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  1. Nevland sees off Stoke

    Nevland sees off Stoke

    Fulham maintained their push for European football with a 1-0 win over Stoke City at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Stoke City
    • 90+2' There's the final whistle! Fulham have deservedly beaten Stoke 1-0. Erik Nevland was the man with the goal.
    • 90+2' Delap hurls yet another throw into the Fulham area - could this be toke last throw of the dice? Once again Fulham's defence stands tall and clears the danger!
    • 89' Stoke are still firing high balls into the Fulham area, and Fulham continue to nod them clear time after time.
    • 86' Clint Dempsey lines up a shot from 25 yards, but there's nothing like enough pace on that to trouble Sorensen.
    • 82' Sonko is on for Kelly and Camara is on for the ineffective Creswell as Stoke manager Tony Pulis looks to rescue a point for his side.
    • 81' Chris Baird is on for Paul Konchesky for Fulham.
    • 80' Stoke are beginning to dominate possession now as Fulham look to shut up shop, but they still have not made Schwarzer sweat yet.
    • 78' Fuller tries to bundle Schwarzer - and the ball - over the line, but the referee is having none of that. Free-kick to Fulham.
    • 76' Delap hurls the ball into the six-yard box...but once again the imperious Hangeland is there to head clear.
    • 74' Stoke have a free-kick on the edge of the Fulham area. Etherington teps up, but can only blast it into the wall. Fulham clear the resultant corner, but only for a throw-in, which Delap trots over for.
    • 70' Delap plays in Fuller...he has Hangeland to contend with...and the big Jamaican fires his shot high, wide and none too pretty.
    • 68' They now have a corner which Lawrence swing in...much better delivery this time...Shawcross gets his head to it, but doesn't make proper contact, and it bounces on the ground and over the bar.
    • 66' Stoke look totally bereft of ideas as to how to get back into this game. Their midfield has created nothing.
    • 63' Ricardo Fuller is somewhat trampled over on the edge of the area for Stoke, but the referee waves play on.
    • 60' Brede Hangeland and Aaron Hughes have not put a foot wrong in the centre of the Fulham defence today.
    • 58' Shawcross is now booked for clattering Kamara.
    • 55' A moment of promise for Stoke now as Delap gets the chance to deliver another long-throw...and they manage to win a corner. Lawrence swings it in...but it's cleared by the first man again! How frustrating for the visitors.
    • 52' Fulham have carried on from where they left off at the end of the first half - they are having the better of things.
    • 49' Erik Nevland is treading on thin ice. He was booked at the end of the first half for going in late on Sorensen, and has now just caught Pugh in the face with a high tackle. Referee Lee Mason is content just to have another word with the striker, but he would do well to stay out of trouble from now on.
    • 48' Poor delivery from Murphy for the second corner. That's far too long.
    • 47' Dempsey fires in a shot from the left flank for Fulham, and it comes off a Stoke leg for a corner. The Cottagers have a second corner after Stoke cramble the first one behind the goal-line.
    • 46' We're underway in the second half at Craven Cottage, Fulham lead 1-0, and their push for European football is looking in good shape.
    • 45' We're ready to go here in the second half at Craven Cottage. Ricardo Fuller is the last man to emerge from the dressing room.
    • 45' There's the half-time whistle, and despite Fulham losing both of their front two to injury, they lead 1-0 through Erik Nevland's goal.
    • 43' Nevland glances wide from the near post.
    • 41' Gera strikes a shot-cum-cross across the face of goal, and Dempsey is only a yard away from getting a foot to it and diverting it goalwards. Fulham have improved as the half has gone on.
    • 39' Lovely little free-kick routine from Fulham as Murphy plays it short for Konchesky, he knocks it across the face of goal for Etuhu who must score...BUT HE LIFTS IT OVER THE BAR FROM 8 YARDS! What a miss.
    • 37' Liam Lawrence flashes a shot across goal for Stoke! That was only just past the post, and Schwarzer certainly wasn't sure it wasn't on target - he was racing across his goal in desperation.
    • 37' Andy Johnson is now off injured for Fulham and Diomansy Kamara is on in his place. That's both of Fulham's front two now gone.
    • 34' Fuller shows great strength to bustle his way past one challenge on the left, but he is halted firmly in his tracks as Hangeland nicks the ball away.
    • 31' Stoke will feel a little hard done-by, and will be especially aggrieved that they have effectively conceded from Delap's long throw, much in the same way Newcastle conceded from their own corner against Spurs last week.
    • 30' Anothe long-throw will be hurled in by Delap...but it only reaches the front post where Fulham clear...and break....AND SCORE!!!! Erik Nevland brought the ball clear through the centre, found Johnson flying down the right flank, Johnson pulled the ball back across goal, and Nevland had carried on his run and was on hand to tuck the ball past Sorensen!
    • 25' Best move of the game from Fulham so far!!! Nevland nods a high ball down for Clint Dempsey, who volleys just past the post from 20 yards. Not a golden chance, but a well-hit, if slightly wayward shot.
    • 21' Zamora is coming off for Fulham, and is replaced by Norwegian striker Erik Nevland. He must have some sort of injury problem.
    • 20' Stoke on the attack with two corner in succession, though neither of them amount to anything. Delap will hurl a long throw in now...but that one goes straight out of play!
    • 18' Paintstil lofts a high ball into the Stoke area from the right flank, but the Stoke defence have been commanding in the air so far.
    • 15' Fulham are coming back into it more now, and are finding more time and space in midfield areas.
    • 12' Danny Pugh manages to get himself in the way of Danny Murphy's shot as the Fulham playmaker looks to begin to dictate the game.
    • 10' Delap picks the ball up 30 yards out for Stoke, turns inside and opens up a few yards of space for himself...but his right foot shot is well over the bar.
    • 7' Johnson wins himself a yard of space on the right and floats in a fine cross...but Stoke just manage to clear with Zamora threatening. Bright start from both teams.
    • 3' Fuller now shoots waywardly from just outside the area.
    • 3' Stoke are pressuring Fulham well high up the pitch. They look up for the fight today.
    • 2' Stoke City on the attack early on. Lawrence floats in a corner...it falls to Delap inside the area...he has enough time to have a swipe at it on the volley, but he skies the ball high into the stand behind the goal! Decent chance for the visitors.
    • 1' Referee Lee Mason blows his whistle and we're underway at Craven Cottage!
    • 14:40 Meanwhile, Stoke's starting 11 is: Sorensen, Kelly, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Pugh, Lawrence, Delap, Whelan, Etherington, Cresswell, Fuller . Their substitutes are: Simonsen, Cort, Camara, Dickinson, Sonko, Tonge and Olofinjana.
    • 14:40 A quick look at the Fulham line-up this afternoon: Schwarzer, Paintsil, Konchesky, Hughes, Hangeland, Dempsey, Murphy, Etuhu, Gera, Johnson, Zamora. On the bench for Fulham are: Zuberbuhler, Stoor, Nevland, Dacourt, Gray, Baird, Kamara.
    • 14:30 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text coverage of Fulham v Stoke City from Craven Cottage.

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Stoke City
    67% Possession 32%
    12 Shots 12
    2 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 0
    5 Corners 7
    13 Fouls 8
    1 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 19
    398 Accurate passes 154
    76 Bad passes 60

  • 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 1 0 0 12 1 0
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 35 1 0
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 6 1
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 0
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 54 17 1
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 29 13 3
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 45 1 1
      13 Danny Murphy 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 55 10 2
      20 Dickson Etuhu 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 60 12 1
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 2 0
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Collins John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Olivier Dacourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      15 Diomansy Kamara 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 24 5 2
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Erik Nevland 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 13 4 1
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 4 0
      22 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 1 1
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14 2 2
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 2
      14 Danny Pugh 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 12 4
      7 Liam Lawrence 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 20 1 0
      26 Matthew Etherington 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 12 0
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 5
      24 Rory Delap 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 15 7 3
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 7 5 0
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13 12 2
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      23 Michael Tonge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Carl Dickinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 68' They now have a corner which Lawrence swing in...much better delivery this time...Shawcross gets his head to it, but doesn't make proper contact, and it bounces on the ground and over the bar.
    • 39' Lovely little free-kick routine from Fulham as Murphy plays it short for Konchesky, he knocks it across the face of goal for Etuhu who must score...BUT HE LIFTS IT OVER THE BAR FROM 8 YARDS! What a miss.
    • 30' Anothe long-throw will be hurled in by Delap...but it only reaches the front post where Fulham clear...and break....AND SCORE!!!! Erik Nevland brought the ball clear through the centre, found Johnson flying down the right flank, Johnson pulled the ball back across goal, and Nevland had carried on his run and was on hand to tuck the ball past Sorensen!
    • 25' Best move of the game from Fulham so far!!! Nevland nods a high ball down for Clint Dempsey, who volleys just past the post from 20 yards. Not a golden chance, but a well-hit, if slightly wayward shot.
    • 2' Stoke City on the attack early on. Lawrence floats in a corner...it falls to Delap inside the area...he has enough time to have a swipe at it on the volley, but he skies the ball high into the stand behind the goal! Decent chance for the visitors.
    • 14:30 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text coverage of Fulham v Stoke City from Craven Cottage.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • A. Hughes
    • B. Hangeland
    • P. Konchesky Substitution Out (81′)
    • Z. Gera
    • D. Etuhu
    • D. Murphy
    • C. Dempsey
    • B. Zamora Substitution Out (21′)
    • A. Johnson Substitution Out (36′)

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • O. Dacourt
    • J. Gray
    • E. Nevland Substitution In21′ Goal Yellow Card
    • D. Kamara Substitution In36′
    • C. Baird Substitution In81′
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Liam Lawrence

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • D. Pugh Substitution Out (87′)
    • R. Shawcross
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • S. Kelly Substitution Out (84′)
    • L. Lawrence Yellow Card
    • G. Whelan
    • R. Delap
    • M. Etherington
    • R. Cresswell Substitution Out (84′)
    • R. Fuller

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • I. Sonko Substitution In84′
    • M. Tonge
    • H. Camara Substitution In84′
    • S. Olofinjana
    • L. Cort
    • C. Dickinson Substitution In87′

    Injured

    • S. Diao
    • A. Faye
    • D. Higginbotham
    • J. Beattie
    • M. Sidibe

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Fulham beat Man U
    Fulham beat Stoke here too
    Fulham to­ win the UEFA Cup?
    That's surely not too much!

    Here­ we go, here we go, here we go,
    Onto Europe we row, row,­ row,
    To claim EUFA silverware, we all Know, know, know.­ . . . . . Good Luck Fulham from Phil - 50 years­ supporter!

    From philperseval, on Sun 26 Apr 1:36PM

  2. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ ool for liverpool 3-1

    From Dino, on Sat 25 Apr 11:12PM

  3. NEVLAND YOU BEAUTI!!!!! HATS OFF TO STOKE, GR8 SUPPORT­ BUT UNFORTUNATLY YOU JUST CANT COMPARE TO THE MIGHT­ WHITES!!!!

    From sarah, on Sat 25 Apr 9:26PM

  4. HANGELAND PLAYER OF THE YAER

    From Michele S, on Sat 25 Apr 7:18PM

  5. NEVLAND STAY WITH US PLEASE UP THE FULHAM BILLY FROM­ LONDON

    From Michele S, on Sat 25 Apr 7:16PM

  6. yeeaaayyy crack on fulham; europe here we come!!

    From robert g, on Sat 25 Apr 4:59PM

  7. Roy is the boy. what a transformation from last­ season.Mr.Hodgeson you've done Fulham
    and yourself­ proud. from Chris Passfield of Coulsdon

    From christopher698, on Sat 25 Apr 4:55PM

  8. lynnetom, i guess when they lose they lose with flare­ ;D Come on Fulham

    From United, kids, wife, on Sat 25 Apr 4:09PM

  9. Come on STOOOOOKE!!!!!

    From Kev, on Sat 25 Apr 3:43PM

  10. fulham nie odpusci. COME ON WHITES !!!

    From Karol, on Sat 25 Apr 3:28PM

  11. Go On Fulham...europe here we come!

    We just need to­ win today, and West Ham to get minced at Chelsea. It­ would help if Tottenham lost there way too.

    From robert g, on Sat 25 Apr 3:23PM

  12. come on fulham u r the best COME ON FULHAM :) ;) ­ u r the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From alanasteele7, on Sat 25 Apr 3:23PM

  13. im shivering in my boots at that goal difference!!

    From dyl, on Sat 25 Apr 3:15PM

  14. What about Stoke City's present goal difference of­ minus 15!

    From Tom..., on Sat 25 Apr 3:08PM

  15. cummon fulham europe here we come.

    From Andrew H, on Sat 25 Apr 3:08PM

  16. STOKE??? winning a game against the best prem home­ team, bar man city and top 4.... youre having a laugh­ mate 3 or 4 --- 0 to fulham ,,, come on u whiteeees

    From dyl, on Sat 25 Apr 3:05PM

  17. we'll do whatever it takes and we'll be in uefa­ cup.

    From Baybora, on Sat 25 Apr 12:12PM

  18. fulham this week then west ham next week & we are­ in europe lol

    From ANTONY W, on Sat 25 Apr 11:08AM
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    watch this game for free on QuickMoviezSite(dot)TK is­ free streaming !!!

    From xavier, on Sat 25 Apr 10:25AM

  20. fulham 0-1 stoke
    stoke will win their first away­ match..THEY SHOULD....
    the scorer FULLER67*

    From Davis K, on Sat 25 Apr 7:43AM
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