‘Baird heads it out’

Two clean sheets in a row – at Wolfsburg (who hadn’t failed to score in 27 matches before Thursday) and at Liverpool, desperate for the points to revive their Champions’ League hopes. Not a bad week’s work. Particularly impressive again was a...

The Observer’s Fulham love letter

The peerless Paul Hayward pens a great piece all about Fulham’s progress under Roy Hodgson. Read it and feel a massive smile creeping across your face. Here are a few snippets: A second-tier continental championship is not to be sneered at, though, especially...