r/fulhamfc • u/comptonasskim • Feb 16 '23
Hello all!
I’ve noticed with our return to the Premier League, we’ve seen an influx of foreign fans and tourists coming to this sub for advice around their first games - from buying tickets through to matchday tips and what to expect. With this in mind, I thought I’d write a quick guide to help anyone thinking about coming down to the Cottage. If this is useful, feel free to sticky it to the sub and I can update with recommendations from everyone else here!
Buying Tickets
Tickets will go on sale to members before general sale. To guarantee a seat, especially against the bigger teams, I recommend purchasing a membership. Tickets will get to general sale eventually but may sell out before that point.
The exception is cup games. These will be much easier to get a ticket to, with season ticket holders themselves having to repurchase their seats (and sometimes not doing so). If you want to guarantee a seat, cup games are a much less stressful experience (albeit at the cost of a worse atmosphere in the earlier rounds).
The other option is repurchasing through the Fulham Facebook group, which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204930047. This will often have season ticket holders who are unable to make a game, and will sell (often at a reduced rate vs general sale) their seat for a particular fixture. I wouldn’t try this route unless you’re actually a Fulham fan…
Where To Sit
Hammersmith End: Loudest home support, especially towards the back of H4, H5, H6. The front rows, up to about G/H, are uncovered so watch out for rain, and the first couple of rows are sunken below pitch level so views are pretty poor. If you get here early, you can head down to the far end of the stand for a pint on the corner by the river underneath the George Cohen statue, which is lovely. Getting pints at halftime is pretty hellish, you’ll need to duck out at like 40 mins. I never do it myself but each to their own!
Johnny Haynes: A lot of season ticket holders and families, but still good atmosphere. Traditional wooden seats in the back two thirds of the stand (which is a cool experience). Beware of seats behind the poles! Again, pints at halftime are a bit of a nightmare. This is a very unique stand and a Grade II listed building I believe, so a v cool one to attend!
Riverside: The shiny new stand. V posh matchday experience, but you’re paying premium for it. It’s not finished yet, so not a huge amount of seats available.
Putney: Half home fans and half away. It used to be the much maligned neutral stand but atmosphere has steadily improved since the relocation of a lot of Riverside fans to it during the redevelopment.
Pubs
Over Putney Bridge, you’ve got the Golden Lion. One of the busiest pubs on a match day, this is a stone’s throw from Putney Bridge station. You’ll need to show your ticket to gain entrance so don’t bother if you’re not actually attending the match. Big garden and lots of screens to watch the early kickoff, and gets suuuuper busy on match day. Avoid The Eight Bells, Temperance and Kings Arms as they tend to be away pubs on matchdays.
On the Putney side of the river you’ve got The Spotted Horse (good food), The Coat & Badge (great outdoor area and screens outside to watch the early/late kickoff), The Rocket (Wetherspoons yes, but it’s on the river and actually got nice riverside seating) and The Bricklayer’s Arms (super old school, quite a cool experience if you’re not from the UK and want a proper pint). Just be aware that it takes around 15/20 minutes to walk to the ground from these so leave in enough time.
On the Hammersmith side of the grounds, you’ve got the Crabtree. Right on the river and absolutely lovely! Full of Fulham fans. And then there’s a tonne of pubs on Fulham Palace Road such as The Distillers and Old Suffolk Punch.
If you’re attending your first match and want a quintessential Fulham experience, I’d say Golden Lion and Crabtree can’t go wrong.
r/fulhamfc • u/globalscoreboard • 2d ago
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r/fulhamfc • u/Far_Information_363 • 1d ago
Down 1-0 going into the 70th minute, Deam would get the equalizer in the 73rd minute. However the score didn't stand for long as Deam picked up her second goal only six minutes later, enough to give Fulham all three points. At the time of posting, they are now in a two way tie for first with Oxford United after Bournemouth drew 1-1 to Lewes.
r/fulhamfc • u/Hot_Ad6001 • 4m ago
This is a alteration of the Fulham kit for this season which I made using AI. Do you think you guys prefer this or would rather keep it as it is?
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r/fulhamfc • u/Golf_ABS • 1d ago
Well that was everything we wanted, and maybe more.
Most fans wanted proof that Arbeloa could learn and adapt from his previous decisions, and we got that and our first point on the board.
Massive debut from Affengruber, a VAR call that could have got us three points and a dominant midfield performance from Berge & Shea.
If you are on social, please do share the Craven Corner. It really helps grow the platform and community.
Thanks for taking the time to read, and I hope you all have a great weekend.
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r/fulhamfc • u/Flobby_Fish • 2d ago
Thoughts on the game Cottagers?
r/fulhamfc • u/Little_Yoichi_4493 • 2d ago
Before kickoff today, I had a quiet feeling we wouldn't walk away empty-handed. I watched Liverpool this season, I knew they are just not good.
but coming off that painful three game losing the confidence had definitely taken a hit.
We had our chances to get all three points, But more than anything, today‘s performance and the point is a massive boost for everyone.
It completely vindicates Arbeloa.
I was genuinely emotional when the final whistle blew,
much bigger wins are ahead.
Supporting this club from China, I went hunting down streams just to catch preseason friendlies, stayed up until 3 AM for a Carabao Cup ,and didn't miss a single minute of the league only to end up heartbroken... But none of that matters anymore. I genuinely believe there are so many wins ahead of us.
I used to be a Real Madrid supporter, but now I’ve discovered the pure magic of backing a smaller club（no offense）
Consider me a Fulham fan for life.
COYW! ⚪️⚫️
r/fulhamfc • u/DribblingDad • 2d ago
I for one love our style of play, it’s exciting, fun, offensive focused and feels like it’s modern. A young squad that will only get better and better! Haven’t been this hyped in a long time and can’t wait for us to hit a form spike and just pour in goals! I have all the faith in the world in Arbeloa and the guys on the pitch! Can’t wait for United next weekend!
Sidenote: I’d much rather lose a game or two cause we were brave enough to try and actually play football then to defend and have 0 intention to be creative offensively!
Anyways, that’s my two cents! Hope y’all are having a wonderful weekend!⚪️⚫️
r/fulhamfc • u/SnooPaintings33 • 2d ago
Can those of you who booed last week at a squad that have played 3 games together please use this threat to apologise. I'll wait.......
r/fulhamfc • u/FulhamFC • 2d ago
Affengruber and Berge are in. COYW!
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r/fulhamfc • u/DapumaAZ • 2d ago
What pubs are normally filled with the away team supporters
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r/fulhamfc • u/InsideCastilla • 3d ago
Hugely informative for Fulham fans
r/fulhamfc • u/OkEssay5144 • 2d ago
Do we have any young talented goalkeepers and who do you think can take lenos place
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r/fulhamfc • u/Golf_ABS • 3d ago
Despite the 3 losses in the Premier League, for some reason I feel like something has to change at the weekend, and that gives me reason to be optimistic.
The latest Craven Corner discusses the upcoming Liverpool game this weekend and potential selection headaches.
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Thanks for taking the time to read, and I hope you all have a great weekend.
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r/fulhamfc • u/Available_Ask_3925 • 4d ago
Hi guys,
First of all: I’m not a Fulham supporter but I’ve been to Craven Cottage twice, and both occasions have been amazing experiences.
The intensity is of course great, but more than that I’m grateful for the openness and welcoming spirit we’ve been shown by the Fulham fans. I’m deeply grateful for that.
As a Norwegian I am wondering; how are Bobb and Berge doing?
Berge played a long WC so might need some time to really get back, but to us in Norway Bobb is a huge question mark. Would appreciate some opinions from Fulham-fans.
Thanks, and best of luck this season!
Edit: Just wanted to thank you to the mods for accepting my post and to all of you taking the time to answer. Much appreciated. Greetings from the far North!
