Sports Calendar

46: Tosh Chamberlain

1954-65, 204 appearances, 64 goals

Michael Parkinson once described Tosh Chamberlain as having been "created for Johnny Haynes to shout at". Haynes was a perfectionist; Chamberlain was not. Haynes would deliver the perfect pass, weighted, delicate, delicious; Chamberlain would belt it very, very hard. Sadly his shooting was not always accurate. Legend has it that he once hit a shot that flew over the Riverside Stand, landed in a barge and ended up seven miles down the river at Brentford. But Tosh could play a bit: he scored 64 Fulham goals in 204 action-packed appearances. And he also persuaded Johnny Haynes to join Fulham instead of Spurs, which turned out quite well for the club.

45: Bob Thomas

1947-51, 167 appearances, 55 goals

Nicknamed “Over the bar Bob,” Thomas did, however, score 23 goals in Fulham's 1948-49 second division championship season, and managed 57 in 176 career games for the Whites. Worked for the Financial Times after he retired from football.

44: Frank Penn

1919-34, 459 appearances, 52 goals

Amazingly, Penn was at Fulham from 1915 until 1965, first as a player, then as assistant trainer, then chief trainer.

43: Danny Murphy

2007-present

Too soon in his Fulham career for inclusion? I thought so at first, but the more I rolled his contributions around in my mind the more he had to be on the list. Has demonstrated just about everything as a midfield player in the last couple of seasons, devastating through-balls, timely tackles, ice-cool penalties and stupefying headers against Portsmouth. In terms of sheer ability, how many better midfield players have we had? Don't be surprised if he's our next manager.