Politicians who share that goal should keep one reality in mind.

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Any player who scores a goal gets to keep the hand-painted ball, which carries a new design each year.

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And Fulham captain Murphy, who only two seasons ago scored a goal at Portsmouth to keep the then struggling west Londoners in the Premier League, sensed his team were ready to seize a historic moment.

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"I think we like what we've done the last two games but there's a long way to go here and we've got to keep our foot on the pedal, " said Ladd, who had a goal and an assist in the second period.

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But Mbu was first to strike, glancing an inswinging Scott McBride corner towards goal and, despite the efforts of Richard Walker who tried in vain to keep the ball out at the far post, the ball ended up in the back of the net.

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The goal inspired some open early exchanges, Sam Ricketts making a sliding intervention to keep out Stephen Hunt who was poised to strike for Wolves at the far post, while for Bolton Chung-Yong Lee's touch deserted him when a neat knock-down from England striker Kevin Davies found him well placed inside the area.

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