Fulham celebrate coming back a key player from injury break…….

We pick out our favourite Fulham celebrations from recent years in this week’s Top 10 feature.

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Sean Davis vs. Blackburn Rovers & Sheffield Wednesday – April 2001

Our squad for the 2000/01 promotion campaign was the envy of every club outside the top flight, but one of the stand-out performers that season was a home-grown youngster from Battersea. Sean Davis had proven himself to be a consistent box-to-box midfielder under Jean Tigana, and so it was apt he scored two of the most important goals that year. His jig following the winner at Ewood Park perfectly encapsulated the party spirit that the victory brought, before he was overcome with excitement when he grabbed the goal against Sheffield Wednesday five days later that secured the title. The yellow card he received for ripping his shirt off was undoubtedly the favourite booking of his career.

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Facundo Sava vs. Charlton Athletic 06.10.2002

The powerful striker from Argentina made history against Charlton back in October 2002 – not because he scored the winning goal, but because he became the first man in Premiership history to celebrate using a mask. Sava may not have been as prolific as he would have liked during his stint in South-West London, but he was a popular player with the Fulham Faithful for his work rate, hold-up play, and his affection for the Mask of Zorro. Addicks fans sought revenge on Sava for his antics when we played them in the FA Cup later in the season, as they brought 4,000 red Zorro masks to Loftus Road to pop on should they score. Sadly for the opposition, Steed Malbranque’s hat-trick in a 3-0 win saw them go unused.

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Papa Bouba Diop vs. Manchester United 13.12.2004

With just three minutes left on the clock, Fulham were trailing to Alan Smith’s first half effort at Craven Cottage when Papa Bouba Diop unleashed a ferocious strike to earn us a point. He’d scored a brilliant volley against Chelsea a month earlier to open his account for the Whites, but his effort against United was even better – and he knew it. Having bent his effort beyond Roy Carroll at the Hammersmith End, the Senegal international sprinted to the corner flag in front of the Cottage – beaming all the way – before performing a celebratory dance that was halted only by the presence of Collins John leaping onto his back.

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Moritz Volz vs. Chelsea 30.12.2006

Ahead of the final round of matches of 2006, it was a fact that someone was about to score the 15,000th goal in the Premier League – and of all the favourites to grab it, Moritz Volz probably wasn’t too high up on