It’s official – Fulham will play in the Premier League again. On Tuesday night, their 3-0 home win over Preston North End gave them three points that mathematically sealed their promotion after a fantastic season of dominating in the EFL Championship.Relegated club turns to relegation expert to help them out following relegationBouncing back after relegation is never entirely straightforward, but Chelsea’s neighbours Fulham strolled back to the league they were relegated from a year earlier. Managed by Marco Silva, the guy who was appointed and tasked with getting the team back up, Fulham played efficient, attacking football with many goals scored and quite a few convincing victories along the way. As the reporters in England say – they played ‘champagne football’ and earned their promotion with 26 wins, eight draws and just eight losses, having scored 98 goals.Fulham fans celebrate their promotion in style, two years before they will do the same thing again pic.twitter.com/JRpnRXYOuQ— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) April 19, 2022 Fulham’s Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was the leading man for the London team. The man whose winning goal against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal took Serbia to the World Cup had already beaten Ivan Toney’s Championship scoring record with 14 games remaining in the season. He currently sits just two behind Portsmouth’s Guy Whittingham and his 1992/93 42-goal total – the most in any second-tier season during the Premier League era. Of course, Mitro scored two goals in a 3-0 win that sealed Fulham’s return.After the celebrations have finished, the main question for Fulham would be whether they can stay in the Premier League this time and shed their newly-found label of a “yo-yo club”. After spending 13 consecutive seasons in the Premier League between 2001 and 2014, Fulham’s fortunes have been less stable in recent years, with their last five campaigns ending in either promotion or relegation.Wednesday, 21.45: (1.96) Chelsea (3.50) Arsenal (4.50)There are also questions about Mitrovic’s Premier League clash. He has an incredible 78 goals in 101 Championship matches since joining Fulham but just 14 goals in 64 Premier League matches with the club. He scored just three goals in 27 matches during Fulham’s last season in the big league. The former Newcastle and Anderlecht goalscorer now must translate his record to the most competitive league in the world.The Cottagers have crucial months ahead of them. It’s all about making the right transfers and not repeating the mistakes they’d made in the past. Spending money sensibly will be the key.4️⃣0️⃣ goals for Mitro. 🤯Can’t stop, won’t stop. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LOUPTqeIN6— Fulham Football Club: Promoted (@FulhamFC) April 19, 2022 For the time being, at least, they can celebrate what’s been a terrific season. They deserved it.
