Editing Craven Cottage (section)

==International matches==
[[File:2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.jpg|thumb|right|200px|View of the Riverside during the [[2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final]]]]
Craven Cottage hosted the Northern Ireland versus Cyprus 1974 World Cup Qualifier on 8 May 1973, a match moved from Belfast due to [[The Troubles]]. Northern Ireland won 3–0,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11991 |title=Northern Ireland versus Cyprus Lineups and Statistics |publisher=eu-football.info |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> Sammy Morgan and a Trevor Anderson brace concluded the scoring in the first half.

On 22 February 2000, it hosted [[England under-21 national football team|England's under 21s]] international under 21 friendly against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina's under 21s team]]. The hosts won 1–0 with [[Lee Hendrie]]'s sixty seventh-minute goal with 15,747 in attendance.

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland national team]] who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7426669.stm |title=Rep of Ireland 1–0 Colombia |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 May 2008|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> and May 2009<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8074830.stm |title=Rep of Ireland 1–1 Nigeria | first=Alvin | last=McCaig |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 May 2009|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> respectively and [[Oman national football team|Oman]] in 2012.<ref name="Oman" />
The [[South Korea national football team]] have also used the ground thrice in recent years for international friendlies, first against Greece in February 2007<ref name="GreKor" /> second against Serbia in November 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/112490/report |title=South Korea v Serbia |publisher=Sky Sports |date=18 November 2009|access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> and then against Croatia in February 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/102620/south-korea-vs-croatia/lineup-stats |title=South Korea vs Croatia Lineups and Statistics |publisher=Goal |date=6 February 2013|access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref>
On 17 November 2007 Australia beat Nigeria 1–0 in an international friendly at Craven Cottage.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/103218/commentary |title=Rep Ireland v Colombia – 29th May 2008 &#124; Commentary &#124; International Match &#124; Sky Sports Football |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-date=18 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018101728/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/103218/commentary |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/92043 |title=Australia vs Nigeria. International Match. 3:00pm, Saturday 17th November 2007. Craven Cottage. |publisher=[[Sky Sports]]}}</ref>
On 26 May 2011, Craven Cottage hosted the game of [[2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final]] between [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]] and [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Potsdam]]. In September 2011, a friendly between [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] was also held at Craven Cottage.<ref name="BraGha" /> 
On 15 October 2013, Australia beat Canada 3–0 at Craven Cottage. On 28 May 2014 Scotland played out a 2–2 draw with a Nigerian team who had qualified for the 2014 World Cup Finals.

On 27 March 2018, Australia played host to Colombia in the international friendlies, the match ended 0-0, both teams having qualified for the 2018 World Cup Finals in Russia. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Much improved Socceroos hold their own in goalless draw with Colombia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/28/much-improved-socceroos-hold-on-for-goalless-draw-with-colombia}}</ref>

===Other===
[[File:Michael Jackson statue 23444.JPG|thumb|Michael Jackson statue at Craven Cottage]]
* [[London Broncos#1980–1991: Fulham R.L.F.C.|Fulham RLFC]], now London Broncos, played at Craven Cottage between 1980 and 1984,<ref name="rugbyleague" /> hosting their largest attendance of 15,013.<ref name="Napit" /> The ground has also hosted Oxbridge varsity matches in rugby and football.<ref name="Varsity" />
* The ground has hosted the most [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia national team]] matches outside of [[Australia]] and was one of the pioneers in hosting (neutral) international friendlies.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
* Fulham were the last team to have standing accommodation in the [[Premier League]], as Craven Cottage included terraces in the [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02 season]] – eight years after the [[Taylor Report]] outlawed terraces at this level.<ref name="Terrace" />
*The original Craven Cottage site was covered in woodlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/clubs/fulham |title=Learn English with the Premier League |publisher=British Council |access-date=26 November 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033002/http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/clubs/fulham |url-status=dead }}</ref> One [[Platanus|plane tree]] survives today in a corner of the Putney End,<ref name="tree" /> the sole tree to be found in any British senior football stadium.<ref name="Shoot" />
*On 3 April 2011, Fulham unveiled [[Michael Jackson Statue|a statue]] of [[Michael Jackson]] inside the stadium before its match with Blackpool. The singer was not a Fulham fan and had no interest in football whatsoever, but attended a Fulham match once as a friend of club chairman [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]], who commissioned the statue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson statue unveiled at Fulham |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6286197/statue-michael-jackson-unveiled-fulham-home-stadium |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12950708 | work=BBC News | title=Michael Jackson Fulham FC statue defended by Al Fayed | date=3 April 2011}}</ref> In 2013, Al-Fayed stated that the statue would be moved to a different property he owned,<ref>{{cite news|last=Rice|first=Simon|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/michael-jackson-statue-set-to-be-removed-from-fulham-stadium-craven-cottage-at-mohamed-al-fayeds-request-8826503.html|title=Michael Jackson statue set to be removed from Fulham stadium Craven Cottage at Mohamed Al Fayed's request|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=19 September 2013|access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref> though it was eventually moved to the [[National Football Museum]] in [[Manchester]] in 2014. The statue was removed from public display at that museum in March 2019, likely due to sexual abuse allegations made in the [[Channel 4]]/[[HBO]] documentary ''[[Leaving Neverland]]'', which had aired days before.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/football/michael-jackson-soccer-museum-statue-scli-gbr-intl/index.html|title=Michael Jackson statue removed from museum following abuse claims|last=Picheta|first=Rob|date=7 March 2019|work=[[CNN International]]|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[2016 Saudi Super Cup]], Played on 8 August 2016, ended with [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] losing 4–3 on penalties to [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]. The match had no added extra time. It ended 1–1 at 90 minutes.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
*In October 2023, Ashwater Press (Ken Coton Martin Plumb) published a book 'Craven Cottage – 250 years' which charts the history of the site from 1777 and the first Craven Cottage with its 15 owners, to the present day.