On Saturday the Mighty Whites slaughtered
Stockport County 4-1 and the football played by Fulham was a continuous pleasure
to behold. It was pointless to count the number of successive passes between
Fulham players as there is not a number big enough!
Sweeping moves from one side of the pitch to the other, chips around
opposition players, showing the ball to a Stockport player then pulling it back
before passing to another Fulham player, joy after joy the present Fulham team
is a wonder to behold.
Thank you thank you Jean after all these years of trial
Friday Aug 25
Friday
Gillingham (1) 1 Portsmouth (0) 1
Gillingham: Bartram, Patterson (Southall 81), Edge, Ashby, Butters,
Hessenthaler, Asaba, Gooden (Lewis 65), Browning, Hope, Thomson (James 76).
Subs Not Used: King, Mitten.
Goals: Thomson 6.
Portsmouth: Hoult, Primus, Edinburgh, Derry, Moore, Bradbury, Quashie,
Curtis, Thogersen, O'Neil (Claridge 59), Mills.
Subs Not Used: Flahavan, Rudonja, Waterman, Miglioranzi.
Booked: Derry.
Goals: Moore 68.
Att: 8,741
Ref: P Danson (Leicester).
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Saturday Aug 26
Barnsley (0) 4 West Brom (1) 1
Barnsley came from behind to thrash West Brom who led through
a Lee Hughes goal after 13 minutes. But Lee Jones struck twice in seven second-half
minutes and Neil Shipperley finished the Baggies off with two more to make it
4-1 and leave them bottom of the table.
Barnsley: Miller, Ward, Moses, L. Jones (Neil 80), Shipperley, Barnard,
Sheron (Dyer 86), Van Der Laan (Thomas 76), Morgan, Barker, Chettle.
Subs Not Used: Walker, O'Callaghan. Goals: L. Jones 53, 60, Shipperley 75,
90.
West Brom: Jensen, Lyttle (J. Chambers 63), Clement, McInnes, Butler,
Carbon, Sneekes (Fox 57), Taylor, Hughes, Jordao, Oliver (Quinn 77).
Subs Not Used: A. Chambers, Adamson.
Booked: Jordao, Oliver. Goals: Hughes 13.
Att: 14,321 Ref: F Stretton (Nottingham).
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Saturday Aug 26
Blackburn (1) 3 Norwich (0) 2
Blackburn stay on their heels following a 3-2 win over Norwich
who scored their first goals of the season. David Dunn's penalty put Rovers
in front and Nathan Blake doubled the advantage before Iwan Roberts scored for
the Canaries. A cracker from Matt Jansen took the game away from Norwich but
Gaetano Gallianza kept home hopes alive for the last three minutes.
Blackburn: Kelly, Curtis, Dailly, McAteer, Bjornebye, Short, Flitcroft
(Carsley 86), Dunn, Duff (Diawara 72), Blake, Jansen.
Subs Not Used: Johnson, M. Taylor, Filan.
Booked: Dunn, Dailly, Duff, Blake. Goals: Dunn 25 pen, Blake 52, Jansen 82.
Norwich: A. Marshall, Sutch, Derveld, L. Marshall, Fleming, Jackson
(McGovern 79), Roberts, Mulryne (Giallanza 57), Russell, Kenton (Forbes 75),
Llewellyn.
Subs Not Used: Whitley, Green.
Booked: Kenton, L. Marshall, Derveld. Goals: Roberts 55, Giallanza 90.
Att: 19,542 Ref: C Foy (St. Helens).
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Saturday Aug 26
Bolton (1) 2 Preston (0) 0
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Whitlow, Bergsson, Fish, Frandsen, Hansen (Richardson
84), Holdsworth (Marshall 58), Farrelly, Barness, Passi, Rankin (Ricketts 67).
Subs Not Used: Banks, O'Kane.
Goals: Rankin 42, Ricketts 82.
Preston: Moilanen, Alexander (Cartwright 69), Edwards, McKenna (Robinson
74), Appleton, Jackson, Basham, Rankine, Macken, Anderson, Murdock.
Subs Not Used: Lucas, Eyres, Murphy.
Att: 19,954
Ref: U Rennie (Sheffield).
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Saturday Aug 26
Fulham (1) 4 Stockport (1) 1
Fulham are the only Division One side with a 100% record after a 4-1
win over Stockport who had two men sent off at Craven Cottage. Barry
Hayles bagged a brace and John Collins and Luis Boa Morte chipped in and Kevin
Cooper's fifth-minute goal will be little consolation to County who lost Tony
Dinning and Mike Flynn for second bookable offences.
Fulham: Taylor, Finnan, Brevett, Melville, Coleman, Clark, J. Collins,
Hayles, Goldbaek (Boa Morte 77), Saha (Fernandes 78), Davis.
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, W. Collins, Betsy.
Booked: Brevett, Davis. Goals: Hayles 3, J. Collins 59, Hayles 76, Boa Morte
87.
Stockport: Jones, Connolly, Flynn, Clark, Cooper, Moore, Maxwell (Bailey
68), Woodthorpe, Fradin, Dinning, Smith (Clare 88).
Subs Not Used: Bryngelsson, Carrigan, Dibble.
Sent Off: Dinning (60), Flynn (90). Booked: Flynn, Woodthorpe, Fradin, Moore,
Cooper.
Goals: Cooper 5.
Att: 11,009 Ref: P Alcock (Halstead).
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Saturday Aug 26
Grimsby (0) 0 Sheff Wed (1) 1
Paul Jewell had his first success as Sheffield Wednesday manager when
Michele di Piedi scored on his debut at Grimsby to secure a 1-0 win.
Grimsby: Coyne, McDermott, D. Smith, Jeffrey, Groves, Butterfield (Black
45), Livingstone, Raven, Coldicott, Allen (Clare 58), Pouton.
Subs Not Used: Croudson, Buckley, Chapman.
Sheff Wed: Pressman, Hinchcliffe, Grayson, Walker, Quinn, Sibon, O'Donnell,
Cresswell, Hamshaw, Di Piedi (Muller 63), Westwood.
Subs Not Used: Humphreys, Stringer, Hutton, Crane.
Booked: Westwood. Goals: Di Piedi 22.
Att: 7,755 Ref: A Leake (Darwen).
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Saturday Aug 26
Huddersfield (1) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 2
Huddersfield lost at home again, going down 2-1 to Crystal Palace
despite leading through Chris Lucketti's 25th-minute strike. Julian Gray equalised
on the stroke of halftime and Neil Ruddock headed the winner.
Huddersfield: Vaesen, Vincent (Hay 77), Lucketti, Armstrong, Dyson, Irons
(Facey 82), Baldry, Holland, Sellars (Beresford 63), Wijnhard, Smith.
Subs Not Used: Margetson, Edwards.
Booked: Hay. Goals: Lucketti 25.
Crystal Palace: Taylor, Zhiyi, Ruddock, Mullins, Rodger, Morrison, Black,
Gray, Forssell (McKenzie 70), Pollock, Harrison.
Subs Not Used: Smith, Fullarton, Austin, Evans.
Booked: Morrison, Black. Goals: Gray 44, Ruddock 51.
Att: 10,670 Ref: Tom Jones (Leeds).
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Saturday Aug 26
Nottm Forest (0) 1 Birmingham (2) 2
Birmingham were also off the mark with a 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest
with Marcelo's 25-yard drive putting them in front and Nicky Eaden scoring his
second of the season just before the interval. Chris Bart-Williams made it 2-1
but Forest were given the bird by their fans at the end.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Brennan (Harewood 45), Rogers, Scimeca, Prutton,
Bart-Williams, Vaughan, Jones (John 72), Louis-Jean (Johnson 34), Doig, Blake.
Subs Not Used: Roche, Dawson.
Booked: Rogers, Vaughan. Goals: Bart-Williams 52.
Birmingham: Bennett, Eaden, Grainger, Holdsworth, M. Johnson, Gill,
Sonner, O'Connor, Ndlovu, Marcelo (Adebola 76), Hughes.
Subs Not Used: Purse, Poole, Lazaridis, A. Johnson.
Booked: Sonner. Goals: Marcelo 16, Eaden 45.
Att: 18,820 Ref: G Frankland (Middlesbrough).
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Saturday Aug 26
QPR (1) 1 Crewe (0) 0
Queen's Park Rangers also had a 1-0 win over Crewe, Paul Furlong
the scorer.
QPR: Harper, Perry, Baraclough (Heinola 33), Ready (Warren 19), Morrow,
Carlisle, Langley, Wardley, Peacock, Furlong, Kiwomya.
Subs Not Used: Miklosko, Connolly, P. Crouch.
Booked: Peacock, Langley, Furlong. Goals: Furlong 13.
Crewe: Kearton, Wright, S. Smith, Lunt, Macauley, Rivers, E. Sodje,
Hulse (Grant 82), Sorvel, Street, Jack.
Subs Not Used: Bankole, Liddle, Little, Foster.
Booked: E. Sodje, Hulse.
Att: 9,415 Ref: K Hill (Royston).
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Saturday Aug 26
Sheff Utd (1) 2 Tranmere (0) 0
Marcus Bent followed his midweek hat-trick with both goals in Sheffield
United's 2-0 win over Tranmere.
Sheff Utd: Tracey, Murphy, Sandford, Quinn, Uhlenbeek, Woodhouse, M. Brown
(Santos 85), Ford, Kelly (Newby 67), Bent, Devlin.
Subs Not Used: Kozluk, Jagielka, Webber.
Booked: Sandford. Goals: Bent 19, 57.
Tranmere: Achterberg, Yates, Roberts, Allison, Challinor, Hill, Gill
(Koumas 64), Henry (Parkinson 61), S. Taylor (Barlow 72), Rideout, Hinds.
Subs Not Used: Murphy, Allen.
Booked: Roberts, Gill, Henry, S. Taylor.
Att: 12,074 Ref: E Wolstenholme (Blackburn).
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Saturday Aug 26
Wimbledon (0) 0 Watford (0) 0
Relegated Wimbledon are still without a goal or a win after Watford
held them to a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park and Preston North End's good start
came to an end at Bolton, Isaiah Rankin and Michael Ricketts scoring in the
2-0 win.
Wimbledon: Davis, Kimble (Willmott 27), Ardley, Hartson, Gayle, Andersen,
Williams, Francis, Hawkins, Thomas (Selley 74), Morgan (Euell 46).
Subs Not Used: Robinson, Feuer.
Booked: Thomas.
Watford: Baardsen, Cox, Robinson, Page, Palmer, Mooney, Wooter (Noel-Williams
54), Smith, Helguson (Foley 74), Ward, Nielsen (Easton 40).
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Gibbs.
Booked: Robinson.
Att: 8,447 Ref: T Parkes (Birmingham).
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Saturday Aug 26
Wolverhampton (0) 1 Burnley (0) 0
Wolves pulled off their first win of the season, Steve Sedgley's 74th-
minute effort enough to dispose of Burnley 1-0
Wolverhampton: Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Emblen, Bazeley, Ketsbaia (Camara
81), Sinton (Ndah 45), Sedgley, R. Taylor, Lescott, Thetis.
Subs Not Used: Robinson, Osborn, Calia.
Goals: Sedgley 74.
Burnley: Crichton, Little, Thomas, Cox, Davis, Cook, Cooke (Mullin 71),
Briscoe, Weller (Payton 76), Ball, Gray (Branch 57).
Subs Not Used: Mellon, Armstrong.
Booked: Weller, Cooke.
Att: 20,156 Ref: M Jones (Chester).
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