Bristol Rovers 0 Fulham 0 (5-3 on penalties)

A third round FA Cup replay. To the victor: a gift of a fourth round fixture with Barnet.

I'm listening to BBC Radio Bristol and the commentator's quote of the night, "Fulham like to play football...wherever possible". So, where's possible? Not the Memorial Stadium.

Roy, who's looking increasingly like a gentleman's hairdresser from Colindale, made clear that the FA Cup was not at the top of his priority list. The priority is to instil some confidence in the team and give them a boost for their continued chase for European Champions League qualification. If you were looking for a good place to instil confidence, tonight's fixture wouldn't have been a totally inappropriate place to start. Bristol Rovers are two divisions below us with a team made up of farm workers (not that there's anything wrong with that), and yet, they gave us the right royal runaround. And this from the town that brought us Portishead.

So after 120 minutes of pretty one-sided football, we inevitably lumber towards penalties. To crown a glorious night and despite being the only Fulham player to shine throughout the game, Jimmy Bullard muffs the penalty and Bristol Rovers go through. There will be tractor door slamming in the streets of Bristol tonight.

It should be noted that in this seemingly endless victory drought, we did manage to win the toss to decide which end the penalties were taken. Somebody mount that coin and stick it in the trophy cabinet.

The West Country celebrates and the South-West London Country wonders when all this will come to an end.

A sad night for the Black and White.

THAT GAME IN FULL: Deep depression moving slowly over West Country.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Bullard, I suppose.
TURKEY OF THE MATCH: Take your pick.
TODAY'S CONFIDENCE FACTOR: Less than bullish.
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