Fulham’s best ever player, Johnny Haynes was one of British football’s outstanding inside-forwards and was capped for England on 56 occasions, 22 as skipper.
His greatest game for his country came against Russia in 1958 when his hat-trick helped England to a 5-0 victory, he was also inspirational when Scotland were beaten 9-3 at Wembley in 1961. Pele described Haynes as the "best passer of the ball I've ever seen".
Known as ‘the Maestro’, he was idolised by Fulham supporters and remained at the Cottage throughout his career despite offers from bigger clubs (he chose to join Fulham because his friend Tosh Chamberlain was already there).
He easily holds the club aggregate appearance record with 657 games and his tally of 157 goals was also a record until Gordon Davies passed it in 1989.
Haynes dictated most games he played in with his magnificent tactical brain, control and passing ability. He was a perfectionist who was as hard on himself as he was on others and was famous for his withering looks to colleagues when they had failed to read his play on the field.
Haynes played in two losing FA Cup Semi-Finals for the Whites and, in 1958 and 1962, helped them to promotion to Division One in 1959 and did more than most to keep them there until 1968. Johnny was briefly caretaker manager in November 1968, but never wanted to become a full-time boss. He moved to South Africa to continue playing in August 1970 before moving to Edinburgh in 1984.