London Stadium lapse for the Hammers : Picture by David Rake West Ham's second home defeat in a row has taken the wind out of their promotion sails - casting doubts on whether Nuno Espirito Santo is the right man to guide them back to the Prem. They followed up last week's 3-2 loss to Southampton with another three goal concession - West Brom winning 3-1 at the London Stadium. The Irons have dropped to eighth in the table. Jarrod Bowen cancelled out a goal from Felix Horn My

The gloves were off : But how did they all fare? Crystal Palace booked their place in the last eight of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 victory at Fulham on Wednesday night. Eddie Nketiah’s first-half goal was enough to settle the contest and ease at least some of the pressure on Eagles boss Pierre Sage. It is the first time that Fulham, who came into the derby off the back of successive Premier League wins, had failed to score at Craven Cottage this season. Here are the ratings f

Hamming it up. The home end before kick-off : Picture by @YTJourno Carabao Cup Fourth Round Fulham (0) 0 Crystal Palace (1) 1 Nketiah 37 For Fulham, it was a case of 'It's happened again.' They have come to really dread a visit from the Eagles - having lost the last four to their south London rivals and having failed to beat them by the Thames since 2005 - a run of nine games before this latest reverse. Once again Palace prevailed - as they did not so long ago in winning a Pr

The Seagulls blew the Eagles away at the Amex If there is one match Crystal Palace fans really don't want to see their team lose 5-0, it's against those pesky rivals Brighton. But that was the scenario for them just a few days after a Europa League defeat in Lyon (3-2) and just ahead of another tiring foreign trip to Turkey to face Besiktas on Thursday. The Eagles were overrun at the Amex, going 3-0 down inside 10 minutes through an own goal from Jaydee Canvot, a spectacular

By Alessandro Schiavone in Liège Nations League Matchday 3 Belgium 3-0 Turkey Wikimedia Commons Vincenzo Montella is in hot water after Belgium inflicted a 3-0 defeat on his beleaguered Turkey in the Nations League yesterday evening. Fulham star Timothy Castagne’s Belgium ran riot thanks to a pair of De Bruyne stunners and a Romelu Lukaku tap-in. KDB’s first was the spitting image of the one he scored in a famous title decider against Arsenal in April 2023 with Man City. He d

Contented after sigs of improvement, despite lack of wins : Picture by @YTJourno For plenty of Fulham fans there must have been an air of resignation about the way their team surrendered a famous victory by conceding so late against Man United. It keeps happening at the Cottage, with three of the past four seasons being decided by late United goals to win the game. This Sunday encounter ended in a draw, at least, and the Whites boss seemed pretty sanguine about the outcome. R

Football-on-Thames : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Fulham (0) 1 Martinez og 63 Manchester United (0) 1 Cunha 89 They were so close to ending a 17-year wait for a home win against pesky United. But as in three of the previous four seasons Fulham were left beside themselves with frustration after conceding a late, late goal. At least this time it did not mean defeat, as it usually does, but the Whites really could have done with a first win of the campaign heading into th

Cup night under the lights : Picture by @YtJourno League Cup Third Round West Ham United (2) 2 Morato 16 Pablo 45+2 Fulham (2) 3 Rodrigo Muniz 13, Palacios 37, Bobb 78 Oscar Bobb's first Fulham goal settled a very watchable League Cup third round tie at the London Stadium - where West Ham, as notional Championship underdogs equalised twice to keep the contest bubbling nicely right to the end. The £27m Norwegian - a January signing from Man City - celebrated his first domestic

By Alessandro Schiavone in Prague Jan Koller revealed that he rebuffed Fulham’s advances in the same summer Edwin Van der Sar left Juve for Craven Cottage because the club wasn’t big enough for him. Although the 6ft 7ins Czech juggernaut was the subject of an enticing offer from the Cottagers and was eager to join them, Champions League giants Borussia Dortmund, who had won Ol Big Ears four years previously, hijacked the deal. At the time he claimed that the opportunity to pl

Fulham (2) 2 v Crystal Palace (1) 3 King 11 Mitchell 36 Palacios 42 Mitchell 54 Chilwell 77 By Kaz Mochlinski at Craven Cottage Premier League Matchweek 3 Crystal Palace gained their first points of the new Premier League season with a vital victory at Craven Cottage, producing a spirited comeback from being behind at half-time to leave Fulham in despair after three consecutive defeats. All three Palace goals were scored by their left-sided wing-backs, with two from Tyrick Mi