Prediction Panel table: Spurs shake off Wigan defeat to close gap at top

Football . . .it’s a funny old game. I was expecting some big scores from our pundits this week as there were four seemingly nailed on home wins. However, while Chelsea beat Stoke City, Liverpool disposed of West Brom and Manchester United gave West Ham a hiding, Champions League new boys Tottenham ...

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Blackpool v Fulham: Tangerines have eyes set on victory

Did Blackpool lose to Arsenal last weekend? I can’t remember. And you what, you can bet your life that none of the Blackpool players can either as manager Ian Holloway looks to grab his second Premier League win of the season. The Gunners took the 10-men Tangerines apart at the Emirates but Ollie w...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League quiz: Week Three

Some people think they know everything about football, well let’s see if they do. Here I have 10 questions which will separate the Spurs from the Young Boys. If you think you are clued up on the beautiful game then prove it. 1. Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal: Who was the last player to be transferre...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League Quiz: Week Three – The Answers

Well, how did you get on? We’d love to hear from you. 1. Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal: David Bentley is the last player to have moved between the two sides. 2. Blackpool v Fulham: You could have said: Barry Hayles, Geoff Horsfield, Steve Finnan or Kit Symons. 3. Chelsea v Stoke City: Florent ...

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Prediction Panel Table: Wolves topple the Toffees

Wolverhampton Wanderers attracted a bit of criticism for their performance at Goodison Park on Saturday but their representative in our Prediction Panel, and current champion, has toppled the Toffees following another brilliant week. Chris Cox, the only pundit last week to predict that Chelsea woul...

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Fulham v Manchester United: Cottagers seek hat-trick over the Red Devils

Manchester United have failed to win at the Cottage in their past two visits although something tells me Paul Scholes and Sir Alex Ferguson won’t let that become three in a row this weekend. The Red Devils have really started the season on fire. They made Chelsea look ordinary in the Community Shie...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League Quiz: Week Two

It’s that time of the week again. Here is the latest batch of questions intended to leave you rooted to the spot like West Ham’s Robert Green! Last week’s questions were intentionally hard. This week we’ve lowered the mark a little but it’s still more taxing than your average GMTV phone-in. All the...

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Squarefootball's Premier League Quiz: Week Two - The Answers

Here are the answers to the second instalment of our quiz. 1. Arsenal v Blackpool: Alan Ball is the World Cup winner with links to both Arsenal and Blackpool. 2. Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers: Barry Ferguson is the former Rover who scored against Birmingham in 2003. 3. Everton v Wolves: ...

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Prediction Panel Standings: Toffees top the table

Everton may have lost their opening game against Blackburn Rovers but Toffees fan Chris Goodwin has given the blue half of Merseyside something to cheer by topping the Premier League Prediction Panel table. Mr Goodwin correctly predicted five correct results from the first weekend of top flight ac...

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Loss of Schwarzer for Fulham points to Bolton win

With the team news now in it seems that Mark Schwarzer may be on the verge of a switch to Arsenal as he is not in the Fulham match day squad for the game at Bolton. David Stockdale is in goal with Pascal Zuberbuhler on the bench. Interestingly with Shay Given on the bench for Man City today, Arsen...

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Bolton Wanderers v Fulham: Can Hughes start with an away win?

This could turn out to be one of the opening weekend’s best games. Bolton manager Owen Coyle loves his teams to pass the ball about and attack and I can’t see new Fulham boss Mark Hughes making too many radical changes to the format that served the Cottagers so well last season. Fulham have won hal...

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Squarefootball’s Premier League Challenge: Week one

The new Premier League season kicks off this weekend and so does a new feature on squarefootball. Each Friday I’ll be testing your knowledge of the top flight clubs by posing you 10 questions relating to that weekend’s fixtures. There are no prizes on offer, only personal glory – we’re not made of m...

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Premier League Challenge answers: Week one

Here are the answers to the questions in our Premier League Challenge week one. 1. Tottenham v Manchester City: Joey Barton and David Sommeil were the goalscorers in City’s last league win at White Hart Lane. 2. Aston Villa v West Ham United: Marlon Harewood was the last player to have scored a ...

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Is Wenger Looking in the Wrong Place?

While the summer transfer rumour-mill has relentlessly linked Fulham’s Mark Schwarzer with a move to the Emirates, the answer to Arsene Wenger’s biggest problem, surely lies within Eastland’s rather than at Craven Cottage. Joe Hart should be Wenger’s priority in the transfer market. It would require...

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Predictions: Who will be 2010/11’s main winners and losers?

If everything I predicted 12 months ago came true I would be a very rich and happy man right now. Unfortunately Arsenal let me down in the league, West Ham failed me in the FA Cup and letting my heart rule my head in the SPL by putting £10 on my beloved Aberdeen to win the SPL really was a waste of ...

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Predictions: Who will be 2010/11’s main winners and losers Part 2

Well you’ve heard what our Panel members have had to say for themselves, now it’s time for the “experts” to have their say. We’ll start off with writer Hugh Larkin. He loves the underdog but he thinks Chelsea are just far too strong for anyone to cope with and thinks Arsenal and Spurs are going to...

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Fantasy football 2010/11 reminder

Do you think you can spend £100 million better than Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini? Do you think you could assemble a better squad than Spurs boss Harry Redknapp? Do you think you can guide your side to glory like Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti? If so then we want to hear from you. We at Squarefootba...

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Fulham: Can Sparky fill Hodgson’s boots?

There are some real tough jobs in this world – being the hair stylist to those annoying X Factor brats Jedward is one of them – but replacing Roy Hodgson in the dugout at Fulham is undoubtedly right up there. The former Switzerland international coach took Fulham from the brink of relegation to a ...

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Squarefootball fantasy football invitation 2010/11

I saw more action and excitement this summer down at the mortuary than I did at the World Cup in South Africa. There was also a better atmosphere between me and my ex-girlfriend than there was inside the grounds, thanks to the constant drone of those awful vuvuzelas. And as for entertainment, I th...

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Fulham: Who will replace Hodgson at the Cottage?

Fulham were always going to struggle to keep their hands on Roy Hodgson following last season’s amazing campaign. The 62-year-old worked wonders at the Cottage as they reached the Europa League Final against all the odds. The former Inter Milan and Switzerland boss felt that he had one big challenge...

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Should ‘Woy’ lead the Anfield revolution?

If reports on Friday’s BBC Football website are accurate then Roy Hodgson, currently fulfilling punditry obligations in South Africa, is being lined up as Liverpool’s big summer signing. But is that a positive signal of intent? Hodgson enjoyed an enchanted last season but is the Fulham boss really t...

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Get on side and sport your colours for Shelter this World Cup

In celebration of this years FIFA World Cup, housing and homelessness charity Shelter are teaming up with Nationwide Building Society, Official England Team sponsor, to launch their fantastic footy fundraiser, Strip4Shelter. Shelter is asking people across the country to replace their regular work ...

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Fulham: Can the Cottagers win the Europa Cup?

Tonight’s game against Atletico Madrid is arguably the biggest game in Fulham’s history. They’ve disposed of crack Italian giants Juventus, UEFA Cup holders Shaktar Donetsk and German title winners Wolfsburg on their way to the final in Hamburg, but can they produce another scintillating 90 minutes ...

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Arsenal v Fulham: Winning end to the season for Wenger

It’s been a terrible end to the season for Arsenal fans. They’ve seen their Premier League hopes fade since their European humbling at the hands of European giants Barcelona and watched their north London rivals Spurs finally break into the top four. However it could get even worse this afternoon. D...

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Fulham v Stoke City: If Stoke get beat, blame it on Dave!

All is not well at the Britannia Stadium if you read the Press. Tony Pulis has not been happy with the attitude of strikers Tuncay, Beattie or Dave Kitson and the second half of the season has largely been one to forget. This has not been the case for their hosts Fulham who have embarked on an aston...

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Fulham v West Ham United: Back to domestic action for the Cottagers

Congratulations must go out to Roy Hodgson and Fulham for reaching the Europa League Final. Craven Cottage was rocking on Thursday night as they came from behind to dispose of Hamburg and if Roy Hodgson doesn’t win the Manager of the Year award then there is something wrong somewhere. They have beat...

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England: Heskey, Cole, Bent or Zamora – who will join Rooney in South Africa?

There are just 41 days until the greatest show on earth gets under way but there are a number of issues that England manager Fabio Capello still needs to sort out before naming his final squad for South Africa. Who will he pick as back up to Ashley Cole at left-back? Who is his number one? And who w...

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Everton vs Fulham: Toffees aim to push Liverpool

Everton start the day five points adrift of Liverpool and will look to exploit any weariness in Fulham and hope to expose and heavy legs that Liverpool will be experiencing. With seventh place now likely to mean Europa League qualification cutting the gap to Liverpool could set up a tense season fi...

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Will togetherness give Liverpool and Fulham an unexpected lift?

Anyone who's been on a football tour abroad will appreciate that the bonding experience it offers can result in significantly better team morale and as a result performances. Although Liverpool and Fulham's enforced travel along the road, rail and sea links of Europe (for most the part anyway) may ...

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Fulham vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: Prediction panel

... preview to follow Fulham vs Wolverhampton Wanderers; Kick Off 3:00pm 17 Apr 2010 Prediction Panel Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf). Dave Blackburn : TBC Chris Cox : 1 - 2 Graham Enwright : TBC Sue Gardener : 2 - 3 Chris Goodwin : 2 - 1 ...

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Liverpool v Fulham: Europe’s survivors lock horns at Anfield

Could this be a dress rehearsal for the Europa Cup Final? Both teams booked their place in the last four of the competition with impressive wins in midweek and are just two games away from playing each other in Hamburg. Roy Hodgson has taken the Fulham fans on an amazing adventure this season, one ...

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The Rise And Rise Of Bobby Zamora

Another European night, another stunning goal from Bobby Zamora. Thats eight in thirteen European games now and his first minute strike against Wolfsburg has kick-started the Zamora for England bandwagon again. Its an extraordinary story for a player who even this season felt the need to gesture to...

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Fulham v Wigan Athletic: Roy’s the top boy at the Cottage

Fulham infuriated West Ham United owners David Gold and David Sullivan last weekend by fielding a weakened side against relegation threatened Hull City- agame in which they lost – ahead of their important Europa League clash with Wolfsburg. With the return leg in Germany just days away, I wonder wha...

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Hull City vs Fulham: Must-win for Tigers

The defeat to Portsmouth was a body blow for Hull, yet again conceding late goals to drop points; Hull dropped 5 points last week due to goals conceded in the 88th minute or later. Fulham are starting to look tired after one of the longest seasons possible and a team that rarely travels well will n...

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Some Handy Facts About VFL Wolfsburg

After eliminating Juventus and the holders Shakhtar Donetsk, Fulham drew the least well-known of the otherqualifiers for the last eight. Like the Cottagers, VFL Wolfsburg arent one of the traditional elite clubs in their country. 1 Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga title in 2008/09, for the first time i...

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Manchester United vs Fulham: Title leapfrog on the cards

With Chelsea and Arsenal again winning, Manchester United need a result in this game to go back to the top and again leapfrog their rivals after watching them grab the initiative on Saturday. Although a draw is enough to go top, wins are the only results that are required from home games from now o...

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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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