The Hammy End Chronicle

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noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:20:00 +0000

It's taken me a while to write it but I have finally completed my report of the Europa League Final (see below). It seems an appropriate final post. Time to call it a day for this blog though I will...

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The Europa League Final - Fulham 1 Atletico Madrid 2

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:05:00 +0000

It always ends with disappointment. This is what years of following Fulham has warned me to prepare for. Those words have echoed around the back of my mind as we overcame bigger and more unlikely...

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HEC 2009-10 End Of Season - Awards

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:00:00 +0000

HEC has been very hit or miss this season and I'm planning on calling it a day very soon. Might do a write up of the Hamburg trip, for my own benefit if no one else’s. Anyway, couldn't leave a season...

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Top 5 Football Superstitions (that failed to help Fulham win the Europa League)

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:15:00 +0000

This would have been a more upbeat post had Fulham won in Hamburg last night. I'm still absolutely gutted we didn't but I'm starting to accept that it was still a brilliant day and a massive...

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Fulham 4 Juventus 1 - Greatest match of my life

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:57:00 +0000

OK, it's a little after the fact but I need to get some words down about this if only for my own memories. The Old Lady comes to the Cottage. It was always going to be a special night. A chance to...

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Omens and viewpoints

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:48:00 +0000

It being a cup game I found myself in the Johnny Haynes stand yesterday for the F.A Cup quarter final against Spurs. I'd thought when booking the tickets it would be good to be closer to the action....

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Oh my giddy aunt!

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000

We're through to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup!!! (Yeah I know it's not called that anymore, but still.) Very proud of the team tonight after a sterling performance. Weathered the storm early on,...

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FFC Paintball

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:32:00 +0000

A random internet search tonight plucked this gem of a picture from the jaws of obscurity. It must have been during Lawrie Sanchez' one and only pre-season prep. Lots of happy smiling faces (apart...

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Public Service Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:41:00 +0000

That most erudite of Fulham message boards has a new home. If you're familiar with FoF it won't look fantastically different but the team have made some nice improvements and, I think, are hoping for...

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Reasons for loving Hodgson no. 624

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:24:00 +0000

Roy's been linked with the Liverpool job. This is happening more often of late. Mr Hodgson being linked with "bigger" jobs. Each time I see one mentioned it makes me both proud and fearful. I know...

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Snow fun and heartfelt thanks

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Hello again and a very Happy New Year to you all. I had planned to write a review of 2009 but as yet I've not found the time to finish it off. As you can tell from the photo below I've had many...

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The beautiful game

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Some things I learnt from Saturday's visit of Bolton to the Cottage. There are days when playing the beautiful game just isn't enough. Sometimes you have to work hard and grind out a result....

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Slight return

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:51:00 +0000

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Rome in a day

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Looking back over my 35 or so years following Fulham there are many milestone games that stand out. These are matches that live long in the memory and often indicate how well (or how badly) we were...

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Farewell Sir Bobby

noreply@blogger.com (Chopper) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:11:00 +0000

A Fulham legend and all round footballing good guy.

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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

UPDATE 17th Feb 2011 - This list is now hosted and maintained at Friends Of Fulham and available from THIS LINK. I'll keep this page here though as a staging point. This is my latest attempt to...

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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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