Fulham Football Club are the
top club in the Nationwide league.
They came, they saw and we conquered. At one time Watford were
the team between us and promotion but like all the other challengers they have
fallen by the wayside unable to compete with the Mighty Whites.
Fulham appeared to be strolling along but as usual it was the
lull before the storm this time a five goal storm including a hattrick from
Bazza Hayles who seemed to be on fire. He looked for every opportunity to tempt
the hulking Watford backline into trying to get the ball from him and each time
going round them, a worthy man of the match.
Time after time Fulham players showed off their superior skill
capped by Bjarne Goldbaek doing an impression of Gazza's Scotland goal.
An unbelievable day with Fulham
displaying how wide the gulf is between their football and the rest of the first
division. We are watching Fulham history being made
The Fulhamweb prediction
for this match was 2-1 to the Cottagers with a crowd of 19200. Well we got some
of it right. How did you do?
Say ... We are top of Division
One after a third of the campaign, have lost only one game, have the best goal
difference in British football and have the leading scorer in the Premier and
Nationwide leagues.
COME ON YOU WHITES
Boxing Day scores and stats
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Barnsley (0) 1 Burnley (0) 0
Barnsley's goal drought, which had gleaned them just three goals in their
last nine matches, eased in dramatic fashion at Oakwell as Chris Morgan
popped up with a last-minute winner to dispose of Burnley.
Barnsley: Miller, Appleby, Salli, Shipperley, Sheron (Jones 71), Van
Der Laan, Morgan, Neil (McClare 81), Barker, Chettle, Ripley (Corbo 57).
Subs Not Used: Dyer, Bullock.
Booked: Salli. Goals: Morgan 90.
Burnley: Michopoulos, Thomas, Mellon, Davis, Johnrose, Branch (Little
65), Moore (Payton 78), Smith, Weller, Ball, Cox, Little (Jepson 86).
Subs Not Used: Crichton, Mullin.
Booked: Smith, Mellon, Johnrose.
Att: 18,725 Ref: M Warren (Walsall).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Blackburn (0) 2 Birmingham (0) 1
Blackburn moved above Birmingham after an extraordinary end to their crucial
Ewood Park clash with the Blues - who had started the day in third position.
Matt Jansen fired Rovers' winner through a crowded box three minutes into
injury time when the Blues' defence failed to deal with a David Dunn cross.
Birmingham were certain they had salvaged a point when Darren Purse wiped
out sub Jansen's 65th minute opener with 90 minutes up on the clock.
And the final whistle left Trevor Francis and his assistant Mick Mills fuming
at referee Trevor Jones as they believed too much added time had been played.
Blackburn: Friedel (Filan 46), Curtis, McAteer, Bjornebye, Flitcroft,
Dunn, Hughes (Ostenstad 84), Duff, Bent (Jansen 61), Berg, Taylor.
Subs Not Used: Dailly, Hignett.
Booked: Curtis, Berg. Goals: Jansen 65, 90.
Birmingham: Bennett, Eaden (Marcelo 83), Burrows, Purse, Horsfield (Robinson
83), Hughes (Adebola 50), Lazaridis, O'Connor, Gill, Michael Johnson, Sonner.
Subs Not Used: Bass, Poole.
Booked: Horsfield. Goals: Purse 88.
Att: 24,899 Ref: T Jones (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Bolton (1) 2 Sheff Wed (0) 0
Colin Hendry headed a rare goal as Bolton stayed clear in second with a
2-0 cruise against struggling Sheffield Wednesday, who look in serious trouble
at second-from-bottom of the table. Dean Holdsworth's 15th-minute strike
had set them on their way to three more points.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, O'Kane, Bergsson, Hendry, Elliott, Gardner, Hansen
(Passi 76), Nolan, Farrelly, Holdsworth (Marshall 61), Ricketts (Charlton 70).
Subs Not Used: Banks, Fredgaard.
Sent Off: O'Kane (69).
Booked: Elliott. Goals: Holdsworth 15, Hendry 51.
Sheff Wed: Pressman, Hendon, Walker, Westwood, Harkness, Cooke (Sibon
57), Haslam (Hamshaw 72), Lescott (Crane 87), Morrison, Ekoku, Quinn.
Subs Not Used: O'Donnell, Stringer.
Booked: Harkness.
Att: 21,316 Ref: T Parkes (Birmingham).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Fulham (2) 5 Watford (0) 0
Fantastic Fulham can look forward to a golden New Year after blitzing
one-time title rivals Watford at Craven Cottage.
Barry Hayles hammered a hat-trick as Jean Tigana's men hit five without reply
and maintained their 10-point lead over closest rivals Bolton.
French ace Louis Saha started the rout on the half hour from the penalty spot
- and when Hayles grabbed his first three minutes before the break Watford were
already well on their way to their seventh defeat in eight games.
The extent of the Hornets' collapse was exposed in the second half as Hayles
completed his trio and new boy Andrejs Stolcers made it 5-0 with his 77th minute
strike.
Fulham: Taylor, Finnan, Brevett, Melville, Coleman (Symons 77), Clark,
Hayles, Goldbaek, Saha (Boa Morte 72), Davis, Fernandes (Stolcers 63).
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, Sahnoun.
Goals: Saha 29 pen, Hayles 42, 56, 75, Stolcers 77.
Watford: Baardsen, Cox (Noel-Williams 71), Robinson, Steve Palmer, Carlton
Palmer, Hyde (Smith 72), Mooney, Helguson, Ward, Vernazza, Nielsen.
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Kennedy, Panayi.
Booked: Ward, Robinson, Mooney, Vernazza.
Att: 19,373 Ref: M Fletcher (Warley).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Gillingham (1) 4 Crystal Palace (0) 1
Carl Asaba hit a hat-trick against the club he supported as a boy as Gillingham
crushed Crystal Palace 4-1 at Priestfield. Neil Ruddock missed Palace's
fifth consecutive penalty on the stroke of half-time which would have equalised
Asaba's early strike. Dougie Freedman did score from the spot after 73 minutes
but by then Asaba had hit his second. He completed his hat-trick 11 minutes
from time and sub Iffy Onuora completed the scoring at the death.
Gillingham: Bartram, Edge, Hope, Ashby, Saunders, Lewis, Southall, Pennock,
Smith (Hessenthaler 90), Shaw (King 36), Asaba (Onuora 84).
Subs Not Used: Patterson, Butters.
Booked: Bartram, Asaba, King, Hope.
Goals: Asaba 32, 62, 79, Onuora 90.
Crystal Palace: Kolinko, Smith, Austin (Ruddock 44), Zhiyi, Mullins,
Freedman, Rubins, Black (Carlisle 66), Pollock, Forssell, Morrison.
Subs Not Used: Thomson, Harrison, Rodger.
Booked: Kolinko, Mullins, Pollock, Zhiyi.
Goals: Freedman 73 pen.
Att: 10,518 Ref: A Kaye (Wakefield).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Grimsby (0) 1 Stockport (1) 1
Grimsby and Stockport shared the points at Blundell Park with Wayne Burnett
equalising for the visitors after Rob Matthews had given the Mariners a
half-time advantage.
Grimsby: Coyne, Butterfield, Fostervold, Gallimore (Livingstone 45),
Enhua (Richard Smith 87), Willems, Coldicott, Burnett, Groves, Donovan,
Nielsen.
Subs Not Used: Croudson, David Smith, Jeffrey.
Goals: Burnett 68.
Stockport: Jones, Nicholson, Flynn, Clark, Cooper, Woodthorpe, Gibb,
Wiss, Wilbraham, Smith, Matthews.
Subs Not Used: Dibble, Maxwell, Bryngelsson, Clare, Brebner.
Goals: Matthews 42.
Att: 6,654 Ref: R Furnandiz (Doncaster).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Nottm Forest (1) 1 Crewe (0)
0
Nottingham Forest stay on the fringes of the automatic promotion race
despite the late dismissal of David Prutton for two yellow cards.
Gary Jones got the only goal of the game after 38 minutes as they put paid
to Crewe's chances at the City Ground.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Edwards, Bart-Williams, Vaughan, Olsen, Prutton,
Williams (Foy 73), Jones, Brennan (Gray 64), John, Harewood (Reid 80).
Subs Not Used: Roche, Edds.
Sent Off: Prutton (88).
Booked: Prutton, Olsen. Goals: Jones 38.
Crewe: Bankole, Shaun Smith, Macauley, Sodje, Gannon (Little 45), Sorvel,
Lunt, Collins, Cramb (Foster 45), Rivers, Tait (Peter Smith 78).
Subs Not Used: Kearton, Hulse.
Booked: Macauley.
Att: 20,903 Ref: J P Robinson (Hull).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
QPR (2) 2 Norwich (1) 3
Rock-bottom QPR threw away a lead as Iwan Roberts snatched the points for
Norwich at Loftus Road. Rangers twice led through Clarke Carlisle and Stuart
Wardley but Roberts and Lee Marshall hit back for the Canaries before Roberts
hit his second nine minutes from time.
QPR: Miklosko, Darlington, Baraclough, Plummer, Carlisle, Morrow (Connolly
83), Langley, Wardley, Rose, Ngonge (Kiwomya 19), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Warren, Perry.
Booked: Langley, Baraclough. Goals: Carlisle 11, Wardley 42.
Norwich: Andy Marshall, Sutch, Lee Marshall, Fleming, Jackson, Notman
(Abbey 29), Roberts, Mulryne, Russell (Kenton 83), Llewellyn, Mackay, Abbey
(Coote 90).
Subs Not Used: Green, Dalglish.
Booked: Mulryne. Goals: Roberts 41, Lee Marshall 46, Roberts 81.
Att: 12,338 Ref: M Ryan (Preston).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Sheff Utd (1) 2 West Brom (0) 0
West Brom missed the opportunity to move above Birmingham as they slumped
to a 2-0 defeat at improving Sheffield United.
Bobby Ford set the Blades on their way with a 26th-minute penalty and David
Kelly sealed the win eight minutes after the break.
Sheff Utd: Tracey, Kozluk, Sandford, Murphy, Michael Brown, Woodhouse,
Santos (Jagielka 84), Ford, Kelly, Devlin, Suffo (Thomas 66).
Subs Not Used: Quinn, Montgomery, Blackwell.
Goals: Ford 26 pen, Kelly 53.
West Brom: Jensen, Lyttle (Balis 50), Clement, Van Blerk (Carbon 27),
James Chambers, Butler, Grant, Sneekes, Fox (Taylor 75), Hughes, Roberts.
Subs Not Used: Adamson, Jordao.
Att: 22,281 Ref: W Burns (Scarborough).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Wolverhampton (0) 0 Preston (1) 1
Preston's Iain Morgan got the only goal of the game as managerless Wolves'
woes increased with their home defeat to Preston.
Wolverhampton: Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Robinson (Branch 62), Pollet,
Sinton (Camara 78), Ndah, Lescott, Andrews (Osborn 70), Dinning, Proudlock.
Subs Not Used: Nash, Green.
Booked: Robinson, Muscat, Ndah.
Preston: Lucas, Alexander (Murdock 48), Edwards, Jackson, Gregan,
Anderson (Barry-Murphy 52), Macken, Robinson (Cartwright 84), Rankine, McKenna,
Appleton.
Subs Not Used: Moilanen, Ludden.
Booked: Alexander, Macken, McKenna. Goals: Anderson 14.
Att: 24,306 Ref: W Jordan (Tring)
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Huddersfield (1) 3 Tranmere (0) 0
Huddersfield's remarkable revival under Lou Macari continues as they
moved out of the drop zone with their fifth win in six games at home to Tranmere.
Delroy Facey gave the Terriers a first-half lead and John Dyson and Kevin Gallen
sealed an emphatic 3-0 win.
Huddersfield: Vaesen, Heary, Vincent, Lucketti, Dyson (Gray 85), Baldry
(Moses 90), Holland, Armstrong, Ndlovu, Gallen (Irons 79), Facey.
Subs Not Used: Margetson, Gorre.
Goals: Facey 44, Dyson 65, Gallen 71.
Tranmere: Murphy, Hazell, Allen, Hill, Yates (Roberts 59), Henry (Scott
Taylor 48), Flynn, Hinds (Gill 75), Parkinson, Rideout, Koumas.
Subs Not Used: Achterberg, Hume.
Booked: Yates.
Att: 14,043 Ref: M Pike (Barrow-in-Furness).
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Tuesday December 26 2000 |
Wimbledon (0) 1 Portsmouth (1) 1
Portsmouth player-boss Steve Claridge hit his 10th of the season to give
his side a 45th minute lead at Wimbledon but Damian Francis secured a 1-1
draw with his 50th minute equaliser.
Wimbledon: Davis, Roberts, Holloway, Ardley, Euell, Andersen, Williams,
Francis, Agyemang (Gayle 79), Hawkins, Gier.
Subs Not Used: Kimble, Feuer, Willmott, Hunt.
Booked: Gier, Holloway. Goals: Francis 50.
Portsmouth: Flahavan, Derry, Moore, Claridge, Bradbury (Whittingham
76), Hughes (Harper 76), Quashie, Thogersen, Hiley, Crowe, Panopoulos.
Subs Not Used: Waterman, Vine, Christopher Tardiff, Christopher Tardiff.
Booked: Derry, Crowe. Goals: Claridge 45.
Att: 9,245 Ref: L Cable (Woking).
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