Fulham 3 v 0 FC Vetra

Thursday 6th August 2009
Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round
Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 15,106
Admission: £10
Programme: £3

I took this game in on my way home from Stansted Airport, taking advantage of buying my tickets in advance for just £10. Although I have already been to Craven Cottage twice before, it's always a pleasant experience to visit, which had become a modern facility apart from the Johnny Haynes stand where I sat, which had old fashioned wooden seats and an old fashioned designed stand with very narrow concourses.

With the Lithuanian side half way through their season, I was expecting this tie to be a close affair, however Fulham winning the first leg 3-0 in Lithuania effectively ended this tie as a contest. On a really foul night with constant torrential rain, this turned out to be another entertaining game (I certainly have been lucky recently!), wth Fulham by far the more superior side and creating chance after chance, although FK Vetra still managed to have some excellent chances on the break.

It was surprising that this game was goalless at half time, but Fulham looked stronger and stronger as the game wore on and it was no surprise when Fulham took the lead on the night on 57 minutes, and then added to late classic poacher goals from Andy Johnson in the last ten minutes, to give Fulham an extremely comfortable 6-0 aggregate win