The Hammy End Chronicle

This Is The End ...

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:30:00 +0000

OK, I know I've said this a few times before but it's time for me to take a break from blogging about Fulham. I've not really had the time to do this blog justice and I need to focus on some other...

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HEC 2008-09 End Of Season - Optimism Chart

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:30:00 +0000

Long term readers will be familiar with my optimism chart. This is my attempt to sum up the season with a graphical view of how optimistic I felt (the blue line) as the season progressed. Our actual...

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HEC 2008-09 End Of Season - Awards

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:30:00 +0000

My view on what has been a fantastic season from start to end. There were lots of tough choices to make which is a good sign of how well things went. Although these awards identify individuals for...

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Famous Fulham Fans - The Definitive List

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

This is my latest attempt to provide a "definitive" list of famous (or at least reasonably well known) Fulham supporters. The longer the list gets the more likely it is to include people who may not...

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Last on Match of the Day - Fulham victorious

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:25:00 +0000

How typically Fulhamish. In our best ever season we manage to be last on Match of the Day more times than anyone else except Wigan. Mike Whalley's excellent site has been tracking this for the last...

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Fulham 0 Everton 2

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:38:00 +0000

The pre-match omens were almost too greatly in our favour; a fixture that has been won by the home side on the previous 15 occasions, an Everton side that would surely have one eye on the F.A. Cup...

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Newcastle 0 Fulham 1

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:27:00 +0000

Best Season Ever. I listened to the last twenty minutes of yesterday's game via the intermittent reception of Radio 5 Live as I travelled back from seeing my Dad in Bexhill. The tension at the...

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F.A. Vase journey comes to a close

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 +0000

My mate Andy's trail in following the F.A. Vase from the opening rounds to it's conclusion at Wembley came to an end on Sunday as Whitley Bay beat Andy's home town team Glossop North End 2-0 in the...

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Eric Cantona

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:00 +0000

It seems the beautiful game is the new hot topic for the film industry. "The Damned United" has already taken it's share of plaudits and criticisms and here comes the new Ken Loach film "Looking for...

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London Premier League - Final standings (corrected version)

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:05:00 +0000

OK. Let's try that again. I'm blaming Google Docs conversion from my original spreadsheet! Corrected table below, hopefully right this time. Quite funny to see how many Spurs fans took this really...

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London Premier League - Final standings

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 +0000

This had seemed a good idea early in the season. We were flying high with wins against Arsenal and Spurs and Chelsea were languishing at the bottom of the table. Typically these things even...

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Fulham 3 Aston Villa 1

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:35:00 +0000

Following a poor game against Stoke and a disappointing result against Them I was starting to wonder if our season was going to peter out. This has been a truly great season though, and Fulham, as...

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The Foundation History of Fulham Football Club

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:36:00 +0000

I thought I ought to move on from the gloating just to balance out my karma ahead of the Villa game. Only spoken to a couple of Chelsea fans since and they were both genuine fans and decent blokes so...

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Champions League? You're having a laugh!

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:51:00 +0000

I couldn't be happier. Barca! Barca! Barca! Picture courtesy BBC Sport http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8010840.stm

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The 50 Greatest Fulham Players

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:16:00 +0000

This has been out for a while now but I re-read it today and wanted to draw attention to it, if only for my Dad's benefit. Compiled by Richard from Craven Cottage Newsround who has done a fabulous...

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Nostalgia - Tony Macedo

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:30:00 +0000

Article written by Gordon Mills The home game against Bristol City in December 1957 was rendered unforgettable by the explosive introduction onto the scene of goalkeeper Tony Macedo. In an...

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Them 3 Fulham 1

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:54:00 +0000

A disappointing result and performance against a side we'd all hoped would be preoccupied with the Champions League and between two tough games against the best attacking side in Europe. To their...

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The Good, The Bad and The Hilarious

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:24:00 +0000

I don't normally bother with posting about links I've seen. Dan & Nick at the HammyEnd.com are doing a fabulous job of picking up on most of the news stories of interest already but there were a...

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Fulham 1 Stoke City 0

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:09:00 +0000

Thank heavens we don't have to watch Stoke play more than twice a season. This wasn't pretty. Fulham always looked to be in the driving seat and coped remarkably well with the physical aspects of the...

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Poetry

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:29:00 +0000

Thanks to TiFF I just discovered the genius of Fulham poet Ron Dixon. He has three works available at FootballPoets.org including the following rather wonderful ode to that special word I used as...

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Middlesbrough 0 Fulham 0

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:48:00 +0000

Another beautiful 0-0 draw away from home to add to our collection of "perfect matches" this season. After six goals in the last two games I'd almost forgotten our normal routine but that's our...

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Manchester City 1 Fulham 3

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:00:00 +0000

A deuce from the Deuce and a rocket from Etuhu senior seals our second away win of the season and pushes up to 8th in the League. We seem to like playing at Eastlands, only losing once in six visits...

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Fulham 0 Liverpool 1

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:52:00 +0000

So close to another great result against one of the top four. This wasn't a classic match by any stretch of the imagination. Neither side played to they're full potential and as the final minutes...

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Top 5 moments from the 2-0 win over United

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:20:00 +0000

I've had a frustrating week one way or another. Had lots of things I wanted to say about the cracking result last Saturday but didn't have any time to write. Even in the few moments I've had to think...

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When the Whites Go Marching In

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Got lots I'd like to talk about following yesterday but not sure when I'll have time to do it. It's Mother's Day and I've promised Mrs Chopper I'll wash the floor in the kitchen and hoover the rest...

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