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Saturday January 24, 2009 Finished

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Kettering Town

  • Westcarr 36’, 82’ (pen.)

Fulham

  • Davies 11’
  • Murphy 77’
  • Johnson 87’
  • Zamora 88’
  1. Fulham down plucky Kettering

    Fulham down plucky Kettering

    Fulham survived a huge scare, scoring two late goals to beat non-league Kettering 4-2 at Rockingham Road in the FA Cup fourth round. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Kettering Town
    • Fulham
    • 90+3 And there's the final whistle! What an effort by Kettering but Fulham's quality tells in the end.
    • 90+2 Fulham could be in again and Harper drops it for Johnson to score but the whistle has gone for a foul.
    • 90' Three minutes added time being played.
    • 88' Johnson just outside the area, he plays it into Zamora with his back to goal, he turns and goes outside the box to work a shooting chance and drills a brilliant low drive past Harper into the bottom left! Great strike and Fulham get out of jail!
    • 87' Davies swings it far post to Zamora and Harper should have it but he flaps at the cross and Zamora heads it across goal for Johnson to nod into the empty net! 3-2! Heartbreak for Kettering!
    • 86' Zamora on the ball, he bustles towards goal and he lets rip with a dipping drive that beats Harper but goes just wide!
    • 85' Westcarr booked for a cynical tug on Dempsey.
    • 83' Foul by Dempster on the Fulham right, yellow card...
    • 82' Westcarr to take it then... and he sends a sweet low drive into the bottom right for 2-2! What a finish and what an end to this game!
    • 80' Ball over the top bounces past a Fulham defender and Westcarr is in but he goes down under a clumsy challenge for Hangeland and it's a penalty! Only a yellow card though.
    • 77' Throw to Fulham on the right, taken quickly by Zamora to Davies who lays it off for Murphy who sends a weak, low shot on goal BUT IT TAKES A HUGE BOBBLE AND COMES OFF EXODUS TO BEAT HARPER FOR 2-1! Oh you just knew that would happen. Poor Kettering and poor Exodus Geohaghan, who has been really quite good today.
    • 75 Murphy on the ball about 30 yards out, he looks up and sees Zamora make a diagonal run so lofts an inch-perfect centre AND ZAMORA MUST SCORE WITH A FREE HEADER BUT HE SOMEHOW HEADS WIDE! RUBBISH! What a miss. He cost £4.4 million! Pah! Sandra Redknapp warms up on the sidelines.
    • 74' KETTERING SUB: They smell blood and bring forward Chris Beardsley on for Gareth Seddon.
    • 73' Boucaud hooks a high one over the top and it catches Fulham flat-footed AND WESTCARR IS IN AND MUST SCORE BUT POKES IT WIDE! What a miss!
    • 71' KETTERING SUB: Little Alfie Potter - who I'm surprised didn't start, given his Cup heroics for Havant and Waterlooville last season - comes on for Jaszczun.
    • 69' FULHAM DOUBLE SUB: Murphy and Zamora on for Gera and Etuhu. Zamora will go up front and Dempsey back in midfield.
    • 68' Konchesky and Dempsey combine but to no avail with Harper claiming the cross.
    • 67' Exodus with a long throw on the left this time but Schwarzer dominates the area to come out and claim through a crowd of players.
    • 64' Dempsey is on the charge and he could be in but the ball bobbles and slows as he runs, allowing Exodus to clear for a throw.
    • 63' Fulham win a corner after Boucaud is forced to knock a low ball across goal behind. It's a good delivery from Davies which is headed to the edge of the box and Konchesky arches a lob to the top right but tipped behind again by Harper!
    • 62' Fulham have switched off this second half and Kettering have had some real chances but they haven't taken them. What odds a Fulham winner?
    • 60' Another chance for Kettering as Solkhon gets in on the right, his cross is blocked by Konchesky and it falls to Westcarr but he shoots weakly at Schwarzer!
    • 58' Boucaud on the right now, he swings over a great ball AND DEMPSTER WITH A FREE HEADER BUT HE PUTS IT JUST OVER! Fulham are all over the place now, the hosts should be 2-1 up.
    • 57' Graham on the left, he totally skins Stoor, who looked like an amateur player there, and he's in AND SEDDON IS FREE BUT HE PUTS IT JUST THE WRONG SIDE OF THE POST! It took a deflection, corner.
    • 52' In case you didn't know, Kettering's shirt sponsor simply says "Palestine": a cut of all shirt sales goes to a Palestinian aid charity. No doubt the Spanish FA would fine Kettering heavily for making a political statement, while monkey-chanting Real Madrid ultras get a slap on the wrist.
    • 50' Good play by Kettering here to win a corner on the right, which causes Fulham problems and is only half-cleared... the follow-up cross almost puts Boucaud in but Stoor gets ahead of him.
    • 48' Dempsey is in now and sends a downward header on goal but it bounces in front of Harper who claims at the second attempt.
    • 47' High ball over the top through the middle by Kettering and the bounce bamboozles Hughes for Seddon to get in and he has a pop but mis-hits it and over.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 And that is the half-time whistle! It's 1-1 between Kettering and Fulham and there could very well be an upset on the cards!
    • 45' Solkhon and Boucaud combine and the latter hits a dipping volley on goal but it goes well wide.
    • 44' Only one minute added time being played, and to be fair it could be zero - the action has been pretty much incessant.
    • 42' Brilliant backheel on the edge of the box by Solkhon, as befits a former Arsenal trainee, and he plays in Graham who gets into the box and goes down but no penalty! Yellow card for diving! Ha! Even non-league players are at it. No doubt someone will blame all those foreign players at, um, Kettering. Well, there's a Frenchman on the bench!
    • 40' Kettering are certainly going for the long, high approach and who can blame them? The bounces are really unpredictable and, while Hangeland is exceptional in the air, his turning ability is questionable and when the ball changes direction like that he can get in trouble.
    • 38' Fulham try to hit back immediately, swung over by Konchesky on the left and Dempsey heads it across goal but too close to Harper.
    • 36' Westcarr to take, he hammers it at the wall and it takes a huge deflection and flies into the bottom left! Off Gera's outstretched knee, totally changed the direction of the ball and it's 1-1!
    • 35' Free-kick to Kettering just on the edge of the Fulham box, on the left, very dangerous position, Westcarr is over it...
    • 34' More pressure from Fulham, on the left this time as Andreasen lofts it in but there's a foul by Johnson and a free-kick to Kettering.
    • 33' Johnson now on the right and Jaszczun gets ahead of him but Johnson muscles him off the ball, he's in but the shot is blocked, it's up in the air and Gera can shoot but he's denied by Dempster and Kettering half-clear.
    • 30' Fulham have had a decent spell of possession now, best to keep it as far away from the corners of their own half with Exodus's quite frightening delivery. Possibly less accurate than Delap's, reminds me of Dave Challinor of Tranmere a few years back - quite high and unpredictable.
    • 28' Still with Kettering and DEMPSTER ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX but his low drive goes wide of the right-hand post. Still a danger on the break...
    • 27' The hosts have a throw-in on the right, Exodus goes forward and launches it again, this time Fulham can't clear it and it bounces to Westcarr on the left but the turf gives it an extra skid and it's away for Fulham to clear.
    • 25' A bit scrappy now, with Fulham in control but Kettering looking to diagonal balls into the channels and the throw-in of Exodus.
    • 23' Kettering are all over the shop at the back as a Stoor cross is met by Dempsey far post, his downward header is only parried by Harper who realises his defence are totally out of position and has to rush across to the right to parry Johnson's finish!
    • 21' Dempsey again on the right but Eaden gets a block in, the bobble favours the American though and he has space to fire a half-volley in but he sends it well over! He snatched at that, should have kept it low and aimed far post.
    • 19' Fulham seem to have got the measure of this surface now - sideways passes along the ground and in the middle of the park are working well but anything forward or near the box needs to be aerial.
    • 17' Fulham attack again and another long-range effort, this time from Gera, but well wide.
    • 15' Free-kick to Fulham then, on the left but level with the edge of the box, 10 yards out, Konchesky is over it but Andreasen smashes in a rising drive that goes past the far post.
    • 14' Stoor on the right, he goes inside for Etuhu who plays it wide left to Konchesky and Dempsey comes back for it and wins a free-kick off Westcarr.
    • 12' Dempsey again on the right in some space, he swings over a very clean cross to the left-hand side of the penalty spot and Davies connects with a brilliant, angled volley that flies into the bottom right! Cracking strike, a goal of Premier League quality.
    • 10' Dempsey now gets forward and clips it into the box but Johnson is too small for anything aerial, particularly when confronted with full-time ball-headers Exodus and Dempster.
    • 9' Fulham get forward now and win a corner on the left, but there's some pushing from the Whites and a free-kick is given.
    • 7' Exodus (I am going to refer to him by his first name, because it makes him sound like some kind of dub night) has an even longer through than Rory Delap and comes to the left wing to hurl it towards the top-left corner of Fulham's goal. Mark Schwarzer is rather tall, so he claims.
    • 6' Kettering are holding their own at the moment, but they do have the advantage of knowing how to play on rubble. I thought Conference sides had progressed to near-professional levels these days? Near impossible to send a clean pass on this pitch.
    • 4' Useful break from Kettering sees Westcarr free on the left of the box, it bounces over the head of Hangeland - all nine foot of him, showing how bad this pitch is - and Westcarr is in but he scuffs the finish wide of the right-hand post!
    • 2' Fulham with the first move forward but the playing surface is quite horrendous and it bobbles away from Dempsey for a goal-kick.
    • 1' First half underway!
    • - FULHAM TEAM NEWS: Misfiring striker Bobby Zamora drops to the bench with Clint Dempsey moving up front, allowing Zoltan Gera a start. Captain Danny Murphy is rested with Leon Andreasen and Dickson Etuhu forming the central midfield with Roy Hodgson clearly weighing up his options after Jimmy Bullard's sale to Hull City. Fred Stoor comes in for John Pantsil at right-back.
    • - KETTERING TEAM NEWS: France Futsal player Jean-Paul Marna is on the bench, as is diminutive playmaker Alfie Potter and experienced winger Darren Wrack. Richard Graham starts and the wonderfully-named Exodus Geohaghan steps in for suspended former Rotherham centre-half Guy Branston.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of non-league Kettering's FA Cup fourth-round clash with Premier League Fulham, from 15:00 UK time!

  • Summary

    • 88' Johnson just outside the area, he plays it into Zamora with his back to goal, he turns and goes outside the box to work a shooting chance and drills a brilliant low drive past Harper into the bottom left! Great strike and Fulham get out of jail!
    • 87' Davies swings it far post to Zamora and Harper should have it but he flaps at the cross and Zamora heads it across goal for Johnson to nod into the empty net! 3-2! Heartbreak for Kettering!
    • 86' Zamora on the ball, he bustles towards goal and he lets rip with a dipping drive that beats Harper but goes just wide!
    • 82' Westcarr to take it then... and he sends a sweet low drive into the bottom right for 2-2! What a finish and what an end to this game!
    • 77' Throw to Fulham on the right, taken quickly by Zamora to Davies who lays it off for Murphy who sends a weak, low shot on goal BUT IT TAKES A HUGE BOBBLE AND COMES OFF EXODUS TO BEAT HARPER FOR 2-1! Oh you just knew that would happen. Poor Kettering and poor Exodus Geohaghan, who has been really quite good today.
    • 75 Murphy on the ball about 30 yards out, he looks up and sees Zamora make a diagonal run so lofts an inch-perfect centre AND ZAMORA MUST SCORE WITH A FREE HEADER BUT HE SOMEHOW HEADS WIDE! RUBBISH! What a miss. He cost £4.4 million! Pah! Sandra Redknapp warms up on the sidelines.
    • 73' Boucaud hooks a high one over the top and it catches Fulham flat-footed AND WESTCARR IS IN AND MUST SCORE BUT POKES IT WIDE! What a miss!
    • 63' Fulham win a corner after Boucaud is forced to knock a low ball across goal behind. It's a good delivery from Davies which is headed to the edge of the box and Konchesky arches a lob to the top right but tipped behind again by Harper!
    • 60' Another chance for Kettering as Solkhon gets in on the right, his cross is blocked by Konchesky and it falls to Westcarr but he shoots weakly at Schwarzer!
    • 58' Boucaud on the right now, he swings over a great ball AND DEMPSTER WITH A FREE HEADER BUT HE PUTS IT JUST OVER! Fulham are all over the place now, the hosts should be 2-1 up.
    • 57' Graham on the left, he totally skins Stoor, who looked like an amateur player there, and he's in AND SEDDON IS FREE BUT HE PUTS IT JUST THE WRONG SIDE OF THE POST! It took a deflection, corner.
    • 36' Westcarr to take, he hammers it at the wall and it takes a huge deflection and flies into the bottom left! Off Gera's outstretched knee, totally changed the direction of the ball and it's 1-1!
    • 23' Kettering are all over the shop at the back as a Stoor cross is met by Dempsey far post, his downward header is only parried by Harper who realises his defence are totally out of position and has to rush across to the right to parry Johnson's finish!
    • 21' Dempsey again on the right but Eaden gets a block in, the bobble favours the American though and he has space to fire a half-volley in but he sends it well over! He snatched at that, should have kept it low and aimed far post.
    • 12' Dempsey again on the right in some space, he swings over a very clean cross to the left-hand side of the penalty spot and Davies connects with a brilliant, angled volley that flies into the bottom right! Cracking strike, a goal of Premier League quality.
    • 4' Useful break from Kettering sees Westcarr free on the left of the box, it bounces over the head of Hangeland - all nine foot of him, showing how bad this pitch is - and Westcarr is in but he scuffs the finish wide of the right-hand post!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of non-league Kettering's FA Cup fourth-round clash with Premier League Fulham, from 15:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Kettering Town

    Manager: Mark Cooper

    Captain: John Dempster

    Starting line-up

    • L. Harper
    • T. Jaszczun Substitution Out (71′)
    • E. Geohagan
    • J. Dempster Yellow Card
    • N. Eaden
    • D. Bennett
    • B. Solkhon
    • A. Boucaud
    • C. Westcarr Goal Yellow Card
    • G. Seddon Substitution Out (73′)
    • R. Graham Yellow Card

    Subs

    • D. Wrack
    • A. Potter Substitution In71′
    • J. Marya
    • D. Galbraith
    • C. Beardsley Substitution In73′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • G. Branston

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • F. Stoor
    • A. Hughes
    • B. Hangeland Yellow Card
    • P. Konchesky
    • S. Davies Goal
    • L. Andreasen
    • D. Etuhu Substitution Out (69′)
    • J. Gray
    • A. Johnson Goal
    • C. Dempsey

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • D. Murphy Substitution In69′ Goal
    • T. Kallio
    • B. Zamora Substitution In69′ Goal
    • E. Nevland
    • C. Baird
    • J. Paintsil

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None