FA Cup: Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur: Will Redknapp get the better of Hodgson?

Spurs haven’t managed to defeat Fulham in the league at Craven Cottage since the Cottagers’ debut season in the Premier League back in 2002. However, their last visit across the capital in the FA Cup in 2006 resulted in a 4-0 thrashing for the home side and Harry Redknapp would love a similar scorel...

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England: Who should Fabio choose as his No 1 for South Africa?

In less than 100 days the greatest show on earth kicks off in South Africa but England manager Fabio Capello still has major issues to resolve before he finalises on his squad who will be given the task of bringing the World Cup home. Who will fill the left-back role if Ashley Cole fails to recover ...

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Sunderland v Fulham: Bruce’s Black Cats desperate for a win

Portsmouth, Burnley and Hull City may currently be the favourites to drop through the Premier League trap door this season but after 14 league games without a win Steve Bruce knows his Sunderland side are right in the mire. It’s all a far cry from earlier on in the campaign when Bent and Jones were...

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Is Wayne Bridge right to turn his back on England?

Representing your country in the World Cup is supposed to be every footballer’s dream. Every one bar Wayne Bridge that is. The Manchester City left-back has kicked his international career into row Z due to the fall-out of John Terry’s alleged affair with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his children...

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Bobby Zamora: Making His Case...

Fulham have a striker whose penny has finally dropped. This season Bobby Zamora has delivered slithers of evidence that he is finally comfortable being a Premiership striker. All this in the same season that Fabio Capello has a very important England squad to pick…As Zamora was leaving his teenage y...

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Fulham v Birmingham City: Can the Blues break their capital hoodoo?

Lee Bowyer’s 16th minute goal at St Andrews was the difference between the two sides in November. Another three points for Alex McLeish’s side will hand the Blues their double over Fulham in the top flight since 1961. Both Fulham and Birmingham have surprised the pundits this season. Fulham were ex...

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Fulham v Birmingham City: Who’d make it into the ultimate starting XI?

Fulham and Birmingham City have been the surprise packages this season in the Premier League. Both sides were tipped to struggle to retain their Premier League status but here we are in the middle of February and both Roy Hodgson’s and Alex McLeish’s men are sitting pretty in the top half of the tab...

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Fulham vs Burnley: Fulham hoping for improvement

Fulham's recent record has been poor but another finish in the top half of the division is very much on the cards once some key players regain match fitness. Burnley have briefly dipped their toe in the shark infested waters south of 17th place - but quickly withdrew the appendage with a win at the...

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Bolton Wanderers vs Fulham: Prediction Panel 2009/10

Bolton have looked lively under new management, but without getting too many points as a result; but a game against mid-table Fulham who looked second-best despite winning against Portsmouth in the week could offer a welcome boost. Fulham may try to ease some of their badly depleted squad back into...

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Fulham vs Portsmouth: Premier League Prediction Panel 2009/10

Eleventh placed Fulham play rock-bottom Pompey, who must be wondering if they have a team left after some frenetic last minute sales. Is this a banker home win for an out-of-sorts Fulham? Fulham vs Portsmouth; Kick Off 8:00pm 03 Feb 2010 Prediction Panel Our panel contains both Squarefootball w...

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Fulham vs Aston Villa: Cottagers look to stop slide into danger

Tenth plays seventh in a game that sounds a bit mid-table - but, in terms of points, Fulham are closer to the relegation zone than they are to Aston Villa. Fulham need to pull out of their downturn of form or they could start to fall down the division quite quickly as Sunderland have - the Black Ca...

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Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham: Who will pick up their first three points of 2010?

Spurs missed out on a glorious opportunity to boost their Champions League hopes and kill off one of their main rivals in the process when they lost to Liverpool last Wednesday. Tonight they aim to consolidate their position in fourth place with victory over a Fulham side who they have only defeated...

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Blackburn Rovers vs Fulham: Blackburn look to pull away from danger

Two out-of-form teams meet in Lancashire with 14th placed Blackburn facing 9th placed Fulham. Blackburn are without a win in nine Premier League games a sequence that stretches back to a 2-0 win at Bolton in November, shortly after which David Dunn got injured and missed the whole of December. Thi...

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Stoke City v Fulham: Potters seek a return to winning ways

After three straight defeats in the Premier League, without finding the target once, Tony Pulis will have been pleased to see the back of 2009. They got back to winning ways in the FA Cup at the weekend against York and the Potters will be hoping for a similar outcome when Fulham come calling tonigh...

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Fulham transfer diary 20 December 2009 - 3 January 2010

This will be a long season for Fulham as the Europa League makes extended calls on Roy Hodgson's thin squad. To maintain a top half position in the Premier League Hodgson may well have to deepen his squad in certain areas and may well make a couple of loan moves or signings in the £5m bracket. Sun...

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Chelsea vs Fulham: Chelsea look to end the year like champions

The west London derby game sees league leaders Chelsea face ninth placed Fulham - who were tipped for a top four finish by Arsene Wenger yesterday. Chelsea tend to do well in this fixture with just one defeat in thirty years at home to their near neighbours - but this is an odd season where so many...

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Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur: Cottagers aim to stuff Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur bowl up at the Cottage this afternoon looking to do something that they have only managed to do once in Premier League history . . . beat Fulham on their own patch. Spurs travel across the capital knowing a win would see them rise above Arsenal and Aston Villa – who face each othe...

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Fulham vs Manchester United: Will Europa League have sapped Fulham?

Ninth placed Fulham play second placed Manchester United the day after both were handed tough European games in the new year. With Fulham just three points behind Manchester City, and only four behind Liverpool and with the Europa League group section safely negotiated it looks like another good se...

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Burnley vs Fulham: Will Burnley catch Fulham thinking of Europe?

Two teams either side of mid-table meet, as Burnley host Fulham. Burnley's formidable home record has yielded sixteen points in just seven games - and has already got the club almost half safe. But after a couple of chastening home defeats to relegation candidates where seven goals were conceded B...

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Fulham v Sunderland: Bruce aims to end poor away record

Just what is going on at Sunderland? One week the Black Cats beat the might of Liverpool, only to lose to Birmingham. They then triumph over title challengers Arsenal only to lose the following week to Wigan. No wonder Steve Bruce’s hair is going grey! At the Stadium of Light Sunderland believe the...

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Transfer Speculation: Micah Richards (Manchester City) to Manchester United

With Christmas barely three months away we can all indulge ourselves in some fanciful speculation ahead of the main banquet in January. According to the Mirror Manchester United are set to make a surprise move for Manchester City defender Micah Richards, if the Eastlands outfit decide to offload th...

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Fulham vs Bolton Wanderers: Fulham can push Gary Megson towards the exit

Fulham come into this game in good form with key players again available, Bolton are in the relegation zone and face a hard winter. Fulham's 3-0 win over Blackburn on Wednesday moved the London club into the top half of the table and another season finishing in top seven cannot be dismissed. The n...

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Fulham vs Blackburn Rovers: Fulham come home at last

Who wins the battle in the middle of the park between veteran midfielders Danny Murphy and David Dunn could decide this game. In Fulham's first home game of the month they will hope to leapfrog Lancastrian neighbours, Burnley and Blackburn, into the top half of the table. Key players may return fo...

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Birmingham look to leverage transfer speculation against leaky Fulham

Birmingham City and Fulham are in that hinterland between mid-table and the relegations; a worrying position - but not yet threatening. Birmingham will be putting out transfer feelers right now looking to improve the squad in key areas. Blues have 10 goals from 12 games and the focus will surely b...

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Wigan Athletic vs Fulham: First goal wins?

Not usually a high scoring game between Wigan and Fulham as the history of this fixture in the top flight (8 games) has seen just 9 goals. This is a game between two evenly matched sides with similar budgets and adjacently placed in lower mid-table - this really could be a case of first goal wins. ...

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Liverpool looks to build momentum at Fulham

Fulham plays host to Liverpool, with both teams lower in the league than last season. Fulham is missing some key players for today's game with Liverpool - Danny Murphy, Andrew Johnson and Simon Davies (who have all spent part of their career on Merseyside) - and will be significantly weaker than us...

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Manchester City scans sky for arrows as Fulham invokes Henry V

Manchester City will look to capitalise on the Anfield game, where the result could give City a chance to strengthen its hold on a Champions' League spot or close up on the league leaders, against a Fulham side that bossed Roma on Thursday. Manchester City is looking good value for a top four finis...

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Fulham v Hull City: Will Fulham have last laugh on old boy Bullard?

Manchester United’s on-loan striker Manucho’s last-gasp strike against Fulham at the Cottage last March was arguably the Tigers’ most important goal of last season. Without those crucial three points Phil Brown’s men would most likely be playing in the Championship right now. However, by hook or by ...

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The Old Firm: Premier League? You’re having a laugh!

Martin Luther King famously had a dream of racial equality and an end to discrimination. I too have a dream but sadly it isn’t as prophetic as that. I just want to live to see Aberdeen crowned as SPL champions. Now that may sound ridiculous to many of you given the Dons’ recent lack of silverware bu...

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West Ham and Fulham waving nervously in deep water

West Ham United and Fulham meet and yesterday's results saw wins for the two teams beneath them meaning that both teams start the game in the relegation zone. West Ham has lost both its home league games this season and the attractive football, that Zola has his team playing, will start being calle...

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Distracted Fulham hope that Arsenal prove themselves elsewhere

With the Europa League to distract the small Fulham squad this season could be a struggle in the league, and the signs are already there that a top half finish will be an achievement; for Arsenal only a title challenge is good enough for the bullish Arsene Wenger - an ambition that probably requires...

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Bruce, Hodgson or Redknapp: Who is the best English manager in the Premier League?

There are just eight English-born managers in the Premier League and, at this moment in time (September 23, 2009), half of them fill the bottom four places in the table. But is that due to their lack of chances at managing a top club or are they lacking that something extra to be a success at the hi...

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Manchester derby: Was this the greatest Premier League game ever?

Sir Alex Ferguson has described Manchester United’s action-packed 4-3 over their rivals Manchester City as the greatest Manchester derby of all time and it’s hard to refute that claim. From start to finish it was pulsating viewing and had absolutely everything a fan could ask for – goals galore, def...

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Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham: Wolves target home success

Wolves are one of just four teams in the Premier League yet to win at home this season but they will fancy their chances of gaining all three points against a Fulham side that may be feeling the effects of a long jaunt in Europe in midweek. Mick McCarthy’s men went down 3-1 away at Blackburn last...

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Can Fulham add to a solitary league goal against Everton?

The other game on Sunday features Fulham and Everton who have started the season sluggishly in trying to balance the Europa League and the Premier League as well as an intrusive transfer window. Both teams start the game in the bottom six Fulham is one of the joint lowest scoring teams in the divi...

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How will Aston Villa and Fulham react to European imposters?

Contrasting fortunes in the Europa League qualifiers for Aston Villa and Fulham this week, Villa crashing out and Fulham scraping through - well at least Villa won't have any reason to be as tired in the second half of the season this year. Villa's thrilling win at Anfield on Monday is the only bri...

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Fulham v Chelsea: Can Hodgson’s men derail the Blues’ title hopes?

Say what you want about Chelsea but you cannot accuse them of not having bottle or resolve. In their opening two games of the season they have gone a goal behind only to storm back to collect all three points. That’s why they are almost everyone’s favourite for the title this season. Carlo Ancelott...

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Who will be the major winners in 2009/10?

It doesn’t matter if you’ve got millions in the bank or are millions in debt, and no-one cares if you have a World Cup winner up front or somebody who couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo, at the start of every season everyone believes that this is the year for their team. It doesn’t matter if y...

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Portsmouth v Fulham: Can Pompey beat the pre-season blues?

Portsmouth are one of the bookies’ favourites for the drop this season and if they are to get their campaign off to a flier they will have to do something that they’ve only managed once in the past six meetings, beat Fulham. Paul Hart has lost Peter Crouch, Glen Johnson and Sean Davis this season ...

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Squarefootball's fantasy football challenge

Do you see yourself as the next Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger? Do you think you can pick a better team than Harry Redknapp or Rafa Benitez? Brilliant, then why don’t you join us in competing for the coveted Squarefootball fantasy league crown? For the past few years we at Squarefootball to...

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Sir Bobby Robson - A tribute to a true gentleman

The world of football lost one of its most famous sons yesterday. Sir Bobby Robson, the former Ipswich Town, Newcastle United, Barcelona and England manager, passed away aged 76 following a long battle with lung cancer. Fans, players, pundits and managers have been paying their respect to Robson wit...

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Crouch: Fulham, Liverpool or Spurs – You decide!

Peter Crouch famously said that if he wasn’t a footballer he would probably still be a virgin. The lucky boy has been dating the lovely Abi Clancy for a few years now and with the new season just around the corner the big man has the opportunity to score a new contract with a Premier League club. ...

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Biggest Flops Of 08/09 Season…

Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd)Berbatov’s absence from the starting line up in the Champions League Final against Barcelona says much about his debut season for Manchester United. His partnership at Tottenham with Robbie Keane was evidence enough that he can be an integral part of any team. No one doubts...

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Fulham v Everton: Europe’s in Fulham’s hands

Christmas has certainly come early for Roy Hodgson and Fulham. One more win will seal their place in next season’s Europa League and they couldn’t have asked for an easier opponent than Everton, as the Toffees haven’t even gained a point, let alone win, at the Cottage since 1966! After last season’...

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Newcastle United vs Fulham: Newcastle scent redemption

After beating Middlesbrough on Monday many people are expecting Newcastle to now complete its relegation escape act and beat travel-sick Fulham whose only motivation is to finish seventh. Newcastle is suddenly a happier club; victory over Middlesbrough has lifted it out of the relegation zone and...

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Five Worthy Premiership Signings 08/09 …

Even the most ardent of Manchester United supporters will agree that Dimitar Berbatov, with his lethargic approach, has failed to prove he is worth anywhere close to his £30 million tag.Amr Zaki stormed the premiership upon his arrival, riding the crest of a wave that had him touted as a potential t...

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Fulham vs Aston Villa: Europe beckons for Fulham

Seventh hopeful plays probable fifth as Fulham host Aston Villa. Fulham will hope to quickly forget last week's open game with Chelsea - Fulham has the best defensive record outside the Champions' League teams and so will not want to remember being pulled apart by local rivals. A seventh placed ...

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Chelsea vs Fulham: Fulham must be thinking of a cheap derby day win

The west London derby game between Chelsea and Fulham comes smack in the middle of the Champions' League semi-final games and just as Fulham is preparing for its best league finish in its long history. I smell an upset. Normally you just chalk down this one as a Chelsea win; but with Barcelona arr...

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Fulham v Stoke City- A Meeting of Over-Achievers

Before the season began this match could have been marked down as an edgy relegation six-pointer. In fact, its a meeting between one side challenging for Europe and another almost safe from the drop. Both teams have produced excellent campaigns based on terrific home form, meticulous organisationan...

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Fulham: Can the Cottage expect European action next season?

What a difference a year makes! This time last season Roy Hodgson’s Fulham were battling for their Premiership survival, now with five games left of the current campaign the Cottagers are in with a real chance of clinching a place in Europe. Fulham have surprised a number of people this season with ...

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