Fulham 1 Basle 0 Europa League 1st October

Fulham 1 Basle 0

History was made at Craven Cottage last night as Fulham embarked on their first UEFA Europa League match. The home team started their Europa League match against Swiss visitors Basle under quite a bit of pressure from good quality opposition. Fulham managed to contain Basle but were quiet for the first half an hour. The away support from the Swiss was awesome, 1500 Basle fans really made their presence known and gave this game a great European tie feel. Fulham's biggest moment of the first half was an Andy Johnson penalty shout where the marking defender gave the ex-Everton man a strong shoulder barge but Johnson sportingly tried to stay on his feet making the challenge look fairer to the referee.

At the start of the second half, Hodgson's men moved up a gear and in the 56th minute there was a great move from Fulham where Danny Murphy neatly finished Any Johnson's pullback pass from the edge of the 'D' to make it 1-0.

After Fulham's goal they looked pretty comfortable. Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson worked tirelessly to pin the defenders back and there was no real pressure from the Basle front men. Good result for the Carven Cottage faithful.

Adebayor gets £25,000 fine

£25K - that's small change to big licks Adebayor now surely now that he's the man at Eastlands. As far as player charges go historically, it's a big one and so it should have been. After being in the Premier League for 3 seasons, Adebayor surely would have shown more remorse for his actions against former strike partner Van Persie who hasn't disguised his dissapointment. However this is the second punishment for the goal celebration. So is £25,000 and a 2 match ban the correct punishment? I think it is harsh enough to set a precedent with this type of thing. Players must operate with passion but also a degree of common sense and Adebayor got the blend of the two completely wrong that day. Adebayor needs to take his punishment on the chin and then rebuild his PR skills in order to make his working life in the Premier League more pleasant.

Premier League News 3rd October 09

Barclays Premiership News 03/10/2009

This weekend's Barclay's Premier League fixtures going into the first weekend of October 2009:

Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Bolton v Tottenham Reebok stadium
Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Burnley v Birmingham Turf Moor
Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Hull v Wigan KC stadium
Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Wolverhampton v Portsmouth Molineaux
Premier League 5.30pm kick off 3rd Oct Man Utd v Sunderland Old Trafford
Premier League 1.30pm kick off 4th Oct Arsenal v Blackburn Emirates
Premier League 3pm kick off 4th Oct Everton v Stoke Goodison Park
Premier League 3pm kick off 4th Oct West Ham v Fulham Upton Park
Premier League 4pm kick off 4th Oct Chelsea v Liverpool Stamford Bridge

Everton Europa League latest result 1st Oct

Games tonight in the UEFA Europa League for Everton and Fulham, Everton away and Fulham at home.

Everton have beaten BATE Borisov with goals from Fellaini and Cahill in the second half after coming from behind with the home team scoring after only 16 minutes.

RESULT: BATE Borisov 1-2 Everton