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===1949β1970: First Division Cottagers=== Promotion to the [[Football League First Division|top tier]] of English football saw the club perform poorly, finishing 17th in their first year and 18th in their second. In only their third season of First Division football, Fulham finished rock bottom of the 22-team league in the [[1951β52 in English football|1951β52 season]], winning only eight of 42 games. On 20 May 1951, Fulham played one of their first ever games in North America in an exhibition match against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] at [[Delorimier Stadium]] in [[Montreal]] in front of 29,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/FREINDLIES/USAcelts/intheusa.htm|title=Celtic Programmes Online β Tours of the USA and Canada|access-date=19 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905122656/http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/FREINDLIES/USAcelts/intheusa.htm|archive-date=5 September 2007|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/News/Blogs/Canada_and_the_USA.asp|title=Canada and the USA β Hammersmith & Fulham |access-date=6 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506183406/http://lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/News/Blogs/Canada_and_the_USA.asp |archive-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> [[File:Fulham FC 1958.jpg|thumb|300px|''Fulham FC'' in 1958 with [[Johnny Haynes]], player number two from right in the front line]] Possibly the single most influential character in Fulham's history is [[Johnny Haynes]].<ref>This is of course somewhat subjective, but he is the first player mentioned in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501064123/http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/ClubHistory/HistoryOverview.aspx Great names] section of the club's history on the official website. He is also the only ex-player to have a stand at [[Craven Cottage]] named after him</ref> "Mr. Fulham" or "The Maestro", as Haynes later came to be known, signed for The Cottagers as a schoolboy in 1950, making his first team debut on Boxing Day against [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] at Craven Cottage in the 1951/52 relegation season. Haynes played for another 18 years, notching 657 appearances (along with many other club records too), his last appearance for Fulham coming on 17 January 1970. He is often considered as the greatest player in Fulham history,<ref>He is the first player listed in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501064123/http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/ClubHistory/HistoryOverview.aspx great names] section of the club's history on the official website, and was voted as Fulham's number one all-time [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4353562.stm 'Cult Hero'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519092610/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4353562.stm |date=19 May 2009 }} in a [[BBC]] poll</ref> and never played for another team in Britain.<ref>He played for [[Durban City F.C.|Durban City]] after leaving Fulham according to [https://archive.today/20081206183009/http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/11/ThenAndNow_JohnnyHaynes.htm The FA]</ref> He gained 56 [[cap (sport)|caps]] for England (22 as captain),<ref>According to [http://www.thefa.com/england/All-Teams/Players/H/Johnny-Haynes his profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113002948/http://www.thefa.com/england/All-Teams/Players/H/Johnny-Haynes |date=13 November 2013 }} at [[The Football Association|the FA]].</ref> with many being earned while playing for Fulham in the Second Division. Haynes was injured in a car accident in [[Blackpool]] in 1962, but by his own admissions never regained the fitness or form to play for England again, missing out on England's victory in the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] for which he would have stood a chance of being selected.<ref>According to an interview with him from [https://archive.today/20081206183009/http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/11/ThenAndNow_JohnnyHaynes.htm The FA]</ref> The Stevenage Road Stand was renamed in his honour after his death in a car crash in 2005.<ref name="ccot"/> Fulham reached the [[1957β58 FA Cup]] semi-finals, the best cup run of Haynes' career and nearest he came to a major trophy win playing in England. They were eliminated in a replay by the remnants of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'s [[Busby Babes]] team that had been decimated in the [[Munich air disaster]] the month before. United were the first top division team Fulham played in that cup run. Fulham won promotion back to the First Division in the [[1958β59 in English football|following season]] by finishing second to [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]. Also joining Fulham in 1958 was [[Graham Leggat]], who went on to score 134 goals in 277 appearances, (making him the club's fifth all-time top scorer). In the [[1959β60 in English football|1959β60 season]], they achieved tenth position in the First Division, which until finishing ninth in the [[2003β04 FA Premier League|2003β04 season]] was their highest-ever league position. This accompanied another appearance in the last four of the FA Cup in 1962. By this time, the club were regularly playing in front of 30,000 plus crowds at Craven Cottage,<ref>According to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501064123/http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/ClubHistory/HistoryOverview.aspx club history] at the official website</ref> despite struggling in the league.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} The club earned a reputation for constantly battling against relegation most seasons, with numerous narrow escapes; none more so than in [[1965β66 in English football|1965β66]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JNj-Gg77rQ|title=Fulham V Liverpool 1966|last=Ged Martin|date=17 November 2010|via=YouTube|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218000839/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JNj-Gg77rQ|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On the morning of 26 February 1966, Fulham were bottom with just 15 points from 29 matches. The last 13 games saw Fulham win nine and draw two to reach safety. Eventually, however, the club suffered relegation in the [[1967β68 in English football|1967β68 season]], having won just ten out of their 42 games. Even that, however, was not as catastrophic as the calamity of next season. Winning only seven in 42, the club were relegated to the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1968-69.html|title=Season 1968-69 |publisher=rsssf|accessdate=14 March 2024}}</ref>
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