Manager of the year – Fulham boss Roy Hodgson
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson was elected the year with a record margin after taxes of the West London club to Europe League final.
Hodgson has received the award from the League Managers Association, according to a poll of coaches, managers, including the first four championships in England.
Fulham face Atletico Madrid in Europe League final on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the League sponsors Barclays appointed Harry Redknapp, manager of the year and Wayne Rooney the best player.
Premium HodgsonRecognition for an extraordinary season in which he masterminded the progress Fulham to their first European final, ensuring a final 12th Place in the Premier League.
The Cottagers played 18 games on the way to the final of a campaign that began in July, surpassing the love of Juventus, Shakhtar, Wolfsburg and Hamburg.
Despite the minimum turnover in the transfer market, the association has never been faced with relegation and only for form at the end of the season, when he started resting Hodgson flirtedEuropean players in the league in mind.
Hodgson arrived at Fulham in December 2007 and led the club on a path of 12 points in the last five games to ensure Premier League survival on the last day of the season.
Last year they reached their highest ever league position of seventh.
He is a great example to all aspiring managers and trainers and is fully deserves this recognition
LMA chairman Howard Wilkinson
LMA chief executive Richard Bevan said Hodgson received a”The overwhelming majority of the votes of 256 members, leaders of all 92 league clubs, coaches retired together, and in participating in play at the line.
“Roy has the LMA Manager of the Year with the most important margin in the history of the award,” said Bevan.
“It is highly respected in the game and taking full account of the football family.”
LMA chairman Howard Wilkinson said: “Since joining Fulham, Roy, the association isAssets.
“He is highly respected by members of the AML and also internationally, where he his miracles in no fewer than seven countries.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had brought Hodgson asks for award of the prize will be describing his performance as a “miracle”, while Tottenham boss Redknapp called it “unbelievable.”
Last week, Hodgson admitted he would like to make a “big club” in the future, but promised to keep Fulham in the moment.
In his34 years management career he coached Halmstads Hodgson, Bristol City, Orebro, Malmo, Neuchatel Xamax, Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, Copenhagen, Udinese, Viking, and Fulham.
He led the Swiss to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualifying for the Euro 1996, including the administration of the United Arab Emirates and Finland.
Redknapp won award comes after Spurs for the Champions League as Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool qualified in fourth placeinstead.
Manchester United striker Rooney award completes a hat-trick, having already collected, the Professional Footballers ‘Association and the Football Writers’ Awards for this season.
The LMA also a special award for services to the former British boss Steve McClaren, FC Twente for the first Dutch league title awarded in its history, led by 45 years.
Erik Nevland – Fulham’s Forward
Erik Nevland (born 10 November 1977 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian football forward who currently plays for Fulham in the Premier League. He has eight caps for Norway, and 22 caps at U-21 level.
Nevland started his career at Viking FK, but in 1997 he was sold to Manchester United at the age of 19, before he had played a single first team match for the Norwegian side. What prompted Manchester United to sign him was a succession of hat-tricks in three games when he was on trial with them.[1] His only goal for the United first team was in a Worthington Cup match against Bury in October 1998. He never managed to establish himself in the United team, with a successful loan spell at Viking and an unsuccessful one at IFK Göteborg. He only ever made one league appearance for United, as a substitute against Southampton on 19 January 1998.
He returned to Viking on a permanent contract in January 2000, winning the Norwegian cup final in 2001 and scoring the two deciding goals in their famous UEFA Cup victory over Chelsea in 2002. He joined FC Groningen on a free transfer in November 2004, and since became a cult hero. In his first half-season for his new club he scored 16 times in 20 matches. Nevland also scored the first ever goal in FC Groningen’s new Euroborg stadium.
On April 27, 2007, Nevland signed a new three-year contract with FC Groningen. In December 2007, Nevland was voted ‘Groninger of the Year’ by television viewers in the province of Groningen, in spite of him not being born in Groningen or The Netherlands.
On January 28, 2008, he signed with struggling Premier League side Fulham[2] for a fee of €2.5 million (£1.85 million), plus a further €0.5 million (£370k) if Fulham retained Premier League status, which they did. On February 3, he made only his second ever Premier League appearance when Fulham played Aston Villa at Craven Cottage. His eye for goal and deadly finishing has drawn comparisons to former Manchester United team mate and fellow Norweigan Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erik Nevland | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1977 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1?2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fulham | ||
Source: Erik Nevland, Fulham Forwards, Fulham English Premier League news at wikipedia.org
Fulham 1 – 0 Sunderland
English Premier League News : An impressive Bobby Zamora scored his sixth goal of the season to lift Fulham to eighth spot in the Premier League after they beat Sunderland.
Zamora also hit the bar before half-time and Erik Nevland should have scored too but he shot straight at Marton Fulop from a Zamora lay-off.
Mark Schwarzer saved Kenwyne Jones’s shot when he intercepted a back pass and Darren Bent volleyed wide.
Fulham faded after the break, but held off a spirited Sunderland effort.
The result means Sunderland’s woes away from home continue as they now have just one win from their last 18 league trips. Meanwhile, Fulham boss Roy Hodgson will be content his team held firm after their European exertions on Thursday.
Read full story of English Premier League News at BBC News.
Damien Duff – Fulham F.C.’s Midfielder / Winger
Damien Duff – Midfielder / Winger of Fulham F.C. – English Premier League
Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Premier League club Fulham and internationally for the Republic of Ireland.
At Fulham F.C.
After playing one game for Newcastle in 2009–10, Duff returned to the Premier League, signing for Fulham for an undisclosed fee, and re-joining Roy Hodgson, his first manager at Blackburn Rovers. He made his Fulham debut coming on as a substitute against Amkar Perm in the Cottagers’ Europa League qualifier match, setting up the third goal in a 3-1 win.
Duff played his first Premiership game against one of his old clubs Chelsea. The game was at Craven Cottage and Chelsea went on to win the game with a comfortable 0-2 win. Duff scored his first league goal for Fulham in a 2 – 1 victory over Everton, scoring in the 79th minute to give the Cottagers a vital win. His second goal for Fulham was scored against Man City after Zamora had set him up.
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Damien Anthony Duff | |
| Date of birth | 2 March 1979 (1979-03-02) (age 30) | |
| Place of birth | Ballyboden, Ireland | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Playing position | Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Fulham | |
| Number | 16 | |
International career
At junior level, Duff played for Ireland in the 1997 and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Duff made his senior début for the Republic of Ireland in 1998 against the Czech Republic. He has since gone on to win 75 caps for the Ireland Squad, scoring seven goals. He played every game for them at the 2002 World Cup and was voted their player of the tournament scoring a goal against Saudi Arabia en route to the second round.
Source: Fulham Midfielder, Fulham Winder, Damien Duff information at wikipedia.org.
Clint Dempsey – Fulham’s Midfielder
Clint Dempsey – Midfielder / Striker / Winger of Fulham F.C. – English Premier League Football Club
Clinton Drew “Clint” Dempsey (born March 9, 1983, in Nacogdoches, Texas) is an American soccer player who plays for Fulham in the English Premier League and for the United States national team.
Youth
Dempsey was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, a small town roughly halfway between Dallas and Houston. For much of his childhood, Dempsey’s family lived in a trailer park, where Clint and his siblings grew up playing soccer with the local Mexican immigrant children.
His older brother Ryan was offered a tryout for the Dallas Texans, one of America’s elite youth soccer clubs, but young Clint, who had come along, was noticed and recruited while passing time juggling a ball on the sidelines. Dempsey became a standout on the team at an early age, but had to quit due to his poor family’s time and money constraints as his eldest sister Jennifer was becoming a ranked youth tennis player. But several parents of his teammates with the Texans offered to assist the Dempseys with expenses and travel, allowing him to rejoin the club. He went on to be the captain and high scorer of the Texans and was honored with MVP in the Tampa Bay Sun Bowl tournament.
Dempsey studied the play of Argentina, especially Diego Maradona. Clint was heartbroken when the news came to Nacogdoches that Maradona would not be playing in the 1994 FIFA World Cup game played in the Cotton Bowl.
Dempsey attended Furman University as a health and exercise major and a key player for the Paladins. In his three seasons at Furman, Dempsey started 61 out of 62 games in central midfield and scored 17 goals.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clinton Drew Dempsey | ||
| Date of birth | March 9, 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Nacogdoches, Texas, United States | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger/Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fulham | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
At Fulham F.C.
In December 2006, Fulham offered MLS a $4 million transfer fee for Dempsey, then the largest amount ever offered for an MLS player. The league agreed to the transfer; however, Dempsey still needed to receive a work permit from the United Kingdom Home Office. On January 10, 2007, the Home Office granted Dempsey the work permit, thus allowing him to play in England.
Dempsey made his first appearance for Fulham shortly thereafter, coming on as a late substitute in Fulham’s match against Tottenham Hotspur on January 20, 2007. However, for the remainder of the spring of 2007 Dempsey was used only sparingly by a relegation-threatened Fulham. On May 5, 2007, Dempsey scored his first and only goal of the 2006-07 season for Fulham after coming on as a 54th minute substitute against Liverpool, in a vital match which Fulham won 1-0. The goal ensured Fulham’s top flight status for the 2007-08 season.
Dempsey was a key part of the starting squad for Fulham during the 2007-08 Premier League season. His six goals, all scored in the Premier League, made him Fulham’s top scorer in league play and tied for the club lead in all competitions. In May 2008, Dempsey received an automatic contract extension from Fulham that would have kept him at the club through 2010.
Dempsey scored his first goal on the 2008-2009 campaign on October 26, 2008, against Portsmouth. Coming on as a 70th-minute sub, Dempsey volleyed home an Erik Nevland cross past David James to tie the game at 1-1. On December 28, 2008, Dempsey started in the SW6 Derby against Chelsea and scored both goals for Fulham, one a chest and flick past Petr ?ech that put Fulham ahead, and the other an 89th-minute equalizing header off a Simon Davies corner. On April 12, 2009, Dempsey was voted Man of the Match in a 3-1 win over Manchester City at Eastlands, in which he scored two goals.
On August 13, 2009, Dempsey signed a contract extension to remain with Fulham through 2013. On August 20, 2009, he scored his first goal in European competition, in the newly formed Europa League, netting Fulham’s second goal in a 3–1 win against Amkar Perm in the play-off round.
Source: Fulham Midfielder, Fulham Winger, Fulham Striker, Clint Dempsey information at wikipedia.org.