Editing Craven Cottage (section)

===Establishing itself as a stadium===
An [[England national football team|England]] v [[Wales national football team|Wales]] match was played at the ground in 1907,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=90 |title=England 1 – 1 Wales |publisher=England Stats |date=18 March 1907|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/englandmatchreports/090-wales-1907 |title=England 1 – 1 Wales |publisher=England Match Reports |date=18 March 1907|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> followed by a [[rugby league]] international between [[England national rugby league team|England]] and [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] in 1911.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1911/game-7/england-vs-australia.html |title=England 6 lost to Australia 11 |publisher=The Rugby League Project |date=18 October 2011 |access-date=19 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925101657/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/kangaroos-tour-1911/game-7/england-vs-australia.html |archive-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref>

One of the club's directors [[Henry Norris (businessman)|Henry Norris]], and his friend William Hall, took over [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the early 1910s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/laying-the-foundations/club-moves-from-woolwich-to-highbury |title=Club moves from Woolwich to Highbury |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |date=16 December 2008|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> the plan being to merge Fulham with Arsenal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/arsenal-stadium-highbury/arsenal-stadium-a-history |title=Highbury – A history |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |date=14 July 2008|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> to form a "London superclub" at Craven Cottage.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcsXyTmY7MoC&q=ARSENAL+FULHAM+%E2%80%9CLONDON+SUPERCLUB%E2%80%9D&pg=PT15 |title=Rebels for the Cause: The Alternative History of Arsenal Football Club | first=Jon | last=Spurling |publisher=Random House |date=2 November 2012|access-date=19 November 2013|isbn=9781780574868 }}</ref> This move was largely motivated by Fulham's failure thus far to gain promotion to the top division of English football. There were also plans for Henry Norris to build a larger stadium on the other side of Stevenage Road but there was little need after the merger idea failed. During this era, the Cottage was used for choir singing and marching bands along with other performances, and Mass.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs0LBqzEDIM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211124/Vs0LBqzEDIM| archive-date=2021-11-24 | url-status=live|title=Craven Cottage 1926|date=16 November 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDAASBY8yE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211124/sKDAASBY8yE| archive-date=2021-11-24 | url-status=live|title=Craven Cottage Charity Match 1920|date=16 November 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1933 there were plans to demolish the ground and start again from scratch with a new 80,000 capacity stadium. These plans never materialised mainly due to the [[Great Depression]].

On 8 October 1938, 49,335 spectators watched Fulham play [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]].<ref name="ESPN" /> It was the largest attendance ever at Craven Cottage and is unlikely to be bettered, because the stadium is now an all-seated with no room for more than 29,700. The ground hosted several football games for the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], and is one of the last extant that did.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf 1948 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035822/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf |date=16 July 2011 }} pp. 45–6.</ref>