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A draw a fair result between Fulham and Southampton
Southampton's Kyle Walker-Peters (left) and Fulham's Ademola Lookman battle for the ball during the Premier League match at Craven Cottage, London
Fifty years ago this month, Britain faced its hottest summer on record, as welterweight champion Stracey met his match in Mexico’s Palomino, writes JOHN WIGHT.
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YOU wait nine years for a league game to end goalless at Craven Cottage and then two come along at the same time.
Southampton came closest to winning the game, with James Ward-Prowse’s free-kick thundering off the crossbar and a late Theo Walcott goal ruled out by the lines drawn in the VAR studio. Shane Long also had an effort ruled out by VAR.
In truth, it was a good game for Fulham manager Scott Parker to miss. He was tucked up in self-isolation after a member of his family caught coronavirus and his assistant Stuart Gray took charge of a game played out in intermittent freezing rain.
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