Fourteen years ago today Pizza Hut ended their estimated £2million-a-year sponsorship of Fulham. please log in to view this image The company confirmed they would not be taking up their option of a second year's sponsorship. UK marketing director James O'Reilly said: "We invested lengthy time in negotiating terms of the deal and made an informed offer in line with what we believe the market value of sponsorships of this type are worth. "We wish Fulham every success for the future." Fulham admitted "extensive discussions" had taken place with Pizza Hut and sales and marketing director Juliet Slot said: "We're disappointed we could not reach an agreement that the club and Pizza Hut found acceptable. "We believe Fulham have enormous potential for any brand." However, new sponsors were found and one year later to the day, albeit we had now lost a manager [Chris Coleman - was acting as caretaker manager following the departure of Jean Tigana earlier that week] we won against Champion League hopefuls Newcastle. Therefore all-but sealing our Premiership safety. The victory came from stunning goals by Sylvain Legwinski please log in to view this image and Lee Clark. The Frenchman netted off the post from all of 30 yards after an Alan Shearer header had given the visitors the lead in the first half. Clark got the winner with a sweet shot from the edge of the box with the outside of his right foot. Worth mentioning that the result would have been more significant but for some stunning saves by Shay Given (who played for Stoke against Spurs last night!)
