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Europa League Round Of 32: 2nd Leg Predictions

There was one game on Tuesday as Benfica advanced to the Round of 16 with a 4-0 win over Hertha Berlin. I was impressed to see that all of teams competing took the tournament seriously fielding full strength teams. This

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Europa League Round Of 32: Preview And Predictions

The Champions League is back and the Europa League provides some good match-ups. They may not have the biggest teams in Europe, but there are a lot of intriguing match-ups in the Europa League among some of the big name

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The FA Cup Quarterfinal Draw

The FA Cup had some good matches in the round of 16 and the match-ups are set up for the quarterfinals following the draw today. The glamor match-up would be Chelsea at home against Manchester City if Manchester City can

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REPORT: Aston Villa 2, Fulham 0

This was a matchup of two teams that had been struggling to get points in the league since Christmas despite good success in their cup runs. Fulham had not played a home league game since December, but Aston Villa came

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Gareth Bale Finally Gets A Win, Smalling Goes To Manchester, Americans On The Mend

Gareth Bale finally gets a win It has been a long journey that started in August of 2007, but Gareth Bale can finally say he was the winner of a Premier League game he started. Fulham seem to be good

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Boxing Day Diary Part 1

I will be covering three games today on Boxing Day starting with Fulham-Tottenham, Sunderland-Everton and finally Liverpool-Wolverhampton. I will be keeping a running diary which will be sort of a live commentary as well as just my own thoughts about

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My Thoughts on the Fulham-Manchester United Game

Manchester United put together their worst performance of the season against a very good Fulham side at Craven Cottage. It took about 2 minutes to realize that the United lineup did not have it for this game. The recap is

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News Of The Day: United States announce Netherlands friendly, Landon Donovan signs new MLS contract, Fulham advance in Europa League

The long rumored friendly between the United States and Netherlands has been confirmed by US Soccer. The game will be in Amsterdam on March 3rd, which is the only FIFA international date between now and the end of the season.

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News Of The Day: Eddie Johnson leaving Fulham, Luis Suarez to Chelsea, Michael Essien out for a month, Sol Campbell interested in Man United

The transfer window is approaching so it seems it is about time for the rumors to start coming out of the woodwork. On a more low key but American transfer note, Fulham have announced they are looking to sell Eddie

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