As we prepare for our League meeting at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, YNWA looks at the careers of some of those who have represented both Fulham and the mighty reds.
Current double agents
Jari Litmanen has yet to feature for the Cottagers since joining from Malmö FF on transfer deadline day in January. He struck nine goals in 43 reds games after signing from Barcelona in January 2001, before returning to his spiritual home with Ajax in Amsterdam in August 2002. He has played an amazing 112 times for Finland. Danny Murphy moved to Fulham from Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day last August, and has so far netted four goals in 31 outings. Spud arrived at Anfield from Crewe Alexandra for an overall £3m fee in July 1997. He was nearly on his way out early into his Anfield career, but later established himself as a vital squad member. He made a total of 249 first-team appearances, notching 44 times, and helping us to claim the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup before moving to Charlton Athletic for £2.5m in August 2004.
Steve Finnan spent nearly five years at Craven Cottage, playing more than two hundred times, before following Christian Damiano to Anfield for £3.5m in July 2003. He has so far made 213 appearances for us, bagging his only goal to date against West Bromwich Albion in September 2004. He has already helped us to claim the Champions League, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FA Community Shield.
Tony Warner spent three years as our number two keeper, sitting on the bench 121 times without making a first-team appearance. He then spent five years with Millwall, and made an unexpected return to top-flight football when he moved to Craven Cottage from Cardiff City on loan in August 2005 before signing permanently the following January. He has so far appeared 26 times for Fulham, including both our League meetings in 2005/06, spending a couple of weeks on loan with Barnsley earlier this season.
The management
1950's reds wing-half Bobby Campbell took over as Fulham Manager in December 1976, remaining in charge until he was sacked in October 1980. He had kept them in the Second Division until they were relegated earlier that year. He only made 25 first-team appearances during his seven years at Anfield. Kevin Keegan was appointed boss at Craven Cottage in May 1998, before being lured by the England job. He guided Fulham to the Second Division title, with an impressive 101 points, in his one season in charge.
Karlheinz Riedle netted fifteen times in 76 reds games before joining Fulham for £200,000 in September 1999. He struck six times in 35 matches for the Cottagers, and stood in as Manager for four months between Paul Bracewell's exit the following March and the arrival of Jean Tigana. Roy Evans spent a short spell advising Riedle at Craven Cottage. Coach Christian Damiano spent three years at Fulham as assistant to Jean Tigana before coming to Anfield in July 2003 for a year. He had previously worked with Gérard Houllier at the French FA for a decade, and later moved on to Southampton.
1980's stars
Kevin Keegan brought Peter Beardsley to Fulham in November 1998 on a free transfer from Bolton Wanderers, following two loan spells there earlier that year. Quasi only remained for a further month, before moving on again to Hartlepool United. In total he scored seven times in 28 games for the Cottagers. Ray Houghton joined Second Division Fulham in July 1982 from West Ham United, whom he had been with as a junior. He played 145 times for the West London outfit, scoring 21 times, before joining Oxford United for £147,000 in September 1985. He arrived at Anfield from Oxford two years later, going on to help us to claim two League titles and two FA Cups, and netting 38 times in 202 games.
Howard Gayle was the first black player to wear a reds first team jersey in the modern era, but could only make five first-team appearances in the early 1980's, joining Fulham on loan for fourteen games during this time, before moving permanently to Birmingham City in January 1983. Centre-back Richard Money only made seventeen first-team appearances for the reds, having signed from Fulham for £50,000 in May 1980. He spent two years at Anfield before leaving for Luton Town for £100,000.
Other double agents
Right-winger Arthur Berry spent two years at Anfield, making only three first-team appearances, before signing for Fulham as an amateur. He briefly rejoined the reds in 1912, only playing once more. He won Olympic Gold medals with the United Kingdom team in both 1908 and 1912. Left-half Bill Goldie joined Fulham in January 1904 after playing 174 reds games and notching six times, helping us to our first ever League title in 1901.
Cliff Lloyd signed for the reds in 1936 but never actually played a first-team game. After the war he signed for Fulham with whom he had guested during hostilities. He was best known as PFA Secretary between 1953 and 1982. William Banks struck six times in 26 reds games following his signing from Ashington in September 1913. He moved on to Fulham at the end of the First World War. Reds physiotherapist Dave Galley had his first full-time post with Fulham, under Ray Harford in the 1980's. He worked with us for six years from the summer of 1999, before moving on to Derby County. Keeper Dave Underwood joined the reds for £7,000 from Watford in December 1953, playing fifty reds games before returning to Vicarage Road in July 1956. He later turned out for Fulham after a third spell with the Hornets, making eighteen top-flight appearances for them.
Wartime guests
Scottish left-half Jimmy McInnes made 51 reds appearances after signing from Third Lanark in March 1938 for £5,500. Fulham was one of many sides he guested for during the war, before joining the reds administrative staff after he retired in 1946. Scottish winger Hugh McQueen played in our first ever League win back in September 1893, but he was only at Anfield for three years, featuring 63 times. His playing career ended in West London with Fulham.
Wing-half Ted Savage played 105 times for the reds in the 1930's, netting just twice, both coming in his first game. He also guested for the Cottagers during the Second World War. Tom Bush also played wing-half, making 72 appearances in fourteen years at Anfield, before joining the coaching staff in 1947. He too guested for Fulham during the war. Frank O'Donnell also guested for the reds, as well as playing for the Cottagers.





