38 The Official Fulham FC Matchday Programme
TH E FU L H A M AL P H A B E T
Historian Alex White continues his look at Fulham’s
history in alphabetical order...
J
ONES AT WAR.
During World War Two,
Fulham relied heavily on guest
players and teams would change
regularly. To confuse matters
during the 1944/45 season,
Fulham had six guest players
called Jones. Outside-right
Len Jones played regularly for
Fulham during the war years
and scored eight times in 118
appearances. He also played
for Barnsley, Plymouth Argyle,
Southend United, Colchester
United and Ipswich Town during
his career. The other players called
Jones played only a handful of
matches that season. These were:
Charlie Jones, a centre-half from
Southend United, Fred Jones, a
forward from Ipswich Town, Eric
Jones, a winger with Stoke City,
George Jones, an outside-left from
Sheffield United, and Sam Jones, a
wing-half from Blackpool.
J
UNIORS.
Fulham first entered the FA
Youth Cup during 1953/54, the
second year of the competition,
when they drew 1-1 at Hendon,
winning the Replay 6-0. One
of Fulham’s best seasons in the
competition came in 1985/86
when they reached the Fifth
Round but lost 3-0 to Manchester
City at the Cottage. The Fulham
side included six players who
would go on to play in the
Football League in Gary Smith,
Shaun Gore, Glen Thomas, Justin
Skinner, Kevin Hoddy and Paul
Mortimer. Fulham Juniors won
the South East Counties League
Cup in 1971/72 when they beat
Arsenal 3-2 on aggregate over a
two-legged Final. In the South
East Counties League in 1954/55,
the Whites finished runners-up to
Chelsea. This side included Tony
Macedo, Trevor Watson, Derek
Lampe, Brian O’Connell and Tony
Barton, all of
whom appeared
in Fulham’s first
XI in future years.
They also beat
Brentford in the
Final of the League
Cup that season.
Fulham reached
the FA Youth
Cup Final in 2014
where they lost to
Chelsea on aggregate. The Fulham
side included Moussa Dembélé,
Patrick Roberts, Marek Rodák,
Emerson Hyndman and George
Williams.
L
EEDS CITY.
Leeds City were thrown out of
the Football League in 1919 due to
financial irregularities. The first
meeting between the clubs came
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Charlie Jones
Jimmy Torrance
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