Fulham Football Club are the top club in the Nationwide league.

Although Crewe went one up in the 19th minute Fulham fought back, as they have in other matches, and ground out a 2-1 victory. So we are still unbeaten away from home this season and looking like Champions more and more each game.

The Fulhamweb prediction for this match was 0-4 to the Cottagers with a crowd of 7625. After the event it seems a trifle over optimistic but we will get some points for a win at least. How did you do?

Have a great Christmas, enjoy the memories of the first half of the season, and see you back for Boxing day. If anything comes up in the mean time Fulhamweb will keep you up to date.

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.

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Weekend Scores

Friday 22/12/00 - Nationwide Division One
Home	Away	FT (HT)	KO
C Palace (12)	Blackburn (06)	2-3(0-3)	FT		Team & stats
Stockport (19)	Gillingham (15)	2-2(1-1)	FT		Team & stats
Saturday 23/12/00 - Nationwide Division One
Home	Away	FT (HT)	KO
Birmingham (03)	QPR (23)	0-0 (0-0)	FT		Team & stats
Burnley (09)	Bolton (02)	0-2 (0-0)	FT		Team & stats
Crewe (22)	Fulham (01)	1-2 (1-0)	FT		Team & stats
Norwich (18)	Barnsley (14)	0-0 (0-0)	FT		Team & stats
Portsmouth (13)	Sheff Utd (10)	0-0 (0-0)	FT		Team & stats
Preston (08)	Grimsby (20)	1-2 (1-1)	FT		Team & stats
Sheff Wed (21)	Wolves (16)	0-1 (0-1)	FT		Team & stats
Tranmere (17)	Wimbledon (11)	0-4 (0-1)	FT		Team & stats
Watford (05)	Huddersfield (24)	1-2 (1-1)	FT		Team & stats
West Brom (04)	Nottm Forest (07)	3-0 (2-0)	FT		Team & stats
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Friday December 22 2000
Crystal Palace (0) 2 Blackburn (3) 3 Blackburn strengthened their own promotion claims and brought Crystal Palace crashing down to earth on Friday night with a 3-2 win at Selhurst Park. Palace went into the game on a 12-game unbeaten run but Alan Smith's Eagles were left rueing a poor first-half performance. Things started to go wrong for the home side after 12 minutes when Fan Zhiyi was sent off for a professional foul and David Dunn converted the resulting penalty. Although Mikael Forssell pulled one back four minutes after the restart and Hayden Mullins notched 14 minutes later to set up a pulsating finale, Blackburn held on to the three points. Crystal Palace: Kolinko, Austin, Zhiyi, Ruddock (Freedman 84), Mullins, Rodger (Harrison 45), Morrison, Black, Forssell, Rubins (Smith 21), Pollock. Subs Not Used: Thomson, Carlisle. Sent Off: Zhiyi (12).Booked: Pollock. Goals: Forssell 49, Mullins 63. Blackburn: Friedel, Curtis, McAteer, Bjornebye, Flitcroft, Dunn, Hughes (Jansen 64), Duff (Mahon 64), Bent, Berg, Taylor. Subs Not Used: Filan, Dailly, Hignett. Goals: Dunn 12 pen, 16, Taylor 44. Att: 15,010 Ref: P Joslin (Newark, Notts).
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Friday December 22 2000
Stockport (1) 2 Gillingham (1) 2 At Edgeley Park neither Stockport nor Gillingham could pick up the three points needed to ease their relegation fears. Jarkko Wiss gave the home side a 31st-minute lead and although Junior Lewis levelled things up two minutes before the interval, Liverpool loanee Leyton Maxwell's 90th-minute goal seemed to have won it for the home side. But Marlon King equalised deep into injury time to rob Andy Kilner's side of two important points. Stockport: Jones, Nicholson, Flynn, Clark, Cooper, Woodthorpe (Brebner 59), Gibb, Wiss, Wilbraham (Bryngelsson 90), Smith, Matthews (Maxwell 66). Subs Not Used: Dibble, Clare. Booked: Gibb, Nicholson. Goals: Wiss 31, Maxwell 90. Gillingham: Bartram, Edge, Smith, Ashby, Southall, Asaba (King 80), Saunders, Pennock, Hope, Lewis, Shaw (Onuora 87). Subs Not Used: Patterson, Butters, Thomson. Booked: Pennock. Goals: Lewis 43, King 90. Att: 6,095 Ref: M Messias (York).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Birmingham (0) 0 QPR (0) 0 Birmingham were held 0-0 at home by QPR, but stay third - and ahead of local rivals West Brom - thanks to goal difference Birmingham: Bennett, Gill, Burrows (Horsfield 69), Michael Johnson, Purse, Eaden (O'Connor 77), Sonner, Lazaridis, Adebola, Andrew Johnson (Robinson 80), Hughes. Subs Not Used: Poole, Bass. QPR: Miklosko, Kulcsar (Warren 90), Plummer (Perry 73), Langley, Carlisle, Wardley, Morrow, Crouch, Darlington, Ngonge (Koejoe 80), Baraclough. Subs Not Used: Harper, Connolly. Booked: Ngonge, Koejoe. Att: 24,311 Ref: A Kaye (Wakefield).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Burnley (0) 0 Bolton (0) 2 Bolton stay second after a 2-0 win over Burnley in the Lancashire derby. The Trotters made it four wins in succession with two goals by super sub Michael Ricketts handing the Clarets a third defeat on the trot. Burnley: Michopoulos, Thomas, Davis, Cox, Cook (Johnrose 59), Mellon (Jepson 69), Branch, Smith, Weller (Little 57), Mullin, Ball. Subs Not Used: Crichton, Maylett. Booked: Johnrose. Bolton: Jaaskelainen, O'Kane, Elliott, Hendry, Bergsson, Nolan, Farrelly, Passi, Holdsworth (Ricketts 53), Gardner, Hansen (Fredgaard 89). Subs Not Used: Banks, Charlton, Marshall. Booked: Elliott. Goals: Ricketts 53, 72. Att: 19,552 Ref: P Richards (Preston).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Crewe (1) 1 Fulham (0) 2 Runaway leaders Fulham came from behind at struggling Crewe to maintain their 10-point lead at the top of Division One. Jean Tigana's men were given a shock by the struggling Railwaymen when Mark Rivers opened the scoring at Gresty Road after 19 minutes with a 20-yard volley. But the Cottagers showed their class after half-time and Luis Boa Morte netted his 12th goal of the season within seconds of the restart. Barry Hayles poked in his 13th to make it 2-1 and maintain their lead over the division. Crewe: Kearton, Wright (Collins 45), Shaun Smith, Foster, Sodje, Lunt, Sorvel, Little, Cramb, Hulse (Tait 80), Rivers. Subs Not Used: Bankole, Peter Smith, Gannon. Booked: Little. Goals: Rivers 19. Fulham: Taylor, Finnan, Brevett, Melville, Coleman, Clark, Hayles, Goldbaek, Boa Morte, Davis (Wayne Collins 70), Stolcers (Saha 45). Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, Symons, Lewis. Booked: Stolcers, Davis. Goals: Boa Morte 46, Hayles 75. Att: 6,935 Ref: A Leake (Darwen).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Norwich (0) 0 Barnsley (0) 0 Two clubs looking for a new manager, Norwich and Barnsley, also finished goalless at Carrow Road. Norwich: Andy Marshall, Sutch, Jackson, Fleming, Mackay, Lee Marshall (Dalglish 77), Russell, Mulryne, Roberts, Notman (Abbey 68), Llewellyn. Subs Not Used: Kenton, Green, Coote. Booked: Mackay. Barnsley: Miller, Appleby, Ward (Ripley 48), Salli, Shipperley, Sheron, Morgan, Barker, Dyer (Bullock 70), Van Der Laan, Chettle. Subs Not Used: Walker, Corbo, Jones. Booked: Dyer. Att: 16,581 Ref: D Crick (Worcester Park).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Portsmouth (0) 0 Sheff Utd (0) 0 Sheffield United will be content with their third draw on the trot - 0-0 at Portsmouth Portsmouth: Flahavan, Moore, Claridge, Bradbury, Hughes, Quashie, Thogersen, Hiley (Vine 83), Crowe, Miglioranzi, Panopoulos. Subs Not Used: Cardif, Harper, Waterman, Whittingham. Sheff Utd: Tracey, Kozluk, Quinn, Sandford, Murphy, Michael Brown, Woodhouse (Curle 73), Devlin, Ford, Suffo (Santos 65), Montgomery (Kelly 46). Subs Not Used: Thomas, Jagielka. Booked: Woodhouse, Tracey, Michael Brown. Att: 13,606 Ref: A D'Urso (Billericay).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Preston (1) 1 Grimsby (1) 2 Lennie Lawrence's Grimsby pulled off the shock of the day, beating Preston 2-1 at Deepdale. Jon Macken notched the fastest goal of the day after 32 seconds but the Mariners hit back with Menno Willems scoring his first in English football and Paul Groves claiming the winner after 81 minutes. Preston: Moilanen, Alexander, Edwards, Jackson, Gregan, Cartwright (Murdock 82), Rankine (Ludden 68), Appleton, McKenna, Gunnlaugsson (Robinson 22), Macken. Subs Not Used: Barry-Murphy, Lonergan. Booked: Gregan. Goals: Macken 1. Grimsby: Coyne, Butterfield, Fostervold, Groves, Enhua (Richard Smith 61), Coldicott, Burnett (Livingstone 83), Campbell, Willems, Nielsen (Jeffrey 89), Donovan. Subs Not Used: Croudson, David Smith. Booked: Coldicott. Goals: Willems 31, Groves 81. Att: 14,667 Ref: M Fletcher (Warley).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Sheff Wed (0) 0 Wolverhampton (1) 1 Managerless Wolves pulled off their second away win of the season, Kevin Muscat's goal on the stroke of half-time bringing a 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday who are still flirting with danger with only one win in their last six games. Sheff Wed: Pressman, Haslam, Harkness, Walker, Quinn, Sibon, Hendon, Ekoku (Di Piedi 67), Cooke, Bromby (O'Donnell 44), Morrison (Hamshaw 74). Subs Not Used: Stringer, Lescott. Wolverhampton: Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Robinson, Pollet, Bazeley (Tudor 82), Sinton, Ndah (Branch 73), Lescott, Andrews, Proudlock. Subs Not Used: Nash, Green, Camara. Booked: Andrews, Muscat. Goals: Muscat 45. Att: 17,787 Ref: R Pearson (Peterlee).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Tranmere (0) 0 Wimbledon (1) 4 Wimbledon, reduced to 10 men after Rob Gier was sent off shortly into the second half, still strolled to a 4-0 win at Tranmere. It was the Dons' fourth away win in five trips and the goals came from Jason Euell (two), Mark Williams and Trond Andersen. Tranmere: Murphy, Hazell (Hume 62), Hill, Allen, Koumas, Flynn, Roberts (Yates 82), Rideout, Parkinson, Scott Taylor, Allison. Subs Not Used: Achterberg, Hinds, Henry. Booked: Roberts, Koumas. Wimbledon: Davis, Holloway, Williams, Hawkins, Ardley, Andersen, Roberts, Francis (Hunt 89), Gier, Euell, Agyemang (Gayle 67). Subs Not Used: Heald, Kimble, Willmott. Sent Off: Gier (50). Goals: Andersen 40, Williams 54, Euell 77, 85. Att: 8,058 Ref: P Danson (Leicester).
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Saturday December 23 2000
Watford (1) 1 Huddersfield (1) 2 One-time leaders Watford are without a win in seven games after they went down 2-1 at home to Huddersfield, who moved off the bottom of the table on goal difference. Peter Ndlovu gave the Terriers the lead only for Thomas Heary's own goal to put the Hornets level. But Delroy Facey notched the winner to give in-form Town their fourth win in five unbeaten games. Watford: Baardsen, Cox, Robinson, Steve Palmer, Kennedy (Armstrong 45), Carlton Palmer (Smith 83), Vernazza, Nielsen, Ward, Mooney, Smart (Helguson 65). Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Hyde. Booked: Kennedy, Cox. Goals: Heary 34 og. Huddersfield: Vaesen, Vincent, Dyson, Gray, Heary, Baldry, Holland, Armstrong, Ndlovu, Gallen, Facey. Subs Not Used: Lucketti, Irons, Margetson, Sellars, Moses. Booked: Holland. Goals: Ndlovu 29, Facey 60. Att: 13,371 Ref: K Hill (Royston).
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Saturday December 23 2000
West Brom (2) 3 Nottm Forest (0) 0 The buoyant West Brom beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 at The Hawthorns.Jason Roberts bagged two and Forest supplied an own goal from Ben Olsen as well as having Tony Vaughan sent off in the first half for a second yellow card. West Brom: Jensen, Lyttle (Balis 80), Clement, Butler, Van Blerk, James Chambers, Sneekes, Grant, Fox (Jordao 75), Roberts, Hughes. Subs Not Used: Adamson, Carbon, Taylor. Goals: Roberts 8, Olsen 35 og, Roberts 56. Nottm Forest: Beasant, Edwards, Edds (Reid 46), Vaughan, Olsen (John 58), Prutton, Williams (Gray 53), Bart-Williams, Foy, Jones, Harewood. Subs Not Used: Roche, Brennan. Sent Off: Vaughan (48). Booked: Vaughan, Edwards, Prutton. Att: 20,350 Ref: M Riley (Leeds).
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