WORLD'S BEST LOOKING STADIUM???? Craven Cottage, Fulham FC
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
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Fulham Football Club play at Craven Cottage and have done for a number of years. The stadium was designed by famous Scot, Archibald Leitch.
Fulham currently play in the English Championship but have spent a number of years in the Premier League. They even reached the Europa League Final vs. Atletico Madrid in 2010!
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To anyone seeing this, be more like this hero! Cheers mate!!! 👍
@@FootyAdventures thanks alot dude. Least I could do for a fellow content creator that I enjoy
Emirates / Etihad easily the most souless stadium's in the UK. Especially when you compare the beauty of Highbury
@@neiljones5949 All big football clubs in England have virtually the same atmosphere in their stadiums. They’re all giant libraries. It’s what modern football in England is! No need to pretend like it’s only at two clubs!
@@FootyAdventuresI am a fan of Fulham fc because I love the history of the club
I am in my 76th season as a Fulham fan. My first visit was in September 1945, Fulham v Coventry City, Football League South. The last WW2 arrangements. My Dad, born just across the Fulham Palace Road in Childerley St in 1902, was on leave from the army. In subsequent years I have been witness to the many ups and downs. My early years were spent in Isleworth, and most of my peer group were Brentford fans. One, interesting but possibly apocryphal, story involving “The Cottage” that was widely passed around at that time and that I have been unable to prove, or disprove, was that Craven Cottage had been the home of Edward Bulwer Lytton at the time he wrote “The Last Days of Pompeii”.
Amazing to have a stadium tour from an ex player who played there for 5 years. Thank you Damien Duff 🙏🏻
When he was at Newcastle United he was a true hero to Sunderland fans when he scored an own goal to send Newcastle United down
Hahahahahaha
Good one
decent at chelsea
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Ive been a Fulham fan since 1966 , born in Fulham lived in Putney , we're not all posh believe me .
Better than white city
Terry McCan From The Tv Show Minder Was A Fulham Supporter He Had The Pendant On The Wall !
Yes writer of show was a Fulham fan I believe , Dennis Waterman is a Chelsea fan ,
I´m a Swede, Fulham since tier 3, just Fulham FC! Me and my family fortunate enough to go to The Cottage now and then. Love it!
I visited Craven Cottage from Germany in August this year. Absolutely beautiful stadium and great area of London. Very peaceful!
I have a thing for British Stadiums. They are so unique and full of history. So sad that some of them have to be torn down and replaced by more modern stadiums.
Celtic park and Ibrox ....proper stadiums...
@@tommybhoy8461 Ibrox is amazing!
@@stephangohlke6322 I'm a Celtic fan 🤣🤣but your correct Ibrox is Excellent you can smell the history of the place and atmosphere is superb
I love beerfest
@@tommybhoy8461 Fair play 👏
I hope Fulham never leave the cottage. I love old stadiums as they have so much character. Unlike the souless bowels they design now. I lived near the Boleyn ground. What a ground that was. Such a shame they tore it down.
couldnt agree with you anymore mate
they won't leave the cottage, because they're renovating the riverside stand
Being a Fulham man who lived just down the road from the ground, it was a proper working class area, the land next to the ground were factories, one was Tate & Lyle's sugar, in 1959, there were Fruit & Veg Market's, Gasmen, Post Office Telecommunications, Bus Driver's & Clippies, Milkmen, Cobblers, Rag'n Bone men, Coal Men, Butchers, Cycle shops, corner shops, and its fair share of hard nut robber's and gangsters, in fact the lot, and bombed out roads that still had not been being built on, the money came in the 70's..... where most rented and those other locals who got priced out.....you have done OK, but Fulham had bigger attendances than Chelsea in the 50's and 60's in fact my first game with my Dad when I was 6 years old, and was attended by over 37,000 vs Chelsea in 1965, biggest was vs Millwall way back when....cheers for a good job though!!
Chelsea were still getting crowds of 70,000+ in the 1950-60s when Stamford Bridge was still a vast terraced bowl.
I support Middlesbrough but I have been to Craven Cottage back in 2015 when Boro lost 4-3 to Fulham in an epic end of season game. It's a fantastic stadium full of history and character and would love to go back again one day
Ha ha same support boro utfb
i was also at that game. what a day
1986 was 2-2 I think I was 6 can’t remember a thing
Always welcome mate!
I was at the game I sat in the Putney end cos I took my nephew's as they were just getting into Fulham and Boro fans were fantastic never stopped talking to my nephews and teasing them. Brilliant game and great atmosphere.
The amount of people who get things wrong about the Jackson statue, it was in the ground facing the river at the Hammersmith end and was hideous unlike the Haynes statue which is one of the best of any footballer I've ever seen. Nice video though, can't wait for the works to finish as you'll then be able to walk completely along the water front
Yep, it was originally made to go into Harrods, but when Al Fayed sold Harrods, he had to put it somewhere and sadly chose Craven Cottage. As it was made to go indoors it rusted and looked awful. It was never placed outside the ground.
More to the point Jackson was a nonce should never have been put there or anywhere for that matter.
@@allan4054 would have been better placed at the BBC with all the nonces they employ or still employ!
We’ve got George Cohen now
Without doubt the best ground in the world, might be slightly bias just into my 60 th season. COYW. Only one team in Fulham
I lived in nearby Hammersmith in 1994/95 and adopted my ‘local’ side Fulham when they were relegated into the lowest tier. This Aussie has followed keenly ever since and trips back to London twice over 20 years has now meant I’ve seen us play live in every division of English football. COYW ⚫️⚪️⚔️
Wolfie smith was a Fulham fan,"POWER TO THE PEOPLE", lol
His lambretta can get there on its own ps so was ken
I'm a Fulham fan since 2007,
I am born and raised in Tehran, Iran, currently living elsewhere but I was the only fan of the club in Iran I guess.
I've started following up the day Edwin Van Der Sar joined the club and as a Netherlands fan, started following the club as well.
Brilliant, proper English ground and one of my faves mate good tour👍
Prior to the advent of “The Clean Air Act”, the ground being alongside the Thames was both a blessing and a curse. When the Boat Race coincided with a home fixture, the gates would be opened early for fans to view it from the Riverside Terrace that at the time had been relatively low. (Local kids would be paid a few coppers to retrieve any ball that wound up in the River.). A curse because on cold winter Saturdays, fog would mix with smoke polluted air creating a “smog” that would envelope the stadium. A rule of thumb seemed to be that if the Referee could see both goals from the centre spot, the game would go ahead. Standing at the Hammy end, frequently we would have to rely on the cheering from the Putney end to follow the action. There was no flood lighting for some years to come, and it would have been pretty useless in any event. When flood lights were proposed, I recall reports that the Port of London Authority put in an objection that they might interfere with River navigation, delaying installation. There were occasions that scheduled kick off might be as early as 12.30. Hey ho. Those were the days.
I have been to the Cottage several times when I was studying in London. As a foreign student who has no local connections, Fulham provided one stand as neutral was handy for me to get the ticket to watch the Premier League games with ease. I can still remember the first ever game I watched in the Cottage was against Portsmouth. Ticket only cost a tenner to sit in the neutral part of Putney End. The stand I consider primitive but very cozy, great experience!
Fulham fan myself, it just is so beautiful. What is best is that in something like 25 european games at the Cottage, we are unbeaten!
...and we DIDN'T lose to Athletico, the match was a draw and settled with extra time.
@@edwardshirley9314And it was really just one own goal that cost us. Had the man kicked it the right way, we'd be in penalties. In fact, I'd say looking at the highlights it more just bounced off his foot.
I worked on that job over the summer as a contractor and I thought the new riverside stand would’ve been open by now but it had a lot of trouble with drainage. Gutted you didn’t get to see it as I know you like your history and the stadium reaks of it. Lovely statue of George Cohen by the Hammersmith End facing the Thames. In the future try again. Brilliant content for us football historians 👍🏼
I went and watched Fulham from 1966 to 1976. Life then changed, for me, job wise. I still support them, from afar. I saw Johnnie Haynes last game. I also went to that FA cup final, we lost. My cousin went to the Europa cup final, so between us, we got to both. Some joy, and a lot of heart ache. Our Europa final season was a great journey.
Great vid Sam. You walked passed my old home at the end there - those were the days!
Mate! Absolutely agree! My fav stadium in London for sure. Love going to the Craven Cottage. Been 5 times and it seems like not enough. It has such an iconic atmosphere and vibe about it. It simply breathes with history.
Should have maybe mentioned that they have one of the smallest changing rooms for players in EFL and the fact that blows my mind is that the upper seats on the main stand are actually wooden, which is mental in this day n age. Also Fulham are one of the few clubs that have the 'neutral' section for fans.
But your vids are so informative and interesting. I especially liked the 3pm kick off story. I had no idea about that. And it's not just this one, everytime you upload it's not just another vlog from a footbal game, you gave so much behind the scenes about the history, and the club, their rivals... you make a really interesting story out of a simple football game. You're doing a great work!
Would really love to get you a pint while down here in London.
Red Star Belgrade fan here, Fulham is very popular here in Serbia since Mitrovic is playing there. Great stadium.
We love Mitro, hes fast becoming a legend at Fulham and great that hes so good for Serbia too!
@@tonywilson8681 Yes he is such a good player, i hope you return to PL.
@@carick235 Cheers Pal
Craven Cottage was the first Premier League (at the time) stadium I ever visited when I went to London for the first time, as I was staying in a hotel by Putney Bridge. I remember walking through the neighborhood and seeing the stadium for the first time saying, “that’s a football stadium?”. As an American, I had never seen a stadium like that. The way the stadium is literally a part of the community, blending in with all the houses there is spectacular. It really is a beautiful stadium and the new stand they’re building is going to make it even more spectacular. I know many people say you can’t root for 2 clubs but I really do like Fulham just based off their history and stadium alone. Hope to see them back in the Premier League next season.
As an Aussie living in London in 2018 I picked Fulham as my team after seeing Australia vs Colombia at Craven Cottage. Incredible stadium
That makes two of us, except I was there a lot earlier in 94/95
We always welcome to overseas fans. You guys are fulham family 👍
@@Fulhambaby5 Appreciate that but real fans are the ones that are going to games. Generational fans make sport. I just went to a few games when in London and watch games/highlights when I can back here.
@@MartinDiStasio fair enough but having been and still following makes you family enough 😉 haha welcome brother
@@Fulhambaby5 COYW
Fulham was a working class area when the club was created.
There were factories and goods yards all up and down the river where the ground is.
The pavilion isn't the original cottage.....Archibald leitch built that as he'd forgotten to put changing rooms in the stand.
The work of Archibald Leitch is unbelievable. Surely a Netflix documentary in the making
@@Gkmc-hl2fn Does anyone know what reason there was for choosing Craven Cottage over Stamford Bridge around 1905? Considered a bad deal at the time? It is nice near the river (and Fulham fans are a million times better than Chelsea fans), but obviously Chelsea have gone on to more success.
@@Gkmc-hl2fn You can imagine then that owner would have got us to leave CC then kicked us out at some point! Cov city situation
Not quite true. There was an anomalous timber yard at the back of the Hammersmith End, and some re-fuelling quays a little bit further up. but the area adjacent to the so-called 'Putney' End ,Bishops Park, had only recently been acquired by the local authority
from the Bishop of London, whose official residence in Fulham palace.
The Victorian development of the immediate area was sufficiently grandiose for
the film stars Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone to own properties there in the 1930s.
Still was I the 70s and 80s I'm from Fulham , totally different now ,my grandad played for Fulham imps .
I´m so glad you made this video! I live outside UK and was in England back in 2007, I watched Fulham play against Portsmouth at Craven Cottage. My first, and hopefully not last premier league game I see at the stadium. This video brings back memories, great work!
Ahhh yes i am a fulham fan and when i saw your video on my suggested i had to watch. I have been going to fulham games since i can remember and have sat in every stand. By far the johnny Haynes stand is the best for those wooden seats and metal fraimwork as well as an atmpsphere which is just incredible, however some nights can be very cold due to being right by the river. Since moving to university i havent been able to go to any games recently but can not wait to be by the river very soon. Thank you for such an excellent video
love seeing these traditional stadiums, craven cottage is a great stadium!
1st video I've seen and now subscribed. My son and I visit London every year and always go to as many stadiums as possible. Down twice this year as in April he had a successful trial with Boreham Wood! But a move for us not practical as nowhere to live. We came back down in July and visited Craven Cottage for the 1st time and we fell in love with Fulham. Terrific walk from Putney Bridge, through the park and loved the stadium. Spent a fortune in the Club shop and hoping to get back asap. If we could have found somewhere to live on what Boreham Wood were offering we'd be there now.
I thought this was your video of Ibrox!😀
I've been to Craven Cottage, lovely traditional stadium, a living bit of football history.
Another great video, keep em coming.
I’m an Arsenal fan but Fulham has always been my favourite ground. My only complaint about the club was when they replaced their club crest with the horrible FFC badge back on the early 00s
Craven Cottage is a truly beautiful football ground. I love going to that traditional old stadium, on the banks of the Thames.
Unlucky not getting access inside. I pitched up one hot Friday afternoon in July 2019 when reception was open and a very friendly guy there immediately fetched an equally friendly security chap who took me straight through a door and almost onto the pitch where he allowed me to take a few phoots - as long as I didn't take pix of them dismantling the seats on the old Riverside Stand for some reason which was about to be demolished. I also did the other West London three - Brentford said "no sorry", Chelsea I didn't even bother asking (!) and QPR also let me in to go pitchside thanks t bumping into a coach who used to pay for my old club !! Great day ...
Lovely video, you have a really lovely demeanour. Not aggressive, nice little video. Not pushy or in your face. Really enjoyable vid.
Great video. Walked out to Fulham from Putney Bridge when I was in London. Cool stadium in a cool area
That stadium looks absolutely fantastic a like old grounds that has history ....too many English grounds are changing for new ones but for me a would take Highbury white Hart lane the famous East end Boleyn Ground back in a heart beat....we don't have that problem in Scotland as our teams are skint 😂🏴
Hi Sam, thanks for the video, hopefully next time you can do a stadium tour.
Loved your video. Grew up on a council estate on the other side of the river in Barnes but could see the floodlights from our kitchen window. Big working class fan base. And no the Jackson statue was not outside the ground. If it had it would have 'disappeared' long before the new owners removed it.
Looking forward to your return visit - especially a thorough nose around the new stand.
I'm a west ham fan but my girlfriend is a fulham fan . Been a couple of times . Brilliant stadium and nice fans and good atmosphere 👍 I've shared her this video . I'm sure she'll enjoy it .
And fondly remember going to Craven Cottage following Brighton in the 1970s and 80s. The Brighton contingent were behind the goal looking directly at the Cottage to the left, and a wall to the right with the Thames on the other side. Great cheers and yells from the fans as Steve ' Fozzie Bear' Foster hoofed a clearance straight over the wall and into the River! I'm guessing it's one of very few grounds where this happens on a regular basis, and with that big ole stand in the way now, unlikely to happen in SW 1 anytime soon..love the Cottage, a unique stadium, and delighted to see Fulham back in the PL again. That was some performance against Liverpool in their opener.
The industrial world did not give working people more time off. Working people fought for it through the formation of trade unions.
The govt gave working people more time off to avoid unrest.
Top work, lad. First time watching. Love it. All the best for your future. Truly top content.
Another great video and some very interesting facts. I’ve no real connections with Fulham, it is a stadium I would like to go to. My team Walsall have clashed with them over the years but we now levels apart. Keep up the great work! Smithy.
Love your videos , nothing like the old grounds , as an Arsenal fan of many many years I miss Highbury so much but love craven cottage , very unique old stadium
That's was walk down memory lane.
I lived in Fulham for 13 weeks in 1980 where I shared room with another Dane. We were attending English classes at Hammersmith & West London College, now Hammersmith & Fulham College, and were lodging with a family in Gresswell Street app. 80-100 metres from Craven Cottage.
Our hosts weren't too impressed with FFC and supported Brentford. However, I did go to the Cottage once. On a Sunday walk I passed the stadium. There was a noise from the crowd, and the gates were open, so I walked in - and attended the second half of a Rugby League match between Fulham and York. I think It finished 18 to 4 🙂.
Our courses ended shortly before Christmas (passed my exams with flying colours, of course). The host family was in the process of selling their house about that time, as they wanted to buy a hotel in Chiswick. I googled them a couple of years ago and found a positive review of their hotel by an American tourist mentioning their names. That was from the 2000s so apparrentky the adventure turned out quite well. 👍
I hope to go there before my move to Sweden next year.
UP THE FULHAM 🔥
Johnny Haynes was the first £100 per week footballer. Not sure if anyone else has told you this. I was at Craven Cottage on 14th February 2017 for the Fulham vs. Nottingham Forest game.
Great video, lots of interesting facts. As an Arsenal fan all my life I spent a lot of time taking Highbury for granted - I don’t like the emirates by comparison. I love that I had a couple of decades in the old style english stadium and miss it now very much.
Your content is literally next level and the effort you put in for these vlogs is unreal, you're going to the top buddy 👏👌
Thank you Peter, much appreciated!!!
@@FootyAdventures no worries brother! From your friend in Blackpool!
I was born in Danehurst st, round the corner from the ground in 1962, and my first game was when I was a baby, Fulham v Hull. Johnny Haynes apparently scored a hat trick!
Desptie being a chelsea fan my grandad was a fullham fan and went to games in the 30s. before i got into football i went to 2 fullham matches for free by my mum trying to get me to support them. nice ground with big history but i never felt connected to the club i had allways loved chelsea from my other side of the family. ps i love now your in london showing all of the london teams
I’ve always felt that if I’d lived in London, Fulham would have been a nice fit.
Really enjoyed their European run under Roy , and, always look out for their results
Everton fan but stuck living down south. I really enjoy watching Fulham it's such a nice relaxing day out
Found this vid as I am travelling for a short London visit...cannot wait to see Fulham on a matchday on saturday!
been a Fulham fan as long as I can remember, went to my first game in about 2009 when I was about 6, bobby zamora scored the opener, he has since become probably my favourite all time fulham player
Hello Sam and good video thanks of a lovely stadium that I’ve visited several times during way back in the mid 1970s that luckily hasn’t changed too much as I was on occasions watching Fulham play at home whilst my Chelsea team we’re playing way as I was in my early to mid teens at the time when football was more enjoyable and the majority of stadium were traditional so with that said thanks for reading my response so take care stay safe and cheerio
Extremely interesting video. Fulham is one of a hand full of teams that I follow in the English pro leagues. Beautiful place that I'd love to visit.
Great vlog! I live 7000 miles away from Craven Cottage in Sacramento, Northern California
I love going to Craven Cottage, a proper place to watch football. Always a great atmosphere, and I’ve always felt safe there!
I’m a Fulham fan, love how local I am
Great video. I am so old I saw Johnny Haynes play for Fulham in about 1960, I was 7 or 8. I think he was England Captain at the time. It was at Turf Moor. My Grandad was on the part time ground staff of Burnley FC. Fulham & Burnley were top clubs then. I have supported Liverpool since the 1965 Cup Final. If I was forced to live in London I would watch Fulham. It was not always a posh area. Used to have whare houses and factories along the river, and the workers lived in those now gentrified homes. You missed it in the video, but behind you a woman was walking a beautiful Weimaraner (German Gundog). Proof you are in posh area. It is strange the variation from club to club in attitudes to stadia access. When I lived on Merseyside I was in Stanley Park with my girlfriend. She is a Bluenose, so I said we would have a look at Goodison, a ground I know well, obviously. A corner exit gate, at the scoreboard end, was open so I asked a groundsman if we could come in and look around. He said no problem. He said have good wander, just don't go on the pitch. I told him the lass was a Blue, but did not let on I was Red. Not really a problem anyway. On Merseyside there are many mixed marriages, and on Derby days, well all mix anyway. I shall be sorry to see the end of Goodison as it was always a great place on matchdays.
What a beautiful stadium fasade. Thank you so much for this ❤
Have you seen Ibrox ? The work of Archibald Leitch is unbelievable 👏👏👏
Modern stadiums just cant replicate that
@@neiljones5949 Yes. Amazing 💙
absolutely love craven cottage great stadium with great history to it (your b-roll is incredible too)
Why thank you! What a great guest
Best fans in the world, biggest club in the world UTF
Me and my son were there the day before you made this video and we managed to blag a tour as we are doing the 92 Club Challenge. Great old traditional football ground
Wasn’t always such an exclusive area. There used to be wharves all along the Thames here, even when I started going to games in 1971. My dad lived at the corner of Gresswell Street and Stevenage Road and even had a trial for Fulham in the 1930s. He and his siblings inherited the house and it sold for about twenty grand in I think the late sixties. Like you say, it would be worth millions now.
Amazing vid as usual!
I'm a Scot,but big Fulham fan thanks to family in Brixton! Wasn't long ago Fergie used to snap up Fulham players like Saha and Van der Sar!
I am a Scottish Chelsea fan have been since 1996.
Must be cold in our shadows lol.
Keep Safe look after yourself both Scots after all.
7:38: I would kill to have that away kit. It just looks so nice. And a rare moment of Fulham not having a betting firm on the front of their shirt.
Wow your chanel is amazing I love stadiums and United Kingdom has the best of all.
Beautiful stadium....As you said almost like a mini Ibrox which in my eyes is the most amazing stadium in Europe.
By the way, Johnny Haynes was England captain. Would have probably played in 1966 but injury curtailed his international career although he played for Fulham until the very late sixties.
...until 1970 when he retired, precipitating a major revival in fortunes.
@@edwardshirley9314 yes you’re right
@@edwardshirley9314 although we dropped a further division, taking two years to get back and nearly sinking again until Alan Mullery came on board. So I’m not sure it was that major, as we had mixed fortunes until we got promoted from the fourth tier followed by Al Fayed, which was the real revival.
@@tinamartini We were in the third by the time Haynes retired. From two books I've read there were divisions in the team from the Buckingham era, a sort of "Haynes's boys and the others" which weren't really healed until early 1970 when the team was reunited by Bill Dodgin and captain Barry Lloyd. I think if Haynes had retired in 1966 or 67 we may never have been relegated in 68. Just think, Abromovich may have bought us instead of the other team in Fulham :-)
@@edwardshirley9314 not sure I’d want that! But the real revival was when Fayed took over…. I kinda like what we are now. Wouldn’t want to be a Chelsea.
I was at Craven Cottage for the Europa League semi final 2nd leg versus Juventus, Fulham looked down and out when Juve scored an away goal, then Fulham's miracle CAME BACK with 4 goals against the Old Lady side with World Cup winners Del Piero, Cannavaro, Grosso and Camoranesi and won the tie! Never forget that night where I felt earthquake within the stadium!!!
There have been about 5 excellent away games over the last 30 years to choose from. That was easily our greatest ever home game in that time. You should come more
@@lukegale7812 Wish to visit soon but I'm far far away from London (based in Australia). To overturn a tie against a top club like Juve when Fulham was 3 to 4 goals down was absolutely insane! "Football...bloody hell!"
@@sunchan9712 Well, it doesn't get much better than that for a club our size
@@sunchan9712 It could be a better result than when we beat Man City away (after being 2 goals down). We were mathematically relegated at half. But ended up staying up!
Great informative video Love the content .
Watched the st Alban's V Forrest green game last night on telly. What a great wee ground and a bunch of great fans. That's the football I love. And I wish then all the best in nxt round..
Great video. I can see why we have a perception of being a posh club and all but those houses you showed when walking down to the ground, the residents of those houses want us gone. They hate the fact that there's football fans outside their doorstep every week. Most fans were priced out of living there years ago sadly. I lived across the road from Bishops park and the people are far from posh.
Also DON'T compare it to Ibrox lol, mon the hoops!
I know numerous people who live in the 'alphabet' streets opposite the ground........none of them hate the club and a few are season ticket holders. The main objections to the new stand came from people who lived miles away.......or were members of the rowing clubs opposite!
Absolutely agree........I know several people who live in the 'alphabet' streets opposite the ground.......no one hates the club. None of the people opposing the new stand even lived in the borough, let alone near the ground!
Another interesting vlog. Wish the clubs would give you access.
It's the main reason I plan trips tp the UK. Been a fan since pre EPL days and Fulham till I pass...
I saw a game there in April
Beautiful stadium great atmosphere the best part of my London holiday
Love your videos mate
It's a much better-looking ground without the Jacko statue.
I'd always imagined it to be cosy. A nice place to have a pie... I think it's the word "cottage".
Your passion and knowledge of football is impressive.
Craven cottage one of my favourite grounds to visit and yes Fulham is so beautiful and peaceful... What type of people live around the stadium.... How on earth do they afford those beautiful houses... What do these guys do for a living... Always amazes me 🤔
That is cool. Man I would visit England just to tour all the stadiums lol
The same sensibility went into the design for Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team in Boston, MA, USA. It has that same red brick facade surrounding the park, the first sight of the place on Yawkey Way, and you go through the entrance and a tunnelway and then, a green vista opens before the fan. Green seats, green field, the Green Monster (massive left-field wall hard against Lansdown St.). The place has history and a soul, soon to be celebrating its 110th year as the Red Sox home ground. That soul just radiates from the brickwork. So it's easy to see the attraction for places like Craven Cottage. It embodies the legacy of Fullham FC the way that no modern glass and steel uberpark can ever convey. Places that look more like alien spaceships than football grounds.
while spending some time in London in april/23, took a Thames boat from London to Kew Gardens and passed by Craven Cottage. Beautiful from the Thames side (looks all done now).
I always have had a soft spot for Fulham being American, I think alot of Americans feel the same way I do. Dempsey, McBride, Bocanegra, Eddie Johnson, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson....I feel like I'm forgetting someone but you get it! I love that you're a LFC supporter as well!! Up the Reds! YNWA!
Your videos make my day
Comments like yours make my day. Cheers mate, more coming soon!!
Archibald Leich was a great expert on detailed Art Deco for stadiums
Looks like a beautiful area, a bit different to spurs, qpr, Millwall
I saw my first ever football match at craven cottage. Fulham vs A N Other. I swore like a trooper aged 10. I think George Best, Rodney Marsh and Bobby Moore may have played for Fulham at that match.
A very good film, both in content and presentation. One point that should be explained however, is that the present 'Cottage' is actually a Pavilion that dates from the turn of the century (although we all call it the Cottage). The original cottage was actually located closer to the centre of the pitch, and was owned by the author and occultist Edward Bulwer Lytton. who wrote The Last Days Of Pompeii while resident there. The notorious Michael Jackson statue was never exhibited outside of the ground, but
in the corner of the ground you peeked through by the river. It had only one saving grace - It was Not Jimmy Savile!
for a so called "small" club they've had some amazing names play for them. Bobby Moore, George Best, Bobby Robson, Edwin Van Der Saar - the list goes on.
Louis Saha
Great stadium. Remember how it was before renovation. Went to my first ever game there in 1982 0-3 Vs Oldham
You have to remember, up until the end of the sixties ,the area along the Thames from Hammersmith and the ground was all factories and the house's were for the working classes.
The stadium is nice and Mitro too!
Always liked to go to Craven Cottage good atmosphere especially when Chelsea came over. Lovely old ground, friendly. Did you know that Johnny Haines was the first £100 pound a week player whilst with Fulham. Love the videos, where are you off next?
And the fact that Haynes played for Fulham his entire Football League career, despite interest from top European clubs, is an object lesson to today's overrated prima-donnas in club loyalty.
@@stevenpyne1994 Trinder increasing his wage to £100 per week helped persuade hime to stay. Prima donna, just in it for the money.
@@edwardshirley9314 Still stayed though! Yes, I know he was not the same after his car accident, but playing for (and watching!) Fulham was always a frustrating business, and if he wanted to find some trophy success I am sure another club could have lured him away.
The wooden seats at the JH stand made an impression. As well as the very short distance between stand and pitch.
Alan Shields
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
Excellent vlog Sam.
I first of all wish to say
R.I.P Walter Smith
Scottish football legend.
I see Fulham as a medium size club much like Bristol City or a Birmingham City I dont see them as a sleeping giant like a
Newcastle United or Sunderland to give examples.
Fulham do have an interesting early history in my view.
My earliest memory of Fulham that I can remember is Fulham playing away to Margate in the F.A Cup on Sky I think the late Ray Wilkins legend R.I.P had just taken over from Kevin Keegan as Manager after Kevin Keegan had left to manage England I think it was if I remember correctly the game was a Sunday afternoon kick off what the score was I fo not remember I just remember it being an interesting cup tie to me at the time.
Keep Safe Sam.
Hi Alan, thanks for watching! Yeah Fulham in my eyes are big... but not MASSIVE.
Really sad news about Walter, RIP.
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We are losing so many of our games legends now.
Walter & Tommy ( Burns) where both men how could bridge the great Scottish football devide both will always be remembered & missed greatly but all how love Scottish football.
Loved Walter Smith I was born in Glasgow my family are all Rangers mad except me, I'm Fulham mental but Walter and Tommy were Great Glasgow men of a time, my mum's generation. Great footballing city.
As for the Margate game it was 2-1 Fulham Richard Carpenter and a late Rob Scott tap in sealed it. Busta Bloodvessell went cart wheeling across the pitch before kickoff.