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Fulham Football Club

Categories: Sport / Games

Football club. Formed as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C. by worshippers in the church at Star Road, West Kensington. The club which plays at Craven Cottage in Fulham has spent twenty-four seasons in English football's top division. Notable players have included Johnny Haynes, George Cohen, Bobby Robson, Rodney Marsh and Alan Mullery.

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