love ’em or loath ’em it’s play off time
dates for the games are as follows…
1st Round
2nd Round
the Final
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Saturday 26th May – 17:00
created by Fulham fans, for Fulham fans.
Even though it’s a “full card” on Sunday when all games are played at the same time, in truth there’s only two games of interest to us?, Birmingham v Fulham and Cardiff v Reading. If Cardiff fail to get a better result than us then we’ll get automatic promotion however if they beat Reading then for us its 3rd place and the play-offs!
We’re still unbeaten after 23 games, thats better than Man City! in any league that’s a fantastic achievement and we’ve played some beautiful stuff as well as grinding out a result or two. Cardiff have won 3, lost 3 and drawn 1 in the last 7 games (all in April) however their home form has been formidable, they’ve only lost 4 games all season (we beat them 2-4) while Reading’s away form has been ‘indifferent’ they’ve only won 5 away games so far this season.
So assuming Cardiff get the win then there are some other games that will have an impact on who gets the last top six and therefor a play-off place. Derby (72) are currently in 6th, Preston NE (70) are 7th and Millwall (69) are 8th with no other teams able to catch Derby.
games of interest include…
SUNDAY 6TH MAY
Birmingham v Fulham
Cardiff v Reading
Derby v Barnsley
Millwall v Aston Villa
Preston NE v Burton Albion
COYWs
This will be our 3rd televised game in a row and the 2nd on a Friday evening, I’m sure that moving the game to a Friday will have upset many, many supporters arrangements. With the game move and Sunderland’s demotion to the 3rd tier, I can’t think of it as division one, I’m guessing that the away support will be a lot lower than it would of been, after all Sunderland’s not just around the corner is it!?
Last weeks game against Millwall showed how good we can be, if we win, tempting fate I know but I do think that we’ll get the result we need, or get a draw we’ll then beat Man City’s record of unbeaten games! not bad for little ol’ Fulham. With Cardiff loosing mid-week against Derby, their “game in hand”, the last couple of games of the ‘season proper’ are going to be really, really interesting!
games of interest this weekend include…
FRIDAY 27TH APRIL
Fulham v Sunderland
SATURDAY 28TH APRIL
Aston Villa v Derby
Hull v Cardiff
Nottm Forest v Bristol City
Middlesborough v Millwall
Sheffield Utd v Preston NE
Wolves v Sheff Wed
COYWs
21 games unbeaten, what a phenomenal run! The draw with Brentford felt like a defeat? …and with Cardiff winning they’ve leap-frogged us into 2nd place however we’re sure of a play-off place. Congratulations to Wolves, our draw gave them automatic promotion.
The Millwall game was always going to be the toughest of our run-in? now that they’ve got a play-off place they’ll want to keep their impressive run of 17 unbeaten going, I’m sure Slaviša and the lards will be working hard to upset them.
The race for the top six, at least places 5 & 6 is getting interesting with Middlesborough, Millwall (currently 5th & 6th) and Derby (1 game in hand against Cardiff), Preston NE and Sheffield Utd hard on their heals any of these could be in the top 6 after Saturday’s games.
other games of interest include…
FRIDAY 20TH APRIL
Millwall v Fulham
SATURDAY 21ST APRIL
Birmingham City v Sheffield Utd
Bolton v Wolves
Brentford v QPR
Cardiff v Nottm Forest
Derby v Middlesbrough
Ipswich v Aston Villa
Preston NE v Norwich
COYWs
20 games unbeaten, 20 games! I’m sure that Brentford will be looking to bring our unbeaten run to an end as they are on a 5 game unbeaten run, they’ve won the last 3 games 1-0.
Cardiff will be looking to bounce back from 2 consecutive defeats which has seen us leapfrog them into 2nd place, however Cardiff have a game in hand as their away trip to Derby was postponed due to bad weather earlier in the year.
Millwall have forced their way into the play-offs with their win over Bolton Wanderers, they are also on a great unbeaten run of 16 games so our away trip to the Den should be an interesting game.
other games of interest include…
FRIDAY 13TH APRIL
Aston Villa v Leeds
SATURDAY 14TH APRIL
Burton v Derby
Middlesbrough v Bristol City
Norwich v Cardiff
Sheffield Utd v Millwall
SUNDAY 15TH APRIL
Wolves v Birmingham City
COYWs
19 games unbeaten, what a run thats taken us to within 2 points of Cardiff and 2nd place! GAME ON
other games of interest include…
TUESDAY 10TH APRIL
Aston Villa v Cardiff
Bolton v Millwall
Bristol City v Birmingham
Preston NE v Leeds
Sheffield Utd v Middlesborough
Wolves v Derby
COYWs
There’s a big game on Friday evening, Wolves will be looking to secure promotion and Cardiff won’t want to slip up with Fulham chasing them hard!
Our game away to Sheff Wed won’t be easy, none of them are, but with our run of 18 unbeaten the result on Friday could be an extra spur!
other games of interest include…
FRIDAY 6TH APRIL
Cardiff v Wolves
SATURDAY 7TH APRIL
Derby v Bolton
Middlesborough v Nottingham Forest
Millwall v Bristol City
Norwich v Aston Villa
Reading v Preston North End
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
COYWs
Dear all,
Just a quick reminder, that this Friday’s game away to Norwich City, will be marked as the 20 year anniversary, since Matthew Fox tragically lost his life away to Gillingham, he was 24.
For some, they lost a son, a brother, an uncle, a cousin, a nephew and a friend, but, they also lost a dedicated and passionate FFC fan. No one should ever go to football and not come home.
To celebrate his life, a Gofund me page was set up to raise money for a flag, to mark the occasion. The original target was around £850.00, however, to date, there has been £2,125.00 raised, with the rest going to Breast Cancer.
If you haven’t already donated, you can do so here: https://www.gofundme.com/celebrating-matthew-fox-fulham-fc
This has been an absolute amazing response from everyone, and, the family would like to say a big thank you to those who have donated.
Before the Norwich game, they have invited everyone to join them in the Prince of Wales pub, Prince of Wales Road, where they will be remembering his life.
During the game, a round of applause will be held on the 20th minute, and we’d like everyone to join if, if they can.
Will the “rest” have done the lads some good? even with a poor showing for the 2nd half of the QPR game we still managed to climb a place and currently sit 3rd. We’re still on a fantastic run, a club record of 16 league games unbeaten however, Cardiff still have a game in-hand and are 7 points in front of us but if we continue unbeaten we’ll really put the pressure on them.
other games of interest include…
FRIDAY 30TH MARCH
Barnsley v Bristol City
Cardiff v Burton
Derby v Sunderland
Middlesbrough v Wolves
SATURDAY 31ST MARCH
Hull v Aston Villa
come and join the debate at Friends of Fulham
http://www.friendsoffulham.com/forum/index.php?board=1.0
COWYs
If you can’t make it to the game you’ll be able to watch it on Sky TV (12:30 kick-off)
other games of interest this weekend include with Derby v Cardiff another top of the table “six pointer”…
SATURDAY 17TH MARCH
Brentford v Middlesborough
Bristol City v Ipswich
Wolves v Burton
Bolton v Aston Villa
Sheffield Utd v Nottingham, Forest
SUNDAY 18TH MARCH
Derby v Cardiff
COYWs