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  1. Fulham lose but reach Europe

    Fulham lose but reach Europe

    Leon Osman scored twice as Everton beat Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage to secure fifth place in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Everton
    • 90+2 And that is the final whistle! Everton hold on to fifth with an impressive win while Fulham, despite defeat, are in Europe! That's right, Spurs were beaten by Liverpool and Roy Hodgson has taken Fulham from certain relegation to continental football in 16 months.
    • 90+1 Etuhu comes forward, he slides it through but too long for Dempsey who stretches for it, Howard can't hold on to the ball and Dempsey again but blocked for a corner!
    • 90' Another half chance for Everton but Schwarzer gets on to it.
    • 88' Everton come forward, played into Osman on the edge of the box who switches on to his left and sends a wonderful curling shot past the dive of Schwarzer into the left-hand side of the goal! Superb strike, brilliant from Osman, who looks every inch an England player at times like this.
    • 86' EVERTON SUB: Pienaar off for Vaughan.
    • 85' High ball frees Zamora on the left, he cuts inside and can score but drills it low and too close to Howard who blocks with his feet! If Zamora could match the rest of his play with any kind of shooting ability he'd be the best striker in England.
    • 84' Chance for Everton with Gosling putting it in the box, Osman misses it and Cahill can shoot but he stumbles and Fulham clear. Cahill thinks he was fouled, but he wasn't.
    • 83' Through ball to Baines on the left, he's in and can set up Cahill but just too close to Schwarzer, who gets a long arm on to it.
    • 82' Low drive from Cahill but straight at Schwarzer,
    • 80' EVERTON SUB: Castillo on for Saha, who has done well again today.
    • 79' Zamora gets in space on the right but a shocking cross flies out for a goal kick.
    • 78' FULHAM SUB: Aaron Hughes is on for Smalling as the Dacourt sub makes more sense now. Fulham to go three at the back.
    • 77' Pienaar with a low drive from the left but straight at Schwarzer.
    • 76' EVERTON SUB: Gosling on for Neville.
    • 75' The free-kick is into the wall, Konchesky gets it on the left though and swings over a cross for ZAMORA but he gets under it and heads over!
    • 74' Hibbert gives away a free-kick on the edge of the D, well, five yards to the left... Konchesky and Murphy over it...
    • 73' FULHAM SUB: Dacourt on for Gera. That's an odd one.
    • 72' Dempsey comes forward and tries a shot but is met with the typical Toffees bank of four, blocked for a throw.
    • 71' Yobo heads Gera's cross up in the air and Howard comes to claim but Yobo gets in his way, Howard eventually gets it though.
    • 70' FULHAM SUB: Zamora is on for Nevland and immediately wins a high ball with a good chest down.
    • 69' Excellent break from Fulham, one-touch passing as Murphy spreads it wide right to Etuhu who smashes in a low shot that flies across Howard but just wide!!
    • 68' Bit of a scare for Fulham as Schwarzer flaps at a cross, but they survive that one.
    • 66' Etuhu rather harshly penalised for handball when it bounced up awkwardly and on to his arm.
    • 65' Everton have a rare spell of pressure in this second half as Saha does well down the left only to be let down by a poor touch from Baines.
    • 63' Lescott almost gets in trouble but Kamara can't exploit his miscontrol.
    • 62' Great low save by Schwarzer from Cahill but he was offside on Saha's flick-on.
    • 61' The free-kick is drilled low into the box where Gera tries a shot but it's scooped up in the air and over.
    • 60' Good pressure from Fulham in this second half, Pantsil's cross is handled by Baines so a free kick...
    • 58' Pantsil on the right with a good ball that goes far post and Howard chases it but Gera gets there first, sliding to poke it wide left so Howard races out and slides in with Dempsey, who puts it out for a throw.
    • 57' A long ball finds Saha racing towards goal and he aims a downward header to the bottom left but Schwarzer tips it behind for a corner!
    • 56' A high ball in for Kamara, who controls in the box and goes down but nothing given! Looked like a push to me, but Mike Riley was right there and felt contact was minimal.
    • 55' The corner is sent near post where Gera flies in with a header but well over.
    • 54' Gera crosses from the right with Nevland rising but Yobo heads behind for a corner.
    • 53' Dempsey with a great turn on the edge of the box and surely he was brought down by Yobo but nothing given!
    • 52' Phil 'Pele' Neville backheels the ball out of trouble as Everton pass it clear. They really are quite good these days.
    • 51' Pienaar on the left tries to find Baines on the overlap but Panstil is typically annoying in forcing Baines out for a throw.
    • 50' Good defending by Konchesky to sweep up behind Hangeland and clear for Fulham.
    • 48' Gera on the ball, he turns into space, good play but Everton are back in numbers and there's no space to shoot, he feeds Dempsey, it's very congested in there but he wriggles clear but again can't shoot and eventually it's a goal kick.
    • 46' Second half underway at the Cottage!
    • - Everton deserve to be in front on the basis of the stats: 10 shots to Fulham's six and 54% of the possession.
    • - If things stay as they currently stand Fulham would still qualify for the Europa league as Tottenham are losing 1-0 to Liverpool.
    • 45+1 Half-time, that late goal from Leon Osman has given Everton the lead!
    • 45' Fulham made a pig's ear of what should have been a straightforward clearance and they have paid the price! Shocking defending from the hosts actually, but the play from the moment Everton got the ball back was excellent.
    • 44' A long one aimed in the general direction of Cahill should be cleared but isn't and Cahill chases it down, back with Pienaar and a through ball releases Osman who made a quite brilliant diagonal run across the backline and he rounds Schwarzer to tuck it home from a tight angle! 1-0 Everton!
    • 42' Hibbert on the right, good cross and Cahill with the header under pressure but easy for Schwarzer.
    • 41' Baines with a good run down the left but the low cross is hacked away by Etuhu.
    • 39' Gera on the right drills a cross-shot on goal, Yobo with a wild swing misses the ball and Kamara is free on the left and he hits it first time but wide! He had time to take a touch and shoot or play it back to Gera again, rash decision.
    • 37' Pienaar on the ball, inside to Saha who has a crack but a great flying save to tip it round the post! Superb stop from Schwarzer.
    • 35' A great through ball by Murphy releases Nevland but the flag is up for offside. Marginal.
    • 33' Saha holds the ball up but Fulham are back in numbers and force Everton into defence.
    • 31' Pienaar on the left, he cuts inside past Gera and drills a low shot on goal that Schwarzer gathers at the second attempt.
    • 30' Schwarzer has the ball for Fulham, rolling it out so they can build another patient attack but Dempsey commits a foul.
    • 27' Kamara almost gets in but he's challenged by Lescott and chases the loose ball back, Neville tries to shoulder barge him but goes down and oddly Riley thinks Kamara made the foul.
    • 26' Dempsey comes forward, he slips away from Yobo and tries a shot from the right but he gets under it and scoops the ball well over.
    • 24' Pantsil into the back of Pienaar again but no card. He needs to be careful.
    • 22' Schwarzer is tested by a low Baines cross that becomes more of a shot.
    • 21' Gera gets the ball on the edge of the D and he tries a vicious rising drive that Howard flies across to tip one-handed.
    • 20' Fulham get the ball back though and start to get their short, neat passing underway.
    • 19' Bit scrappy in the middle of the park as neither side get their usual passing games in order.
    • 17' Pantsil with a great slide tackle on Rodwell.
    • 16' Konchesky launches a cross from the left and Gera rises to meet it with a header but good positioning by Howard, getting down low to his left to save and hold on.
    • 14' Pantsil late on Pienaar but he avoids a booking.
    • 12' Free-kick to Everton around 40 yards out, taken short and a high one is swung in by Baines but too high even for the prodigous leap of Cahill.
    • 10' Gera on the left plays it in to Nevland who drills a low cross-shot across the face of goal but just beyond Kamara and wide of the far post!!
    • 7' Rodwell gets the ball on the edge of the box and he shoots but easy for Schwarzer.
    • 6' Schwarzer comes to the edge of the six-yard box to claim a high ball.
    • 4' Saha with a header that rattled the bar of his former club but the whistle went for a high foot in the build up.
    • 2' Early chance for Fulham as Nevland slides in at the far post but his touch takes it wide of the goal.
    • 1' Match underway!!
    • - Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)
    • - Everton team: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Lescott, Baines, Neville, Cahill, Rodwell, Pienaar, Osman, Saha; Subs: Nash, Castillo, Jo, Vaughan, Jacobsen, Fellaini, Gosling
    • - Fulham team: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Dempsey, Murphy, Etuhu, Gera, Nevland, Kamara; Subs: Zuberbuhler, Zamora, Dacourt, Gray, Stoor, Baird, Smalling
    • - Fulham can seal a place in Europe with a result at home to Everton, who are aiming to hold on to fifth place with Villa breathing down their necks. The Whites are two points clear of Spurs, with a superior goal difference, same with Everton-Villa.

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Everton
    50% Possession 49%
    15 Shots 18
    4 Shots on target 10
    3 Saves 3
    2 Corners 2
    11 Fouls 14
    2 Offsides 5
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 15
    318 Accurate passes 304
    39 Bad passes 61

  • 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 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
      4 John Paintsil 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 42 0 2
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 39 4 1
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 0
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 14 2
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 6 2 3 1 0 0 27 11 3
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 24 0 0
      13 Danny Murphy 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 34 3 2
      20 Dickson Etuhu 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 2 1
      15 Diomansy Kamara 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 4 1
      10 Erik Nevland 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 9 0 1
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Olivier Dacourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      37 Chris Smalling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 30 0 0
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 5 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 3 2
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 39 10 2
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 26 12 0
      21 Leon Osman 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 31 0 2
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 33 9 4
      17 Tim Cahill 0 5 2 3 0 2 0 24 12 1
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 37 4 4
      9 Louis Saha 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 13 4 0
      15 Lars Jacobsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 James Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
      11 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      8 Segundo Castillo 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
      25 Marouane Fellaini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1 Etuhu comes forward, he slides it through but too long for Dempsey who stretches for it, Howard can't hold on to the ball and Dempsey again but blocked for a corner!
    • 88' Everton come forward, played into Osman on the edge of the box who switches on to his left and sends a wonderful curling shot past the dive of Schwarzer into the left-hand side of the goal! Superb strike, brilliant from Osman, who looks every inch an England player at times like this.
    • 85' High ball frees Zamora on the left, he cuts inside and can score but drills it low and too close to Howard who blocks with his feet! If Zamora could match the rest of his play with any kind of shooting ability he'd be the best striker in England.
    • 75' The free-kick is into the wall, Konchesky gets it on the left though and swings over a cross for ZAMORA but he gets under it and heads over!
    • 69' Excellent break from Fulham, one-touch passing as Murphy spreads it wide right to Etuhu who smashes in a low shot that flies across Howard but just wide!!
    • 57' A long ball finds Saha racing towards goal and he aims a downward header to the bottom left but Schwarzer tips it behind for a corner!
    • 56' A high ball in for Kamara, who controls in the box and goes down but nothing given! Looked like a push to me, but Mike Riley was right there and felt contact was minimal.
    • - If things stay as they currently stand Fulham would still qualify for the Europa league as Tottenham are losing 1-0 to Liverpool.
    • 44' A long one aimed in the general direction of Cahill should be cleared but isn't and Cahill chases it down, back with Pienaar and a through ball releases Osman who made a quite brilliant diagonal run across the backline and he rounds Schwarzer to tuck it home from a tight angle! 1-0 Everton!
    • 39' Gera on the right drills a cross-shot on goal, Yobo with a wild swing misses the ball and Kamara is free on the left and he hits it first time but wide! He had time to take a touch and shoot or play it back to Gera again, rash decision.
    • 37' Pienaar on the ball, inside to Saha who has a crack but a great flying save to tip it round the post! Superb stop from Schwarzer.
    • 21' Gera gets the ball on the edge of the D and he tries a vicious rising drive that Howard flies across to tip one-handed.
    • 16' Konchesky launches a cross from the left and Gera rises to meet it with a header but good positioning by Howard, getting down low to his left to save and hold on.
    • 10' Gera on the left plays it in to Nevland who drills a low cross-shot across the face of goal but just beyond Kamara and wide of the far post!!
    • - Fulham can seal a place in Europe with a result at home to Everton, who are aiming to hold on to fifth place with Villa breathing down their necks. The Whites are two points clear of Spurs, with a superior goal difference, same with Everton-Villa.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • C. Dempsey
    • D. Murphy
    • D. Etuhu
    • Z. Gera Substitution Out (73′)
    • E. Nevland Substitution Out (70′)
    • D. Kamara

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • O. Dacourt Substitution In73′
    • J. Gray
    • B. Zamora Substitution In70′
    • C. Baird
    • F. Stoor
    • C. Smalling

    Injured

    • S. Davies
    • A. Johnson
    • T. Kallio
    • G. Barnes

    Suspended

    None

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • T. Hibbert
    • J. Yobo
    • J. Lescott
    • L. Baines
    • J. Rodwell
    • P. Neville Substitution Out (76′)
    • S. Pienaar Substitution Out (86′)
    • L. Osman Goals×2
    • T. Cahill
    • L. Saha Substitution Out (80′)

    Subs

    • C. Nash
    • L. Jacobsen
    • J. Vaughan Substitution In86′
    • .. Jo
    • S. Castillo Substitution In80′
    • M. Fellaini
    • D. Gosling Substitution In76′

    Injured

    • M. Arteta
    • A. Yakubu
    • N. Valente
    • I. Turner
    • V. Anichebe

    Suspended

    None

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  1. GO THE COTTAGERS!!!!!!!!!! 7th in the league, that is­ amazing. After them just surviving relagation last­ season Roy Hogdson has done a fantastic job for them to­ secure their place in the new Europa League next­ season.
    This will boost the clubs finances and allow­ them to buy more players.
    I think they need to bring­ in some young talent and get rid of some old­ players.
    This has proved Fifa 09 wrong in every single­ way. Fulham are well under-rated on the game and it is­ time they got some respect Roy is a GREAT manager and i­ hope he stays at fulham for many years to come GREAT­ WORK ROY!!!!!!!
    Also GREAT work and respect to David­ Moyes who has had an AUSOME 2nd half of the season with­ Everton ( it is good to see a scot beside Alex Ferguson­ do welll once in a while!) and I praise him a lot! GO­ FULHAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From ron.frew, on Thu 28 May 6:06PM

  2. well done Everton, proved again that you really are the­ 5th best team, not those Villa jokes.

    From peri, on Sun 24 May 7:30PM

  3. as a manutd fan i respect everton for the time they­ have given moyes to coach for not putting pressure on­ him to just win trophies. if things stay this way with­ everton they might break into the top four soon

    From Choko, on Sun 24 May 7:07PM

  4. As an Everton fan i think David Moyes should get­ manager of the season with getting 5th with thw players­ he has got ie limited players, lack of funds, and doing­ so well in the Fa cup also, which was a hard run of­ teams to beat.
    But gotta give credit to Roy at Fulham­ for getting 7th, well played

    From Fast Eddy, on Sun 24 May 7:01PM

  5. Same to you Zippy, i love to see great sportsmanship­ and thats what football is all about to me, well done­ zippy, pleased for you.

    From Fast Eddy, on Sun 24 May 6:57PM

  6. Welcome to Europe Fulham and Roy Hodgson,a great­ achievement after last seasons struggle.The man's­ got to be Manager of the year,from a LFC &­ Barca.fan.

    From anne_garbutt, on Sun 24 May 6:11PM

  7. as a Viila fan would like to thank Everton for a well­ fought campaign.Well done.Both our teams are moving in­ the right direction.Congratulatins on 5th.

    From zippy, on Sun 24 May 6:06PM

  8. Well done the Blues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Davey Moyes your a­ Saint!!!!!!!!!!! Unlucky villa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Andy Solo, on Sun 24 May 5:51PM

  9. absolutly brilliant well deaserved win good lads i new­ u wud get 5th spot

    From a.sumner201, on Sun 24 May 5:49PM

  10. minter goal just bang another in. come on saha we have­ got this game look at the stats

    From a.sumner201, on Sun 24 May 5:18PM

  11. come on fulham come out in the second half and win this­ game you can do it

    From dazcoppin, on Sun 24 May 4:52PM

  12. GREAT GOAL OZZY!!!!!!!!!!!

    From dirk pitt, on Sun 24 May 4:49PM

  13. Little Fulham football club is not afraid to take on­ the big rich clubs, and get results!

    From Tom..., on Sun 24 May 4:45PM

  14. come on Fulham!!!!

    From bs15j, on Sun 24 May 4:42PM
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    come on blues we could do with 5th spot. we should beat­ easy teams like fulham....

    From a.sumner201, on Sun 24 May 4:28PM

  16. come on fulham you can do it

    From dazcoppin, on Sun 24 May 4:08PM

  17. EVERTON,have done really well his season when you­ consider all the players that have been injured.They­ have shown great team spitit,courage and determination­ and I for one I'm so proud of them.......COME ON­ YOU BLUE BOYS and good luck next week,BELIEVE and it­ will be so!!!!!!!!!

    From dirk pitt, on Sun 24 May 4:04PM

  18. Come on Fulham! EUROPE HERE WE COME!!!

    From First L, on Sun 24 May 3:56PM
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    i dont think everton will put up much of a fight cuz of­ there fa game plus there @#$% anyway hahahahahaha up­ the villians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From christopher l, on Sat 23 May 5:10PM

  20. @matteos.maserati: Everton are much more deserving than­ villa for the 5th place. Villa dont have the­ consistency and resilience of the blue boys. They do­ have some good players though to be fair

    From np, on Sat 23 May 5:07PM
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