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  • George Cohen ex-Fulham footballer dies at 83

    George Cohen ex-Fulham footballer dies at 83

    Former Fulham footballer, George Cohen, is dead. The 83-year-old footballer also played for England in the 1966 World cup.

    Confirming the incident on Twitter, one of the two surviving members of the team, Sir Geoff Hurst, wrote; “Very sad to hear my friend and England team-mate has died.” “Everyone, without exception, always said that George was such a lovely man. He will be sadly missed, my heartfelt thoughts are with George’s wife Daphne and his family,”.

    Also, Fulham in a statement, said: “Everyone at Fulham Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our greatest ever players – and gentlemen.

    “All of our thoughts are with Daphne, his beloved wife of more than 60 years, sons Anthony and Andrew, his grandchildren and extended family, as well as George’s many, many friends.”

    The right-back played every minute of the six matches in the 1966 tournament and was vice-captain for the 4-2 win over West Germany in the Wembley final.

    Cohen featured in every game of England’s successful World Cup campaign.

    He was awarded the MBE in 2000, one of five players from the 1966 side to be belatedly honoured, following a media campaign to recognise their achievement alongside that of their peers.

    In a 13-year playing career at Fulham, from 1956 to 1969, Cohen made 459 appearances for the club.

  • EPL: Leeds, Brighton win as Manchester City claim top spot after defeating Fulham 2-1

    EPL: Leeds, Brighton win as Manchester City claim top spot after defeating Fulham 2-1

    Manchester City climbed to the summit of the Premier League table after a slim 2-1 win over visiting Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.

    Alvarez fires into roof of the net in the 17th minute of the encounter  but Fulham’s Pereira levels from spot after the  city defender Cancelo saw  red for a bad tackle.

    The full-back was penalised for barging Harry Wilson off the ball inside the City box 25 minutes into the match. Cancelo was shown a straight red card and was given a lecture by Pep Guardiola before walking down the tunnel, while Andreas Pereira converted the penalty to make it 1-1.

    The Portugal international made no attempt to play the ball and simply rammed into the Fulham player to knock him off the ball.

    Substitute  Erling Haaland who initially had a goal chalked off eventually  netted from the spot in stoppage time to secure three maximum points to City.

    Meanwhile, Leeds United recorded their second straight win against Bournemouth 4-3 after defeating Liverpool at Anfield 2-1 last weekend.

    Leeds came from the heels of eight games without winning to securing a back to back victory against Liverpool and Bournemouth.

    Also Brighton defeated Wolves at  Molineux 2-3  to continue their fantastic run in the Premier League.

    Nottingham forest who got  bashed 5-0 by Arsenal last weekend  on match day 14 settled for a 2-2 draw against visiting Brentford in another thrilling encounter.

  • BREAKING: Aston Villa sack Gerrard after Fulham defeat

    BREAKING: Aston Villa sack Gerrard after Fulham defeat

    Premier League club Aston Villa has sacked manager Steven Gerrard following Thursday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham.

    A club spokesman said: “We would like to thank Steven for his hard work and commitment and wish him well for the future.”

    Villa have won just twice in the league this season and only sit above the relegation zone on goals scored.

    Details to follow…

  • Wolves out of relegation zone after pipping Nottingham Forest 1-0

    Wolves out of relegation zone after pipping Nottingham Forest 1-0

    Wolves secured three maximun points at the Molineux after defeating Newly promoted side Nottingham Forest by 1-0 courtesy of Ruben Neve’s penalty goal.

    Steve Davis’ side is now out of the relegation zone and presently occupying the 17th position.

    Meanwhile, opponent Nottingham Forest are still languishing on the bottom of the log after managing five points from ten EPL Games.

    Another promoted side Fulham played out a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on match day 10, Dominic Solanke had put the visitors up early in the first half before Diop equalized.

    Lerma then scored for the Cherries to re-take the lead as Bournemouth headed into the half-time interval 2-1 up.

    The Serbian player Aleksandar  Miltrovic equalized for Fulham from the penalty spot to level things up for the cottagers.

    The result meant Fulham now occupying the 10th position after 10 games thereby pushing Liverpool  to 11th on the log with just eight games.

     

     

     

     

  • EPL: What I am learning from Haaland – Mitrovic

    EPL: What I am learning from Haaland – Mitrovic

    Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic admits he’s studying the game of Manchester City rival Erling Haaland.

    The pair are early contenders for this season’s Golden Boot.

    Mitrovic told TV 2, “I learn from him. The movements, how he creates space and uses his speed. He can score with his right, left and is a great finisher. He is a dangerous player who scores goals if he gets the chance.

    “If you compare, we are completely different. He will not only be one of the Premier League’s best, but one of the world’s best.”

    Mitrovic finished the winner last night as he scored in Serbia’s defeat of Haaland’s Norway in their Nations League tie.

  • Gabriel makes amends for terrible error to keep Arsenal perfect

    Gabriel makes amends for terrible error to keep Arsenal perfect

    Gabriel Magalhaes made amends for a terrible mistake by scoring a late winner as Arsenal maintained their 100 per cent English Premier League record with a 2-1 victory over Fulham.

    Aleksandar Mitrovic capitalised on Gabriel’s error to give the Cottagers the lead with his 100th goal for the club against the run of play.

    This was as Saturday’s London derby burst into life in the second half at Emirates Stadium.

    Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected strike and Gabriel scrambled the ball home in the 85th minute after former Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno flapped at a corner-kick.

    Victory for the Gunners in Mikel Arteta’s 100th Premier League game in charge made it four out of four in the top-flight this season and put them back at the top of the table.

    Arsenal zipped the ball around with swagger in a promising start and Granit Xhaka burst into the penalty area to volley off target after Gabriel Jesus set him up.

    Leno produced a fine save to deny Bukayo Saka an opening goal when the winger found himself through one-on-one.

    This was in a first half where Arteta’s side dominated but lacked a cutting edge.

    Leno was called into action again early in the second half, palming away Odegaard’s drive and smothering a shot from the lively Jesus.

    It was Fulham who took the lead 11 minutes into the second half courtesy of a gift from Gabriel.

    He was made to pay for dallying on the ball when Mitrovic robbed him and slotted beyond Aaron Ramsdale.

    Arsenal were level eight minutes later, though, when the excellent Odegaard’s left-footed shot from just inside the area deflected in off Tosin Adarabioyo.

    Mitrovic almost restored Fulham’s lead with a powerful header that tested Ramsdale’s reactions and Ben White’s block thwarted Bobby De Cordova-Reid following up.

    Eddie Nketiah flashed a shot wide of the far post and fired straight at Leno as Arsenal piled on pressure.

    But Gabriel pounced to prod in from close range when the Fulham goalkeeper made a mess of trying to deal with a corner-kick from the left.

    Nathaniel Chalobah could have snatched a point, but Ramsdale denied him to ensure Arsenal have maximum points in a promising start to the campaign.

  • EPL: Crouch slams Arnold for Liverpool’s draw against Fulham

    EPL: Crouch slams Arnold for Liverpool’s draw against Fulham

    Former England and Liverpool forward,  Peter Crouch, has blamed Trent Alexander-Arnold for Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Fulham on Saturday.

    Fulham striker who scored 43 goals to help his club gain promotion to the English Premier League last season from the Championship, Aleksandr Mitrovic climbed over Alexander-Arnold to open the scoring at Craven Cottage.

    Mitrovic then converted a penalty to score Fulham’s second goal and eventually secure a point for them in their first game in the EPL this season.

    In his post-match reaction,  Crouch said “As a forward, you see those crosses and your eyes light up.

    “Fulham get the ball down the side, this ball here (Tety’s delivery) – I used to do it a lot, pull on the full-back. And Trent just couldn’t deal with it.

    Liverpool needed a debut goal from substitute Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah to come from behind twice and cancel out Mitrovic’s brace.

  • Fulham coach speaks after draw with Liverpool

    Fulham coach speaks after draw with Liverpool

    Fulham boss Marco Silva was delighted with two-goal Aleksandar Mitrovic for today’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

    Darwin Nunez helped Liverpool rescue a point with a goal and assist for Mohamed Salah.

    Silva said, “We have to respect Liverpool but of course do our job and trust ourselves, we did a great first half, almost perfect the way we controlled and blocked. Second half we matched them every time.

    “I know the quality Mitrovic has and I’m here to take the best from my players, Mitrovic is not just goals he puts on the constant pressure and the overall job he did is fantastic.”

  • Resilient Fulham frustrate Liverpool to 2:2 draw

    Resilient Fulham frustrate Liverpool to 2:2 draw

    English Premier League side Liverpool football club (FC) were held to a frustrating 2:2 draw away from home by resilient Fulham FC on Saturday.

    Liverpool were forced to come from behind twice in the game in their Premier League opener of the season at Craven Cottage.

    Fulham took the lead in the first half through a Aleksandar Mitrovic header. It took the introduction of Darwin Nunez to spark Liverpool into life as he equalised in the second half.

    Again, Mitrovic scored to restore the home side’s lead from the penalty spot after being fouled by Virgil van Dijk.

    However, Mohamed Salah kept up his incredible record on the opening day, scoring for the sixth-straight year to earn the Reds a share of the spoils.

  • Arsenal goalkeeper Leno set for Fulham medical

    Arsenal goalkeeper Leno set for Fulham medical

    Arsenal have finalised a deal with Fulham to sell goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

    The German international is now heading to the Craven Cottage club for his medical.

    According to The Athletic, Fulham caved to Arsenal’s demands to pay a significant transfer fee.

    An £8 million bid has been accepted, which means Leno is free to discuss personal terms with Fulham.

    He is expected to sign his contract in the coming days, and may even be in their squad for the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

    Leno played 125 games for Arsenal, but was displaced as no.1 by Aaron Ramsdale last term.