The Club would like to pay tribute to former player Roger Brown, who sadly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning at just 58 years of age.
Roger will be fondly remembered by Fulham Football Club as a truly great servant and a favourite of the Cottage faithful.
Roger’s goalscoring feats at Fulham, as a defender, with 12 goals during the 1981-82 campaign remains a Club record. His headed goal against Lincoln City| that secured promotion in the 1981-82 season clinched his place in Fulham history.
Born in Tamworth in Staffordshire on 12 December 1952, Roger joined his local club, Walsall, in 1970 as an apprentice but failed to make the grade.
He became a production manager in an engineering firm based in Lemington and joined the local club as a semi-professional. Bournemouth revived his Football League career at the age of 25 when they signed him from AP Lemington in February 1977.
A powerful, dominant central defender, Roger was soon spotted by First Division club Norwich City and moved to Norfolk in July 1979 for a fee of £85,000. He stayed eight months before joining Fulham for a £100,000 fee but was unfortunately injured on his debut against Chelsea.
Roger became a great favourite at the Cottage and was an inspirational leader in Fulham’s promotion season of 1981-82 when he scored the vital goal against Lincoln| in the last match to ensure a return to the Second Division.
In December 1983 Roger moved to Bournemouth and won an Associate Members Cup-winners’ medal in 1984.
The Club would like to pass on its deepest sympathies to Roger Brown’s family at this difficult time.