It occurs to me that the chairman's spending has come in bursts, and when Premiership survival was under threat.

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/fulham-transfers.html (for full details)

Big splurges (Premier League era):

On promotion to the division
When Chris Coleman's team nearly stumbled out of the division and Lawrie Sanchez was given money to overhaul things
When this didn't work, Roy Hodgson got money to overhaul things

Since then we've been in tick-over mode.

The next in our "Those We Have Lost" series is a little different to the rest. Wimbledon supporter Tom Lines missed the club's days at Plough Lane, but by the time that he was old enough he was venturing across south London to see his team play at Selhurst Park. If you would like to contribute to this series which will be collected together as a page on the site for posterity please drop us a line using the contact page in the links at the top.

As the temperature drops on the drunks out in Clapham
I turn on my bx and it's like punk never happened
The community's charged up and the West End's alight
And it's Jimmy Bloody Tarbuck on a Saturday night

And I'm sick to the back teeth, frony teeth and tonsils
Of hit making factories and kids niffing Ronseal
The run down, the hard up and the national health
And it's Jimmy Bloody Tarbuck on a Sunday as well

Friends, Romans, country fans
If you're happpy and you know it
You can clap your hands and say yeah!

While we peer out onto the dark and deserted ice-rink that is a post-elimination FA Cup weekend , here is a something about West Bromwich Albion and why Roy Hodgson probably felt comfortable taking the job.

The official 25 man squad is below. What's interesting is the number of players who have been linked to Fulham which, when you factor in the players we already have from there (Gera, Greening, Kamara), does make you think.