Up next: FC Basel

by | Oct 1, 2009 | Uncategorized

European football returns to Craven Cottage for the first time in seven years tonight and I, like the rest of you, am bursting with excitement. Don’t be fooled, though. This will be no cakewalk for Fulham. Like CSKA Sofia before them, FC Basel will provide a...

Swiss experience won’t help, says Hodgson

by | Sep 30, 2009 | Uncategorized

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson says his knowledge of Swiss football won’t help him plot FC Basel’s downfall in the Europa League tomorrow night. Hodgson spent two years with Neuchatal and guided Switzerland to their first World Cup in nearly thirty years in...

Chipperfield full of belief

by | Sep 30, 2009 | Uncategorized

Scott Chipperfield says FC Basel are full of confidence ahead of tomorrow’s Europa League clash with Fulham after a surprise win over AS Roma in the first round of fixtures. The Australian midfielder says beating the Italian giants has given the Swiss side a...

We’ll treat Europe like Ferguson does

by | Sep 30, 2009 | Uncategorized

Interesting news from the offal today. I think Dan has already done an article like this when there was a bit of speculation about our European squad at the weekend. But the latest from Hodgson today is that he will play his strongest team on Thursday night. There...