50 free Fulham trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Fulham are London's oldest professional football club, born in a church Sunday school in 1879 and settled since 1896 in a ground that began as an 18th-century hunting cottage by the Thames. This quiz covers the whole story: the West London Amateur Cup, the third London club to turn professional, Henry Norris and how his refusal created Chelsea, the 6-0 semi-final, hot dogs in 1926, the 10-2 over Torquay, Johnny Haynes and his 657 games, Graham Leggat's three-minute hat-trick, Bobby Moore and Alan Mullery at Wembley in 1975, George Best, the 1987 QPR merger that Jimmy Hill stopped, goals-scored costing a title, Mohamed Al-Fayed's dream team, Keegan and Tigana's 101-point seasons, Loftus Road exile, the Intertoto Cup, Coleman's ninth place, Roy Hodgson's great escape and the run to Hamburg, the Michael Jackson statue, Shahid Khan, three play-off finals, Mitrović's century and Marco Silva. Early questions suit anyone who has watched the Boat Race from the Riverside; later ones are for Cottagers who know their Hammersmith End from their Putney End: which stand and pavilion are Grade II listed, which player was one of the first Britons to join Real Madrid, and how many penalties it took to beat Preston in 2024. Good for a supporters' club night or a west London pub quiz. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the club and Craven Cottage, and each question shows its source.
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Q 01Fulham were founded in 1879 by worshippers at which West Kensington church?
St Andrew's
Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School FC shortened its name in December 1888; a plaque still marks the church.
Q 02Fulham hold what distinction among London's football clubs?
The oldest professional club
They were only the third London club to turn professional though, in 1898, after Arsenal and Millwall.
Q 03Fulham's first match at Craven Cottage in 1896 was against which now-defunct rivals?
Minerva
The club had bought the site in 1894 but waited two years before it could host a game.
Q 04The original Craven Cottage of 1780 stood in woods that had once been part of whose hunting grounds?
Anne Boleyn's
The cottage was later home to novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton and burned down in 1888.
Q 05Fulham's all-white shirt and black shorts, worn ever since, were first recorded in which year?
1903
Before that the club had worn red and white halves and then a red and white kit.
Q 06Fulham's first ever Football League match, in September 1907, was a 1-0 home defeat to which club?
Hull City
The first win came days later at Derby's Baseball Ground.
Q 07Fulham's 6-0 defeat to Newcastle in 1908 remains a record margin for what?
An FA Cup semi-final
The run had included an 8-3 win at Luton.
Q 08Fulham chairman Henry Norris indirectly caused the founding of Chelsea by doing what?
Rejecting Gus Mears's offer of a move to Stamford Bridge
Mears created his own club for the ground; Norris later ran Arsenal too and planned a Fulham-Arsenal 'superclub' at the Cottage.
Q 09In 1926 Fulham became the first British club to sell what at their ground?
Hot dogs
Egyptian forward Hussein Hegazi had played one game for the club in 1911, scoring, as one of the League's first non-British players.
Q 10In their 1931-32 Third Division South title season Fulham beat which club 10-2?
Torquay United
They scored 111 goals and won 24 of 42 games.
Q 11Craven Cottage's record crowd of 49,335 in October 1938 watched a match against which club?
Millwall
The all-seater capacity of under 30,000 means it will never be beaten.
Q 12Which Fulham player made a pioneering move to Real Madrid in 1948?
John Fox Watson
Fulham won the Second Division title that season with the same 24-9-9 record as their 1932 promotion.
Q 13How many appearances did Johnny Haynes make for Fulham between 1952 and 1970?
657
'The Maestro' won 56 England caps, 22 as captain, and never played for another British club.
Q 21The Riverside terrace at Craven Cottage was famous for fans doing what once a year?
Turning to watch the Boat Race go past
It was replaced in 1972 by the Eric Miller Stand, opened with a friendly against Benfica and Eusébio.
Q 22The rugby league club Fulham founded in 1980 readopted which name in 2012?
London Broncos
Fulham Rugby League played at the Cottage until 1984 and lost money every year it was linked to the club; the club later played as Harlequins RL before reverting in 2012.
Q 23Fulham's all-time record scorer, with 178 goals over two spells, is who?
Gordon Davies
Q 14A 1962 car accident in which town ended Johnny Haynes's England career?
Blackpool
He died in another car crash in 2005, and the Stevenage Road Stand was renamed in his honour.
Q 15Fulham's 1958 FA Cup run ended in a semi-final replay against the remnants of which team?
Manchester United's Busby Babes
It was the closest Haynes came to a major trophy in England.
Q 16Which club did Fulham beat 10-1 on Boxing Day 1963, with Graham Leggat scoring a sub-three-minute hat-trick?
Ipswich Town
It remains a club record win; Leggat scored 134 goals for Fulham.
Q 17In 1962 Fulham became the last First Division club to do what?
Install floodlights
The Hammersmith End got its roof two years later, paid for by Alan Mullery's sale to Spurs.
Q 18On 26 February 1966 Fulham were bottom with 15 points from 29 games. How did they survive?
Winning nine and drawing two of the last 13
They finally went down in 1968 and again in 1969, into the Third Division.
Q 19Fulham's only FA Cup final, in 1975, was lost 2-0 to which club?
West Ham United
Alec Stock's side featured Bobby Moore and Alan Mullery; it earned entry to the Anglo-Scottish Cup, where they also lost the final.
Q 20How many games did George Best play for Fulham in 1976-77?
47
Rodney Marsh returned the same season for just 16 games.
'Ivor' Davies signed in 1978; the record still stands.
Q 24Why was Fulham's 1983 promotion decider at Derby abandoned after 88 minutes?
A pitch invasion
Fulham lost 1-0 and missed back-to-back promotions; the squad was then sold off to clear debts.
Q 25Which former player and broadcaster saved Fulham from a 1987 merger with QPR by forming a new company?
Jimmy Hill
As chairman he later argued in 1992 for goals scored to separate level teams, a rule that then cost Fulham a title in 1997.
Q 26How many spot kicks did it take to separate Fulham and Preston in their 2024 EFL Cup shoot-out, a record?
31
It beat Fulham's own record of 28 kicks against Aldershot in a 1987 Football League Trophy tie.
Q 27In 1996-97 Fulham finished second to Wigan on the same points because the League ranked teams how?
By goals scored
The system Jimmy Hill had championed cost his own club the title.
Q 28Mohamed Al-Fayed bought Fulham in 1997 for how much?
£6.75 million
He pledged Premier League football within five years and delivered it in four.
Q 29Al-Fayed's 1997 'dream team' paired chief operating officer Kevin Keegan with which manager?
Ray Wilkins
Wilkins left in May 1998 after a row over team selection; Keegan won 101 points the next season before taking the England job.
Q 30Fulham are the only club to have done what twice?
Reach 100 points in a season
Keegan's 1998-99 side and Tigana's 2000-01 side both took 101 of a possible 138.