A blog of two halves

Fulham’s home match against Cardiff was a strange one though that epithet makes it sound more interesting than it really was.

On 20 April last year, Fulham’s 3-0 victory at Millwall moved them up to second place in the Championship with two matches remaining.

Throughout thus relegation-haunted season the crowds have shown sympathy and support for the Fulham players, who seemed overwhelmed by the demands of the Premier League.

At the end of February rumours abounded of managerial changes at Fulham.

Liverpool’s win at Craven Cottage on Sunday was not the widely expected formality.

The team’s away record this season threatens to be the worst in the entirety of English professional football.

The first Saturday in May 2016 marked the conclusion of Fulham’s second season in the Championship.

After a fortnight’s break Fulham showed a marginal improvement against West Ham but the outcome brought further disappointment.

It is hard for a Fulham fan to extract positives from Saturday’s lunchtime match against Manchester United.

Not so long ago, before a crucial international fixture, the Telegraph sport section devoted its front page to a huge picture of Wayne Rooney with just three words of text: ‘Cometh the hour’.