Life has its ups and downs if you’re a Fulham fan and in the current period of angst over transfers one made on this day in 1976 is worth remembering. The then club captain Alan Mullery had already persuaded the legendary Bobby Moore to leave West Ham and turn out for us, while Rodney Marsh had also returned for a second spell at the club. And it was Rod the Mod who cajoled George Best – who was living in the Kings Road at the time – into wandering over Fulham way to complete the legendary trio. please log in to view this image Best made his debut against Bristol Rovers in September, scoring after 71 seconds. Over 25,000 fans turned up the following week to see his home debut against Wolves. The previous year’s opening match had attracted only 9,000. In those heady early days, the talk was of promotion. But Fulham ended up just a point clear of the relegation zone. Of course, the memory of Best and Marsh can't go by without refreshing a clip of that video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2l-xUQmc0&feature=player_embedded
Quite right, the puns are so Strong today. I Coney get enough of them (Scottish accent to make it sound reasonably plausible).