A blog of two halves

Gary Lineker, viewing the highlights of the Cardiff-Fulham tie, asked whether the match was played behind closed doors, so empty were the stands.

It may be the rarest of west London derbies, but Chelsea’s reward for beating Peterborough in the FA Cup is a home tie against neighbours Brentford.

Just like when you are waiting an age for your bus to arrive and then two come at once; the QPR faithful were waiting for a win after watching the Hoops suffer six defeats on the bounce and then got two wins in as many games.

At the end of November I summed up the Sheffield Wednesday and Brighton matches by writing that ‘Fulham played some good football but lapses of concentration and the lack of a regular goal scorer have undermined the performances’.

There will be a carnival atmosphere at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.