Q 01/05

Fulham were founded in 1879 by worshippers at which West Kensington church?

A) St Andrew's

B) St Luke's

C) St Mary's

D) St Peter's

Answer · why

A) St Andrew's

Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School FC shortened its name in December 1888; a plaque still marks the church.

Q 02/05

Fulham hold what distinction among London's football clubs?

A) The first to play in Europe

B) The oldest professional club

C) The first to install floodlights

D) The first to win the FA Cup

Answer · why

B) The oldest professional club

They were only the third London club to turn professional though, in 1898, after Arsenal and Millwall.

Q 03/05

Fulham's first match at Craven Cottage in 1896 was against which now-defunct rivals?

A) Casuals

B) Corinthians

C) Minerva

D) Clapham Rovers

Answer · why

C) Minerva

The club had bought the site in 1894 but waited two years before it could host a game.

Q 04/05

The original Craven Cottage of 1780 stood in woods that had once been part of whose hunting grounds?

A) Henry VIII's

B) Elizabeth I's

C) Charles II's

D) Anne Boleyn's

Answer · why

D) Anne Boleyn's

The cottage was later home to novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton and burned down in 1888.

Q 05/05

Fulham's all-white shirt and black shorts, worn ever since, were first recorded in which year?

A) 1903

B) 1912

C) 1921

D) 1908

Answer · why

A) 1903

Before that the club had worn red and white halves and then a red and white kit.