Never mind Roy of the Rovers, the tale of Roy Hodgson and Fulham has proven even more gripping this season. The outcome of last night’s Europa League semi-final wouldn’t have looked out of place inside the famous British comic strip; but for the Cottagers, this wasn’t fantasy, this was very much a glorious reality.
At the end of the 1995/96 campaign, Fulham finished below the likes of Darlington, Barnet and Cambridge United in the basement division of the Football League. Now, just 14 years later, the west-Londoners have reached their first ever major European final, after a pulsating 2-1 victory over Hamburg.
Read on at: http://blogs.bettor.com/Roy-Hodgson-inspires-Fulham-to-Europa-League-Final-a10690
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