Five Fulham players were presented with their Premier League debut balls recently.
The commemorative display balls are given to home grown players after they appear in the top flight for the first time.
To qualify, a player must have been at an academy of a club in the English football pyramid for three years or more prior to their 21st birthday.
Premier League debuts were handed to Marek Rodák and Michael Hector on the opening day of the season when we hosted Arsenal at Craven Cottage. Rodák came through the ranks right here at Fulham having moved over from his native Slovakia aged 16, while Hector grew up at Reading.
Antonee Robinson was next to make his Premier League bow. He’d graduated from the Everton academy but did not make a senior appearance for the Toffees, meaning his start for the Whites at Molineux was his first taste of top flight action.
Tosin had played for Manchester City in the FA Cup, League Cup, and Champions League, but our 1-1 draw at Sheffield United was the first time he had featured in the Premier League.
And Josh Maja – who spent time in our Academy as well as Sunderland’s – is the most recent top flight debutant, coming off the bench in our goalless draw with West Ham United, before notching a brace on his full debut at Everton a week later.
