WFC Fulham 2008-09 Season

National Premier League: 12th, relegated.
League Cup: 4th round; Chelsea a. 0-3
FA Cup: 4th round; Everton a. 0-4

Highlight:
2-1 win away to Blackburn Rovers, 19/4/09

Low Spot:
0-7 defeat away to Doncaster Belles, 31/8/08

Good:
Gemma Fraser
Provided most of Fulham‘s goals and almost all their threat during a difficult season.
Katie McIntyre
Fulham’s defence is probably its’ strong point and McIntyre was particularly impressive with her commitment and endeavour in the face of adversity. Works tirelessly but also has decent ability and is useful in midfield as well as being solid at full back or centre half.

In Brief:
WFC Fulham are a team that are doing well simply to survive following the withdrawal of funding by the mens’ club a few years ago and they had probably surpassed expectations by returning to The National Premier League at the first attempt in 2007-08. The major reason for that success was the prolific goalscoring of Ann Marie Heatherson, however, and when she decided on a move to Millwall Lionesses in the summer it left Fulham desperately short of top flight class and experience.
Not surprisingly the season was a struggle from start to finish with the club never really looking capable of pulling off a shock and avoiding relegation.
The spirit within the club remains outstanding and hopefully the club can continue to develop. Although it is no fun losing almost every week many of the clubs’ players looked to have grown stronger during the course of the campaign and the experience probably won’t have done them any harm in the long term.