When the tube door opened on the Putney bridge, the rough shout “EAAAAAAGLES” sounds along the platform.
It’s just 10:00, but the mood is a stormy expectation of what could lie before us. By 14:00 these people could have an unforgettable experience.
The young couple Bemoan did not remember that he was a football match, because the queue up the stairs to keep the station accessing.
Outside in the river café, it is as part of an ascent from the station because people are waiting for ice latte and croissants. Very Fulham.
Tout is trying to sell three tickets to the match to sit in Hammersmith End for 270 GBP ($ 350). Punter is trying haggle and Tout loses the mood: “I just told you, no offers!”
This is largely the highest scene that will witness today (except for domestic fans who defend Calvin Bassey’s defense).
This is finally Fulham, the most beautiful Premier League club and a popular day for thousands of thousands of football fans across the country.
Why? Well, for starters you are close to the surroundings. If your journey to Craven Cottage is from the Puttney Bridge station, stroll around the sunny spring wound on the Thames River and transport yourself to the place of peace and peace.
Walking along the Thames are part of the routine match in Craven Cottage (Tim Spiers/Athletic)
People sit on benches that eat sandwiches or make a crossword puzzle in the newspaper. Even the children who plunged from Coron bottles are harmless. You won’t get it to Millwall.
Then play through the Green Bishops Park with a mixture of families, small dogs and runners, so many runners.
In the middle of this is Funfair and watching Fulham fans with skinhead and Union Jack flag around his shoulders (yes, this man exists), while navigation cones laid for children wearing rollers is quite a picture.
Crystal Palace fans are dotted around and proudly wear their red and blue colors. The chances of religion for sports shirts, which would be a problem in dozens of Premier League areas and below, are minimal.
Something for everyone in Fulham (Tim Spiers/Athletic)
He says they want a late excavation in Wembley at the semifinals. Almost, but in the end.
He also talks about being an ideal day away. “Fulham away is always on my list for the season,” says Palace Dan Athletic.
“It’s friendly, walking to the stadium is beautiful, they have a friendly pubs and it’s picturesque land on the Thames.”
“They are probably the most helpful club for fans. Well, they have adapted to the last few years because we won several.”
Until recently, Fulham was so accommodating that they even had a neutral stand, where fans at home and away could sit freely side by side, a concept in English football to a large extent unheard of.
It is the idea in accordance with the environment of the middle class: Tiché Street, houses with more million pounds and rowers for training Oxford-Cambridge University Boat Race, which will pass in a few weeks. On Saturday there was even (at least) one famous actor in the game, with Fulham Fan Hugh Grant imagining his support.
The actor Hugh Grant also took part on Saturday
For most of the history of the club, however, Fulham does not worry about the main creators of English football.
From 1970 to 2001 they did not enter the highest flight. Fourteen -year -old Stint was followed in the highest division under the ownership of the now established and disgraced owner of Harrods Mohamed Al Fayed, who sold the club Shahid Khan.
Under Khan and his son Tony, who is vice -chairman and director of football operations, Fulham moves to not only become an established top club again after a period of flikation between the two best divisions, but also to the boutique club where people are asked to pay high prices not only to watch football, but to enjoy demulaxic experience. Khan’s Words.
There is a stand on the £ 120 million river, returning to the River Thames and is open to the stage. After complete completion, the curator restaurant will offer chef Michelin-Star, top bars (including one on the roof) and seats and bar behind the excavation and private pool. There are plans to offer the opportunity to travel there by boat.
“No two visits are ever the same,” Fulham’s Blurb on Riverside States. “One thing is constant; exceptional service all the time.”
Obviously, it’s not cheap. Just sit in Riverside stand for Fulham’s next home game against Liverpool will cost 150 GBP. Season tickets will reach £ 3,000, the most expensive seasonal league season ticket.
Seasonal tickets elsewhere at the stadium can still reach 1,024 GBP, while tickets for the normal Premier League match, again for Liverpool, range from 66 to 106 GBP, with fragmentation of £ 35 on the sides of the Johnny Haynes stand.
Excessive fees for Premier League tickets are increasingly common, especially in London, where Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United charge similar prices for tickets for match.
It is a lot for fans in the stomach and attempted to hear their voice, with protests in 2023 and again recently in the game Manchester United Away in the FA Cup, a joint protest with domestic supporters after charged at least £ 52 per place. In the Premier League games there are 30 pounds on all clubs.
Fans of the palace on a successful day away for your club (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
“There is definitely the feeling that the club feels,” says Fulham Regular Liam Athletic.
“I have friends who can no longer afford to come, but the club goes in a different direction. Fulham was open to everyone, fans at home and away, but it becomes much more exclusive.”
Club CEO Alistair Mackintosh recently defended the prize, saying“When I first talked to the Fulham Dissabled Association Association, they gave me some advice – that Fulham is a kind of club that can have a business class or the first class and has fans that flow left on the plane.
“They told me it was for some people, but the rest of us want a premium experience elsewhere.”
“Maybe they’ll want to have this experience for an odd game, then they may want to return to their seats.”
“I feel that prices stretching means that there is something for everyone in Craven Cottage.”
“But attention is at the top price, because it is more interesting to report than the lower end, but our game against Villa is sold out.”
Fulham is a club on the rise and fights for the Champions League football this season under the leadership of Marco Silva.
On Saturday-Katera begins one of the most electrifying atmosphere heard in Craven Cottage for some time for its biggest game of the season, quarterfinals of the FA Cup against the palace-kolko to turn Fulham into a club, which offers a top experience on the pitch and off the pitch. You can’t really offer one without each other. Just ask Queens Park Rangers.
The comprehensive loss of 3-0 builds the Fulham season on the edge of the knife. Can Europe come from the cup now for the fourth time in their history?
Tickets for boutiques may depend on it.
(Upper photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
