title: 2008–09 Fulham F.C. season
Craven Cottage
Emerson Hyndman
William Banks (footballer)
Roy Hodgson
Viv Busby
List of Fulham F.C. players (1–24 appearances)
Ahmad Elrich
List of Fulham F.C. seasons
Fulham F.C. league record by opponent
sentences: The 2008–09 Fulham season was the club's 111th professional season and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League, since their return in 2001.
 They were managed by Roy Hodgson in his first full season as Fulham manager.
 They played in the Premier League by virtue of staying up on goal difference from Reading on the last day of the previous campaign and were hoping to improve on their placing of 17th.
 They eventually finished in seventh place in the Premier League table with 53 points, an improvement of ten places and 18 points.
 Their league position secured a place in the newly formed UEFA Europa League for the 2009–10 season as well as their highest League finish in their history.
 The club received a number of additional awards from the Premier League, namely the Fair Play Award, the "Behaviour of the Public Award" and the "Barclays Spirit Award" for manager Roy Hodgson.
Craven Cottage is a football stadium located in Fulham, London.
 It has been the home ground of Fulham F.C. since 1896.
Emerson Schellas Hyndman (born April 9, 1996) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Bournemouth and for the United States national team.
 Hyndman spent 3 months on loan to Scottish Premiership club Rangers in 2017.
 Prior to Bournemouth, Hyndman played for Fulham F.C. before moving on a free transfer (subject to payment of a development fee).
William Banks (born January 1893 in Shankhouse, Northumberland, England) was an English footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool F.C. in The Football League.
 Banks started his career at Hartford Burdon in the Bluthe and District League before he was signed by professional team Ashington.
 He then moved to Tranmere Rovers F.C. and then on to Liverpool.
 He made his debut towards the end of the 1913–14 season featuring in nine of the last eleven games of the season.
 He made a further seventeen appearances before the advent of the First World War, which interrupted his career.
 Following the end of the war he signed for Tranmere again.
 He later moved to Fulham F.C. where he played 43 matches between 1919 and 1921, scoring 12 goals.
Roy Hodgson ( ; born 9 August 1947) is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Vivian Dennis Busby (born 19 June 1949) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
 He played for Wycombe Wanderers, Luton Town, Newcastle United, Fulham F.C. Norwich City, Stoke City, Sheffield United, Tulsa Roughnecks, Blackburn Rovers and York City.
Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
 The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., before shortening it to Fulham F.C. in 1888.
 They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896.
 They played their first match as a professional football club in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–1903 season.
 The club also competed in the Southern Football League until 1907, when they were accepted into the Football League Second Division.
 Having spent much of their history outside the top division, the team gained promotion to the Premier League in 2001.
 They have since spent more than ten years in the top flight and reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2010.
 In 2014 they were relegated to the Football League Championship.
Ahmad Elrich (born 30 May 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian association footballer of Lebanese descent.
 Elrich played seventeen games for the Australia national soccer team and played for Fulham F.C. in the English Premier League.
 He is the older brother of Adelaide United player Tarek Elrich.
Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
 The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888.
 They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896; the club played their first professional match in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–03 season.
Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
 The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888.

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 The 2008–09 Fulham season was the club's 111th professional season and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League, since their return in 2001.
 They were managed by Roy Hodgson in his first full season as Fulham manager.
 They played in the Premier League by virtue of staying up on goal difference from Reading on the last day of the previous campaign and were hoping to improve on their placing of 17th.
 They eventually finished in seventh place in the Premier League table with 53 points, an improvement of ten places and 18 points.
 Their league position secured a place in the newly formed UEFA Europa League for the 2009–10 season as well as their highest League finish in their history.
 The club received a number of additional awards from the Premier League, namely the Fair Play Award, the "Behaviour of the Public Award" and the "Barclays Spirit Award" for manager Roy Hodgson. 

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 Craven Cottage is a football stadium located in Fulham, London.
 It has been the home ground of Fulham F.C. since 1896. 

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 William Banks (born January 1893 in Shankhouse, Northumberland, England) was an English footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool F.C. in The Football League.
 Banks started his career at Hartford Burdon in the Bluthe and District League before he was signed by professional team Ashington.
 He then moved to Tranmere Rovers F.C. and then on to Liverpool.
 He made his debut towards the end of the 1913–14 season featuring in nine of the last eleven games of the season.
 He made a further seventeen appearances before the advent of the First World War, which interrupted his career.
 Following the end of the war he signed for Tranmere again.
 He later moved to Fulham F.C. where he played 43 matches between 1919 and 1921, scoring 12 goals. 

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 Roy Hodgson ( ; born 9 August 1947) is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Premier League club Crystal Palace. 

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 Vivian Dennis Busby (born 19 June 1949) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
 He played for Wycombe Wanderers, Luton Town, Newcastle United, Fulham F.C. Norwich City, Stoke City, Sheffield United, Tulsa Roughnecks, Blackburn Rovers and York City. 

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 Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
 The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., before shortening it to Fulham F.C. in 1888.
 They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896.
 They played their first match as a professional football club in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–1903 season.
 The club also competed in the Southern Football League until 1907, when they were accepted into the Football League Second Division.
 Having spent much of their history outside the top division, the team gained promotion to the Premier League in 2001.
 They have since spent more than ten years in the top flight and reached the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2010.
 In 2014 they were relegated to the Football League Championship. 

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 Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
 The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888.
 They initially played at Fulham Fields before a move to Craven Cottage in 1896; the club played their first professional match in December 1898 and made their FA Cup debut in the 1902–03 season. 

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 Fulham Football Club is an English professional football team based in Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
 The club was formed in West Kensington in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C., shortened to Fulham F.C. in 1888. 

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Answer: Premier League club Crystal Palace