Billy McKinlay’s Reserve Team will be looking to secure their first win of the season on Tuesday evening as they take on West Ham United at Motspur Park.
Last Wednesday night the Development Squad travelled to the Britannia Stadium to face Stoke City, where they gained their first point of the season with a battling performance in an entertaining 2-2 draw.
Recent reserve encounters between Fulham and West Ham have proved highly entertaining with the pick of the bunch a 4-1 Fulham win at Craven Cottage back in November 2006. Following our Reserve League double over the Hammers in 2006/07 it was the Eastenders’ turn to have the better of things last season, winning 2-0 at Bishops Stortford whilst the game here at Motspur Park finished 1-1.
The Hammers opened this season’s fixtures with a 2-0 reverse at Chelsea, but gained their first points of the season by taking all three in a seven-goal thriller against West Bromwich Albion last week. The game saw the return of Welsh international James Collins and Jack Collison from injury, but the headlines were stolen by hot prospect Freddie Sears who bagged all four goals in a 4-3 win.
Sears made a scoring debut for the first team last season when he netted minutes after coming on as substitute against Blackburn and in all, his goal tally was 25 from 24 games at reserve and youth team level. Also featuring in the Hammers team against Albion was defender Walter Lopez, the Uruguayan international who joined the club last month. Lopez can play in defence or midfield.
Another West Ham summer signing was that of former Czech Republic U21 international Jan Lastuvka who is on loan from Ukrainian club Shaktar Donetsk. Jan will be a familiar name to Fulham fans following his season-long loan at Craven Cottage in 2006/07 when he featured in eight Premier League games for the Whites. The man between the posts for the Albion game however was Marek Stech.
Match Details:
Kick-Off: 7pm
Location: Motspur Park
|Ticket Prices: £3 adults, £1 concessions
