2006-07 Season

12th, Relegated from the National Premier League
League Cup: 1st round: Millwall a. Lost on penalties.
FA Cup: 4th round: Cardiff City h. 1-2

Highlight:
1-0 win over Sunderland, 4/2/07

Low Spot:
7-0 defeat at Cardiff City, 8/10/06.

Good:
Marie Hourihan
Although Hourihan conceded a mountain of goals it was barely her fault as she stood almost alone behind a decimated side.
Brave, with good reflexes and an expert in one on ones (practice makes perfect!) she saved her side from even bigger hidings on many occasions and was superb when the side became more competitve towards the end of the season.
Dani Farmer
This left sided attacking player sometimes looked reluctant to face the physical side of the game but there can be no doubting the quality of her left peg.
An excellent crosser and passer of the ball Farmer also struck a couple of memorable goals and produced some extravagant pieces of skill to lift the general gloom during a very difficult season.

In Brief:
Nobody was surprised at Fulham's difficulties after they lost an entire squad in the summer following the decision by the mens' club to withdraw all backing.
The consistent hidings the hastily assembled side took in the early part of the season were inevitable and relegation was quickly established as a certainty.
Everyone involved in keeping the club alive can be proud of their efforts, however, and these were rewarded by some vastly improved performances towards the end of the season.
The clubs' sole victory came against Sunderland in February but there were fine draws against Blackburn and Charlton later on. Indeed the club were only denied a famous victory over Charlton by a last minute equaliser.
Hopefully these efforts will help inspire a continued revival next season.

Fulham Ladies FC were formed in 1993 and entered the Greater London League in Division Four.

By 2000 they were Greater London Premier League Champions, thereby winning promotion to the South East Combination League.

At this point the chairman of Fulham FC, Mohammad Al Fayed, took the decision to turn the Ladies team full time professional and launched the club into three years total dominance of the English game.

In 2001 Fulham Ladies won every game they played in the South East Combination League and also beat Arsenal Ladies in the final of the London County Cup.

They also made it to the final of the FA Womens Cup but fell to a 0-1 defeat to Arsenal Ladies.

In 2002 Fulham also remained unbeaten in becoming National Premier League South champions, scoring 234 goals in the process and conceding only 6!

The also retained the London County Cup as well as winning both the Premier League Cup (7-1 against Birmingham City Ladies) and the FA Womens Cup (2-1 against Doncaster Belles).

In 2003 they recorded the domestic treble of National Premier League, Premier League Cup and FA Womens Cup.

At this point, however, Al Fayed moved the club back to a semi professional basis and their dominance instantly ceased.

Fulham Ladies reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup in 2004, losing on aggregate to Frankfurt, and also made it to the final of the Premier League Cup only to lose 0-1 to Charlton Athletic Ladies.

The club has now lost most of its' big name players and is striving to consolidate its place in the Premier League with a side of promising youngsters backed up by a selection of experienced players.

Big hopes are held out for players such as Dunia Susi, a teenage forward captured from Arsenal Ladies, and Jess Wright, already the club captain at 22.

These players are complemented by established players like Justine Lorton, a former England international, and the experienced ex Doncaster Belles and Leeds United Ladies goalkeeper, Leanne Hall.

Hoping to keep the club moving forward is manager Marieanne Spacey, winner of 91 England caps as a player, who took charge in 2003, just as Al Fayed was tightening his purse strings. Spacey would appear to be doing a fine job in difficult circumstances.