Comments for Fulham's floating fans at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1571 I remember going to a game at Craven Cottage in 1997 and hearing the supporters opposite regale us with a 'delightful' chant of "Luton's full of Pakis". Unsurprisingly I haven't held much affection for Fulham since. Do you suppose that was the home fans or the neutrals? - madmickyf Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:17:19 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1554 Watched my first Premier League game last season at Craven Cottage v. Tottenham -- it was great fun and I was at the neutral area of the Putney End. Loved the walk from the pub through the park - beautiful ground - hope to visit it again. - Cal Alamein Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:18:02 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1550 Lived in London since September 2006. Went to Fulham v Charlton and got a free cottage card. It let me get priority on tickets to watch Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool. Been a member ever since and get my mates down from the North to watch the games. I have been to Pompey and Roma this season. I am a Lincoln fan first and foremost but midweek I'll come and watch Fulham. The main reason for me is simply availability of tickets and lack of shouty, myopic fans/idiots. The only incident I have seen there was 3 middle aged country dressed gents rolling around on the floor fighting at the end of a game. As comical as it was scary. - Lincoln Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:25:14 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1549 I've attended a couple of games at Craven Cottage recently, including the Shakhtar Donetsk game, mainly because of the good value tickets in the neutral area. Still find it amazing it's cheaper for me to watch Fulham in European competition that it was for me to watch Brentford take on Southampton in League 1. The only problem with the neutral area is you invariably find yourself surrounded by other neutrals, which doesn't make for the most exciting atmosphere. For the Shakhtar game I took a friend who's never been to a football game before. In theory the neutral zone is perfect for someone like that, but as good as the game was, I could tell he was distinctly underwhelmed by the experience. - Mackburn_Rovers Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:49:13 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1548 With the long standing fanbase of the Premier Leagues other London clubs to contend with the fact that we are pretty much selling out most games suggests that our fanbase is growing and the club has done something right. With a couple more seasons in the top flight and more of the proper football that we enjoy inder Roy Hodgson I can see us filling the stadium without a neutral area before too long. - Peyton Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:22:56 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1547 Even without the Neutral End (which works surprisingly well) there are plenty of non-traditional Fulham fans at Craven Cottage every game. The low cost of season tickets (although they are starting to rise a bit it still is around £20 a game - which is what it cost me to stand in the home end of a League 1 Brentford match) and that fact that Fulham are a 'nice' team means there are lots of 'dislocated' fans of other teams prepared to attend the Cottage and get behind Fulham. We've been doing it for three seasons now and been blogging it here: http://cottagers.blogspot.com We even made a European away game. There are still empty seats though and there never seem to be the same faces in consecutive games in the seats around us, but competitive pricing (some matches cost just £5 for friends of season ticket holders) has improved attendances against some of the division's even smaller teams and, despite the ground being full of 'tourists', the atmosphere is boosted by bodies rather than empty seats. - Efficient Baxter Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:37:27 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1546 I'm pretty sure there's still a road sign in Sheffield (near Crystal Peaks) which proudly proclaims the twinning with 'Donetsk, Soviet Union/USSR'. - George: Hofmeister bear Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:08:56 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4779/38/#pc_1545 I was also at the game as a neutral of sorts (Donetsk is/ used to be Sheffield's twin city) and was struck by the unusual demographic. On the row in front were 4 wealthy looking teenagers who occasionally stood up to make masturbatory gestures towards the Shakhtar fans, presumably because that's what football fans do. - Houdi Elbow Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:24:18 +0100