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===Other=== [[File:Michael Jackson statue 23444.JPG|thumb|Michael Jackson statue at Craven Cottage]] * [[London Broncos#1980β1991: 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 [[2001β02 in English football|2001β02 season]] β 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 4β3 on penalties to [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]. The match had no added extra time. It ended 1β1 at 90 minutes.{{cn|date=March 2025}} *In October 2023, Ashwater Press (Ken Coton Martin Plumb) published a book 'Craven Cottage β 250 years' which charts the history of the site from 1777 and the first Craven Cottage with its 15 owners, to the present day.
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