Anderlecht player-manager Vincent Kompany has decided to hand over match-day responsibilities to head coach Simon Davies and appoint himself captain in a bid to help turn the club’s fortunes around.

Wales teenager Ben Woodburn has been backed to “thrive” and fill the huge void left by Gareth Bale’s World Cup absence.

North Ronaldsay is the northernmost island of the Orkney archipelago. 

From sharing Big Macs with David Beckham to preparing young footballers for the pitfalls of life as a pro, Pat McGibbon has taken an interesting career path

The latest club-by-club transfer guide of all the happenings in the transfer window.

A club-by-club transfer guide of the happenings on transfer day so far.

Bryan Ruiz could return for Fulham’s Boxing Day clash against struggling Southampton.

Fulham will be able to call upon Kieran Richardson again when Tottenham head to Craven Cottage tomorrow.

Fulham will again be without a number of key players for Saturday’s trip to Stoke.

Kieran Richardson will miss Fulham’s Premier League clash with his former club Sunderland on Sunday because of a hamstring injury.

Fulham midfielder Mahamadou Diarra was today in a race against time to be fit for tomorrow’s Premier League game against Arsenal.

Fulham and Republic of Ireland winger Damien Duff is available for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League clash at Reading after recovering from an illness.

Dimitar Berbatov is amongst the players Fulham can welcome back for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Andrew Johnson is one of several players ruled out of Fulham’s Premier League clash against Sunderland.

Fulham 2 Stoke 1

Fulham will welcome back Andrew Johnson and Simon Davies for Saturday’s trip to Blackburn.

Andrew Johnson, Bobby Zamora and Damien Duff are all likely to miss Fulham’s trip to Norwich on New Year’s Eve.

Simon Davies hopes to be back for Fulham’s new year fixtures after overcoming an injury setback.

Fulham have no fresh injury concerns heading into the west London derby with Chelsea on St Stephen's Day.

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Chris Smalling admits he would not be where he is today without the two years he spent at Fulham. Smalling will show no mercy towards his old club tonight when United visit Craven Cottage hunting three more points in their quest to retain the Barclays Premier League title.

Republic of Ireland winger Damien Duff is injured for Fulham’s trip to Swansea in the Premier League tomorrow.

Fulham will be without several first-team players for tomorrow’s trip to Arsenal in the Barclays Premier League.

Bobby Zamora, Clint Dempsey and Danny Murphy are among the Fulham players returning for Sunday’s Premier League clash against Everton.

Fulham forwards Bobby Zamora and Mousa Dembele are both available for Sunday’s west London derby against QPR after recovering from illness.

Bobby Zamora and Mousa Dembele have been left out of the Fulham squad for tomorrow’s Europa League tie against Odense BK in Denmark.

Fulham striker Bobby Zamora is a doubt for tomorrow’s Europa League play-off second leg against Dnipro in Ukraine.

Danny Murphy is expected to shake off a knock to feature in Fulham’s Barclays Premier League clash at Wolves on Sunday.

Fulham midfielders Simon Davies and Bjorn Helge Riise will not feature in tomorrow’s Europa League play-off first leg against Dnipro at Craven Cottage.

Bobby Zamora will lead the Fulham attack against Aston Villa tomorrow despite having a broken hand.

Bobby Zamora is fit to start Fulham’s Europa League third qualifying round second leg against RNK Split tomorrow despite breaking his hand.

NSI Runavik 0 Fulham 0 (Fulham win 3-0 on aggregate)

Fulham 3 NSI Runavik 0

THEY may have seen Manchester United effectively overtake their record of 18 league titles just 24 hours earlier, but the Reds of Liverpool were in buoyant mood last night as they hammered hapless Fulham to move back into fifth place.

Sunderland 0 Fulham 3

Fulham 3 Bolton 0

Wolves 1 Fulham 1

FT: Fulham 3 Blackpool 0

888 Holdings, the UK-listed Internet gambling company that supplies services to Caesars Entertainment, rose the most in more than three months in London trading after reports that Ladbrokes is mulling an offer of more than 70 pence per share for the company.

Clint Dempsey and Simon Davies are expected to feature in Fulham’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Bolton on Sunday.

Fulham 0 Chelsea 0

FT: Fulham 1 Newcastle 0

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI has welcomed Robbie Keane’s transfer to West Ham, just one week after the Ireland manager warned that the striker’s Irish place would be under threat if he didn’t escape his limbo at Spurs.

Wales boss Gary Speed has left Craig Bellamy out of his squad for the Carling Nations Cup match against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin next month.

Fulham 6 Peterborough 2

Stoke 0 Fulham 2

MARK HUGHES could never have envisaged at the start of the season that he would be fighting to save his position at Fulham and have his own supporters calling for him to be sacked by Christmas.

Fulham 1 West Ham 3

Samir Nasri may have stolen the headlines but Arsene Wenger also paid tribute to Johan Djourou for helping Arsenal go top of the Barclays Premier League with a nervy win over Fulham.

Daily Mail & General Trust today said it saw a record full-year performance from its Daily Mail and Metro newspapers as it reported a 23% leap in profits.

Fulham 1 Aston Villa 1