2011/12 UEFA Europa League

[Starvinho]

Fulham have drawn 0-0 with Runavik, they're through to the second qualifying round now.

[Lineker]

0-0? Holy crap that's amazing for Runavik!

If I remember correctly, they play Crusaders of Northern Ireland in the next round? Think it's next week.

[jack95]

So Fulham are beating Crusaders 1-0 as we creep towards half-time. Not sure if anyone's watching (it's buried away on Premier Sports) but for those who aren't, Fulham attacked, Crusaders defended bravely, then Matthew Briggs broke them down with a cracking little finish. Decent match, if a little one sided, and I'm quite impressed by the Northern Irish side as a whole. They've understandably looked nervy at times, but they haven't disgraced themselves at all.

Edited July 14, 2011 by jack95

[Lineker]

And Dundee Utd lost their first leg tie away at Slask Wroclaw 1-0

[jack95]

Surprised at that, Dundee Utd are pretty solid, or were last time I checked. Slask Wroclaw (begin ignorant statement) sounds like what you'd get if you got a pet to walk across the keyboard (close ignorant statement.) The last time they played Dundee Utd in Europe they lost 7-2 in the 2nd leg, so all hope isn't lost for United.

[Cadj]

Good to see the SPLs early start date so teams would be more prepared for European football is paying off

I shouldn't laugh too much, we'll probably get battered by some no marks when we enter too.

[jack95]

Holy shit, Crusaders have equalised! Scrappy goal from Timmy Adamson, hooking the ball across the line. Taking everything into account, they probably deserve it as well. Crowd is absolutely buzzing. Game on.

Edited July 14, 2011 by jack95

[jack95]

Crusaders smack the crossbar after a really nice run from their winger Stuart Dallas. He slips and seems to be injured, but Adamson recovered the situation and came oh-so-close to making it 2-1. I don't know whether Crusaders are playing well, Fulham are over-confident, or a bit of both, but the minnows seem to have got their defensive positioning sorted and are utilising the wings well. This is a good match.

Edited July 14, 2011 by jack95

[jack95]

2-1 Fulham. Shame. Corner comes in, and Bobby Zamora nods it in.

EDIT- And just a couple of minutes later, it's 3-1. Fulham get a questionable penalty, it's handball but the defender looked to me like he was trying to get his hands out the way. Anyway, Danny Murphy steps up and tucks it away.

Edited July 14, 2011 by jack95

[Lineker]

I heard something about them having a plastic pitch there? That could be a factor. It was when we played Young Boys last year.

[jack95]

Wikipedia says so, but I can't say I would have known. I would have put it down to a good Crusaders performance to be honest. I'm no footballer though, so it might have had a bigger impact than I surmised...

[Cadj]

Hearts first obstacle to Europa League glory is against either Tromso or Paksi, away in the first leg.

Glad we avoided Hajduk Split (who got Stoke).

[Lineker]

They'll still lose, Scottish clubs always do.

[Starvinho]

Fulham are 4-0 at the moment and Dundee United are 3-1 up.

Edit: And St. Pats are 1-0 too whilst TNS and Llanelli have both lost their second legs 5-2 and 5-0 respectively.

[Starvinho]

Vorskla FC 3-0 Glentoran (Agg. 5-0)

Dinamo Tbilisi 5-0 Llanelli (Agg. 6-2)

Midtjylland 5-2 TNS (Agg. 8-3)

Fulham 4-0 Crusaders (Agg. 7-1)

Bohemians 1-1 Olimpija Ljubljana (Agg. 1-3)

Dundee United 3-2 Śląsk (Agg. 3-3*)

St Patricks 2-0 Karagandy (Agg. 3-2)

Dundee out on away goals, very unlucky indeed. I heard it was a very good goal that put them out though. Fulham and St. Pats are through.

[Cadj]

Dominating the game so obviously we're losing 1-0.

EDIT:

1-1 at HT, Jamie Hamill penalty.

No more than we deserve, should go on and win this game as Paksi are absolutely rank.

Edited July 28, 2011 by Cadj

[Lineker]

Hamill draws Hearts levels whilst Walters puts Stoke ahead within minutes of the game kicking off. Fulham are still 0-0.

[Cadj]

Ended 1-1 in Hungary.

Good result, got the away goal needed and didn't lose but the 2nd half performance was absolutely shite and Jefferies seemed content to pretty much waste the 2nd half and take the draw.

Should beat them at Tynie.

[Marcos]

Didn't surprise me that Hamill's first goal for you lot was from the penalty spot. Don't think he missed one playing for us.

[Starvinho]

Uefa Europa League Qualifying

Aalesunds FK 4-0 Elfsborg

AEK Larnaca 3-0 Mlada Boleslav

Alania Vladikavkaz 1-1 FC Aktobe

Anorthosis Famagusta 0-2 Rabotnicki Skopje

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Stromsgodset

AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Jablonec

Bursaspor 2-1 Gomel

Club Bruges 4-1 Karabakh Azersun

Differdange 0-3 Olympiacos Volou

Dinamo Bucaresti 2-2 Varteks

FC Midtjylland 0-0 Guimaraes

FK Ventspils 1-2 Red Star Belgrade

Gaziantepspor 0-1 Legia Warsaw

Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4-0 FC Vaduz

Karpaty Lviv 2-0 St Patricks

KR Reykjavik 1-4 Dinamo Tbilisi

Levski Sofia 2-1 FC Spartak Trnava

Mainz 1-1 Gaz Metan Medias

Nacional 3-0 Hacken

Olimpija Ljubljana 1-1 Austria Vienna

Olimpi Rustavi 2-5 Rennes

Omonia Nicosia 3-0 ADO Den Haag

Paks 1-1 Hearts

Palermo 2-2 FC Thun

Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 Inter Bratislava

RNK Split 0-0 Fulham

Slask Wroclaw 0-0 Lokomotiv Sofia

Sparta Prague 5-0 FK Sarajevo

Stoke 1-0 Hajduk Split

SV Ried 2-0 Brondby

Valerenga 0-2 PAOK Salonika

Vorskla Poltava 0-0 Sligo

Young Boys 3-1 Westerlo

Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 0-2 Macc Tel-Aviv