The Fulham Supporters’ Trust is run on a voluntary basis by a board of Fulham supporters elected from its membership. The current board is drawn from a large number of industries and disciplines including business, politics, media, marketing, property, finance and the charitable sector. The broader Trust membership contains an even more diverse set of skills.
Any member of the FST is welcome to stand to become a board member when annual elections take place; the most recent election was in November 2025. At each of these elections one third of board places is made available. The current board is as follows:
Elected Board Members
| Jerry Cope (Treasurer and Membership Secretary) | Simon Duke (Chair) |
| Sue Couch (IAG representative) | Jakub Krupa |
| Dan Crawford (Co-Lead on EDI) | Hayley Davinson (Vice Chair) |
| Tamara Dragadze (Co-Lead on EDI) | Steve Nicholson (Secretary) |
| Roger Southgate |
Co-opted Board Members
The board is able to co-opt up to an additional five members for a one year term to support its work as necessary. We ask that co-opted board members seek election at the first available opportunity after co-optionWe currently have no co-opted board members.
Organisation
The board has five formal roles which are agreed periodically at board meetings and re-appointed after elections.
- Chair – Simon Duke
- Vice Chair – Hayley Davinson
- Secretary – Steve Nicholson
- Membership Secretary – Jerry Cope
- Treasurer – Jerry Cope
Additionally, members of the board have areas of responsibility for which they take the lead in Trust activity. These were most recently agreed at the December 2022 board meeting and will be updated from time to time as necessary. Key liaison roles with external groups which require named individuals are as follows:
- Metropolitan Police Independent Advisory Group (IAG) – Sue Couch
- Hammersmith and Fulham Council Safety Advisory Group (SAG) – Simon Duke
- Football Supporters Association (FSA) – Simon Duke, Hayley Davinson.
You can read the additional responsibility areas of each board member in the profiles below.
Initial terms of office (one, two and three election cycles) were decided at the Ocotber 2019 board meeting by the drawing of lots. From 2020 onwards an election of one third of the board positions will take place each year in line with the elections policy.
Board Member Biographies
Simon Duke (Chair)
Fulham is in my DNA and I want to make sure that the family values established over time continue for generations to come. FST is the voice of the fans.
Still believe.
Elected until
AGM 2028
Areas of responsibility
Ticketing
Riverside Stand
Member of the Fan Advisory Board
Safety Advisory Group
Day job
Retired
Joined Trust Board when?
Elected July 2020
Why are you on the Trust board?
Having been a supporter for over 60 years and now retired I now have the time to give something back.
Why Fulham?
Its in my family DNA. We come from Putney originally and you are either Fulham or Chelsea. My immediate side of the family are all Fulham.
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
The club has played a huge part in my life and it is important to me that the values established over time and family oriented nature continue for generations to come.
First match
I cannot remember whom we played in my first game it was so long ago, but my Grandfather bought me a season ticket in the Stevenage Road (as was then) stand in 1962. I can still remember we were in Stand G, Row E seats 5 & 6.
Favourite ever player
There have been a many over the years (Haynes, Mullery, Moore, Saha, Mitrovic to name a few) but I will go for my first real hero, John Mitchell, whose 2 semi-final goals took us to our first Wembley appearance in 1975.
If I was a Fulham player I’d be
Danny Murphy – committed, organised and a true leader. What might be lacking in pace is made up for in vision and speed of thought.
On match days you can find me …
No set routine other than to come by train. I tend to either come straight to the ground and meet up with friends there or maybe meet up with someone in Fulham or Putney en route. I can be found in H6.
Best ever Fulham moment
I have only considered here games I attended. There have been a few, Carlisle away in 1975 when we got battered and came away with a 1-0 win, great train journey through the Lake District. Wembley 75, Basel away, Wolfsburg away, Juventus and Hamburg at home. I will however have to go for the 2018 play off final. It was a great day out and came at the end of the season in which my father passed away. I always attended games with him where possible. In his later years I used to make sure he could get to the cottage for every game and where the club were tremendous in making sure physically challenged supporters could still get to see matches. I’m sure he was watching and had some influence that day.
Worst ever Fulham moment
All relegations.
Jerry Cope (Treasurer, Membership Secretary)
It is critical to the future of football, a game I love, that Clubs and fans get closer together – I would love to help that a tiny bit.
Elected until
AGM 2026
Day job
I do a portfolio of quite a few things, maybe the main one is Chair of London South Bank University.
Skills
Negotiating, finance, analysis, sorting out problems.
Joined Trust Board when?
Co-opted December 2018.
Why are you on the Trust board?
To help bring the Club closer to its fans.
Why Fulham?
Grandfather’s influence.
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
The Cottage
First match
Sheffield United 21 Jan 1961 (lost 6-1!)
Favourite ever player
Simon Morgan because he pushed his limited talent as far as it could go, and went to visit my best football friend when he was dying.
If I was a Fulham player I’d be
Simon Morgan …because I have no football talent either.
On match days you can find me …
Picking my son up at Clapham Junction, perhaps stopping at the White Horse, before sitting in JH Stand.
Best ever Fulham moment
Beating Juventus in that evening game, closely followed by Denis’ headed goal.
Worst ever Fulham moment
That away game at Torquay.
Sue Couch (IAG (policing) representative)
Supporters need a voice, particularly perhaps in the Premier League where the concerns of ordinary fans risk being lost in the machine of corporate sponsorship. I feel the Trust should represent the generations who have supported Fulham through thick and thin, and who still spend their wages and time demonstrating this commitment.
Elected until
AGM 2027
Areas of responsibility
Day job
I work for a publishing and events company in Fulham who have a property portfolio that I look after. Let’s just say I’ve learned a lot about leaks, blockages, scaffolding and fire curtains. Not much of a crossover with Supporters’ Trust work, but variety is the spice of life.
Joined Trust Board when?
In November 2018. I have supported Fulham since 1987/88, and I was almost immediately co-opted onto the Supporters Club committee as Press Officer after David Lloyd stepped down to concentrate on TOOFIF, and I was closely involved in the Fulham 2000 and Back to the Cottage campaigns. When I rejoined the Trust board, I was the only female on the board – and I have actively encouraged the other women and girls who support Fulham as well to make their voices heard and increased female representation on our board.
Why Fulham?
I’ve been a Fulham fan since 1987 due to the pure good fortune of moving nearby with a football crazy six-year-old whose dad Richard was a lifelong Fulham supporter. My own dad was West Ham and he took me as a child once or twice to watch them play, but I hadn’t really thought about football for years. Then suddenly I got Fulham and Fulham got me. From the start I loved the humour of the (then) terraces and the generosity that our fans showed one another. I always felt safe, on my own or with my young son. Fulham seemed to attract the funnier, more self-deprecating, more thoughtful SW London fans and I’ve always seen that as strength rather than weakness. And we have enormous resilience – just don’t mistake our good nature for a lack of passion.
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
Memories, I think, and heritage and history. The memories of fans who have been supporting through all the ups and downs, taking care of our heritage for the future generations, and our memories of those who are no longer with us. These are integrally tied to Craven Cottage – Fulham should always play here in this ground on the banks of the Thames and our battles to preserve the Cottage have all been worthwhile. The FST is here because of those battles fought by fans, from fledgling spontaneous groups handing out leaflets in Fulham and Shepherds Bush, to the more organised committee-led efforts of FULHAM 2000 and Back to the Cottage. We owe everyone involved in those earlier campaigns a huge debt of thanks.
On match days you can find me …
In H7 with my family – three generations of season ticket holders.
Best ever Fulham moment
Worst ever Fulham moment
Leaving the Cottage for Loftus Road and fearing that we’d never return.
Hayley Davinson (Vice Chair)
Elected until
AGM 2026
Areas of responsibility
Communications
Web site
FSA liaison
Day job
Freelance copywriter and messaging consultant.
Joined Trust Board when?
Co-opted in 2019 and then elected in September 2019.
Why are you on the Trust board?
Originally I wanted to help get more female voices heard with regards to issues at Fulham and across the wider football spectrum. Currently, our home is secure but I am always going to do everything I can to keep it that way.
Why Fulham?
I asked my Dad why he took my brother and not me when I was seven. One game was all it took!
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
Craven Cottage & doing things the Fulhamish way
First match
Believe it was v Plymouth, it was a rare win in 1994 in a season that of course ended in relegation.
Favourite ever player
Has to be Geoff Horsfield. I really thought ’Horsfield for England’ was a possibility after that destruction of Spurs in the League Cup. Of course, Saha is the greatest I’ve witnessed.
If I was a Fulham player I’d be
Steve Sidwell. I have an instant afinity with any redheaded Fulham player.
On match days you can find me …
I was a season ticket holder until I ran off to Spain during Covid! I’m now watching from afar with my small humans who are both being taught why Tom Cairney is their hero.
Best ever Fulham moment
Has to be Juventus. I wish you could bottle that feeling.
Worst ever Fulham moment
Leaving my friends at Gatwick airport post Hamburg, getting on the train home and someone holding up the Evening Standard newspaper with the back pages being that we’d lost. I know it was about the journey, but that hurt.
Tamara Dragadze
For some time now I have been trying to get more women to football matches and the women’s team more visibility. I also have professional skills to work against racism and would like to see more people from all communities at Craven Cottage.
I am a senior citizen and as a grandmother I wish to see people of all generations on our terraces because then FFC lives up to its reputation as a family club.
Elected until
AGM 2027
Areas of responsibility
Co-lead on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. Reporting to the Board on the Fulham FC Women’s Team
Day job
Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute
Skills
Personal experience of viewing the football world through the eyes of a woman, senior citizen, social scientist and ethnic minority. Have worked in ethnic conflict mediation.
Present research at University of Westminster is on the lack of ethnic diversity in Women’s Football
Joined Trust Board when?
Elected in November 2021.
Why are you on the Trust board?
I want to work towards fulfilling my dream of seeing the Cottage’s terraces reflect our society at large: more women, more ethnic diversity, more income diversity and even more age mix. The Board gives me the chance to listen to supporters and would-be supporters and to convey their needs to the Club.
Why Fulham?
I can call it part of my home not only because I live close to Craven Cottage but because it is welcoming and it aspires to my values of family, decency and compassion, including for the disabled and those in mourning.
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
Its sense of community and being unpretentious. I fell in love with Fulham when we moved nearby in 1981 and were allowed to hold in the stadium the jumble sale of the Bishop Creighton House Playgroup to which my infant children went. Support to us Senior Citizens during the recent Covid lockdown, many decades later, continues in that tradition. It was years before I could afford to buy tickets to games and now I feel so fortunate every time I renew my season ticket.
First match
I can’t remember which year it was, but I managed to buy tickets to bring my very young son and daughter to the Cottage to stand in the pouring rain behind goal. It was a game against Liverpool and Bruce Grobbelaar turned to smile at us every time he made a save, not realising we supported Fulham.
Favourite ever player
Berbatov! I loved the way he waddled around the pitch and suddenly produced his magic. Never seen anyone like him since!
If I was a Fulham player I’d be
I would like to be a goalkeeper! I also might consider being a winger because for my 68th birthday my present was a lesson in how to dribble a ball right down a field.
On match days you can find me …
In Johnny Haynes JL Row 1 Seat 160.
Best ever Fulham moment
Wembley 2018 when we were promoted.
Worst ever Fulham moment
Playing Crystal Palace in 2019 knowing we were already relegated.
Steve Nicholson
I want to help ensure following Fulham in the future is a similar pleasure for others, as it has been for me and my family over many years.
Elected until
AGM 2026
Areas of responsibility
Member liaison
Day job
Education consultant, ex Headteacher
Skills
A wide range of skills, some more relevant than others.
Joined Trust Board when?
November 2023
Why are you on the Trust board?
I want to help ensure following Fulham in the future is a similar pleasure for others, as it has been for me and my family over many years. As Fulham fans we teeter on the edge between unadulterated happiness and complete despair, but we wouldn’t have it any other way, and we will always be there supporting Fulham.
Why Fulham?
I just got hooked in 1969 and that was the end of that!
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
That we can always relate to events as ‘Fulhamish’.
First match
Barrow at home Christmas 1969.
Favourite ever player
I do love the players others seem to dislike. I had a tee shirt with 5 and ‘Englands finest’ on the back when a certain Zat Knight was getting stick! There are too many, John Pantsil for his laps of honour, Steve Earle for his goals, John Mitchell for Maine Road, The Legend Johnny Haynes, who I managed to see during his last season. Best and Moore for that short period in the 70’s. Can’t pick one and could go on and on…..
On match days you can find me …
In the Spotted Horse or some random pub in another city, or town, for a pre-match pint or two.
Best ever Fulham moment
It was wonderful winning at Wembley with my wife and kids in attendance, it made up for 75, at long last. Europe was also stunning, Juve !!!! A win in Hamburg would have topped it off perfectly. Carlisle away and that Rodney moment again with family in tow, if a lot younger!
Worst ever Fulham moment
Swansea loss perhaps and Stoke wasn’t great.
Roger Southgate
I want the supporters to genuinely feel that they have a route into the club to ask questions about the club we all love. The FST undertakes that role!
Elected until
AGM 2028.
Areas of responsibility
Co-lead for Communications
Day job
I am now retired and have more time to watch the Whites. I was previously Operations Director for a European Financial Advice organisation.
Joined Trust Board when?
I was delighted to be elected to Board in November 2025.
Why are you on the Trust board?
Week in week out we support the team, seen this club 91st in the football pyramid, the constant being ‘us the supporter’ and always will be. I want a close, mutually respected relationship with Fulham that enable us to move forward together ‘on stuff’, respecting the potential different viewpoints with one common goal – making Fulham the best version it can be and maintain fan/supporter engagement.
Why Fulham?
Fulham and I started with Sir Bobby Robson! During his second player spell he taught football at my school in New Malden. Dad told me he played for Fulham, from that moment I was hooked!
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
Everything
First match
May 13th 1967, Nottingham Forest at home and lost 3-2 🙁
Favourite ever player
Heavens, what a difficult question. From Les Barrett to Tony Gale to Ivor to Simon Morgan to Barry Hayles to Moritz Volz to Zoltan Gera to Stefan Johansen to Tom Cairney. See, I said what a difficult question!
If I was a Fulham player I’d be
Lee Clark. Not the quickest, but had a football brain and dogged determination, plus he knew how to ‘take one’ for the team.
On match days you can find me
Sat in the Hammersmith End – H5 – supporting the team.
Best ever Fulham moment
What a question to narrow down the options to just 1! So many to chose from. 1975 FA Cup Final (getting there that is!), Juventus home win, singing ”stand up if you still believe’ in the semi final, ‘the Europa Final itself when I reached my seat and pinched myself that we were actually there, but I have to go for TC’s goal and winning that playoff Final with the white wall…sat on the train home and just went to myself and family ‘and breathe’ we’ve done it.
Worst ever Fulham moment
Name any of our relegations! Oh yes, possibly merging with that team at Loftus Road.
Dan Crawford
Dan Crawford (Co-lead on EDI)
I have become passionate about supporter involvement in football clubs and want to do my bit to further the interests of Fulham fans.
Elected until
November 2027
Area of responsibility
Co-lead on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (with Tamara Dragadze)
Day job
I am a journalist and media consultant. I have also been elected as a Labour Party councillor in North Acton ward on Ealing Council since 2010.
Skills
Communicator, wordsmith, negotiator (allegedly)
Joined Trust Board when?
I rejoined the Trust board following the 2024 Annual General Meeting, having previously had two spells on the board.
Why are you on the Trust board?
I was involved with the Back to the Cottage campaign and remained a member when we formed a Trust. I have become passionate about supporter involvement in football clubs and want to do my bit to further the interests of Fulham fans.
Why Fulham?
I was taken to watch my first Fulham game by my neighbours when I was very young. Even though the football wasn’t great, I was immediately hooked. Everything about the experience was incredible – and I begged my Dad to take me to the next game as soon as I got home.
What’s most important to you about Fulham?
Craven Cottage.
First match
I can’t remember which game was my first (I have been told that I was taken as a very young child to the famous protest against Fulham Park Rangers against Walsall in 1987), but my clearest memories are from matches in the early 1990s. I recall becoming excited by enthralling comeback from 3-0 down at home against Hull City in 1993 – and being convinced that we would get promoted as a result, but that proved to as wide of the mark as most of my Fulham predictions ever since!
Favourite ever player
Nick Cusack – classy on the ball and incredibly versatile. A mainstay of one of my favourite Fulham sides – the team promoted under Micky Adams from Division Three.
If I was a Fulham player I’d be
I have no footballing ability whatsoever as my friends will tell you. The most unkind of them would suggest I’d be a Mark Fotheringham type in central midfield, whilst I’d outrageously claim to be more like Chris Baird.
On match days you can find me …
My pre-match routine usually takes me to Distillers in Hammersmith, where I meet my fellow H5 season-ticket holders, and talk all things Fulham.
Best ever Fulham moment
Probably the Europa League semi-final against Hamburg and, specifically, the superb goal by Simon Davies that gave us all hope. That wonderful day in front of the White Wall at Wembley, when Tom Cairney’s goal beat Aston Villa, runs it exceptionally close though.
Worst ever Fulham moment
Any of the times it looked like we’d be losing Craven Cottage – because the ground means so much to me. Exile at Loftus Road really hurt, especially as at times returning home seemed such a forlorn hope.
