad Macaulay Zepa in a row with a teammate
- Boardroom A promise the Fulham board did not keep
- Boardroom Nobody left the Fulham dressing room in a hurry