Berbatov and Bryan: Fulham’s beautiful game?

If you know someone who’s falling out of love with football, you could do worse than take them down to Fulham over the festive period. Those words weren’t uttered by me, but by an Arsenal fan strolling through Cannonbury Square last night trying to make...

Why today’s not ‘a good time to play Arsenal’

It started shortly after Arsenal surrended that two-goal lead in Gelsenkirchen on Tuesday night. Another Arsenal crisis, more woeful Wenger wailing and some of publicity-hungry members of the punditocracy pounded arguably Arsenal’s greatest every manager....

Up next: Everton (h)

Two in-form teams meet at Craven Cottage this afternoon. Traditionally sluggish starters, both Everton and Fulham have exploded out of the starting blocks this term and added an extra sense of adventure to their style of play, with their previous success largely built...

Progressing from ‘pretty’ to ‘purposeful’

Writing about Fulham as regularly as this correspondent does, you sometimes find yourself in some strange situations. One such moment was being trapped in a central London lift with the senior football correspondent from a leading British broadsheet just as Martin...

Radiant Ruiz ready to rubbish his detractors

Ask a Costa Rican, Belgian or a Dutchman to tell you about Byran Ruiz and you’d better have a spare couple of hours. I know because I’ve done it. They’ll regale you with tales of ‘the Weasel’s’ early emergence at Alajulense, how he...