Fulham are relegated after Watford and Troy Deeney show no mercy

Another one bites the dust. Three days after Huddersfield’s fate was sealed Fulham fell to the defeat that means that they too will be relegated at the end of the season. For an hour here they held their own, threatening to add to the miserable haul of two points with which they have awarded their away following over the campaign, but after Watford took the lead for the second time what had earlier been something of a trial for the home side became an exercise in pre-Wembley confidence-boosting.

A run of eight consecutive defeats, and 12 in 13 games in all competitions, had exhausted Fulham’s supply of second chances. At kick-off they sat so far behind Burnley, Brighton and Southampton, the teams closest to the bottom three, that nothing but victory would reasonably extend their survival hopes. At least with Watford five days away from an FA Cup semi-final there was a chance that their opponents would be a little distracted.

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