FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers 4 Stoke City 1: Blessed with a proud striking heritage featuring the likes of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, Blackburn supporters can now heap their adoration upon Norwegian international Josh King after an extraordinary 19-minute hat-trick.

Man City 4 Stoke City 1

Newcastle 1 Stoke 1: By Mark Hughes’s usual abrasive standards, his criticism of referee Kevin Friend was calm and measured, but that was only because the Stoke City manager had seen substitute Peter Crouch earn his team a deserved point with a 90th-minute header.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 22 in the Premier League.

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Arsenal 3 Stoke 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 12 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Tottenham 1 Stoke 2

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 10 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

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Hull City 1 Stoke City 1

Premier League team news

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

Damien Duff, Steve Sidwell, Giorgos Karagounis, Mahamadou Diarra, John Arne Riise and John Heitinga are among the players who have left Fulham following their relegation from the Barclays Premier League.

Fulham 2 Crystal Palace 2

Stoke City 4 Fulham 1

Tottenham 3 Fulham 1

Cardiff’s hopes of striding closer to Barclays Premier League survival suffered a setback as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were held to a dramatic 1-1 draw at home to Stoke.

Aston Villa 1 Fulham 2

Hugo Rodallega gave Fulham a lifeline in their fight against relegation from the Premier League with a late winner against Aston Villa this afternoon.

Fulham 1 Everton 3

Fulham gave a first start to teenage striker Moussa Dembele in their Barclays Premier League clash with Everton at Craven Cottage.

Cardiff City 1 Fulham 1

Arsenal have Kieran Gibbs back in their first XI and record signing Mesut Ozil on the bench for the Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Manchester United field Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and former Gunners captain Robin van Persie for tonight’s Barclays Premier League clash at Arsenal.

Manchester United 2 Fulham 2

David Moyes has named Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata together in his Manchester United starting line-up for the first time as the Red Devils look to maintain their Barclays Premier League momentum at Stoke.

Juan Mata has been handed his first Manchester United start for their Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff – and Robin van Persie returned too as David Moyes’ men looked to kick-start their season.

Arsenal 2 Fulham 0

Darren Bent masterminded Fulham's 3-0 FA Cup third-round replay victory over Norwich at Craven Cottage as the Canaries' winless run reached eight matches.

Fulham 1 Sunderland 4

Adam Johnson's hat-trick spearheaded Sunderland's third win in six days, a ruthless 4-1 Barclays Premier League victory at Fulham today.

Fulham 2 West Ham 1

Fulham 2 West Ham 1

Hull City 6 Fulham 0

Manchester United took on Norwich at Carrow Road without England forward Wayne Rooney, who did not travel to Norfolk.

Fulham 2 Man City 4

Everton 4 Fulham 1

Fulham 2 Aston Villa 0

Dimitar Berbatov brushed off talk of a January exit to end Fulham's six-game Premier League losing streak as the Cottagers saw off Aston Villa 2-0 today.

Fulham 1 Tottenham 2

Robin van Persie was again absent from the Manchester United squad but Marouane Fellaini was selected to face former club Everton at Old Trafford.

West Ham 3 Fulham 0

Southampton 2 Fulham 0