On this day

It can’t be 12 years ago today that Jimmy Hill stepped down as Fulham chairman. Billy Muddyman took over and Hill’s departure – coming in the year that we won promotion from Division Three – paved the way for the arrival of Mohamed Al-Fayed....

Monday lunchtime round-up

Something for you to read on your lunch break: – Rob Kelly reckons Mark Schwarzer might have made the save of the season at Newcastle. – The big Aussie says his motivation for a fine season came from being considered past it a year ago. – An amusing...

Pesch named as Burton boss

Bit of a surprise this morning as our former striker has taken over from Nigel Clough at Burton Albion, who have just won promotion to the Football League. Since retiring, Pesch had been assistant manager at St. Patrick’s Athletic. He scored 30 goals in 117...

McBride seals Fire win

Brian McBride’s late goal ensured that the Chicago Fire ended their run of five straight draws with a 2-0 success against Toronto earlier tonight. McBride made sure of the points with an easy tap in nine minutes from time after Stefan Frei had saved well from...

More on the Maestro

A nice write up on Fulham’s finest ever player here, but how do Goal justify making him only England’s 32nd best player? Surely, he ranks higher than that.