2011/12 UEFA Europa League

[Lineker]

Fulham will discover who they face in the Europa League first qualifying round when the draw is made at Uefa's Switzerland HQ at noon on Monday.

The Cottagers, who are seeded, will play their first tie on 30 June, with the second leg taking place on 7 July.

A win would see them join Dundee United in the second qualifying round which will also be drawn on Monday.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds of the Champions League will take place as well.

The road to Munich begins with first qualifying round matches being held on 28/29 June and 5/6 July.

The likes of Wales' Bangor City FC and Ireland's Shamrock Rovers will be in the pot for the second round, alongside top European opponents such as FK Partizan, who reached the group stage of last year's tournament, and Dinamo Zagreb.

Second qualifying round matches will be held on 12/13 and 19/20 July, winners of which could face Scottish champions Rangers as they enter the fray.

In the Europa League, newly-appointed Martin Jol's Fulham are in the first qualifying round by way of the Fair Play League.

Despite having a worse disciplinary record than Chelsea, Spurs and Manchester United, the Cottagers won their place due to those teams being already through to European competition because of their league placements.

Jol should expect his team to comfortably outclass any first-round opponent in what will be his first competitive game in charge for his new club.

Fulham fans will be hoping to go a step further than Roy Hodgson's 2009/2010 campaign, which saw the south-west Londoners reach the final of the competition only to be beaten in extra time by Atletico Madrid.

Dundee enter the competition in the second round after finishing fourth in the SPL last season, while Hearts and Stoke City await in round three.

It would be so amazing for Super Martin Jol to go one better than Woy and win the thing. I'll be rooting them on.

[Liam]

We'll win it. No problem. Best team in the cup, no doubt

[Liam]

Fulham will face Faroe Islands side NSI Runavik in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.

The Cottagers will play their first tie at Craven Cottage on 30 June, with the second leg taking place on 7 July.

A win would see them join Dundee United in the second qualifying round which will also be drawn on Monday.

Fulham earned a place in the draw via the Uefa Fair Play League and the ties will be new boss Martin Jol's first competitive games at the helm.

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds of the Champions League will also take place on Monday.

[Lineker]

They can't even really treat those games as pre-season friendlies as the strength of the opposition will be so poor.

Elsewhere, the draw in Nyon produced an all-British affair as Northern Irish side Cliftonville were paired with TNS from Wales. League of Ireland Premier Division side St Patrick's Athletic will face Icelanders IBV, while Neath take on Norwegian club Aalesund and Glentoran play FK Renova of Macedonia.

[9 to 5]

I demand you go to the away leg Liam.

[Lineker]

Casual EWB trip to the Faroes?

[Pesci]

Cue the "the Faroe Islands are a tough place to go" comments if Fulham fuck this up

[Berober]

I'm just waiting to see who Rapid Vienna eventually draw, no doubt they'll lose first round now that Villa aren't there to give them a bye

[Lineker]

I don't suppose Fulham's game is on TV tonight, is it?

[Liam]

You can stream it live on bet365, if that counts

[Lineker]

Doesn't the screen expand to anything bigger than that tiny window!

EDIT: figured it out.

[Lineker]

Fine finish from Duff. Amazed that it took Fulham this long to score really. The floodgates could open now.

[Liam]

What is the quality like? Not gonna be able to watch it, but never watched anything streamed through there.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

It's actually always been really good quality whenever I've watched anything through their site. They usually air quite a few games every day too, always worth checking out if you've got a decent enough internet connection to stream it properly.

Glad to see Fulham leading, I take it this is two legs?

[Lineker]

Yeah, two legged ties. Quality is pretty good, no lag or anything. Turns out that SSN are showing the goals as they go in but I think that it was worth registering anyway, try and make some money this season!

Teams just coming out for the second half now.

[Lineker]

2-0. Danny Murphy slots home a penalty, sending the keeper the wrong way.

[jack95]

You've got to give credit to Runavik (that is what they're called?) tonight. They've defended really bravely and have done well to keep it down to two. They might even have been an attacking threat if their strategy wasn't just "hoof it aimlessly up field and hope for the best." Fulham have always been control though. A bit sloppy at points, but that's understandable considering it's still very early pre-season, They should be fine under Jol though.

And as I type, a third goes in.

[Liam]

Yeah, I have an account, but no money in it, so couldn't just check it out. Wasn't going to watch the whole game, so didn't fancy sticking some down either really.

Good to see us ahead, would like to see a couple more goals, and maybe for Dalla Valle to get a run out.

[Lineker]

NSI Runavík.

Through ball from Etuhu gets dummied by Andy Johnson; he receives it almost immediately from his team mate and places it into the bottom corner. Terrible defending.

LDV looked good on loan at Bournemouth last year, I saw him play a couple of times. Good prospect. He just came on for Zamora.

[Lineker]

And that's how it finished. LDV missed an absolute sitter late on. Shouldn't be any problems a week from today when the return leg is played.