Nevland seals gritty win

It was a glorious day for football at Craven Cottage with baking hot sunshine, but the game itself was pretty turgid. The manner of Fulham’s victory was far from pretty but at this stage of the season – with the twin goals of our highest league position...

The Erik Nevland mystery

An interesting thread on the excellent Friends of Fulham messageboard (which if you haven’t visited, you really should – now!) today about the possibility of Erik Nevland leaving us in the summer. People’s concerns seemed to have been sparked by a...

Erik: I’m happy with supersub role

Here’s another reason to love Erik Nevland. Not only is he supportive of Bobby Zamora, who is clearly going through a tough trot in front of goal, at a time when others are more than prepared to take a swipe at him but he insists he’s happy to be...

Hodgson hails ‘hero’ Nevland

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson hailed super-sub Erik Nevland as a ‘hero’ for scoring twice to kill off Portsmouth and give Fulham the three points. The Cottagers were looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to Sunderland and were on course in the 14th...

Erik the Great makes the difference

It’s been a while since we were reminded of why some wags christened our unheralded new Norweigan striker Erik the Great last January. I know it has exorcised a few of you that he hasn’t been getting too much playing time of late and it might be stretching...