As featured on NewsNow: Football news

West Ham 1-1 Fulham: Hammers drop to bottom

West Ham United dropped to the bottom of the table after being held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham.

Fulham's Clint Dempsey opened the scoring by again beating Robert Green with a 33rd minute volley before Frederic Piquionne headed home to equalise six minutes after the break.

West Ham fell to the bottom as Everton grabbed their first win of the season at Birmingham whilst Fulham dropped to ninth.

West Ham United: 1 (Frederic Piquionne 51') Fulham: 1 (Clint Dempsey 33')

Venue: Upton Park, East London Crowd: 34,589 Referee: Andre Marriner Yellow cards:WHU - Danny Gabbidon 2', Scott Parker 32', Matthew Upson 65' FU - Dickson Etuhu 36'

Starting Line-Ups

WHU Robert Green (gk), Matthew Upson, Manuel Da Costa, Danny Gabbidon, Lars Jacobsen, Scott Parker, Luis Boa Morte, Mark Noble, Victor Obinna, Frederic Piquionne, Pablo Barrera (Cole 69')

Subs - Marek Stech (gk), Carlton Cole (69'), Benni McCarthy, Herita Ilunga, Radoslav Kovac, James Tomkins, Junior Stanislas

FU Mark Schwarzer (gk), Brede Hangeland, Aaron Hughes, Carlos Salcido, Chris Baird, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, Eddie Johnson (Kamara 77'), Clint Dempsey, Damien Duff (Gera 69'), Simon Davies (Riise 90')

Subs - Neil Etheridge (gk), Jonathan Greening, Diomansy Kamara (77'), Zoltan Gera (69'), John Pantsil, Rafik Halliche, Bjorn Riise (90')

 Need your West Ham news fix? Click here for all Hammers news and transfer rumours.

 Need your Fulham news fix? Click here for all Cottagers news and transfer rumours.

Video of the day:

Andrew Slevison
About the author

Andrew Slevison

×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

  1. Go Ad-Free
  2. Faster site experience
  3. Support great writing
  4. Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free
×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free