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Sunday March 16, 2008 Finished Craven Cottage

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Fulham

  • McBride 67’

Everton

  1. McBride hero as Fulham win

    McBride hero as Fulham win

    A second half goal from Brian McBride gave Fulham a huge 1-0 Premier League win over Everton at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Everton
    • 90+4 And that's it! Volz hammers the ball out, the whistle goes and Fulham move to within three points of safety! Massive win for Fulham.
    • 90+3 Lescott wins a header, Yakubu on the edge of the box and he can't shoot so looks wide to Hibbert but too long and out for a goal kick.
    • 90+2 Fulham, hilariously, seem to be pushing for a second still, Everton break but cool defending from Hangeland to head back to Keller.
    • 90+1 In the first of three minutes stoppage time as makeshift centre forward Lescott tangles with Hangeland but out for a goal kick...
    • 90' The Everton fans are leaving early. I wouldn't do that, anything could happen...
    • 89' Fulham counter, Davies wide to Johnson who has bags of pace and hammers it inches over from the edge of the box! Looked like Howard got a touch but a goal kick given. Having looked poor against Man United, Johnson has really come on in the last few games.
    • 88' Hangeland up in the air, wins the second header though and Carsley is flat out... Dempsey on for McBride, who gets a standing ovation.
    • 85' Hangeland penalised for pushing as the most popular man in Fulham, Jimmy Bullard, and the second most popular, Moritz Volz, trade places on the pitch.
    • 84' Bullard is dispossessed on the edge of the box but Everton can't bring it clear, Johnson could be in but Howard clears into teh path of Davies but he can't get a shot in! Fulham all over Everton here as Bullard finds Johnson, whose cross is blocked for another corner. Amazing that this side are second bottom really.
    • 83' The ball is with Bulalrd who chips it over and a deflection off Neville plays DAVIES IN WHO MUST SCORE but he's so surprised at getting it that he shanks the finish and Yobo puts it out for a throw!!
    • 82' Konchesky rather harshly penalised for hustling away on the left, Bocanegra with a clearance which Carsley charges and it's going on goal but Keller is well-positioned, it was spinning wide anyway.
    • 81' Konchesky gives the ball away, but Lescott again on the right wing can't beat Bocanegra, throw to Fulham.
    • 80' Osman cuts inside from the left, tries a centre which Stalteri slides in to block, corner... Keller claims though and tries to launch a counter but out for a throw.
    • 79' Yakubu turns and tries a shot but Keller gets down well to hold on.
    • 77' Arteta sends a cross far post for Hibbert flying in, he heads out and is demanding a corner but goal kick given.
    • 74' FULHAM SUB: Bocanegra on for Muprhy, he goes left back, Konchesky into midfield. Keller, Stalteri, Hangeland, Johnson, McBride, Johnson and now Bocanegra. Seven North American-born players on the Fulham side. Go team!
    • 72' Yobo with a poor defensive header which lands to JOHNSON WITH THE VOLLEY but he sends it over! Should have made Howard work.
    • 71' Arteta sends the ball towards the penalty spot AND YOBO LOSES MCBRIDE FOR A FREE HEADER BUT HE POWERS IT WIDE! What a miss! McBride holds his hands up, he let the Nigeria defender in there.
    • 70' Everton are massively pushing for a quick reaction, Lescott on the right wing of all places and he wins a corner...
    • 69' Everton free kick, Arteta to swing in from the left but a powerful defensive header from Hangeland.
    • 67' Davies on the left, good pace to sprint past Jags and swings in a cross that Lescott half-heads AND MCBRIDE COMES IN WITH THE HEADER INTO THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE GOAL AND FULHAM LEAD!! McBride kisses his wedding ring and can barely contain his emotion, his first goal since returning from a career-threatening injury, a former Everton player too, as is provider Davies.
    • 65' EVERTON SUB: Baines on for Pienaar. Dry.
    • 64' Pienaar coming forward, Osman now slips it wide to Neville who is in but blocked by Konchesky! Arteta sends in the corner but Lescott clearly climbing on Hangeland.
    • 63' Deep delivery by Bullard and DAVIES UNMARKED but he gets under the header and sends it over! Not the ideal recipient of that kind of ball.
    • 62' Davies on the left angles a high diagonal ball to Andreasen with the run off the ball, headed behind for a corner though.
    • 61' Again Fulham threaten, McBride with an angled through ball to Johnson but just too wide and heavy for him, allowing Howard to rush out and smother. The crowd sense a chance here and are urging Fulham on.
    • 60' Fulham with a good spell of pressure as Johnson almost gets on the end of a Bullard pass, they'll have to make it count though as Everton can definitely get something on the break with the players they have.
    • 59' Fulham charge forward and McBride spreads it wide to Johnson, then cuts in as Johnson leaves Jagielka on his backside and tries to find his team-mate but Carsley manages to block the cross for a corner... Davies swings it in and HANGELAND WITH THE HEADER but he spoons it over!
    • 58' Fulham come forward, Bullard to Andreasen and Johnson could be in but the final pass just too wide for him and Everton clear. Everton break, lovely turn from the Yak but the through ball too heavy for Pienaar.
    • 57' A bit of confusion after Bennett points for a corner as Arteta's free kick is deflected wide... A goal kick is given in the end.
    • 56' Murphy sees yellow after fouling Neville around 35 yards out... a bit harsh.
    • 54' Fulham come forward, Bullard on the right swings in a great ball for McBride but Hibbert gets across to nod away from under his nose.
    • 53' Pienaar is offside after a great passage of passing play for Everton, who look more adventurous this half and are playing with a bit more risk.
    • 49' Andreasen is holding his left arm in some discomfort... not sure what happened but he's hurt.
    • 47' Free kick to Everton, right centre around 35 yards out, Arteta to swing it in... Lescott has come free with no marker to fly in near post for the perfect delivery but Hangeland spots the run and races across to challenge, both go down in a heap as Keller claims and Everton want a penalty but nothing given! Would have been harsh on Fulham but Lescott had a good shout there, definitely shoulder contact!
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 Half-time, fairly uneventful half of football with Fulham playing the better football. 0-0 at the Cottage.
    • 44' Osman is convinced that Hughes brought him down in the box, and he has a point! Hughes slid in on him and seemed to take his ankle and not the ball. Goal kick though.
    • 42' Yakubu has been given far too much space to run into the box and sends a rising drive in but well-saved by Keller, who gets onto the loose ball.
    • 41' Pienaar wrong-foots Konchesky but not Bullard, still with Everton though but Yakubu fouls Andreasen on the edge of the Fulham box.
    • 39' Fulham have numbers forward and Davies on the edge of the box sends the ball wider than he should have and Andreasen's touch lets him down and he puts it out for a throw.
    • 37' Arteta to take a free kick from the right, Everton throw all the big lads forward... he sends it too long though, out for a goal kick.
    • 35' Poor touch by Murphy which allows Neville to disposses, he pulls wide and gets onto the second ball, sends in the cross but Hangeland and then Hughes complete the clearance.
    • 33' Chaos in the Everton box as Stalteri's cross is hammered up in the air by Lescott but they eventually get it away. Fulham still with most of the pressure here but the Everton defence is well-organised and it will be tough to genuinely break down.
    • 32' Lescott with a volleyed through ball almost finds Osman but Fulham clear and Johnson runs into the right and forces Jagielka to hammer it out for a throw.
    • 29' Murphy picks up a loose ball on the edge of the box and pops in a low drive but Jagielka blocks and Everton clear... still with Fulham though on the left but Hangeland is forced to put it out.
    • 26' Yakubu forces his way through Hangeland and Murphy and hammers a shot in but weak and straight at Keller who gets down low to hold on.
    • 25' Pienaar has a pop from the edge of the box, it takes a deflection off Osman but it goes wide with Keller covering.
    • 24' They opt to slow it down though and, wide to Hibbert, the move breaks down as he crosses straight to Keller... Fulham break now but, after some good work from Johnson, it's given away.
    • 23' Acrobatic clearance from Yobo after Johnson races onto a lofted pass from Bullard. Everton can break now...
    • 22' Konchesky on the left, in for Bullard, then Murphy, now Stalteri - good passing play from Fulham, almost brilliant as Murphy gets onto the one-two but Neville hacks clear.
    • 19' Everton with a rare foray forward which results in a goal kick to Fulham.
    • 16' Again good play from the hosts, with Davies and Konchesky doing good work on the left, they've definitely had the better of these opening exchanges.
    • 14' EVERTON SUB: Andy Johnson - who pulled up a few minutes ago feeling his groin area - is taken off and Hibbert, a full back, comes in. No striker on the bench for Everton to I assume Neville will move into midfield and Everton's attack-minded midfield trio of Arteta, Osman and Pienaar will rotate the second forward's role.
    • 13' Lovely interplay between Bullard and Murphy in midfield, Murphy slides it through for Johnson but well intercepted by Jagielka.
    • 12' Again good passing from Fulham as Davies is released but Neville gets across to clear, suggestion of handball but not really.
    • 11' Fulham break, Johnson on the left plays it back to Davies who lofts a superb ball over to MCBRIDE WITH THE VOLLEY but the clever first-time effort takes the wrong kind of spin and goes wide! Good move from the Whites.
    • 10' Hangeland and Bullard get in a fiddle in the Fulham area but luckily Andreasen and not an Everton player is on hand to clean up.
    • 9' Yakubu on the left, works into the corner and tries an ambitious crossfield pass to Arteta but just too long for the Spaniard.
    • 8' Everton counter with Osman and Pienaar almost combining but the final ball is behind Osman and Hangeland clears to Bullard, who almost releases McBride but just shy of the American.
    • 7' Murphy to Bullard, who drives forward seeing a gap in the Everton midfield and tries a low drive but he is off balance while shooting so it drags well wide.
    • 5' Murphy on the ball, short to Davies, inside to Bullard but Fulham lose it...
    • 3' Both sides starting fairly cautiously, long balls the order of the day although expect them to get their feet on the ball and start passing it about.
    • 1' Match underway at Craven Cottage!
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  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Everton
    47% Possession 52%
    11 Shots 8
    1 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 0
    3 Corners 3
    7 Fouls 14
    2 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 17
    290 Accurate passes 332
    53 Bad passes 64

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Kasey Keller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 30 15 0
      17 Paul Stalteri 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 9
      32 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 30 9 5
      21 Jimmy Bullard 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 35 2 2
      27 Danny Murphy 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 34 6 1
      26 Leon Andreasen 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 19 3 2
      25 Simon Davies 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 25 5 0
      14 Eddie Johnson 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 25 2 1
      20 Brian McBride 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 7 2
      9 David Healy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
      2 Moritz Volz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      13 Ricardo Batista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 28 2 1
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 29 12 3
      26 Lee Carsley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 10 0
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 20 6 0
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 37 9 0
      18 Philip Neville 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 52 2 2
      21 Leon Osman 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 35 6 3
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 4
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 18 5 1
      19 Nuno Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 5 0
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 0 2
      37 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Fulham counter, Davies wide to Johnson who has bags of pace and hammers it inches over from the edge of the box! Looked like Howard got a touch but a goal kick given. Having looked poor against Man United, Johnson has really come on in the last few games.
    • 84' Bullard is dispossessed on the edge of the box but Everton can't bring it clear, Johnson could be in but Howard clears into teh path of Davies but he can't get a shot in! Fulham all over Everton here as Bullard finds Johnson, whose cross is blocked for another corner. Amazing that this side are second bottom really.
    • 83' The ball is with Bulalrd who chips it over and a deflection off Neville plays DAVIES IN WHO MUST SCORE but he's so surprised at getting it that he shanks the finish and Yobo puts it out for a throw!!
    • 72' Yobo with a poor defensive header which lands to JOHNSON WITH THE VOLLEY but he sends it over! Should have made Howard work.
    • 71' Arteta sends the ball towards the penalty spot AND YOBO LOSES MCBRIDE FOR A FREE HEADER BUT HE POWERS IT WIDE! What a miss! McBride holds his hands up, he let the Nigeria defender in there.
    • 67' Davies on the left, good pace to sprint past Jags and swings in a cross that Lescott half-heads AND MCBRIDE COMES IN WITH THE HEADER INTO THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE GOAL AND FULHAM LEAD!! McBride kisses his wedding ring and can barely contain his emotion, his first goal since returning from a career-threatening injury, a former Everton player too, as is provider Davies.
    • 64' Pienaar coming forward, Osman now slips it wide to Neville who is in but blocked by Konchesky! Arteta sends in the corner but Lescott clearly climbing on Hangeland.
    • 63' Deep delivery by Bullard and DAVIES UNMARKED but he gets under the header and sends it over! Not the ideal recipient of that kind of ball.
    • 61' Again Fulham threaten, McBride with an angled through ball to Johnson but just too wide and heavy for him, allowing Howard to rush out and smother. The crowd sense a chance here and are urging Fulham on.
    • 59' Fulham charge forward and McBride spreads it wide to Johnson, then cuts in as Johnson leaves Jagielka on his backside and tries to find his team-mate but Carsley manages to block the cross for a corner... Davies swings it in and HANGELAND WITH THE HEADER but he spoons it over!
    • 47' Free kick to Everton, right centre around 35 yards out, Arteta to swing it in... Lescott has come free with no marker to fly in near post for the perfect delivery but Hangeland spots the run and races across to challenge, both go down in a heap as Keller claims and Everton want a penalty but nothing given! Would have been harsh on Fulham but Lescott had a good shout there, definitely shoulder contact!
    • 44' Osman is convinced that Hughes brought him down in the box, and he has a point! Hughes slid in on him and seemed to take his ankle and not the ball. Goal kick though.
    • 42' Yakubu has been given far too much space to run into the box and sends a rising drive in but well-saved by Keller, who gets onto the loose ball.
    • 11' Fulham break, Johnson on the left plays it back to Davies who lofts a superb ball over to MCBRIDE WITH THE VOLLEY but the clever first-time effort takes the wrong kind of spin and goes wide! Good move from the Whites.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    On the Field

    • Keller
    • Stalteri
    • Hangeland
    • Hughes
    • Konchesky
    • Andreasen
    • Bullard Substitution Out (85′)
    • Murphy Yellow Card Substitution Out (74′)
    • Davies
    • Johnson
    • McBride Goal Substitution Out (88′)

    Subs

    • Healy
    • Volz Substitution In (85′)
    • Bocanegra Substitution In (74′)
    • Dempsey Substitution In (88′)
    • Batista

    Injured

    • Litmanen
    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Neville
    • Yobo
    • Jagielka
    • Lescott
    • Osman
    • Arteta
    • Carsley
    • Pienaar Substitution Out (64′)
    • Johnson Substitution Out (14′)
    • Yakubu

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Hibbert Substitution In (14′)
    • Valente
    • Baines Substitution In (64′)
    • Rodwell

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None