Fulham Football Club are the
top club in the Nationwide league.
The modern Fulham team likes to
make the fans sweat just as much as the old teams did. Today the game was ours
for the taking after a beautiful goal from Barry Hayles ended a flowing move
but Bolton were allowed back in and then they got a softish goal from a very
doubtful freekick decision. The Ref was one of the worse to grace the Cottage
this year.
Fulham had 12 goal attempts against Bolton's 2, hit the woodwork twice, had
a number of chances cleared off the line by Bolton defenders and earned 12 corners
against Bolton's 2 all underlining Fulham supremacy throughout the game. What
the stats also show is that we converted 1 of our 12 goal attempts and Bolton
converted 1 of their two chances.
The foul on Luis Boa Morte, which led him to remonstrate with the fouler and
get sent off, was nasty and dangerous deserving a red rather than a yellow.
Holdsworth kicked Sean Davis while he was on the ground right
in front of the linesman and the linesman, the Ref and the fourth official saw
nothing.
Fulham played better than in other recent games with more passing taking place
and a new tactic of chipping the ball over the last line of the opposition's
defence for strikers to run on to it.
The Fulhamweb prediction
for this match was 2-0 to the Cottagers with a crowd of 18500 it ended 1-1 in
front of 16,468.
Saturday
Birmingham and Blackburn kept up the pressure
on Bolton with both teams winning their matches on Friday and Saturday. Blackburn
are one point behind Bolton with a game in hand while Birmingham are four points
behind with two games in hand.
Our next game is at the Cottage next Saturday and we play QPR.
Say ... We are top of Division One after two thirds of the campaign, have
lost only four games, have the best goal difference and the leading scorer in
the Premier and Nationwide leagues.
COME ON YOU WHITES
Nationwide One Scores and match
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Friday March 02 2000 |
Birmingham (1) 2 Watford (0) 0
Birmingham: Bennett, Atherton, Purse, Michael Johnson, Grainger,
Eaden (McCarthy 90), O'Connor (Sonner 83), Woodhouse, Hughes, Horsfield,
Andrew Johnson (Adebola 75).
Subs Not Used: Poole, Marcelo.
Goals: Eaden 45, Hughes 79.
Watford: Baardsen, Cox, Page, Palmer, Ward, Nielsen, Vernazza (Helguson
79), Hyde (Wooter 63), Smith, Perpetuini, Mooney (Kennedy 88).
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Panayi.
Att: 20,724 Ref: A Butler (Sutton-in-Ashfield).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Blackburn (0) 1 West Brom (0) 0
Third-placed Blackburn took advantage of a day off for the top two
in Division One to close the gap to a point with a hard-fought 1-0 win over
West Brom at Ewood Park. Eyal Berkovic made the goal for Marcus Bent
two minutes after half-time and the Baggies, without top scorer Lee Hughes,
were rarely in the hunt.
Blackburn: Friedel, Curtis, Short, Berg, Duff, Gillespie (Hignett
79), Berkovic, Dunn, Mahon, Bent, Jansen (Hughes 83).
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Keller, Filan.
Goals: Bent 47.
West Brom: Hoult, Butler, Sigurdsson, Carbon (James Chambers 59),
Van Blerk, Sneekes (Roberts 55), Adam Chambers (Lyttle 80), Fox, Appleton,
Taylor, Jordao.
Subs Not Used: Quinn, Jensen.
Booked: Adam Chambers, Roberts, Fox, Butler.
Att: 23,926 Ref: G Laws (Whitley Bay).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Crewe (0) 3 Tranmere (1) 1
FA Cup quarter-finalists Tranmere are back at the bottom after leading
at Crewe but going down 3-1 to the Railwaymen. Andy Parkinson put
Rovers ahead on the stroke of half-time but Steve Macauley, Rob Hulse and
Colin Little condemned Rovers to their fourth defeat in six league games.
Crewe: Bankole, Foster, Macauley, Shaun Smith, Walton, Wright, Lunt,
Little, Sorvel, Rivers (Street 82), Ashton (Hulse 30).
Subs Not Used: Ince, Sodje, Gannon.
Goals: Macauley 61, Hulse 63, Little 81.
Tranmere: Achterberg, Jobson, Yates, Allen, Roberts, Hinds (Gill
87), Henry, Koumas (Scott Taylor 86), Parkinson, Barlow, Allison.
Subs Not Used: Murphy, Morgan, Challinor.
Goals: Parkinson 45.
Att: 7,157 Ref: B Knight (Orpington)
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Crystal Palace (0) 0 Preston (2) 2
Preston are just outside the top six on goal difference after a 2-0
win at Crystal Palace, who were beaten for the third time on the
trot. David Healy seized on a half chance for the first and Graham Alexander
made sure of the points from the penalty spot.
Crystal Palace: Kolinko, Karic, Upson, Austin, Smith, Zhiyi (Rubins
45), Rodger (Gray 71), Black, Thomson (Mullins 62), Morrison, Forssell.
Subs Not Used: Freedman, Fuller.
Booked: Austin.
Preston: Moilanen, Alexander, Jackson, Gregan, Murdock, Edwards,
Rankine, McKenna, Cartwright, Healy (Barry-Murphy 89), Macken.
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Kidd, Gunnlaugsson, Anderson.
Goals: Healy 8, Alexander 24 pen.
Att: 15,160 Ref: R Pearson (Peterlee).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Grimsby (0) 0 Barnsley (1) 2
Grimsby are slipping close to the danger zone after a 2-0 home defeat
against Barnsley. Bruce Dyer celebrated his new contract with a brace
of goals for the Tykes.
Grimsby: Coyne, McDermott, Gallimore, Burnett (Coldicott 45), Donovan,
Jeffrey (Allen 45), Campbell, Groves, Rowan (Handyside 81), Willems, Enhua.
Subs Not Used: Butterfield, Croudson.
Booked: Coldicott.
Barnsley: Miller, Regan, Barker, Morgan, Chettle, Hayward, Ward,
Bullock (Neil 66), Shipperley, Dyer (Sheron 88), Barnard.
Subs Not Used: Walker, O'Callaghan, Bertos.
Booked: Chettle, Shipperley. Goals: Dyer 27, 56.
Att: 5,996 Ref: A Hall (Birmingham).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Huddersfield (1) 2 Norwich (0) 0
Huddersfield climbed off the foot of the table with their first win
in nine games, ending Norwich's four-game unbeaten run with a 2-0
win. Craig Armstrong put the Terriers on the right track with a blistering
25-yard drive and Delroy Facey turned in a cross from Kenny Irons in the
second half.
Huddersfield: Vaesen, Heary, Lucketti, Dyson, Jenkins, Thornley (Baldry
59), Irons, Armstrong, Facey, Gallen (Gorre 79), Smith.
Subs Not Used: Margetson, Moses, Gray.
Goals: Armstrong 8, Facey 71.
Norwich: Andy Marshall, Russell, Fleming, Jackson, Nedergaard, Llewellyn,
Mackay, Sutch, Roberts, McVeigh, Abbey (Forbes 45).
Subs Not Used: Green, Dalglish, Coote, McGovern.
Att: 11,122 Ref: M Brandwood (Lichfield).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Portsmouth (0) 2 Burnley (0) 0
Portsmouth's new boss Graham Rix was off to the best possible start
with a 2-0 win over Burnley, beaten away for the third time in succession.
Luke Nightingale gave Pompey the lead after 56 minutes and Mike Panopoulos
netted from the spot for the second.
Portsmouth: Flahavan, Crowe, Moore, Hiley, Vincent, Panopoulos, Brady,
Sharpe, Nightingale (Harper 87), Mills, Lovell (Rudonja 90).
Subs Not Used: Tardif, Thogersen, Waterman.
Booked: Vincent. Goals: Nightingale 56, Panopoulos 69 pen.
Burnley: Michopoulos, Thomas, Davis, Armstrong, Little, Cook, Taylor,
Branch (Briscoe 59), Moore, Weller, Ball (Cox 72).
Subs Not Used: Crichton, Maylett, Mullin.
Booked: Weller, Cox.
Att: 12,941 Ref: N Barry (Scunthorpe).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
QPR (1) 1 Sheff Utd (0) 3
Sheffield United moved into the play-off places with a 3-1 win at
Loftus Road which dumps QPR back into the bottom three. Michel Ngonge
gave Rangers a good start but, after Shaun Murphy levelled for the Blades,
Paul Devlin made two goals for George Santos to make sure there was no flying
start for new Rangers boss Ian Holloway.
QPR: Miklosko, Rose, Plummer (Connolly 77), Ready, Perry, Warren,
Wardley (Murray 63), Peacock, Kulcsar (Morrow 63), Crouch, Ngonge.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Baraclough.
Booked: Murray. Goals: Ngonge 34.
Sheff Utd: Tracey, Kozluk, Murphy, Curle, Ullathorne, Devlin, Santos,
Brown, Ford (Montgomery 90), Ndlovu (Uhlenbeek 90), D'Jaffo (Kelly 89).
Subs Not Used: Woodward, Suffo.
Booked: Kozluk. Goals: Murphy 48, Santos 57, 76.
Att: 11,024 Ref: P Durkin (Dorset).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Sheff Wed (1) 2 Gillingham (0) 1
Sheffield Wednesday won for the third time in four starts by handing
Gillingham a 2-1 defeat. Efan Ekoku and Michelle di Piedi netted
for the Owls before Carl Asaba pulled one back for the Gills.
Sheff Wed: Pressman, Walker, Quinn (Morrison 88), Sibon, Hendon,
Lescott (Haslam 74), Hamshaw (Di Piedi 55), Soltvedt, Westwood, Ekoku, Bromby.
Subs Not Used: Stringer, De Bilde.
Goals: Ekoku 38, Di Piedi 59.
Gillingham: Bartram, Smith, Ashby, Southall, Gooden, Browning, Saunders
(Onuora 64), King (Asaba 73), Pennock, Hope, Shaw.
Subs Not Used: Patterson, Nosworthy, James.
Goals: Asaba 81.
Att: 18,702 Ref: M Jones (Leeds)
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Stockport (1) 2 Wimbledon (1) 2
Stockport are not clear of trouble after a 2-2 home draw with Wimbledon
Aaron Wilbraham scored his third goal in two games to put County in front,
but the Dons hit back through Patrick Agyemang and Trond Andersen before
Karim Fradin equalised after 59 minutes.
Stockport: Jones, Connelly, Nicholson, Clark, Roget, Fradin, Cooper,
Gibb, Wiss, Kuqi, Wilbraham.
Subs Not Used: Dibble, Carrigan, Woodthorpe, Clare, Hurst.
Goals: Wilbraham 14, Fradin 59.
Wimbledon: Davis, Cunningham, Kimble, Willmott, Hawkins, Ainsworth
(Roberts 45), Ardley, Andersen, Karlsson (Gray 71), Agyemang, Gayle.
Subs Not Used: Heald, Hunt, Holloway.
Goals: Agyemang 26, Andersen 47.
Att: 5,519 Ref: K Hill (Royston).
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Saturday March 03 2000 |
Wolverhampton (0) 2 Nottm Forest (0) 0
Nottingham Forest had two men sent off again in the 2-0 defeat at
Molineux. Andy Johnson went just before the interval for punching Wolves
captain Kevin Muscat and Marlon Harewood was saw red card for two fouls.
Gareth Edds' own goal gave Wolves the lead and it was doubled by Adam Proudlock's
smart finish from George Ndah's pass.
Wolverhampton: Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Pollet, Dinning, Butler, Robinson,
Sinton, Proudlock, Ndah, Branch.
Subs Not Used: Stowell, Roussel, Lescott, Camara, Tudor.
Booked: Branch, Muscat. Goals: Edds 48 og, Proudlock 62.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Edwards, Benali, Edds (Jones 82), Scimeca,
Prutton, Bart-Williams, Andy Johnson, Foy, David Johnson, Freeman (Harewood
66).
Subs Not Used: Roche, Vaughan, Reid.
Sent Off: Andy Johnson (45), Harewood (90).
Booked: Bart-Williams, Benali, Harewood, Prutton.
Att: 20,291 Ref: P Richards (Preston).
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Sunday March 04 2000 |
Fulham (1) 1 Bolton (0) 1
Fulham: Taylor, Brevett, Melville, Symons, Clark, John Collins, Davis,
Goldbaek (Boa Morte 58), Finnan, Hayles, Saha.
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, Neilson, Moller, Riedle.
Sent Off: Boa Morte (81). Goals: Hayles 42.
Bolton: Wright, Elliott, Charlton, Hendry, Bergsson, Warhurst, Frandsen,
Passi, Farrelly (Ricketts 50), Hansen (Summerbee 88), Holdsworth (Marshall
76).
Subs Not Used: Banks, Barness.
Booked: Warhurst, Hendry, Elliott. Goals: Frandsen 51.
Att: 16,468 Ref: D Laws (Whitley Bay).
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