Travis Binnion’s team had won our last five matches in the competition, but were going to have to come from behind to extend that run after Osmand opened the scoring for Fulham in the 55th minute, slipping the ball under Murdock after he was played through on goal by Lemar Gordon’s slide-rule pass.
The young Reds saw plenty of the ball as we attempted to hit back and struck the woodwork through the lively Sharpe, who cut inside from the left and curled a low effort that took a deflection en route to flicking the outside of the goalkeeper’s left-hand post.
A stern rearguard effort from Fulham, in a low block, kept further openings to a minimum and it was only they who found the net again before the night was out, although successful finishes from Terrell Works and Luca Picotto were both ruled out by the assistant referee’s offside flag.
