Rise of a Football God

Immediately after the win against Manchester City in Craven Cottage, the Fulham fans stayed behind in the stadium as they celebrated their players.

Fulham threw a mini party immediately after the game.

This was not an impromptu decision though, rather, it was a premeditated one. After the best season of their lives in recent years, with a trophy to go with it, the EFL Cup, Fulham now celebrated their amazing season.

They celebrated because the season was drawing to an end.

The game against Manchester City was matchday 37 of the 2023/2024 premier league season, which meant the next game would decide the season.

Amid loud singing and chanting from the fans around the stadium, together, the Fulham squad ran around the stadium, acknowledging their fans even as champagne and beer were used to spice up the occasion.

Sam didn't partake in the drinking though, his immune system never agreed with alcohol till today.

The celebration did not take too long, this was because the Fulham club already planned an open bus parade to take the celebrations of their first trophy in years to the next gear.

All the Fulham players joined the bus parade, including Sam as they drove around Fulham, jubilating with their fans.

At the end of it all, Sam got back to his hotel room very late.

He was thoroughly exhausted though. He didn't waste time, quickly taking his bath before falling into the cool embrace of sleep.

The next day, when Sam woke up, nothing changed, his regular schedule continued. Fulham was in imperious form but it did not mean he would turn complacent due to the great mood around the club.

Instead of getting complacent, Sam only took it as more motivation to work hard and keep the high standards of his team.

That morning, he completed his daily system quest like usual before taking the rest of the day to sleep and rest properly since Coach Marco Silva gave his players 2 days of rest after the performance against Manchester City.

After the 2 days of rest though, Sam resumed training.

Alongside his teammates, he trained intensely, preparing for their last game of the premier league season against Luton Town, the newly promoted club that was fighting against relegation.

The next game would decide Luton Town's fate, if they would stay in the premier league or if they would be relegated to the lower division league.

This reason made the next game a must-win one for Luton Town. But Fulham also wanted to win, they wanted to end the season with a bang.

On the next matchday, these 2 desires would clash in the last footballing battle of the season for Fulham.

Coach Marco Silva already released the line-up and fixtures to his players some time ago.

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(Sheffield United – Tottenham)

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(Luton Town – Fulham)

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(Brighton – Man United)

(Date: 19th May, 2024)

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(Man City – West Ham)

(Date: 19th May, 2024)

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(Arsenal – Everton)

(Date: 19th May, 2024)

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(Brentford – Newcastle)

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(Crystal Palace – Aston Villa)

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(Burnley – Nottingham Forest)

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(Chelsea – Bournemouth)

(Date: 19th May, 2024)

It was the final matchday of the 2023/2024 premier league season.

Following the tradition of previous seasons, on the last matchday, all the 20 clubs of the premier league would be playing at the same time, going at it one last time to decide their final position in the league table and most importantly, the winner of the 2023/2024 premier league title.

Not only would it decide the premier league champion, it would also decide the champions league spots, including the Europa league spot, and the clubs that would be relegated out of the premier league entirely.

The days to the build-up of these games was filled with anticipation.

The players themselves felt the same way as they put their all in training every day, and in the blink of an eye, it was D-day again.

The Fulham team went to away ground, Luton Town's home stadium.

Standing on the pitch in the last game of the 2023/2024 premier league season, Sam felt hyped. 'This is my first regular end to a season considering that the last NPFL season was an abridged format'.

'Last game of the season,' he grinned. 'One more chance to shove myself in the limelight'.

Sam approached this game with a winning mentality.

And when the referee's whistle started, with him leading in the middle of the pitch, Fulham quickly asserted their authority over this game.

For this game, an entirely different line-up started with the likes of Raul Jimenez, Adama, Wilson, Reed, Tete, and Ream all starting.

Despite the mix-up, Fulham were still the superior team.

And like expected, Fulham opened the scoring first through Adama after a dangerous cross from Sam after dominating as the best player of this game since.

It came late in the 43rd minute but finally, the floodgates opened.

Just 3 minutes later, in the 45th plus 1 minute, Fulham conceded a penalty as Morris, the Luton Town right winger stepped up to score an emphatic penalty.

But 2 minutes later, Fulham extended their league again through Jimenez this time from a simple tap-in after some scrambling in the Luton Town box.

Half-time ended with Fulham leading.

When second half started, Fulham took it a notch higher and it was all Sam as he extended Fulham's lead, scoring a screamer in the 49th minute.

Luton Town were losing by 2 goals but facing the threat of relegation, this team dug in to score another goal in the 55th minute, reducing the lead.

It was not enough to save them though.

14 minutes later, Sam added the nail to the coffin, going on a mazy run from midfield before rounding Kaminski, the Fulham goalkeeper and scoring an amazing goal to send the away section of this stadium roaring for the umpteenth time this game.

In the 69th minute, Luton Town were trailing 2 goals down again.

For the rest of this game, Luton Town tried their best buoyed by the loud noise being made by their fans as they tried to force a comeback but they could not. The game ended 2-4 in Fulham's favor.

And with that, Fulham's season officially came to an end, spiced up with a win.

Not just Fulham's, the 2023/2024 premier league season officially came to an end and with it, the final league table was decided.

The 2023/2024 premier league champion was decided.

Manchester City were the champions of England again for a record 4th straight time.