Editing Craven Cottage

{{Short description|Football stadium in Fulham, West London, England}}
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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Craven Cottage
| image = Craven Cottage Football Ground - geograph.org.uk - 778731.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Craven Cottage on a matchday in 2007
| fullname = Craven Cottage
| location = Stevenage Road<br>[[Fulham]]<br>[[London]]<br>[[SW postcode area|SW6 6HH]]
| publictransit = {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{lus|Putney Bridge}}; {{lus|Hammersmith}}
| built = 1780 (as a cottage)
| opened = 1896 (as a stadium)
| owner = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| operator =[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| surface = Grass (Fibrelastic)
| dimensions = {{convert|100|x|65|m|yd|1}}<ref name="cap2022"/>
| architect = [[Archibald Leitch]]<ref name="placeinhistory" />
| tenants = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] (1896–2002, 2004–present)<br>[[Fulham L.F.C.|Fulham Ladies]] (2000–2003)<br>[[London Broncos#1980–1991: Fulham R.L.F.C.|Fulham RLFC]] (1980–1984)
| seating_capacity = 28,800<ref name="cap2022">{{cite web|title=Premier League Handbook 2022/23|url=https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2022/07/19/40085fed-1e9e-4c33-9f14-0bcf57857da2/PL_Handbook_2022-23_DIGITAL_18.07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721120549/https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2022/07/19/40085fed-1e9e-4c33-9f14-0bcf57857da2/PL_Handbook_2022-23_DIGITAL_18.07.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-21 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| record_attendance = 49,335 (October 1938)
}}
[[File:Craven Cottage view from Johnny Haynes Stand.jpg|thumb|Panorama View from the Johnny Haynes Stand]]
'''Craven Cottage''' is a football stadium in [[Fulham]], [[West London]], England, which has been the home of [[Fulham F.C.]] since 1896.<ref name="officialwebsite">According to the club's [https://www.fulhamfc.com/visit/craven-cottage/ official website].</ref> The ground's capacity is 29,589;<ref name="cap2022"/> the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] in 1938.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/feature/_/id/841079?cc=5739 |title=A brief history of Fulham | first=Rob | last=Smyth |publisher=ESPN FC |date=5 July 2012|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref> Next to [[Bishop's Park (Fulham)|Bishop's Park]] on the banks of the [[River Thames]],<ref name="cafe">{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/visit/craven-cottage/cafe-at-the-cottage |title=Café at the Cottage |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010232343/http://www.fulhamfc.com/visit/craven-cottage/cafe-at-the-cottage |archive-date=10 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it was originally a royal hunting lodge and has a history dating back over 300 years.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbYQ4gS05EEC&q=%E2%80%9DCRAVEN+COTTAGE%E2%80%9C+HUNTING+LODGE&pg=PT17 |title=The football and real ale guide: Premiership | first=Richard | last=Stedman |publisher=Stedders Guides|year=2006|access-date=18 November 2013|isbn=9781905423057 }}</ref>

The stadium has also been used by national teams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.us/international-friendly/match/408559/united-states-colombia/report |title=Colombia come from behind to beat United States at Craven Cottage |publisher= ESPN |date=14 November 2014 |access-date= 14 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/socceroos-beat-nigeria/story-e6frf9if-1111114903446 |title=Carney leads Australia to 1–0 victory over Nigeria |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=18 November 2007|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Oman">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19564967 |title=Republic of Ireland 4–1 Oman |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 September 2012|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://o.canada.com/sports/australia-crushes-canada-in-soccer-friendly/ |title=Australia crushes Canada in soccer friendly |publisher=canada.com |date=15 October 2013|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref> and was formerly the home ground for [[rugby league]] club [[London Broncos#1980–1991: Fulham R.L.F.C.|Fulham RLFC]].<ref name="rugbyleague">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugby-league.com/article/53649/a-history-of-rugby-league-in-london|title = A History of Rugby League in London}}</ref>

==Life==

===Pre-Fulham===
[[File:Craven Cottage LH4736.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Craven Cottage on the banks of the [[River Thames]] as of 2010.<!-- based on file creation date -->]]
The original Cottage was built in 1780, by [[William Craven, 6th Baron Craven|William Craven]], the sixth [[Baron Craven]]<ref name="placeinhistory">{{cite web |url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/club/history |title=HISTORY |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=11 January 2021|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> and was located close to where the Johnny Haynes Stand is now. At the time, the surrounding areas were woods which once made up part of [[Anne Boleyn]]'s hunting grounds.<ref name="placeinhistory" />

The Cottage was lived in by [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]]<ref name="placeinhistory" /> (who wrote ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii]]''<ref>{{cite book |title=The Last Days of Pompeii | first=Edward | last=Bulwer-Lytton | date=September 2007 |publisher=Dodo Press |isbn = 978-1406521641}}</ref>) and other somewhat notable (and moneyed) persons<ref name="placeinhistory" /> until it was destroyed by fire in May 1888.<ref name="placeinhistory" />  Following the fire, the site was abandoned.<ref name="placeinhistory" /> Fulham had had 8 previous grounds<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/july/01/moments-that-made-ffc |title=50 Moments That Made Fulham: 10. The Formation of the Club – 1879 |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=1 July 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> before settling in at Craven Cottage for good. Therefore, The Cottagers have had 12 grounds overall (including a temporary stay at [[Loftus Road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/september/11/top-10-loftus-road-matches |title=Top 10: Loftus Road Matches |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=11 September 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>) Of particular note, was [[Ranelagh House]], Fulham's palatial home from 1886 to 1888.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derelictlondon.com/londons-long-lost-sports-grounds.html |title=London's Long Lost Sports Grounds |publisher=Derelict London |access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>

===Under construction: 1894–1905===
[[File:Rabbit Hutch at the Cottage.jpg|thumb|right|The 'Rabbit Hutch' stand along Stevenage Road before [[Archibald Leitch]]'s redesign in 1904-5]]
When representatives of Fulham first came across the land, in 1894, it was so overgrown that it took two years to be made suitable for football to be played on it.<ref name="placeinhistory" /> A deal was struck for the owners of the ground to carry out the work, in return for which they would receive a proportion of the gate receipts.<ref name="placeinhistory" />

The first football match at which there were any gate receipts was when Fulham played against [[Minerva F.C.|Minerva]] in the [[Middlesex Senior Cup]], on 10 October 1896.<ref name="placeinhistory" /> The ground's first stand was built shortly after.<ref name="placeinhistory" /> Described as looking like an "orange box", it consisted of four wooden structures each holding some 250 seats, and later was affectionately nicknamed the "rabbit hutch".<ref name="placeinhistory" />

In 1904 [[London County Council]] became concerned with the level of safety at the ground, and tried to get it closed.<ref name="placeinhistory" /> A court case followed in January 1905, as a result of which [[Archibald Leitch]], a Scottish [[architect]] who had risen to prominence after his building of the [[Ibrox Stadium]], a few years earlier,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.therangersarchive.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=128 |title=Archibald Leitch – 'Engineering Archie': The Designer of Ibrox |publisher=The Rangers Archive |access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> was hired to work on the stadium.<ref name="placeinhistory" /> In a scheme costing £15,000<ref name="placeinhistory" /> (a record for the time<ref name="Terrace">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19009781 |title=Fulham's plans to increase Craven Cottage capacity approved |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 July 2012|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>), he built a pavilion (the present-day 'Cottage' itself<ref name="placeinhistory" />) and the Stevenage Road Stand,<ref name="placeinhistory" /> in his characteristic [[red brick]] style.<ref name="placeinhistory" />

The stand on Stevenage Road celebrated its centenary in the 2005–2006 season<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2005/august/15/stevenage-road-centenary |title=Stevenage Road Centenary |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=15 August 2005|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> and, following the death of Fulham FC's favourite son, former England captain [[Johnny Haynes]], in a car accident in October 2005<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4353732.stm |title=Legendary Haynes dies after crash |publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 October 2005|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> the Stevenage Road Stand was renamed the Johnny Haynes Stand after the club sought the opinions of Fulham supporters.<ref name="Haynes">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/4480816.stm |title=Fulham re-name stand after Haynes |publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 November 2005|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Fulham Football Club - geograph.org.uk - 577777.jpg|thumb|right|The façade of the Johnny Haynes stand]]
Both the Johnny Haynes Stand and Cottage remain among the finest examples of [[Archibald Leitch]] football architecture to remain in existence and both have been designated as Grade II listed buildings.<ref name="officialwebsite" />

===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>

===Post-World War II===
[[File:Johnny Haynes statue.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Johnny Haynes]] (1934–2005), Fulham's most famous player, in his classic 'hand-on-hip' pose, outside the stand named after him]]
It was not until after Fulham first reached the top division, in 1949, that further improvements were made to the stadium. In 1962 Fulham became the final side in the first division to erect [[floodlights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/august/22/throwback-thursday |title=1962: Cook Lights Up The Cottage |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=22 August 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>  An electronic scoreboard was installed on the Riverside Terrace at the same time and flagpoles flying the flags of all of the other first division teams were flown from them.<ref name="pies">{{cite web |url=http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/fulham/171403/the-black-and-white-years-scorching-vintage-photos-of-fulhams-craven-cottage-between-1923-1978.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801230450/http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/fulham/171403/the-black-and-white-years-scorching-vintage-photos-of-fulhams-craven-cottage-between-1923-1978.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=1 August 2013 |title=The Black-And-White Years: Scorching Vintage Photos Of Fulham's Craven Cottage, Between 1923–1978 | first=Chris | last=Wright |publisher=Who Ate All The Pies? |date=30 July 2013|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> Following the sale of Alan Mullery to Tottenham Hotspur in 1964 (for £72,500) the Hammersmith End had a roof put over it<ref name="roof">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/fulham-go-from-laughing-stock-to-serious-players-1947790.html |title=Fulham go from laughing stock to serious players | first=Steve | last=Tongue |newspaper=The Independent|location=London |date=18 April 2010|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> at a cost of approximately £42,500.

Although Fulham were relegated, the development of Craven Cottage continued. The Riverside terracing, infamous for the fact that fans occupying it would turn their heads annually to watch [[The Boat Race]] pass,<ref name="334,000">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2rBc7i0RnsC&q=%E2%80%9CCRAVEN+COTTAGE%E2%80%9C+334000&pg=PT124 |title=Football Fanatic: A Record Breaking Journey Through English Football | first=Ken | last=Ferris |publisher=Random House |date=1 March 2013|access-date=19 November 2013|isbn=9781780578019 }}</ref> was replaced by what was officially named the 'Eric Miller Stand',<ref name="Miller">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16531444 |title=Fulham submit plans to expand Craven Cottage to a 30,000-seat stadium |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2012|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> [[Eric Miller (businessman)|Eric Miller]] being a director of the club at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jan/18/sport.comment1 |title=The Cottage has been a block of flats waiting to happen since the 1980s | first=David | last=Lacey |newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |date=18 January 2003|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> The stand, which cost £334,000<ref name="334,000" /> and held 4,200 seats, was opened with a friendly game against [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] in February 1972, (which included [[Eusébio]]).<ref name="Benfica">{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/june/06/throwback-thursday |title=1972: Riverside Royalty|publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=6 June 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> [[Pelé]] was also to appear on the ground, with a friendly played against his team [[Santos F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/may/30/throwback-thursday |title=1973: Pelé Plays At The Cottage|publisher=Fulham F.C.|date=30 May 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> The Miller stand brought the seated capacity up to 11,000 out of a total 40,000.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ZoU0mkbn8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211124/T2ZoU0mkbn8| archive-date=2021-11-24 | url-status=live|title=Fulham v Burnley 1972|date=9 August 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Eric Miller (businessman)|Eric Miller]] committed suicide five years later after a political and financial scandal,<ref name="Herald">{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19790131&id=4MFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3989,4722016 |title=MPs may debate scandal of suicide tycoon |work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=31 January 1979|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> and had shady dealings with trying to move Fulham away from the Cottage. The stand is now better known as the Riverside Stand.<ref name="Miller" />

On [[Boxing Day]] 1963, Craven Cottage was the venue of the fastest [[hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] in the history of the English football league, which was completed in less than three minutes, by [[Graham Leggat]]. This helped his Fulham team to beat [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich]] 10–1 (a club record).<ref>Three minutes is the time quoted by [https://web.archive.org/web/20090325201135/http://www.grahamleggatsoccer.com/memories.htm his official website].</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/incoming/article6235.ece/BINARY/Fulham+10-1+Ipswich |title=Ten for The 'Turkeys' | first=Bill | last=Holden |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=27 December 1963|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref> The international record is held by [[Jimmy O'Connor]], an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] player who notched up his hat trick in 2 minutes 14 seconds in 1967.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/3485294.stm |title=Hayter keeps feet on ground | first=Mark | last=Mitchener |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 February 2004|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>

Between 1980 and 1984, '''Fulham [[rugby league]]''' played their home games at the Cottage.<ref name="rugbyleague" /> They have since evolved into the '''London Crusaders''', the '''London Broncos''' and '''Harlequins Rugby League'''<ref name="rugbyleague" /> before reverting to [[London Broncos]] ahead of [[Super League XVII|the 2012 season]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/15353867 |title=Harlequins revert to London Broncos name again for 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 November 2011|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> Craven Cottage held the team's largest ever crowd at any ground with 15,013, at a game against [[Wakefield Trinity]] on 15 February 1981.<ref name="Napit">{{cite web |url=http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/harlequinsrl.php |title=Harlequins RLFC |publisher=Napit |access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>

===Modern times===
[[File:Craven Cottage Stevenage Road Stand.jpg|thumb|right|Craven Cottage before the implementation of the [[Taylor report]].]]
[[File:Johnny Haynes Stand.JPG|thumb|right|The historic triangular gable on top of the Haynes stand, one of the few extant at British grounds]] 
When the [[Hillsborough disaster]] occurred in 1989, Fulham were in the second bottom rung of [[The Football League]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1988-1989/table |title=Fulham 1988–1989 : English Division Three (old) Table |publisher=Statto |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829014704/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1988-1989/table |url-status=dead }}</ref> but following the [[Taylor report]] Fulham's ambitious chairman Jimmy Hill tabled plans in 1996 for an all-seater stadium.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2395783/Fulham-pushed-out-Hill.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2395783/Fulham-pushed-out-Hill.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Fulham pushed out Hill | first=Mihir | last=Bose |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=7 February 2003|access-date=20 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> These plans never came to fruition, partly due to local residents' pressure groups, and by the time Fulham reached the [[Premier League]], they still had standing areas in the ground,<ref name="Terrace" /> something virtually unheard of at the time. A year remained to do something about this (teams reaching the second tier for the first time are allowed a three-year period to reach the required standards for the top two divisions),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/6740273.stm |title=Plymouth forced to close terrace |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 August 2012|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19095689 |title=Peterborough back calls for safe standing at football grounds |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 June 2007|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-12600812 |title=Colchester MP wants return of football standing areas |publisher=BBC News |date=28 February 2011|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> but by the time the last league game was played there, against [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] on 27 April 2002, no building plans had been made. Two more [[Intertoto Cup]] games were played there later that year (against [[FC Haka]] of Finland<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/3030674/Intertoto-Cup-Fulhams-tepid-farewell-to-home.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/3030674/Intertoto-Cup-Fulhams-tepid-farewell-to-home.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Intertoto Cup: Fulham's tepid farewell to home | first=Gary | last=Slater |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=7 July 2002|access-date=20 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Egaleo FC]] of Greece<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/3031317/Intertoto-Cup-Saha-saves-the-day-for-Fulham.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/3031317/Intertoto-Cup-Saha-saves-the-day-for-Fulham.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Intertoto Cup: Saha saves the day for Fulham | first=Andrew | last=Walshaw |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=21 July 2002|access-date=20 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>), and the eventual solution was to decamp to [[Loftus Road]], home of local rivals [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|QPR]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1800444.stm |title=Fulham's Loftus Road switch |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 February 2002|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> During this time, many Fulham fans only went to away games in protest of moving from Craven Cottage.<ref name="Fortress">{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/news/story?id=304739&cc=5739 |title=Al Fayed wants 'Fortress Cottage' |publisher=ESPN FC |date=8 July 2004|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lostboyos.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/lost-in-fulham/ |title=Lost in…Fulham |publisher=Lost Boyos |date=2 January 2013|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsoffulham.com/forum/index.php?topic=6406.15;wap2 |title=Fulham messageboard discussion |publisher=Friends of Fulham|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> 'Back to the Cottage', later to become the 'Fulham Supporters Trust', was set up as a fans pressure group to encourage the chairman and his advisers that Craven Cottage was the only viable option for Fulham Football Club.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ldnVIuhjc| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713114339/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ldnVIuhjc&feature=related| archive-date=2015-07-13 | url-status=dead|title=1964 – 1965 – Fulham v Man United|date=21 January 2009|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AIRmZnXqlw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704131644/https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=4AIRmZnXqlw| archive-date=2015-07-04 | url-status=dead|title=Craven Cottage Film|date=22 December 2008|via=YouTube}}</ref>

After one and a half seasons at [[Loftus Road]], no work had been done on the Cottage. In December 2003, plans were unveiled for £8 million worth of major refurbishment work to bring it in line with Premier League requirements.<ref name="officialwebsite" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/3326021.stm |title=Fulham return to Cottage |publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 December 2003|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning_decisions/strategic_dev/2004/jan0704/craven_cottage_appendix.pdf|title=Craven Cottage Stadium (Fulham Football Club)|publisher=Greater London Authority|date=3 December 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819104129/http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning_decisions/strategic_dev/2004/jan0704/craven_cottage_appendix.pdf|archive-date=19 August 2012}}</ref> With planning permission granted, work began in January 2004 in order to meet the deadline of the new season. The work proceeded as scheduled and the club were able to return to their home for the start of the [[2004–05 FA Premier League|2004–05 season]]. Their first game in the new-look 22,000 all-seater stadium was a pre-season friendly against Watford on 10 July 2004.<ref name="officialwebsite" />

The current stadium was one of the [[Premier League]]'s smallest grounds at the time of Fulham's relegation at the end of the [[2013–14 Premier League|2013–14]] season (it was third-smallest, after the [[KC Stadium]] and the [[Liberty Stadium]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22940442 |title=Cardiff City plan stadium expansion in time for 2014/15 season |publisher=BBC News|date=17 June 2013|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> Much admired for its fine architecture,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/11767726/Ranking-all-54-stadiums-in-Premier-League-history.html?frame=3390163|title=Ranking all 54 stadiums in Premier League history|date=3 August 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}</ref> the stadium has recently hosted a few international games, mostly including [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]. This venue is suitable for Australia because most of the country's top players are based in Europe, and West London has a significant community of [[expatriate]] Australians. Also, [[Greece national football team|Greece]] vs. [[Korea Republic national football team|South Korea]] was hosted on 6 February 2007.<ref name="GreKor">{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/match?id=212500&cc=5739 |title=Match: Greece v South Korea – International Friendly |publisher=ESPN FC |date=6 February 2007|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> In 2011 Brazil played Ghana, in an international friendly,<ref name="BraGha">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/14798121 |title=Brazil 1–0 Ghana |publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 September 2011|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> and the [[2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final|Women's Champions League Final]] was hosted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/26/lyon-turbine-potsdam-womens-champions-league |title=Wendie Renard and Lara Dickenmann make amends as Lyon see off Potsdam | first=Paul | last=Doyle |newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |date=26 May 2011|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref>

Craven Cottage often hosts other events such as 5-a-side football tournaments and weddings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/visit/experiences-and-events/weddings |title=Weddings |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002130/http://www.fulhamfc.com/visit/experiences-and-events/weddings |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some have Sunday Lunch at the Riverside restaurant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/hospitality/packages/riverside-restaurant |title=Riverside Restaurant |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=20 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125120514/http://www.fulhamfc.com/hospitality/packages/riverside-restaurant |archive-date=25 November 2013 }}</ref> or the 'Cottage Cafe'<ref name="cafe" /> on non-match days. Craven Cottage hosted the [[Oxbridge]] Varsity Football match annually between 1991 and 2000 and again in 2003, 2006 (the same day as the '[[The Boat Race|Boat Race]]'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2006/060321_1.html |title=ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2006/060321_1.html |publisher=University of Oxford |date=21 March 2006 |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428110024/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2006/060321_1.html |archive-date=28 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>), 2008, 2009,<ref name="Varsity">{{cite web |url=http://www.ouafc.com/varsity-matches/index |title=List of Varsity matches |publisher=Oxford University A.F.C. |date=9 December 2009 |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203041949/http://www.ouafc.com/varsity-matches/index |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2014<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/10395031/Oxford-University-v-Cambridge-University-varsity-match-set-to-return-to-Fulhams-Craven-Cottage.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/10395031/Oxford-University-v-Cambridge-University-varsity-match-set-to-return-to-Fulhams-Craven-Cottage.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University varsity match set to return to Fulham's Craven Cottage | first=Henry | last=Winter |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=21 October 2013|access-date=20 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> as well as having a [[Soccer Aid]] warm-up match in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/soccer-aid-626142 |title=Soccer Aid | first=Jane | last=Simon |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=23 May 2006|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> The half-time entertainment includes the SW6ers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cafcbois.blogspot.co.uk/2006/04/match-report-fulham-2-1-charlton.html |title=Match Report: Fulham 2–1 Charlton | first=James | last=Da Lion |publisher=CAFC Bois |date=15 April 2006|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> (previously called The Cravenettes<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2001/december/03/monday-s-media |title=Re-print of reports of Fulham 0–0 Leeds United on Fulham official website |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=3 December 2001|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjwillow/3218040453/in/photostream/ |title=The Cravenettes | first=John | last=Willoghby |publisher=Flickr |date=1 January 2006|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref>) which are a group of female cheerleaders. Other events have included brass bands, [[Michael Jackson]] (although just walking on the pitch, as opposed to performing),<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyajPOy2Ag| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211124/ByyajPOy2Ag| archive-date=2021-11-24 | url-status=live|title=Michael Jackson at Fulham football ground|date=25 November 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Travis (band)|Travis]] playing, Arabic dancing, [[keepie uppie]] professionals and presentational awards. Most games also feature the 'Fulham flutter', a half-time draw;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2007/april/17/text-for-fulham-flutter |title=Text for Fulham Flutter |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=17 April 2007|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> and a shoot-out competition of some kind,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/help/faq/stadium-experience |title=Stadium Experience |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080623/http://www.fulhamfc.com/help/faq/stadium-experience |url-status=dead }}</ref> usually involving scoring through a 'hoop' or 'beat the goalie'. On the first home game of the season, there is a carnival where Fulham fans are encouraged to attend in black-and-white colours.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

The revived [[Fulham F.C. Women]] and reserve teams occasionally play home matches at the Cottage. Other than this, they generally play at the club's training ground at [[Motspur Park]]. Craven Cottage is known by several affectionate nicknames from fans, including: The (River) Cottage,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/fulham/article2301454.ece |title=Return to river Cottage key to Coleman's home comfort | first=Nick | last=Szczepanik |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=21 August 2004|access-date=20 November 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fulham-1-stoke-0-relief-at-the-cottage-as-late-darren-bent-strike-lifts-martin-jols-men-out-of-the-drop-zone-8861070.html |title=Fulham 1 Stoke 0: Relief at the Cottage as late Darren Bent strike lifts Martin Jol's men out of the drop zone | first=Giuseppe | last=Muro |newspaper=Evening Standard|location=London |date=5 October 2013|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> The Fortress (or Fortress Fulham),<ref name="Fortress" /> Thameside, The Friendly Confines, SW6, Lord of the Banks, The House of Hope, The Pavilion of Perfection, The 'True' [[Fulham Palace]] and The Palatial Home. The Thames at the banks of the Cottage is often referred to as 'Old Father'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clockenders.com/afc/?p=6616 |title=FULHAM 2 V 2 ARSENAL |first=Aussie |last=Jack |publisher=Clockenders |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610220910/http://clockenders.com/afc/?p=6616 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=196960 |title=Fulham 2 Hamburg 1 |first=Andrew |last=Joyce |publisher=Vital Football |date=30 April 2010 |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-date=20 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320062407/http://www.fulham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=196960 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://walsall.web-fans.com/2009/05/the-darlo-saddler-blogs-issue-no-29/ |title=The 'Darlo Saddler' Blogs – Issue No. 29 |first=Darlo |last=Saddler |publisher=Walsall Web-Fans |date=23 May 2009 |access-date=20 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131120213056/http://walsall.web-fans.com/2009/05/the-darlo-saddler-blogs-issue-no-29/ |archive-date=20 November 2013 }}</ref> or [[The River of Dreams]].

The most accessible route to the ground is to walk through Bishops Park from [[Putney Bridge tube station|Putney Bridge]] (the nearest Underground station),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/help/faq/travelling-to-the-game |title=Travelling to the Game |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> often known as 'The Green Mile' by Fulham fans (as it is roughly a mile walk through pleasant greenery).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://youdontknowjackfrombordeaux.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/judgment-day-finding-my-premier-league-club-in-london/ |title=Judgment Day: Finding my Premier League Club in London |publisher=You Don't Know Jack from Bordeaux |date=12 May 2013|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> In 2016 ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ranked the Cottage 9th out of 54 grounds to hold Premier League football.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/11767726/Ranking-all-54-stadiums-in-Premier-League-history.html?frame=3390163 |date=10 May 2016 |title=Ranking all 54 stadiums in Premier League history – where does Upton Park feature? |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London}}</ref>

===Plans===
On 27 July 2012, Fulham FC were granted permission to redevelop the Riverside Stand, increasing the capacity of Craven Cottage to 30,000 seats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11681/7939236/Cottage-expansion-granted |title=Cottage expansion granted |publisher=Sky Sports |date=27 July 2012|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2011/october/08/fulham-forever|title=Fulham Forever|work=fulhamfc.com}}</ref> Beforehand various rumours arose including plans to return to ground-sharing with QPR in a new 40,000 seater White City stadium,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2370480/Fayed-scheme-for-Fulham-switch-to-new-White-City-stadium.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2370480/Fayed-scheme-for-Fulham-switch-to-new-White-City-stadium.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Fayed scheme for Fulham switch to new White City stadium | first=Mihir | last=Bose |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=1 January 2004|access-date=21 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3774/the-sweeper/2012/01/28/2869994/the-sweeper-fulham-approached-by-qpr-about-interest-in-sharing-a- |title=The Sweeper: Fulham approached by QPR about interest in sharing a new stadium | first=Wayne | last=Versey |publisher=Goal |date=28 January 2012|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> although these now appear firmly on hold with the construction of the [[Westfield London|Westfield]] shopping centre on the proposed site. The board seem to have moved away from their ambition to make Fulham the "Manchester United of the south" as it became clear how expensive such a plan would be.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/08/premier-league-preview-fulham |title=Premier League preview No7: Fulham | first=Paul | last=Doyle |newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |date=8 August 2013 |access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> With large spaces of land at a premium in south-west London, Fulham appear to be committed to a gradual increase of the ground's capacity often during the summer between seasons. The capacity of Craven Cottage has been increased during summers for instance in 2008 with a small increase in the capacity of the Hammersmith End. Fulham previously announced in 2007 that they are planning to increase the capacity of Craven Cottage by 4,000 seats,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2007/October/CottageRelease.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421203942/http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2007/October/CottageRelease.aspx |archive-date=21 April 2012 |title=Stadium Announcement |publisher= Fulham F.C.|date=3 April 2007 |access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref> but this is yet to be implemented.  There were also proposals for a bridge to span the Thames, for a redeveloped Riverside stand and a museum.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jan/17/newsstory.sport8?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 | work=The Guardian|location=London | first=Paul | last=Kelso | title=Development at Craven Cottage to include museum | date=17 January 2003}}</ref> 

More substantial plans arose in October 2011 with the 'Fulham Forever' campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/stadium-development|title=Stadium Development – Fulham Football Club|work=fulhamfc.com}}</ref> With [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]] selling [[Harrods]] department store for £1.5 billion in May 2010<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8669657.stm |title=Mohammed Al Fayed sells Harrods store to Qatar Holdings|publisher=BBC News|date=8 May 2010|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> a detailed plan emerged in the Riverside Stand as the only viable area for expansion. The scheme involved the demolition of the back of the Riverside Stand with a new tier of seating added on top of the current one and a row of corporate boxes; bringing Craven Cottage up to 30,000 capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stadiumguide.com/fulham-and-brighton-push-for-stadium-expansion/|title=Fulham and Brighton push for stadium expansion [UPDATED]|work=The Stadium Guide}}</ref> Taking into account local residents, the proposal would: reopen the riverside walk; light pollution would be reduced with the removal of floodlight masts; new access points would make match-day crowds more manageable; and the new stand would be respectful in design to its position on the River Thames.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/stadium-development/construction-phase|title=Construction Phase – Fulham Football Club|work=fulhamfc.com|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118050723/http://www.fulhamfc.com/stadium-development/construction-phase|archive-date=18 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Buckingham Group Contracting were chosen in March 2013 as the construction company for the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2013/03/12/buckingham-set-to-score-with-15m-fulham-refurb/|title=Buckingham set to score with £15m Fulham refurb|work=constructionenquirer.com}}</ref> In May 2019, the club confirmed that work on the new Riverside Stand would commence in the summer of 2019. During the 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, the ground's capacity was temporarily reduced to 19,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2019/may/22/chairman-confirms-riverside-stand-development |title=Chairman Confirms Riverside Stand Development|publisher=Fulham F.C.|date=22 May 2019|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2019/may/22/riverside-transition-plans-confirmed |title=Riverside Transition Plans Confirmed|publisher=Fulham F.C.|date=22 May 2019|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref> The club announced on 17 March 2022 that the lower tier of the Riverside Stand would be open for the 2022–23 season for over 2000 supporters, with season tickets going on sale from 29 March.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Fulham |title=New Riverside Stand: Lower Tier Seating |url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2022/march/17/new-riverside-stand-lower-tier-seating/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Fulham FC|date=17 March 2022 }}</ref>

==The ground==

===Hammersmith End===
[[File:The Hammersmith End - Fulham FC, SW6 - geograph.org.uk - 934070.jpg|thumb|right|The Hammersmith End]]
The [[Hammersmith]] End is the northernmost stand in the ground, the closest to Hammersmith. The roofing was financed through the sale of [[Alan Mullery]] to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]]<ref name="roof" /> It is traditionally the "home" end where the more vocal Fulham fans sit,<ref name="terrace">{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/help/faq/a-to-z-reference-guides |title=A to Z Reference Guides |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-date=19 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819210346/http://www.fulhamfc.com/help/faq/a-to-z-reference-guides |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="visiting">{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/help/faq/visiting-the-cottage |title=Visiting The Cottage |publisher=Fulham F.C.|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> and many stand during games at the back rows of the stand. If Fulham win the toss, they usually choose to play towards the Hammersmith End in the second half. The hardcore fans tend to sit (or rather stand) in the back half of the Hammersmith End, plus the entire Block H5 (known as 'H Block' to the faithful). The stand had terracing until the reopening of the ground in 2004, when it was replaced with seating in order to comply with league rules following the [[Taylor Report]].<ref name="terrace" /> 
[[File:Craven Cottage 1987 2.jpg|thumb|right|The 'Little Switzerland' section of the Putney End in 1987]]

===Putney End===
The [[Putney]] End is the southernmost stand in the ground, nearest to [[Putney]] and backing onto Bishops Park.  This stand hosts home and away fans, separated by stewards, with away fans usually allocated blocks P5 and P6.<ref name="Shoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.shoot.co.uk/stadium-special-4/|title=Stadium special|first=George|last=Preece|publisher=Shoot|date=17 September 2013|access-date=25 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003528/http://www.shoot.co.uk/stadium-special-4/|archive-date=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Flags of every nationality in the Fulham squad were hung from the roofing, although they were removed after the 2006–07 season commenced and there is now an electronic scoreboard in place. There is a plane tree in the corner by the river.<ref name="tree">{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/epltalk/304406352/ |title=Tree at Craven Cottage |work=Flickr |date=23 November 2006|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref>

===Riverside Stand===
[[File:Boat Race Craven Cottage.jpg|thumb|right|The Riverside Stand (up to 2019) beside the [[River Thames]]]]
The Riverside was originally terracing that backed onto the Thames.<ref name="pies" /> It also featured large advertising hoardings above the fans.<ref name="pies" /> In 1971–72, an all-seater stand was built, originally known as the Riverside Stand (the name was confirmed in the Fulham v Carlisle United programme on 4 December 1971). Its hard lines and metallic and concrete finish are in stark contrast to the Johnny Haynes stand opposite. The stand was opened for a friendly against [[S.L. Benfica]], who included [[Eusébio]] in the team.<ref name="Benfica"/> In the Fulham v Burnley programme on 4 October 1977, it was revealed that the stand would be renamed the [[Eric Miller (businessman)|Eric Miller]] Stand, following the recent death of the former vice-chairman.<ref name="Miller" /> It is sometimes incorrectly stated that, contrary to the above, the name of the stand was changed from the Eric Miller Stand to The Riverside Stand after the discovery of Miller's suicide. He had been under investigation for fraud and embezzlement.<ref name="Herald" /> The name of the stand actually reverted to "Riverside Stand" in the 1990s.

The Riverside Stand backs onto the [[River Thames]]<ref name="pies" /><ref name="visiting" /> and is elevated above pitch level,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webzoom.freewebs.com/questforthe92/Fulham%20-%20Riverside%20Stand.JPG |title=Fulham – Riverside Stand.JPG |first=Richard |last=Hooper |publisher=Quest for the 92 |access-date=21 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214233725/http://webzoom.freewebs.com/questforthe92/Fulham%20-%20Riverside%20Stand.JPG |archive-date=14 February 2005 }}</ref> unlike the other three stands. It contained corporate hospitality seating<ref name="visiting" /> alongside Fulham fans.<ref name="visiting" /> [[Jimmy Hill]] once referred to the Riverside being "a bit like the London Palladium" as Blocks V & W (the middle section) were often filled with the rich and famous (including often Al-Fayed). There were then several [[Harrods]] advertising hoardings. Above the advertising hoardings was the gantry, for the press and cameras.<ref name="terrace" /> Tickets in this area were often the easiest to buy, not surprisingly they were also some of the more expensive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/tickets/season-tickets/pricing-and-stadium-map |title=2013/14 Season Ticket Prices|publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> The Hammersmith End is to its left, the Putney End to its right and opposite is the [[Johnny Haynes]] Stand.<ref name="visiting" />

During the 1970s, Craven Cottage flooded, with water flowing in from the riverside. The stand housed the [[George Cohen]] restaurant,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/hospitality/packages/george-cohen-restaurant |title=George Cohen Restaurant |publisher=Fulham F.C. |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201085440/http://www.fulhamfc.com/hospitality/packages/george-cohen-restaurant |archive-date=1 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while on non-match days there was the Cottage Cafe, located near to the Cottage itself.<ref name="cafe" /> ([[The River Café (London)|The River Café]] is also located nearby).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivercafe.co.uk/rc_page.php?pg_id=12 |title=River Café |publisher=River Café |access-date=21 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227093156/http://www.rivercafe.co.uk/rc_page.php?pg_id=12 |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=loc:51.483889,-0.224167&hl=en&ll=51.479084,-0.22037&spn=0.017373,0.038581&t=h&z=15 |title=loc: 51.483889,-0.224167 |publisher=Google Maps|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref> Under [[Tommy Trinder]]'s chairmanship in the 60s, flags of all other teams in the Division 1 were proudly flown along the Thames.<ref name="pies" /> However, when Fulham were relegated in 1968,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1967-1968/table |title=Fulham 1967–1968 : English Division One (old) Table |publisher=Statto |access-date=22 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231820/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1967-1968/table |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> Trinder decided not to change the flags as "Fulham won't be in this division next season". True to Trinder's prophecy, Fulham were relegated again.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/fulham/1968-1969/table |title=Fulham 1968–1969 : English Division Two (old) Table |publisher=Statto |access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> The roof of the stand had been used by sponsors, with VisitFlorida advertising in this way,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article7981884.ece/BINARY/original/Craven-Cottage.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925033309/http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article7981884.ece/BINARY/original/Craven-Cottage.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2015 |title=independent.co.uk |newspaper=The Independent|location=London|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> and [[Pipex|Pipex.com]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierfootballbooks.co.uk/images/fulham_aerial.jpg |title=premierfootballbooks.co.uk |publisher=Premier Football Books|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> [[FxPro]], [[Lee Cooper|Lee Cooper Jeans]] and [[LG Corp|LG]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2463/3586034488_bf80d76046_z.jpg?zz=1 |title=staticflickr.com |publisher=Flickr|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> having previously done so.

After the 2019–20 season, the stand was demolished and rebuilt. Upon completion, the capacity of the ground will increase to around 29,600. On 26 November 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2019/november/26/chairman-provides-riverside-stand-update|title=Chairman Provides Riverside Stand Update|website=fulhamfc.com|date=26 November 2019|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> the Chairman Shahid Khan announced that the new development will be known as Fulham Pier,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fulhampier.com/|title=Savour the day at Fulham Pier|website=fulhampier.com|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> a destination venue outside of match-day use. Several issues postponed completion from 2021 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fulham-riverside-stand-redevelopment-delayed-b1101369.html#:~:text=Buckingham%20Group%20Contracting%20have%20filed,to%20be%20completed%20in%202021 | title=Fulham's Riverside Stand redevelopment at Craven Cottage further delayed | date=17 August 2023 }}</ref>

As of February 2025 the stand the fit out is still being completed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cityam.com/inside-fulhams-riverside-stand-the-premium-experience-unlike-anything-in-football/ | title=Fit out revealed | date=24 March 2024 }}</ref>

===Johnny Haynes Stand===
[[File:Ccffc.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Johnny Haynes]] stand at Craven Cottage, is a Grade II listed building.]]
[[File:INTERIOR MONTAGE OF HAYNES STAND.jpg|thumb|right|Internal look of the stand, with a montage of [[Johnny Haynes]]]]
Originally called the Stevenage Road Stand,<ref name="Haynes" /> after the road it backs onto,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballgroundguide.com/fulham/#Craven-Cottage-Fulham-Layout |title=Football Ground Guide: Craven Cottage, Fulham FC – Ground Layout |date=April 2011 |publisher=Football Ground Guide|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> the Johnny Haynes stand is the oldest remaining football stand in the Football League and professional football,<ref name="Shoot" /> originally constructed in 1905,<ref name="terrace" /> and is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref name="terrace" /> Designed by [[Archibald Leitch]],<ref name="terrace" /> the stand contains the ticket office<ref name="terrace" /> and club shop<ref name="terrace" /> and features original 'Bennet' wooden seating.<ref name="terrace" /> Following his death in 2005, the stand was renamed after former player [[Johnny Haynes]].<ref name="Haynes" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wanderlustmarriage.com/the-oldest-football-stand-craven-cottage/|title=The oldest football stand, Craven Cottage|work=Wanderlust Marriage|date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

The exterior facing Stevenage Road has a brick façade<ref name="pies" /><ref name="flickr">{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/25645678@N06/sets/72157621791140557/detail/ |title=Craven Cottage Fulham FC Inside & Out |publisher=Flickr |date=1 August 2009|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> and features the club's old emblem in the artwork.<ref name="flickr" /> Decorative pillars show the club's foundation date as 1880 though this is thought to be incorrect. Also, a special stone to commemorate the supporters' fund-raising group Fulham 2000, and The Cottagers' return to Craven Cottage, was engraved on the façade.<ref name="flickr" /> The family enclosures are located in the two corners of the stand, one nearest to the Hammersmith End and one nearest to the Putney End.<ref name="terrace" /><ref name="visiting" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/tickets/-/media/Tickets/Season%20Tickets/2013-14/Family%20Zone%20Season%20Ticket.ashx |title=Family Zone Season Tickets |publisher=Fulham F.C.|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> The front of the stand now contains plastic seating, but originally was a standing area. Children were often placed at the front of this enclosure and the area had a distinctive white picket fence to keep fans off the pitch up until the 1970s.

===The Pavilion===
[[File:Fulham Football Club, Craven Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 577769.jpg|thumb|right|The Pavilion from outside the stadium]]
The Cottage Pavilion dates back to 1905 along with the [[Johnny Haynes]] Stand,<ref name="officialwebsite" /> built by renowned football architect [[Archibald Leitch]].<ref name="officialwebsite" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2014/june/away-day-guide-fulham/ |title=Away Day Guide: Fulham |publisher=Crystal Palace F.C. |date=29 July 2013|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> Besides being the changing rooms, the Cottage (also called The Clubhouse) is traditionally used by the players' families and friends who sit on the balcony to watch the game.<ref name="terrace" /> In the past, board meetings used to be held in The Cottage itself as well. There is a large tapestry draped from the Cottage which says "Still Believe". It encapsulates the moment, when fans facing defeat against [[Hamburg SV]] in the [[Europa League]] semi-final roused the players with the chant of "Stand up if you still believe".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/7653889/Fulham-v-Hamburg-Roy-Hodgson-shows-his-England-manager-credentials.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/fulham/7653889/Fulham-v-Hamburg-Roy-Hodgson-shows-his-England-manager-credentials.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Fulham v Hamburg: Roy Hodgson shows his England manager credentials | first=John | last=Ley |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=29 April 2010|access-date=25 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/apr/30/fulham-hamburg-europa-league |title=Fulham's greatest game sees them back on the road to Hamburg | first=David | last=Hytner |newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |date=30 April 2010 |access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2010/04/hodgson_takes_the_acclaim.html |title=Hodgson and Fulham deserve the acclaim | first=Phil | last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 April 2010|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> In the three other corners of the ground there are what have been described as large 'filing cabinets', which are corporate boxes on three levels, but the box on the other side of the Putney End has been removed due to the redevelopment of the Riverside.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al_iPsc0jQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211124/8al_iPsc0jQ| archive-date=2021-11-24 | url-status=live|title=Fulham Football Club – History Compilation|date=2 July 2006|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Details==

===Records===
[[File:Craven Cottage.JPG|thumb|right|The Cottage Pavilion dates back to 1905]]
*Record attendance: 49,335 v. [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]],<ref name="ESPN" /> 8 October 1938 – Division Two
*Record modern seated attendance: 27,301 v. [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/fulham-vs-bournemouth/505991 |title=Fulham 2 - 2 Bournemouth - Match Report & Highlights |work=[[Sky Sports]] |date=29 December 2024 |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> 29 December 2024 - Premier League

===All-time attendance===
*Total attendance: 31,234,275 (correct up to January 2013)<ref name="www.fulham-mad.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.fulham-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/fulhams_average_league_attendances_492403/index.shtml|title=Fulham's Average League Attendances|author=Footymad Limited|work=fulham-mad.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="web.archive.org nufc">{{cite web |url=http://www.nufc.com/2013-14html/attendance-all-time.html |title=All Time Attendance Records |access-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806163746/http://nufc.com/2013-14html/attendance-all-time.html |archive-date=6 August 2013 }}</ref>
*Average total attendance: 15,759 (ranked 31 of 130 English club teams in history)<ref name="www.fulham-mad.co.uk"/><ref name="web.archive.org nufc"/>

==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.

==See also==
*[[London Broncos#1980–1991: Fulham R.L.F.C.|Fulham RLFC]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

* {{cite book | author=Inglis, Simon | title=Engineering Archie: Archibald Leitch – Football Ground Designer | publisher=English Heritage| year=2005| isbn=1-85074-918-3| author-link=Simon Inglis }}
* {{cite news| last=Whitehead| first=Richard| title=Man who built his place in history |date=18 April 2005 | newspaper=[[The Times]] | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-1573777,00.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20051223200217/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-1573777,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 December 2005 | location=London}}

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