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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport

Europa League qualifiers - in pictures

football: sport
Emmanuel Adebayor was in the stands at White Hart Lane (where Spurs took on Hearts) ahead of his loan move from Manchester City Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images
football2: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Heart of Midlothian FC - UEFA Europa League Play-Off
Spurs led 5-0 from the first leg and fielded a much weakened team for this encounter. Hearts keeper Jamie Macdonald fouled Harry Kane to concede a penalty, but Kane missed the spot-kick Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
football: Soccer - UEFA Europa League
Neither side could find the net in open play and so Tottenham went through on aggregate Photograph: Nigel French/PA
football: Soccer - UEFA Europa League
Stoke, who won 1-0 away at Swiss side FC Thun, scored three times to establish a healthy first-half advantage in the return leg. Here, Kenwyne Jones scores their second goal Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
football: Stoke City v FC Thun
Jones scored twice as Stoke won 4-1 on the night, 5-1 on aggregate Photograph: Fotosports/robin Parker/EPA
football: Birmingham City FC vs CD Nacional Funchal
Birmingham City's first European home game in almost half a century started well as they went two up inside half an hour following a 0-0 draw in Portugal. Here, Nathan Redmond celebrates the opening goal Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA
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David Murphy scored their second in a comfortable 3-0 win Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images
football: Rangers FC v NK Maribor - UEFA Europa League Play-Off
Having lost 1-0 at NK Maribor in the first leg, Rangers needed to win tonight ... Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
football: Maribor's Potokar
Here, Nikica Jelavic is in the thick of the action - but his efforts were in vain as a 1-1 draw sent Rangers crashing out Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk scored in the 23rd minute against Fulham to reduce the 3-0 deficit from the first leg ... Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images
football: sport
But Fulham, finalists a couple of season ago, held out to book their place in the group stage Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images
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Like Hearts and Rangers, Celtic were also dumped out of the competition tonight. They lost 3-1 on the night after drawing 0-0 in the first leg against Swiss side FC Sion Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
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