HARRY WILSON put Craven Cottage in a spin with a stunning late double blast.
The Fulham sub equalised two minutes into added time with an acrobatic mid-air twist before winning it with a diving header in the 97th minute to turn this West London derby on its head in every sense.
Brentford had led from the 24th minute thanks to an equally spectacular 30 yard strike from German midfielder Vitaly Janelt and looked to be heading for a top half spot in the Premier League and a first away win of the season.
Keeper Mark Flekken had also defied a pulled hamstring just minutes after kick off to defy an onslaught from Fulham in the second half before finally succumbing at the death.
Fulham chief Marco Silva was running out of ideas and turned to midfielder Wilson with just nine minutes of the game remaining and was rewarded with a memorable victory over the neighbours.
He first combined with fellow sub Adama Traore who crossed from the right to leap athletically into space and flick the ball past defender Mads Roerslev and over the head of the keeper.
It set up a frenetic finale as fresh legs Wilson then popped up in the area to head home a cross from Antonee Robinson to snatch it with virtually the last move of the match.
Fulham appeared to be resigned to a second successive home defeat before Silva’s masterstroke from the bench.
Despite their domination and wave after wave of attacks, Flekken and Brentford’s hardworking centre back pairing of Ethan Pinnock and Nathan Collins were repelling everything thrown at them.
It seemed as if one moment of magic would be enough to settle it – until two came along at once.
Fulham’s dangerous dithering on the ball ten yards in front of their goal area cost them in the first half as they lost possession and Christian Norgaard slipped a low pass left to Janelt, who was waiting in plenty of space.
He also had time to tee up a laser like left foot shot across the area that evaded the full length dive of Bernd Leno and rifled into the opposite corner of the net.
It is his first goal of the season – equalling his tally for the whole of the last. Janelt may not score many but they are worth waiting for.
He then went close to grabbing a second just before half time when another long range shot whistled past the Fulham post.
At the other end there was drama too as Bees’ keeper Flekken hobbled his way around after appearing to pull a hamstring kicking the ball just a few minutes into the match.
Pinnock was forced to take the goal kicks and at times Flekken looked like he wouldn’t make it to half time.
But the evident injury didn’t dull his reactions and after making a double save from Reiss Nelson, Brentford’s flying Dutchman hurled himself into mid-air to clutch a goalbound, downward header from Emile Smith-Rowe – feeling the full force of Nelson who came in at full speed to pounce on the follow up.
Limpalong Flekken recovered enough by the second half to save efforts from sub Adama Traore, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey.
He was also perfectly positioned to save a powerful point blank header from Fulham centre back Joachim Andersen as the Cottagers chased a late equaliser.
They got it through the energy and enthusiasm of Wilson who had yet to score this season but now has two goals in five minutes to celebrate.
MARRIED At First Sight fans have been left horrified by Luke’s ‘disgusting’ move to impress his wife Amy, during their homestays week.
As Amy brought Luke to her mum’s home and introduced Luke to her dog, he made himself at home, got down on the floor and let the dog lick his face and mouth.
Amy couldn’t believe what she was witnessing and viewers felt much the same as they flooded social media with their comments.
One person wrote: “Luke, I like you, but that dog behaviour is disgusting.”
A second added: “If someone was licking my dog like that I would be seriously concerned.”
A third said: “Does Luke fancy Amy’s dog or what? This licking is terrible.”
A fourth person echoed: “Luke stop licking that dog ASAP.”
Someone else said: “Luke I didn’t have a bad word to say about you until you let the dog lick you like that.”
Amy complained to the camera about the noises Luke was making as the dog licked him, as Luke let it happen again while laying in bed with Amy in the morning.
Luke and Amy tied the knot just minutes after meeting down the aisle as part of the E4 programme.
As the homestays continued the two also meet up with Amy’s pals.
Amy’s friend asks Luke: “Adult entertainment.. is that what you see yourself doing, even now when you’ve got a wife?”
Speaking to camera, Luke says: “This is definitely an attempt to assassinate my character.”
Awkwardly during the dinner, he adds: “Well.. as of now, I’m a single man,” and puts his ring on the table.
Amy fumes: “You lied. You’re a liar.”
Luke then says to camera: “Maybe it’s not meant to be.”
Meanwhile, Amy has opened up on her marriage and behaviour during homestays week after a tough time for the couple recently.
She penned on social media: “From bad, to worse…
“Tonight’s episode will be a difficult one to watch for me. I’m not proud of my behavior or of the person I was pushed to become, I might be over reacting writing this but I look back at this person and remember how I lost me.
“Emotions ran extremely high during home stays, with a lot of tension building up at that point due to things going on behind the scenes, which unfortunately cannot be disclosed out of respect.
“When I visited my home, my mum was really down and didn’t want to be part of the filming. This was when she unintentionally hinted at some tough news regarding my brother, which made an already challenging time even harder.
Please be kind when watching, to both myself, Luke, and my amazing friends. Remember that what you see is only a few clips from many hours of filming.
“It’s hard to see things being portrayed this way, but at the end of the day, this is the reality of TV, and it’s what I signed up for. I know I’m not demanding, boring, or any of the other things I’ve been called recently by a select few.
I am a strong woman that knows her worth and doesn’t take s***, I’m also not an actor and never aspire to be.
“The people who know me know the real me, and that’s all that matters 
“I hope you enjoy tonight’s episode and watching the rest of mine and Luke’s journey together, we just might surprise you.
“Love, kindness, and positivity to you all and to the judgmental trolls that don’t know me, f*** you.”
NOEL and Liam Gallagher will not get a penny until their Oasis tour starts — in case they fall out.
The feuding pair are to get their joint £6million fee for each gig only after playing, insiders revealed.
A row between the Gallagher brothers would have a massive knock-on effect if it leads to Oasis gig cancellations, industry experts warned last night.
Promoters have drawn up contracts stating Noel and Liam will not get paid until their reunion tour kicks off — in case the notoriously volatile pair fall out beforehand.
Music insiders said a whole host of people behind the scenes are relying on them to maintain good relations.
A source told The Sun: “There were no upfront earnings because, ultimately, if they fall out, it would leave everyone in limbo.
“It’s a common arrangement but because of Noel and Liam’s fiery relationship it seems even more necessary.
“They have to perform to be paid.
“It’s simple and hopefully an effective way to make sure they can tolerate each other for the length of the shows.”
A furious bust-up between the Mancunian twosome moments before a gig in Paris in 2009 led to the band’s break-up.
Their feud then simmered until this summer, when they announced plans for a highly lucrative reunion tour in 2025, with tickets selling out in minutes.
Noel, 57, and Liam, 52, are expected to pocket almost £3million apiece for each of the 33 stadium gigs but will only get the money after they come off stage.
Gaby Cartwright, Head of Partnerships at Live Music Industry Venues and Entertainment, said: “It would be stipulated that no money will be put into the hands of the artists until we know they are actually going to turn up on stage, because they fall out all the time.
“There are so many people’s money at stake.
“The artists’ agents, the promoters, the crew, the band, the PRs, the label, the management.
“It is all in everyone’s best interest that this tour goes ahead.”
It kicks off in Cardiff on July 4, and includes dates at Wembley, Dublin, Edinburgh, North America and Australia.
A second source insisted the brothers “are focused on putting on the best show for their fans”.
They added: “People are still pinching themselves this is happening.
“It will be history making and their teams can’t wait for the shows to start.”
FANS are being urged not to buy tickets using bank transfer after it emerged con victims were losing £346 on average.
Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director at Lloyds Bank, said requests for such payments should “set alarm bells ringing”.
She said nine in ten scam cases start with fake Facebook adverts, with a third of victims aged between 35 and 44.
Corrie star Tony Maudsley, whose £600 payment for four tickets to a “guy on Facebook” was stopped by his bank, said: “Beware. This is a new level of scamming.”
BOYZONE and Westlife have sold out stadiums all over the world.
But now three members of the famous Nineties pop bands have entered a new arena with a fresh challenge – to take a part-time football club all the way to the Premier League.
Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy from Boyzone, with Brian McFadden of Westlife fame, are now shareholders of Chorley FC, who play in the National League North — SIX rungs below England’s top-flight squads.
Chorley is just 25 miles from Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, but the clubs are light years apart in footballing terms.
The smaller team, nicknamed The Magpies, averages gates of 1,400, compared to City’s 53,000.
Their 80-year-old stand was originally built on an ash tip, and the club boasts such a community vibe, a fan once drove a crocked player to hospital because no ambulance was nearby.
Now, with a potential documentary in the offing tracking their journey, Shane, Keith and Brian believe there is no reason why they can’t mirror Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds at Wrexham — whose story features in a Disney+ show — and Gary Neville at Salford City.
Both have taken struggling teams towards the promised land.
Brian, 44, said: “We have aspirations, just like Wrexham and Ryan Reynolds.
“I wake up some nights thinking, ‘We’re going to win the Premier League in the next 30 years’.
“You have to dream big, and we’ve got to aim for the top.
“Teams like Salford and Wrexham, who have well-known owners, make us think, ‘Why not us?’.”
And he joked: “Gary Neville and Ryan Reynolds may need to watch out!”
Keith added of the locals’ pride in the team: “We’re from a working-class background in the north side of Dublin and it’s all about family.
“It’s all about community — and coming here today, it’s like being home.
“Hopefully we’re going to be the new adopted sons.”
This week, The Sun was invited for the first ever access-all-areas tour of the ground with the lads, and to witness a 2-1 win for their team that took them joint top of their league.
It is exactly a year since the trio signed on the dotted line as investors.
Since then, the club has invested £250,000 in a new pitch, installed safer terracing at the 4,100-capacity ground and also created a brand new hospitality suite.
But the pop stars insist they will not be meddling in the running of the team.
Chorley Football Club belongs to the people of Chorley
Keith Duffy
Shane, 48, said: “What’s on the pitch stays on the pitch, and what’s off the pitch kind of stays off the pitch.
“We try not to bleed into both.
“We are here as investors.”
Brian, who lives in neighbouring Rochdale, added: “When I was signed to big record companies, I hated it when they told me how to sing.
“So, we’re definitely not going to tell them how to play football.”
We arrive at the 105-year-old Victory Park stadium two hours before Saturday’s crunch home tie against King’s Lynn.
The old-fashioned turnstiles creak as stewards warmly greet fans by their first names.
One supporter sells pin badges while others chat to the players and give them high-fives as they head inside.
Shane and Brian — both wearing club jerseys — guide us into the home dressing room, where the team’s black, white and red shirts bearing each player’s name are hung up neatly, with the rest of the kit folded below.
We have aspirations, just like Wrexham and Ryan Reynolds. I wake up some nights thinking, ‘We’re going to win the Premier League in the next 30 years
Brian McFadden
But this is where the similarities with a Premier League changing room end.
Instead of giant interactive screens similar to those you would see at the likes of City and Liverpool, a whiteboard displays hand-written notes on that day’s match rivals.
Shane embraces Chorley manager Andy Preece and the pair share a joke.
Brian, who scored a 1999 No1 with Westlife covering Abba’s I Have A Dream, said: “When I’ve got grandchildren, I want to be able to say I was a part of that.”
However, not all fans were convinced when Shane’s friends, who bought the 141-year-old club last year, invited the lads to invest.
Keith said: “Chorley Football Club belongs to the people of Chorley.
“They’ve got this amazing community support.
“It’s their club and I think there was a worry that we might come in and try to make it a bit Hollywood and throw money at it.
“After speaking to everyone, we said we couldn’t do that.
“We had to let this club grow naturally.”
Shane added: “I’m not hugely into football, but Brian and Keith are.
“It’s amazing to see how the fans bought into having two guys from Boyzone and a fella from Westlife on board.”
And it’s not just the club that is in a different league.
Most of Chorley’s players also have day jobs, such as school sports coach, personal trainer, plumber and electrician.
One even works for the National Crime Agency.
Outside, the ground has changed since the club was formed after switching from a rugby team in 1883.
Fans can get in for just £14 if they buy tickets online, while under-12s go free — a snip compared to the £100 sometimes charged by Premier League sides in the area.
Chorley — a town of just 120,000 people — is famed for its Chorley cake but, as well as being able to grab one with a cuppa for less than £3, the ground’s delicacy is its butter chicken, mushy peas and gravy for just over £5.
Since the lads took over a year ago, a revamp means state-of-the-art hospitality facilities offer fans a two-course meal, their own car parking space, a programme, signed ball and the best seats for less than £70 a head if bought in a group of six.
Hospitality manager Sue Gautrey began working as a barmaid at the club in 2002, and said: “It has always felt like home.
“My three daughters work here and I hope I’ll be here until I retire.
“It’s quite surreal seeing Boyzone and Westlife wandering around, but they are lovely.
“Everyone associated with the club is great.”
In the summer, Shane, Keith and Brian saw £250,000 spent on a new pitch and drainage system, while the terracing got fresh Tarmac, a new perimeter fence was installed and improvements were made to the quaint main stand.
Chairman Jamie Vermiglio, a former player who managed the club to the fourth round of the FA Cup in 2021, when they were beaten by Premier League side Wolves, said: “Having these guys here is brilliant for the club.
“It’s exciting.
“We have had some great times and achievements, and hopefully we will have many more.”
I’m not hugely into football, but Brian and Keith are. It’s amazing to see how the fans bought into having two guys from Boyzone and a fella from Westlife on board
Shane Lynch
Shane said: “We’re on a ten-year project and we are coming into Year Two.
“We’ve got lots of ideas for the ground, for the game and to grow Chorley as a town.
“What we are doing is very much community based.
“Just look at the queues outside.
“This is why this club is alive, and the more people we can have walking through the turnstiles, is very important to us.”
The trio said they are keen to bring in new sponsorship, boost attendance and generate funds to help climb the leagues.
And watching their match with full-time squad King’s Lynn, it could be the start of something.
Chorley win 2-1, sending them joint top with former league club Scunthorpe.
Fans are jubilant and chant, “We are going up” as they leave.
Chorley is a great community and the support they have is great. This is how it should be and it is a great day out for families
Keith Duffy
Jean Pedley, 82, started watching the team aged 12 and lives next to the ground.
She said: “My mother used to wash the kit.
“My sister and I used to work in the refreshment bar and all you could buy was a pork pie and a cup of tea.
“Now we have pop stars here.
“It’s changed a lot.”
John Vernon, 81, a supporter of 70 years, said: “The Premier League is another world, but this is the charm of it here.
“At a game in Nottingham, one of our players suffered a nasty cut and there wasn’t an ambulance so I drove him to hospital.
“I managed to get him back to the ground before the team coach left.
“When we arrived back, everyone cheered.
“If we’d missed the coach, I’d have happily driven him home.
“Where else would that happen?”
In the trophy room, Keith, 50, hailed fans’ post-match celebrations, which include a singer and a live band, revealing: “Chorley is a great community and the support they have is great.
“This is how it should be and it is a great day out for families.”
He added of their win over King’s Lynn: “It was good to see that today.”
Shane added: “I was having a bit of banter with the fans, telling them that it’s not my fault if we lose.
“I was nervous at the end of the game and it was a great buzz to winning.
“There are real similarities with having a great gig.”
DONALD Trump declared the election “ours to lose” last night as America prepared to go to the polls in the tightest race in more than two decades.
Kamala Harris had a wafer-thin poll lead on the eve of voting as she hammered the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania yesterday.
But in reality the numbers were well within the margin of error, with Mr Trump insisting he is on the eve of an historic comeback.
Speaking to thousands of reporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the seven battleground states, he said: “If we get everybody out and vote, there’s not a thing they can do.”
He also vowed a 25 per cent tariff on all goods from Mexico on his first day in office should he win tonight.
Both teams last night claimed they were “feeling good” about their numbers after an unprecedented 78 million voters had already gone to the polls early.
His senior adviser Jason Miller told reporters: “The numbers show that President Trump is going to win this race.
“We feel very good about where things are.”
But Ms Harris’s Democrat campaign believes the sheer size of its voter mobilisation efforts will swing it for them.
Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon hit back: “We are feeling very good about where we are right now.”
The two contenders pulled out all the stops — including A-List celebrities — as they spent the past 24 hours zig-zagging across the northern swing states.
Mr Trump, who survived a near-death shooting in July, attended three battleground states as the curtain comes down on the two-year election battle.
He spent the day in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan as he aimed to become only the second defeated leader to win a non-consecutive term.
Meanwhile, Vice President Harris made her final pitch to supporters in Pennsylvania with the support of pop stars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to try get her over the line.
The pair are battling over the 538 electoral college votes in the state-by-state race — with one of the candidates needing the magic 270 to win the Presidency.
But Mr Trump has admitted that he could lose the fight and has spent much of the last week trying to discredit the election.
When asked if he could lose the two-horse race, he said: “Yeah, I guess, you know, I guess you could lose, can lose.
“I mean, that happens, right?
“But I think I have a pretty substantial lead, but, you could say, yeah, yeah, you could lose.
“Bad things could happen.
“You know, things happen, but it’s going to be interesting.”
On the campaign trail, the issue of abortion could well be a defining one that ultimately puts Ms Harris into the White House.
It’s the first national election since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade case, which protected the right to abortion.
Democrats are pinning their hopes on a surge of female Republican supporters switching to them on the issue.
Last night, CNN’s polling aggregates had Ms Harris edging over the line to the 270 Electoral College votes needed.
Mr Trump was leading in the Sun Belt of Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada.
But without winning one of Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, he would fall short.
Were Ms Harris to take all three of those so-called Rust Belt states, she would be the next President.
Lawyers and campaigners were preparing for a potential pitched legal battle in those states, where all the polls have predicted a virtual dead heat.
The last time an election was projected to be this close was Al Gore v George W. Bush in 2000, when the result was not declared until December.
The campaigns went all the way to the Supreme Court, with Mr Bush ultimately winning.
Meanwhile, workers on construction sites in Washington DC have been told to lock away anything that can be stolen and thrown as a weapon as election results come in tomorrow night.
Shops are being boarded up and fences erected in the area where Kamala Harris will watch TV coverage at Howard University where she studied.
Cops say they aren’t responding to any specific threat but are making sure they are prepared for any unrest.
More than 3,000 police officers are working on 12-hour shifts with the majority of leave cancelled until after the election fall-out.
Christopher Rodriguez, Washington’s assistant city administrator, said preparations began after the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021.
The disorder followed Mr Trump’s attempt to overturn the last election result when he lost to Joe Biden.
IT’S set to be one of the tightest elections in history as America goes to the polls to decide its next President.
Nearly 70 million people have already cast their votes early — either in person or through the mail.
But it’s not a simple case of whoever wins the most votes across America becomes President.
In fact, more people (65.8 million) voted for Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election than Donald Trump (62.9).
Trump is just one of five presidents in US history to walk into the White House without winning the popular vote.
That’s because of something called electoral college votes.
Almost all of America’s 50 states receive a share of 538 electoral college votes — generally allocated according to the size of their populations.
The largest state, California, has 54 votes while smaller states, such as Alaska, have as few as three.
If a candidate wins a state they collect all the electoral votes in that state — except in Maine and Nebraska, which have a slightly different “split vote” system.
The only thing that really matters for the future President is reaching that magic number of 270 states or more.
Here, we look at what to watch out for on the big night — and the messy days which may follow.
MOST American states — 43 of 50 — vote in the same way at each and every election — either Democrat (Kamala Harris) or Republican (Donald Trump).
If both candidates win the states that history suggests are certain to vote for them it will leave Harris needing 44 votes for victory while Trump will require 51.
The outcome will therefore depend on just seven remaining key swing states.
These are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — where there are a total of 93 electoral votes up for grabs
The seven states which will unlock the door to the Oval office are grouped into two different parts — the Rust Belt (worth 44 votes) in the north east and the Sun Belt (worth 49) in the south.
Residents in the Rust Belt — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — live in the US’s decaying former industrial heartland.
They traditionally vote Democrat because of their long history with the unions.
But in 2016 they flipped to crown Trump.
If Harris gets them she is likely to win.
If Trump triumphs he will still need to pick up at least one more state elsewhere.
If Trump takes the Sun Belt states — Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina — then just like with the Rust Belt he would still need another state to prevail.
RIGHT now the key states are so close that recounts might well delay the results for days.
In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden wasn’t declared the winner for four days until the result in Pennsylvania became clearer.
In 2000, the election battle between Republican George W Bush and Democrat Al Gore lasted a month as the two campaigns warred over tight voting in Florida.
The US Supreme Court voted to end the state’s recount process, which kept Bush in the Oval office.
IF Donald Trump loses he has already indicated he will challenge the result as he did at the last election in 2020 — triggering chaos across the United States.
The former President recently said he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after he was defeated.
His departure in January 2021 led to rioting at the US Capitol in Washington DC by his supporters.
A recent poll showed a quarter of Americans even fear that this election could lead to a post-election American civil war.
THE latest polling shows all seven swing states too close to call with Trump and Harris both making slight ground in some.
Pollsters have put Trump ahead in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Harris is said to be ahead in the Midwestern states of Michigan and Wisconsin.
The margins between the pair are so slim in any of these “toss-up states” that either candidate could still win the race to the White House on just a few thousand votes.
IN some elections we know who has won hours after the first states close voting at midnight UK time.
So if you’re getting in the popcorn to watch tonight it’s going to be a late one.
Georgia will be among the first to count the ballots while Hawaii and Alaska will continue voting until 5am on Wednesday morning.
At 12.30am North Carolina will close its polls followed by the other key states, Pennsylvania (1am), Michigan and Wisconsin (2am), Nevada (6am) and California (6am).