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  • 56 minutes 42 seconds
    History Books Bernd

    Fulham have done it! No 1-0, no red cards but plenty of nerves. Manchester United are left smarting after Bernd Leno saves penalties from Lindelof and Zirkzee to see Fulham through to the next round of the FA Cup. Silva's side ground down a very poor Man United team through 90 minutes, extra-time and finally, penalties. 

    George is joined by Yasmin, Elizabeth and Luke Resch, on his Fulhamish debut, to bask in the glorious sunshine that comes after beating Man United at Old Trafford. It was by no means a beautiful or entertaining game of football for the neutral but it did have Fulham fans' heartbeats sky-rocketing. Bassey's header put Fulham ahead in the final stages of the first-half but a moment of magic from Bruno Fernandes threatened to send Fulham packing. The second-half and extra-time were littered with Man United chances but Leno's heroic hand of god clinched victory for the Cottagers. 

    In part two, they answer some of your listener questions. Is there a feeling better than this on a magnificent spring morning? Is Bernd Leno pinching Mark Schwarzer's spot for second best all time Fulham keeper? Will Sess be seen again at right-wing?

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    3 March 2025, 4:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 54 seconds
    Thursday Club: First Molineux Suc-Sess

    Sammy James is joined by Elizabeth Barnard, both Molineux attendees, as they digest a bounce-back victory against Wolves. Tuesday night brought five changes to the starting line-up from Marco Silva, surprising and unnerving many Fulham fans. This gamble paid off after two goals from Ryan Sessegnon and Rodrigo Muniz. 

    There were tears in many's eyes as Sess opened the scoring within the first minute, rolling back the years to his first stint at the club. Fulham recovered from Wolves' equaliser, stinging the home side with another early goal in the second-half from a lovely Muniz fish and chip finish. Sammy and Elizabeth discuss Marco's tactical changes and how the result provided the perfect reaction to an uncomfortable loss to Crystal Palace at the weekend. They debate whether fans were too quick to judge a poor weekend performance with the other evening's results suggesting that Fulham remain in the mix for European contention. 

    In part two, they look forward to a looming Manchester United fixture in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Can Fulham avoid another painful 1-0 defeat and put emotional memories of previous FA Cup visits to Old Trafford aside to overcome Amorim's poor team. They answer some of your listener questions including some recent tasty Fulham statistics and why Leno has lost the vice-captain's armband.

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    27 February 2025, 6:30 am
  • 51 minutes 20 seconds
    Passports Away Again

    Jack Collins takes the reins on the pod, joined by Fulhamish vintage, Dom, Drew and Ben Jarman. They react to a shocking 0-2 loss at home to Crystal Palace that continues Fulham's 20 years of hurt. The challenge of reaching three league wins in a row rattles on.

    Fulham were completely overrun in the midfield and Glasner's Crystal Palace maintained dominance to float through to a comfortable win. Fulham are in a secure position in the table but this game was a missed opportunity to continue flirting with Europe. Was this fixture an example of the squad's complacency in the league? Do Fulham need to find a plan B and react when games aren't going in their favour? How much blame can lie at Silva's door or perhaps, Robert Jones'?

    In part two, they look forward to a trip to Molineux, a ground Fulham haven't had a league win at since 1985. The league is looking brighter for Wolves as they begin to pull away from the bottom three so can Fulham prevent a repeat of the 1-4 defeat at the Cottage earlier in the season?

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    24 February 2025, 11:03 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Thursday Club: Handling the Eagles

    Sammy and Jack are joined on the Thursday Club this week by Dan Crawford as they take another look back to a brilliant weekend win at the Cottage over Nottingham Forest. To begin the pod, Dan shares his memories of Patrick Barclay as Fulhamish pays tribute to an inspiring and hard-working man, following the desperately sad news of his death. 

    They debate as to whether switching between Muniz and Jiminez has worked this season and reflect on an all-round established performance from Adama Traore. Looking forward to a home tie against Crystal Palace, they discuss what could be quite an unpredictable result with Fulham's favouritism of achieving glamorous wins and tendency to turn their back on the teams in the bottom half of the table. It has been twenty years since Fulham's last home win against Palace and an another assured performance like at the weekend would demonstrate the team's intent to stay well off the beach. 

    With tickets for the Manchester United cup tie being released, they react to the unsurprising high ticket prices that fans are faced with. They point towards the additional elements of attending away games such as train strikes, game scheduling and the FA's own responsibility towards enforcing restraints on clubs. The restrictions on bringing in bags to the Palace game only adds to frustrations directed towards the board.

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    20 February 2025, 6:30 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Rowe-mantic Valentine's Weekend

    George Cooper is joined by Dan, AF and Avais as they indulge in a brilliant win against Nottingham Forest who have had a remarkable season so far in the Premier League. These three points have shown that Fulham's season is far from petering out. With goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Calvin Bassey, Fulham are on track to return to peak Vibes FC form. 

    They reflect on how Fulham set-up to fell a flying Forest side, ESR's second PL headed goal and how his performances continue to improve, and the cheery atmosphere in the dressing room that saw Fulham win the Snapchat Derby. 

    In part two, they answer your listener questions. Should Lukic be Fulham's player of the season? Is this the best Fulham squad we've ever seen? And simply, how are Fulham so good?

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    17 February 2025, 6:30 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Thursday Club: Mulling Over Forest

    Sammy is joined by Dan Cooke on the Thursday Club as they take one last look back on a win against Wigan. As a reward for surviving a trip to the north-west, Fulham have drawn Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup and there are mixed feelings. Premonitions of a majestic victory over Man United at Old Trafford is the optimistic option in comparison to the perhaps realistic expectation that Fulham will yet again succumb to a frustrating 1-0 defeat. The road to Wembley is never easy.

    In part two, Sammy and Dan look forward to a tough fixture against Nottingham Forest at the Cottage. Assuming that Forest players and fans have recovered from an 11pm finish in Exeter, Fulham will have to change their mentality to face a Nuno side that have had an incredible season so far. The question still remains of whether Pereira or Smith Rowe should appear on the start sheet and if Muniz's February form should be given a chance to flourish.

    They also answer some of your listener questions. Should Alistair Mackintosh be the main focus of Fulham fans' anger or should they be looking further up the business ladder? Is Castagne's form faltering a little too much? And, Sammy and Dan make their head vs heart predictions for Fulham's final league position and FA Cup run.

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    13 February 2025, 6:30 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Muniz's Wig Wham

    Fulham secured a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup, away in front of 2,000 travelling fans at the Brick Community Stadium. Jack Collins is joined by Elizabeth, Dan and Jack Kelly as they look back on a job done against Wigan to keep Fulham in the competition.

    It was not the smoothest of wins over an average League One side but two Brazilians saved the attacking show in the north-west. Two Muniz goals mimic a similar February period for him last season which will hopefully see a continued purple patch to last the rest of the season. The team reflect on similar star performances from Cuenca and Sess as they appear in Silva's heavily rotated starting eleven, and there is a mention of another poor performance from Fulham's substitute goalkeeper, Steven Benda.

    In part two, they answer some of your listener questions. Should Sess be considered for the left wing? How does Berge remain so press-resistant? Who would they like Fulham to draw in the next round of the FA Cup? And there is a return to the Alistair Mackintosh debate after the travelling fans strongly demonstrated a desire for change.

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    10 February 2025, 6:30 am
  • 57 minutes 10 seconds
    Thursday Club: The Willian Plan

    After a quiet transfer deadline day evening, Sammy and Jack debate whether there perhaps should have been a bit more action from Fulham. Should the club really be re-signing a 36-year-old Willian and should we be seeing the entrance of the right-back that Silva asked for?

    The Premier League takes a break this weekend to make way for the FA Cup fourth round and Fulham make the trip to the north-west to face Wigan. It's not the most cheery of stadiums to visit as Wigan are in the promotion places for the 'most miserable' fans in League One, despite their pie fame. Sammy and Jack consider whether there should be some rotation of key players, especially Robinson and Iwobi who are facing relentless game time. It should be a fun tie at the Brick Community Stadium that hopefully sees Fulham begin a 2025 FA Cup run.

    In part two, they answer your listener questions. Is the fan base a little too grumpy at present and is some perspective needed? Have Fulham finally broken their third shirt curse and exited the slump? And Scott Parker rears his ugly defensive head again as Burnley eye-up the EFL record for most clean sheets in a season, but is he really that bad?

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    6 February 2025, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Three Points Howay

    A win away at St James' Park has been unheard of in recent years for Fulham. Previous to this fixture, Fulham had only won once out of the last nine Premier League meetings with Newcastle. Goals from our two number 9s rescued Fulham fans from our pit of sorrow following a dismal loss to Manchester United.

    George is joined by Farrell, Dan and, making his Fulhamish debut, Jordan Wilson-Pearce. They reflect on a great away day to Newcastle and the elation that followed Fulham coming from behind to secure three points. Despite the fixture being a game of two halves, goals from Jiminez and Muniz sent fans home with a permanant smile on their faces. They review Chris Kavanagh's performance through gritted teeth and return to the conversation surrounding Pereira's status at the club following his sublime set-up for Fulham's second goal.

    In part two, they answer your listener questions on how the team will set-up against Nottingham Forest in the next Premier League fixture, how to improve home form and have a little bit of fun considering which Fulhamish member might give Andersen a run for his money in a foot race.

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    3 February 2025, 11:56 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Thursday Club: Tyne and Weary

    Sammy and Jack take one final look back at a rather boring Sunday night fixture against Manchester United that saw Fulham succumb to a deflected Martinez goal. They reflect on how this loss might impact the trajectory of the team's progress towards the end of the season and how it is another massive opportunity missed. They add to the discourse and discontent surrounding ticket prices and the Alistair Mackintosh administration that has been rising since the Man United result.

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    A tough Newcastle fixture at the weekend can be looked upon with higher levels of anxiety considering Fulham's recent run of form. Sammy and Jack consider whether the longest away day of the season might be fruitful with Newcastle's important League Cup semi-final match against Arsenal coming up.

    Sammy sits down with David and Gianfranco from the Fulham Fan Advisory Board to find out more about what the 11 members are doing behind the scenes. They address concerns about the FAB's relationship with the club and where they can add value to its progression.

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    30 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 52 minutes 49 seconds
    Deflected and Deflated

    Maybe this was to be expected but that doesn't make it any less agonising. Fulham succumbed to the annual routine of losing to Manchester United on their home turf. George is joined by Drew, Adam and Charlie as we unpack what was a truly painful night under the lights.

    In part one, we ask the age-old question of, how did Manchester United get away with it... again? Seemingly a draw would have been a fair result but a deflected Martinez goal saw Man United collect three points. The defeat leaves Fulham fans debating whether a new talisman is needed to ensure that some of these chances are netted rather than seeing yet more opportunities get skied over the bar. Do we dare return to wondering whether we have sufficently replaced our old Serbian friend?

    We turn to your listener questions in part two which are overwhelming driving home that ticket prices and the Ali Mac administration are still an important talking point. The sea of half and half scarves speak for themselves as the atmosphere at Craven Cottage continues to be highlighted. A Man United fixture will inevitably encourage this debate but we air our concerns about a deflating culture at the club.

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    27 January 2025, 11:55 pm
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