# 1988–89 Fulham RLFC season

The 1988–89 Fulham RLFC season was the ninth in the club's history. They competed in the 1988–89 Second Division of the Rugby Football League. They also competed in the 1989 Challenge Cup, 1988–89 Lancashire Cup and the 1988–89 League Cup. They finished the season in 15th place in the second tier of British professional rugby league.

## 1988-89 Second Division table

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Leigh | 28 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 925 | 338 | +587 | 52 |
| 2 | Barrow | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 726 | 326 | +400 | 43 |
| 3 | Sheffield Eagles | 28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 669 | 362 | +307 | 39 |
| 4 | York | 28 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 585 | 383 | +202 | 35 |
| 5 | Swinton | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 621 | 482 | +139 | 34 |
| 6 | Doncaster | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 599 | 464 | +135 | 34 |
| 7 | Whitehaven | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 522 | 378 | +144 | 32 |
| 8 | Keighley | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 551 | 525 | +26 | 32 |
| 9 | Rochdale Hornets | 28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 655 | 677 | -22 | 30 |
| 10 | Bramley | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 600 | 514 | +86 | 29 |
| 11 | Carlisle | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 512 | 441 | +71 | 29 |
| 12 | Batley | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 461 | 416 | +45 | 29 |
| 13 | Dewsbury | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 518 | 626 | -108 | 26 |
| 14 | Hunslet | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 473 | 540 | -67 | 25 |
| 15 | Fulham | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 464 | 650 | -186 | 20 |
| 16 | Chorley Borough | 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 408 | 533 | -125 | 19 |
| 17 | Workington Town | 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 365 | 549 | -184 | 19 |
| 18 | Huddersfield | 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 400 | 615 | -215 | 19 |
| 19 | Mansfield Marksman | 28 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 308 | 769 | -461 | 9 |
| 20 | Runcorn Highfield | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 224 | 998 | -774 | 5 |
* Promoted

## 1988-89 squad

| Name | Starts | Substitute | Total Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points |
| David Baker | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Bibby | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bob Boyce | 20 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Gary Braniff | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Bridge | 24 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Brian Brown | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Steve Callow | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cheetham | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeff Coutts | 30 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 61 |
| Joe Dutton | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Colin Fenn | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Hugh Francis | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ernie Garland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Dave Gillan | 27 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Nick Grimoldby | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Guyett | 25 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 145 |
| Albert Heig | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hutchinson | 28 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Scott Jennings | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Lawrence Johannson | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Noel Keating | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Lane | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Roy Leslie | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Manning | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Mansfield | 26 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Hussein M'Barki | 24 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Andrew Mighty | 23 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Keiron Murphy | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Greg Pearce | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Huw Rees | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Andrew Render | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| David Rotherham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Trembath | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Walker | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ian Wightman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Zillman | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Trialists (2) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |