“Hi Rob,” writes Richard Hirst. “I sort of understand why your preamble is devoted to Arsenal (Charles Antaki, we feel your pain), but there are two teams with something to play for today. I’ve never seen Fulham win anything in my 62 years of supporting them, largely because we are the biggest team in England never to have won anything.
“I was at Wembley in 1975 and in Hamburg in 2010, a gap of 35 years. If we qualify for Europe this season and get to the final in 2027 that will be a gap of 17 years, or roughly half. So I reckon that with luck and good health I’ve got that final plus one in 2035 (half the gap again) to see Fulham win something. To that end, we need to win today; sorry Charles.”
Brentford 3-0 West Ham
Newcastle 3-1 Brighton
Wolves 1-1 Sunderland
