Editing Fulham F.C. (section)

===1994–1997: Fulham's lowest ebb===
After an eighth-place finish in Branfoot's [[1994–95 in English football|first season]] in charge, the club hit its lowest-ever final league position in the [[1995–96 in English football|1995–96]] season, finishing 17th out of 24.<ref name="Final 1994/1995 Football League Two Table">{{cite web|title=Fulham 1994–1995 English Division Three Table|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1994-1995/table|publisher=Statto |access-date  = 12 November 2013 |url-status     = dead |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113003646/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1994-1995/table |archive-date = 13 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Final 1995/1996 Football League Two Table">{{cite web|title=Fulham 1995–1996 English Division Three Table|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1995-1996/table|publisher=Statto |access-date  = 12 November 2013 |url-status     = dead |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113005611/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1995-1996/table |archive-date = 13 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Branfoot was dismissed as manager, but remained at the club in other capacities for a short while. In February 1996, [[Micky Adams]] became [[Player-coach|player-manager]]. Adams oversaw an upturn in form that lifted the side out of relegation danger. The next season, he engineered a second-place league finish, missing out on first place because several years previously the league had dropped the old "goal difference" system in favour of a "goals scored" tally, meaning Fulham finished behind [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]. The club's chairman Jimmy Hill had argued in 1992 that goals scored should decide places of teams tied on points, and the Football League clubs had voted the system in.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}