Savouring Giggs and van der Sar

Rich nailed it the other day when talking about Ryan Giggs. There’s been a lot of media talk about how deserving Giggs was of his Sports Personality of the Year award recently. To me, all that rather misses the point. If you’re going to have a public vote,...

The eyewitness report

Andy’s battled with a German computer and snowy temperatures to bring us his view of things from Basel. You learn a lot from the first few lines – who knew that the airport offered a choice between French and Swiss passport control? His view of the game,...

Basel photos

Pies have a few pictures from Fulham’s glory night in Basel for us to have a look at. Friends of Fulham also have their very own picture thread, which makes me feel very happy indeed.

Hodgson’s Euro strategy examined

I’m usually a fan of EPL Talk but they’ve called this one wrong. The article overeggs Fulham’s indifference to Europe and doesn’t note that the only reason Roy Hodgson won’t field a full-strength side in Basel tonight is that we’ve...

Basel ticket sales slow for tonight?

A post TIFF claims that Basel have only sold around 14,000 tickets for tonight’s game. I can’t find a link to verify that information, but the fans don’t seem as convinced as coach Thorsten Fink. We aren’t playing for a draw. We’re going to try and...