Cairney's "Fantastic Achievement"

Tim Ream was delighted to see Tom Cairney bring up 250 Fulham appearances at the weekend.

Both players are now into their eighth season at Craven Cottage, with TC joining Ream, Brede Hangeland and Luis Boa Morte as the only players to reach that milestone this century.

“It’s a lot of appearances!” Tim said. “He jokes that if we hadn’t been in the Championship it wouldn’t have been as many, but it’s a fantastic accomplishment.

“Whenever you can hit 250 at a club, the loyalty and everything that goes into it, staying at the Club for so long, wanting to be here, it’s great.

“I’m happy for him and, obviously, like myself and the other guys who are coming up on milestone appearances, we want to keep the group together as long as we possibly can and get all these guys to that point.

“For T, after some of the injuries that he’s dealt with over the past couple of seasons, to hit that mark is definitely a fantastic achievement for him.”