{"id":461151,"date":"2011-07-14T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/crusaders-1-3-fulham-jol%e2%80%99s-side-avoid-europa-league-scare-as-a-zamora-header-murphy-penalty-secure-first-leg-win\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T20:37:00","slug":"crusaders-1-3-fulham-jols-side-avoid-europa-league-scare-as-a-zamora-header-murphy-penalty-secure-first-leg-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/crusaders-1-3-fulham-jols-side-avoid-europa-league-scare-as-a-zamora-header-murphy-penalty-secure-first-leg-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Crusaders 1-3 Fulham: Jol\u2019s side avoid Europa League scare as a Zamora header &#038; Murphy penalty secure first leg win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Lightfoot<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 21:37:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"75.7840222945\">\n<div readability=\"23.375\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matthew Briggs , Fulham (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/114100\/114111_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Matthew Briggs , Fulham (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"40.8722741433\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/101\/fulham\">Fulham<\/a> avoided a potential banana skin tie in Northern Ireland to take a 3-1 lead back to Craven Cottage, following their victory in the second round of Europa League qualifying against Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>The Cottagers were playing at Seaview, and were the first top-flight English opposition to play there in a competitive European game since Liverpool back in 1976<\/p>\n<p>New signing John Arne Riise wasn&#8217;t called into the squad, meaning there was a still a place in the starting line-up for youngster <strong>Matthew Briggs<\/strong> and it was he who opened the scoring &#8211; and his account for the club &#8211; after 38 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster showed no sense of stage-fright, confidently shooting from outside the box on numerous, and was rewarded when his shot nestled in the top left-hand corner of the goal.<\/p>\n<p>And the early breakthrough was much deserved by Martin Jol&#8217;s side, who started the brighter of the two, with captain Danny Murphy orchestrating proceedings from the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>But to their credit, Crusaders restricted the Cottagers to shots from distance in the first half which weren&#8217;t troubling them at all &#8211; but they failed to get a shot away themselves. England international Bobby Zamora &#8211; continuing his run in the starting XI after returning from injury &#8211; unleashed an effort from 20 yards, which goalkeeper Sean O&#8217;Neill did well to keep out.<\/p>\n<p>They did however surprise Fulham in the second-half, with Timmy Adamson levelling the scoring after 53 minutes, as the former Linfield and Dungannon Swifts striker fire home on his debut to give his team a fighting chance against Premier League opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Fulham put paid to any shock result with a quick-fire salvo with 15 minutes to play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zamora<\/strong> headed home a Damien Duff cross for his first of the campaign and skipper <strong>Murphy<\/strong> scored his second penalty of the campaign after a handball in the box by defender Paul Leeman.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Glentoran were beaten at home by Vorskla Poltava 2-0.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2915\/europa-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2575127\/crusaders-1-3-fulham-jols-side-avoid-europa-league-scare-as\" title=\"Crusaders 1-3 Fulham: Jol\u2019s side avoid Europa League scare as a Zamora header &amp; Murphy penalty secure first leg win\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crusaders 1-3 Fulham: Jol\u2019s side avoid Europa League scare as a Zamora header &amp; Murphy penalty secure first leg win<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Lightfoot 14 Jul 2011 21:37:00 Matthew Briggs , Fulham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Fulham avoided a potential banana skin tie in Northern Ireland to take a 3-1 lead back to Craven Cottage, following their victory in the second round of Europa League qualifying against Crusaders. The Cottagers were playing at Seaview, and were the first top-flight English opposition to play there in a competitive European game since Liverpool back in 1976 New signing John Arne Riise wasn&#8217;t called into the squad, meaning there was a still a place in the starting line-up for youngster Matthew Briggs and it was he who opened the scoring &#8211; and his account for the club &#8211; after 38 minutes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crusaders 1-3 Fulham: Jol\u2019s side avoid Europa League scare as a Zamora header &amp; Murphy penalty secure first leg win - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/crusaders-1-3-fulham-jols-side-avoid-europa-league-scare-as-a-zamora-header-murphy-penalty-secure-first-leg-win\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Crusaders 1-3 Fulham: Jol\u2019s side avoid Europa League scare as a Zamora header &amp; Murphy penalty secure first leg win - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Michael Lightfoot 14 Jul 2011 21:37:00 Matthew Briggs , Fulham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Fulham avoided a potential banana skin tie in Northern Ireland to take a 3-1 lead back to Craven Cottage, following their victory in the second round of Europa League qualifying against Crusaders. 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