Clint Dempsey tapped in a late Fulham winner against Reading, Everton enjoyed a stoppage time winner and Sheffield Wednesday continued their resurgence.

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COTTAGERS NAB FIRST WIN IN 10
Fulham lifted themselves away from the foot of the Premiership table on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Reading at Craven Cottage.

The win is only Fulham's second of the season thus far, but it was enough to push them to mid-table, alongside Reading on 12 points.

For Reading, Marcus Hahnemann started and played the full 90, while Bobby Convey came on as a 76th minute substitute.

ulham, on the other hand, were in the unusual position of having only one American in their squad, with Clint Dempsey starting and playing the full 90 up top. Kasey Keller and Brian McBride are injured, while Carlos Bocanegra sat out a suspension.

The game started slowly, but gradually picked up pace as Reading sat back and Fulham searched for the opening goal.

The Cottagers didn't have to search for long - Simon Davies put the home side ahead with an opportunistic finish after a weak headed clearance out of the box by Reading striker Dave Kitson.

Fulham continued to push for a second before halftime, but Davies, Dempsey and Kamara all missed chances to double the home side's advantage.

It would come back to haunt them in the second half, as Reading attacked with much more energy and soon had a goal through Kevin Doyle in the 54th minute.

However, Fulham would withstand Reading's pressure for a winner via Clint Dempsey. The American was in the right place at the right time for substitute Shefki Kuqi's knockdown header in the box, which was tapped home in the 71st minute.

Reading continued to push for an equalizer, but David Healy put the result beyond all doubt in the 90th minute with a finish off the counterattack.

Scoring
FUL - Simon Davies 3 18'
REA - Kevin Doyle 4 (Nicky Shorey) 54'
FUL - Clint Dempsey 4 (Shefki Kuqi) 72'
FUL - David Healy 3 90'

Line-ups
FUL - Antti Niemi; Dejan Stefanovic, Elliot Omozusi, Nathan Ashton, Aaron Hughes, Simon Davies, Danny Murphy, Steven Davis, Hameur Bouazza (Shefki Kuqi 67'), Clinton Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara (David Healy 67')

REA - Marcus Hahnemann; Graeme Murty (Shane Long 87'), Michael Duberry, Ibrahima Sonko, Nicky Shorey, Brynjar Gunnarsson, James Harper, Stephen Hunt, Leroy Lita (Bobby Convey 76'), Dave Kitson, Kevin Doyle

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TOFFEES SCORE LAST GASP WIN
Everton needed all 90 minutes and then some to get three points from their clash with Birmingham City at Goodison Park on Saturday.

Stoppage time goals from Lee Carsley and James Vaughan sealed the points for the Toffees, for whom Tim Howard started and played all 90 minutes.

Everton got off to a fast start in the match, going ahead thanks to an Ayegbeni Yakubu goal in only the ninth minute. The big Nigerian made no mistake in finishing off Steven Pienaar's pass, giving the Toffees the 1-0 home lead.

Everton thoroughly dominated much of the match, limiting Birmingham's chances while at the same time dominating possession and creating the most scoring chances.

However, it seemed no Everton player was equipped to finish these chances. Yakubu, Carsley, Leon Osman, and Tim Cahill all missed chances for the Toffees, who saw their wastefulness punished in the 79th minute.

It was Olivier Kapo who provided the goal for Birmingham, as the Frenchman easily headed in a corner kick.

The goal provided a much-needed Wake-up cal to Everton, who searched in desperation for a winner until Carsley provided them one with a long-range bomb that beat Birmingham keeper Maik Taylor in stoppage time.

When 19-year old substitute James Vaughn added a third in stoppage time, the result was beyond all doubt.

Scoring
EVE - Ayegbeni Yakubu 3 (Steven Pienaar) 9'
BRM - Olivier Kapo 5 (Gary McSheffrey) 79'
EVE - Lee Carsley 1 90+2'
EVE - David Vaughan 1 (Lee Carsley) 90+3'

Line-ups
EVE - Tim Howard; Phil Neville, Joseph Yobo, Alan Stubbs (Phil Jagielka 21'), Joleon Lescott, Steven Pienaar (Thomas Gravesen 84'), Leon Osman (James Vaughan 79'), Lee Carsley, Mikel Arteta, Tim Cahill, Ayegbeni Yakubu

BRM - Maik Taylor; Liam Ridgewell, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Johan Djourou, Daniel de Ridder (Mikael Forssell 78'), Fabrice Muamba, Mehdi Nafti (Gary McSheffrey 70'), Sebastian Larsson (Garry O'Connor 51'), Olivier Kapo, Cameron Jerome

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ROVERS GO GOALLESS WITH LIVERPOOL
Full recap to follow...

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HAMMERS DRAWN AT THE DEATH
West Ham missed the chance to move into the top half of the Premier League as they gave away an injury time equalizer to finish 1-1 with Bolton Wanderers at Upton Park.

It was a tale of two volleys in East London: George McCartney gave the home club the lead with an aerial spectacular after 20 minutes and the Northern Irishman's goal looked set to hand the Hammers the three points before Trotters skipper Kevin Nolan pounced in the third minute of injury time to draw the sides level.

Jonathan Spector replaced Hayden Mullins five minutes into the second half and slotted into an unfamiliar central midfield role.

The US international saved a certain goal with a last-ditch clearance from an El-Hadji Diouf header moments before the Bolton captain's close range equalizer.

The goal was due reward for Bolton taking the game to their hosts after going behind in the first half. Henri Camara had a strike ruled out for offside and Diouf also saw a goalbound effort repelled by McCartney, while both Kevin Davies and Danny Guthrie hit the woodwork for Wanderers.

The Hammers, who visit Derby Saturday, stay in the 11th spot in the Premier League.

Scoring
WHU - George McCartney 1 20'
BOL - Kevin Nolan 1 (Lubomir Michalik) 93'

Line-ups
WHU - Robert Green; Lucas Neill, Danny Gabbidon, Matthew Upson, George McCartney, Luis Boa Morte, Nolberto Solano, Hayden Mullins (Jonathan Spector 50'), Lee Bowyer (John Pantsil 85'), Matthew Etherington, Carlton Cole (Henri Camara 72')

BOL - Jussi Jääskeläinen; Gavin McCann, Andy O’Brien, Abdoulaye Méïté (Lubomir Michalik 46'), Ricardo Gardner, El-Hadji Diouf, Danny Guthrie, Kevin Nolan, Iván Campo, Gary Speed (Jlloyd Samuel 78'), Kevin Davies

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BAGGIES PLAY RUDE WATFORD GUESTS
Watford suffered their first home defeat of the season with a comprehensive 3-0 loss to West Brom at Vicarage Road on Saturday.

Jay Demerit started for the Hornets, but was forced out of the match due to injury after only 10 minutes.

His presence and experience may have been sorely missed, because from then on West Brom kept most of the possession and created quality scoring chances.

Two of these chances were easily finished off by the Baggies in a two-minute span in the first half, with Ishmael Miller scoring in the 33rd minute before Kevin Phillips doubled their advantage.

Things would get even worse for Watford after the interval, with Martin Albrechtsen scoring on a header in the 49th minute.

Watford tried desperately to get back in the game, but their offensive forays were well held back by the West Brom defense.

Scoring
WBA - Ishmael Miller 6 33'
WBA - Kevin Phillips 9 (James Morrison) 35'
WBA - Martin Albrechtsen 1 (Jonathan Greening) 49'

Line-ups
WAT - Richard Lee; Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit (Adrian Mariappa 10'), Dan Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Tommy Smith, John-Joe O'Toole, Gavin Mahon (Lee Williamson 65'), Adam Johnson, Marlon King, Darius Henderson (Nathan Ellington 72')

WBA - Dean Kiely; Robert Koren, Carl Hoefkens, Martin Albrechtsen, Paul Robinson, Zoltan Gera, Jonathan Greening, Bostjan Cesa, James Morrison (Chris Brunt 64'), Ishmael Miller (Roman Bednar 63'), Kevin Phillips (Filipe Teixeira 81')

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OWLS START WIN STREAK ON ROAD
Sheffield Wednesday surely seem to have put their terrible start to the season behind them after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Plymouth on Saturday.

Frank Simek started and played the full 90 at right back for Wednesday, who move out of the relegation zone for the first time this season with the win.

Most of the action took place after the interval, with Sylvain Ebanks-Blake scoring a penalty kick only 26 seconds into the second half after Simek brought down Peter Halmosi in the box.

It didn't take much time for Wednesday to respond, however, as Akpo Sodje scored five minutes later before turning provider after another four minutes as he fed Burton O'Brien for the game-winning goal.

Scoring
PLY - Sylvain Ebanks-Blake 6 (PK) 45'
WED - Akpo Sodje 1 52'
WED - Burton O'Brien 2 (Akpo Sodje) 56'

Line-ups
PLY - Luke McCormick; Paul Connolly (Dan Gosling 77'), Krisztian Timar, Marcel Seip, Lee Hodges, Lee Martin, David Norris, Lilian Nalis, Peter Halmosi, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Rory Fallon 73'), Barry Hayles (Jermaine Easter 73')

WED - Lee Grant; Frank Simek, Richard Hinds, Michael Johnson, Tommy Spurr, Jermaine Johnson (Etienne Esajas 87'), Yoann Folly, Steve Watson, Burton O'Brien, Akpo Sodje (Deon Burton 79'), Marcus Tudgay

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ON THE SIDELINE
Eric Lichaj remained in wait for his debut as Aston Villa posted a 2-0 win over visiting Derby County, who dressed neither Benny Feilhaber nor Eddie Lewis.

Injured defender Cory Gibbs did not take part as Charlton scored a 1-0 win at Southampton.

Millwall dropped a 1-0 home decision to Hartlepool sans Zak Whitbread.

Jemal Johnson watched from the bench as nine-man MK Dons managed a 1-1 draw at Wycombe.

Loan item Johann Smith did not dress as Darlington suffered a 5-1 rout at Hereford.