Saturday was a strange day. Thousands of Fulham fans decided not to go and do the thing they love – supporting the side – out of frustration at the club’s crazy ticketing policy. We then watched as the fanbase was gaslit on national television, with Fulham insisting that £40 for a televised game on a Saturday night was ‘not excessive’ and then used the recent run of home fixtures to justify an apparent attendance of under 19,000, which was inflated by the giving away of thousands of tickets. Shades of when Mohamed Al-Fayed’s ‘very expensive consultants’ told us the future was at Loftus Road, White City and somewhere else rather than at the Cottage.
A few years ago, when I merely read the Fulham blogosphere rather than contributing to it, I really enjoyed The Craven Corner. It seems as if the latest ticketing debacle has inspired Ad out of retirement as he has written a passionate piece on why Fulham’s board have got it badly wrong. It is well worth a read on this grey Monday morning.
We are known as a family friendly club with well behaved supporters
As a season ticket holder l was one of few who paid to go to Saturdays game but with many tickets distributed !!! The atmosphere was very very quiet especially compared to the electric of the semi final.
Fulham board you have got it wrong
if you turn this club into a holiday outing non atmosphere stadium then our club will die. The other London clubs playing good football higher up the league only charged £30 max a ticket