Football

Last night I attended a dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Fulham promotion side. This was a  pivotal season and achievement. Fulham were in the fourth tier, the weakest side in London and insecure at our home at Craven Cottage. The previous season Fulham looked at one stage to [...]

The Seagulls made heavy weather of defeating Wolves and the last 5 minutes were stressful as Wolves camped in our penalty area. Sam Baldock made light of my criticism that he is all hard running but no lethal striker with a powerful headed goal at the near post that ultimately separated the teams. [...]

I wish I could say something interesting about this goalless bore draw. Maybe it was the early start at 12-30 on a Sunday but the match never came to life. Fiorentina lie in the bottom half and there is widespread dissatisfaction that there has been little investment in new players especially as [...]

When I got my pre-match call from John Pargiter for a betting tip, I had to tell him I did not feel confident about this fixture. Preston had had 4 consecutive goalless draws with us, beaten Aston Villa and we are going to be without our most influential player Berem Kayal till December after an [...]

Michel de Vacri Lat night Nice beat Olympique Lyon 2-0 to increase our lead at the head of Ligue Une by 4 points and our best ever start with 7 wins and 2 draws out of 9 games. Lyon were once one of the powerhouses of French football, winning the championship seven years running, and are still a [...]