Fulham Football Club are the
top club in the Nationwide league.
Fulham win again through a quality
move involving Luis Boa Morte and ending with Louis Saha knocking in his 24th
goal of the season. After that the Super Whites played some excellent football
with Karl Hienz Riedle, sub for Bjarne Goldbaek, appearing to score but the
Ref deciding the ball had not crossed the line.
The repaired section of the pitch seemed drier, flatter and greener but as most
of the joints were showing, due to shrinkage of the turfs, the ground staff
will be happy that we have two away games on the trot.
The Ref today seemed happy to let
anyone in the Forest team tackle our strikers from behind, but thought Luis
Boa Morte going down in the box while being manhandled deserved a yellow?
The Fulhamweb prediction
for this match was 3-1 to the Cottagers with a crowd of 16750 the final numbers
were 1-0 in front of 17425.
As you can see below Birmingham won, which puts Blackburn under pressure, and
Watford lost, again.
Say ... We are top of Division One after just over half of the campaign,
have lost only two game, have the best goal difference and the leading scorer
in the Premier and Nationwide leagues.
COME ON YOU WHITES
Weekend Nationwide One Scores
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
Birmingham (1) 2 West Brom (1) 1
Birmingham moved into fourth place, leap-frogging West Bromwich
with a 2-1 win over the Baggies. Dele Adebola opened the scoring and although
Tony Butler headed an equaliser for West Brom, Martin O'Connor cracked the
winner with a shot from the edge of the penalty area after 57 minutes.
Birmingham: Bennett, Atherton, Purse, Michael Johnson, Burrows, Eaden
(McCarthy 84), O'Connor, Woodhouse, Hughes, Adebola, Marcelo (Andrew Johnson
79).
Subs Not Used: Poole, Tiler, Gill.
Booked: O'Connor. Goals: Adebola 36, O'Connor 57.
West Brom: Jensen, Lyttle, Clement, Butler, Carbon, Sneekes, Fox,
Derveld (Van Blerk 63), Appleton (Jordao 74), Roberts (Taylor 45), Hughes.
Subs Not Used: Hoult, Sigurdsson.
Booked: Derveld. Goals: Butler 38.
Att: 25,025 Ref: R Pearson (Peterlee)
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
Crewe (2) 2 Watford (0) 0
Watford slipped a place after a 2-0 reverse at Crewe who won
for the third time in four games. Rodney Jack put the Railwaymen in front
and Dean Ashton made it 2-0 after 24 minutes.
Crewe: Bankole, Shaun Smith, Walton, Macauley (Foster 26), Wright,
Lunt, Street, Sorvel, Rivers (Little 77), Jack, Ashton (Hulse 84).
Subs Not Used: Ince, Gannon.
Goals: Jack 15, Ashton 24.
Watford: Baardsen, Cox, Gibbs, Kennedy (Hyde 46), Page, Palmer, Ward,
Nielsen, Mooney, Smith, Helguson (Armstrong 71).
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Easton, Cook.
Att: 6,757 Ref: P Rejer (Tipton)
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
Crystal Palace (1) 1 Norwich (0) 1
Crystal Palace and Norwich ended with 10 men apiece after
Palace's Jamie Pollock and Darel Russell of the Canaries were shown the
red card for violent conduct in the 76th minute. Mikael Forssell put Palace
in front but an own goal from Craig Harrison made it 1-1 after 55 minutes.
Crystal Palace: Kolinko, Smith, Austin, Harrison, Rodger, Gray, Rubins,
Pollock, Forssell, Mullins, Freedman (Kabba 89).
Subs Not Used: Thomson, Carlisle, Berhalter, Black.
Sent Off: Pollock (76).
Booked: Rodger, Mullins. Goals: Forssell 34.
Norwich: Andy Marshall, Sutch, Lee Marshall, Jackson, Kenton, Nedergaard
(Forbes 71), Russell, Mackay, Roberts, Llewellyn, Abbey.
Subs Not Used: Green, de Blasiis, McVeigh, McGovern.
Sent Off: Russell (77).
Booked: Lee Marshall, Sutch, Kenton. Goals: Harrison 55 og.
Att: 16,417 Ref: B Curson (Walsall)
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
Fulham (1) 1 Nottm Forest (0) 0
Louis Saha's 24th goal of the season opened up a 10-point lead at the top
of the Nationwide First Division as Fulham beat Nottingham Forest
1-0 at Craven Cottage. The country's top scorer volleyed home from Luis
Boa Morte's cross after 20 minutes to seal the victory as Fulham kept their
13th clean sheet of the season.
Fulham: Taylor, Finnan, Brevett, Melville, Symons, Clark, John Collins
(Stolcers 80), Goldbaek (Riedle 64), Saha (Moller 84), Boa Morte, Davis.
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, Neilson.
Booked: Boa Morte, Brevett. Goals: Saha 20.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Scimeca, Edwards, Bart-Williams, Benali, Olsen,
Jones (John 74), Andy Johnson (Williams 87), Brennan, David Johnson, Harewood.
Subs Not Used: Roche, Hjelde, Cooper.
Booked: Benali, Brennan.
Att: 17,425 Ref: A Leake (Darwen)
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
Grimsby (0) 1 Burnley (0) 0
Grimsby moved away from the danger area, a goal from Chinese international
Zhanh Enhua giving them a 1-0 win over Burnley, beaten for the third
time on the trot.
Grimsby: Coyne, McDermott, David Smith, Groves, Enhua, Burnett (Coldicott
12), Willems, Campbell (Butterfield 78), Donovan, Livingstone, Jeffrey (Rowan
90).
Subs Not Used: Handyside, Croudson.
Booked: Enhua, McDermott, David Smith. Goals: Enhua 55.
Burnley: Michopoulos, Thomas, Cox (Payton 62), Davis, Armstrong,
Johnrose (Cook 59), Little, Weller, Moore, Mullin (Maylett 70), Branch.
Subs Not Used: Crichton, Mellon.
Booked: Thomas, Mullin.
Att: 6,044 Ref: U Rennie (Sheffield)
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
Huddersfield (2) 2 Gillingham (2) 3
Huddersfield's 10-match unbeaten run came to an end with a 3-2 home
defeat by Gillingham. The Terriers led through a Craig Armstrong
volley but a brace from Mark Saunders put the Gills in front. Martin Smith
levelled from the penalty spot and Marlon King extended the Gills' unbeaten
run to nine games with the winner in the 64th minute.
Huddersfield: Vaesen, Heary (Irons 80), Jenkins, Moses, Lucketti,
Thornley, Holland, Armstrong, Smith, Facey (Dyson 90), Gallen (Gorre 56).
Subs Not Used: Margetson, Gray.
Goals: Armstrong 16, Smith 45 pen.
Gillingham: Bartram, Hope, Edge, Ashby, Saunders (Browning 51), Southall,
Smith, Gooden, Pennock, King (Asaba 65), Shaw (Onuora 65).
Subs Not Used: Patterson, James.
Goals: Saunders 19, 25, King 64.
Att: 10,576 Ref: P Richards (Preston)
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Saturday February 17 2000 |
QPR (1) 2 Barnsley (0) 0
Queen's Park Rangers dumped Tranmere into the bottom spot, their
2-0 win over Barnsley lifting them four places up the table. Chris
Kiwomya dropped to his knees to head the opener on the stroke of half-time
and Peter Crouch claimed his 10th of the season after 62 minutes.
QPR: Miklosko, Perry, Rose (Baraclough 66), Ready, Darlington, Wardley,
Kulcsar, Peacock, Connolly (Plummer 89), Crouch, Kiwomya.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Ngonge, Scully.
Goals: Kiwomya 45, Crouch 62.
Barnsley: Miller, Regan, O'Callaghan, Chettle, Barker, Rankin (Dyer
46), Ward, Hayward, Bullock, Jones, Shipperley.
Subs Not Used: Walker, Thomas, Neil, Brown.
Att: 9,388 Ref: M Cooper (Walsall)
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