04/02/2010 - FDFC Men // Fulham DFC 8 - 0 Nottingham DFC

After a very disappointing postponement of the league match on the day before, this game was very much in doubt. Thankfully, the FFC groundsman relented and FDFC were able to welcome the Nottingham Deaf team to MotspurPark for the first time in their history.

Vorster, who broke the highest appearance record in gaining his 152nd appearance, had to be drafted in goal due to Robert's shoulder injury and with other goalkeepers unavailable. The back three consisted of McDougall, Captain Evans and Harding (who claimed his 49th appearance for FDFC- one away from 50!), while Bovino was named as the anchor man behind Burns and Gregory with both Hogan and Monksfield playing on the flanks. Ailey and Willis were tasked with scoring the goals to take FDFC through into the semi-finals.

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28/01/2010 - FDFC Men // Fulham DFC 7 - 0 Westside FC

At long last, the poor weather relented enough to allow the league game against Westside FC to go, much to the delight of all in the FDFC camp! But before going further, Fulham Deaf FC would like to wish you (readers) all a very Happy Belated Happy New Year! It had been seven weeks since Fulham Deaf last played a match (against Yourstory, back on Dec 12th). Since then, several postponements due to bad weather had resulted in a long wait for the thaw to come.

In the knowledge that a victory over Westside would maintain the pressure on league leaders AFC Cubo and fellow unbeaten side Caterham Old Boys. All squad players greeted each other in the Earl Beatty pub for a team talk due to two Academy matches being played earlier on at the training ground.

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19/01/2010 - FDFC Youth // Fulham Disability Centre of Excellence - Youth

Fulham FC Foundation worked in partnership with Surrey FA to select the best of disability youth players in Surrey.

Head Coach Roanna Simmons took 8 boys of varies disability to Norwich to play against other counties in the south in a 7-a-side disability football tournament.

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18/12/2009 - FDFC Men // Yourstory FC 1 - 3 Fulham DFC

Fulham Deaf FC travelled to Yourstory FC in search of a win that would keep the pressure on league runners AFC Cubo. The Gaffer in the build up explained to the team that we should not take Your Story lightly despite their lowly league position, as they had been scoring for fun, scoring an average of more than two goals a game. They had also previously beaten Cheam Village Warrirors FC, putting four past them in the process, and this was a team that had held Fulham Deaf FC to a hard fought 0-0 draw.

The team was also reminded that this 0-0 draw was based at the same venue and the Gaffer recalled that we had difficulties coming to terms with the slope and the tough conditions and demanded that armed with this knowledge, we should be better prepared. The Gaffer then expressed his disappointment that this was also the last time that Fulham Deaf had kept a clean sheet, a run of five games and told the team of his expectation that this unwanted run should end.

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11/12/2009 - FDFC Men // Fulham DFC 8 - 2 Ashtead FC

On a unsettled day at Motspur Park, FDFC welcomed Ashtead to resume our league campaign after last week's cup victory over Nutfield. Interestingly enough, we would be playing Ashtead for the third and last time season, following league (away) and cup victories over them.

The Gaffer, welcoming back Ironside, who was donned in his new 'generously fitting' FDFC management top, opted for a 3-5-2 formation, with returning captain Evans reinstalled into the heart of defence alongside Lampert and Harding. The midfield was made up of Swift and Willis on the left and right flanks respectively, with Bovino playing a deep anchor role to allow Burns and Sellers the opportunity to dictate the play. The two Daniels (Hogan and Ailey) were put upfront for today's game.

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03/12/2009 - FDFC News // FDFC's Daniel Simmonds stars in Dead Money, a Bim Ajadi film

FDFC's star Daniel Simmonds put in a brilliant debut performance in the film Dead Money, which was written and directed by former FDFC star (2003-2006) Bim Ajadi. 1st team player Pafe Mike Palata was also an extra in the poker scenes.

If you haven't seen the film, watch it here: http://www.deadmoneyfilm.com

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03/12/2009 - FDFC Men // Fulham Deaf 6 - 1 Nutfield

It was a massive relief to play last Saturday against Nutfield in the Senior League Cup 2nd round match, after a series of downpours threatened to postpone this match. FDFC played against Nutfield for the first time earlier in the season in a hard-fought 1 – 1 draw.

Given Nutfield's abilities in that first match, it could be understood why the Gaffer was reaching for the beta-blockers again once he had found out that his right-hand man, 'Ironside' Beedie, as well as club captain Evans and midfielder Nick Gregory, had gone off to Cardiff to watch Wales get hammered by the Aussies. To top things off, Moore was also absent, due to a romantic break in Madrid with his girlfriend, taking in sights such as the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid's stadium (Casanova, eat your heart out). These absences as well as those of a few others, meant that FDFC's squad was less than full strength, so the Gaffer had to make do with his available players once again.

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01/12/2009 - FDFC News // Fulham DFC Coach Wins Award

Roanna Simmons, Head of Disability Football at Fulham FC, has received the Coach of Project award for becoming the first deaf woman in the UK to achieve the FA Level 3 Coaching course.

The award was presented to her by Alan Knight MBE at the Deaf Friendly Football Club (DFFC) conference which was held at Anfield, home of Liverpool FC, on 16 November 2009.

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27/11/2009 - FDFC Men // Fulham Deaf 4 - 5 Tongham

Finally the weather was kind to us after we had a match postponement last week due to a waterlogged pitch. FDFC were relishing the challenge to play against Tongham who are two divisions above FDFC featuring in the Surrey Elite Intermediate League and are currently in 4th position of the Elite league. They are based in Tongham near Farnham, Surrey and were established in 1922. They joined the Combined Counties Football League Division One in 2005 and resigned from the Combined Counties League to join Surrey Elite Intermediate League. Tongham players were welcomed at the FFC Training Ground.

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