Craven Cottage Reviews Summary

Stadium Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A proper football club by the Thames. Nice atmosphere. The fans are well behaved and good humoured."
• "Love this ground. Small and has loads of history and character."
• "A lovely football ground to visit and watch a game of football."
• "A great traditional style stadium supported by true fans of the club who are friendly and welcoming to away supporters."
• "Love Craven Cottage, such an awesome atmosphere! The staff are super helpful and friendly."
• "It what all football grounds should aspire to be. One of my favourite away days. The ground has character."
• "The roar of the Fulham fans make it a fantastic game entertaining football."

Cons:

• "Very strange mixing of away supporters and home/neutrals. A bit far from transport."
• "As one of the only grounds in the UK to have a neutral section it can be less intimidating than some grounds, although this relaxed atmosphere does lead to some criticism of the teams support being quite quiet and it is often the case that the away support can drown out the home support."
• "The atmosphere provided by home fans was lacking with the away fans consistently out chanting them."
• "Very little home fans atmosphere, another poor crowd who can only use clackers(?) instead of their hands!!! Pathetic!"
• "Nice stadium next to the river... Terrible atmosphere from the home fans; they were totally silent for most of the game even though they scored early on!"
• "No atmosphere is really bad quieter than my local park Fulham, Chelsea are way better if you feel like visiting them just go to Stamford Bridge instead."
• "The only negative is when they're smashing your team 4-1 in the FA Cup and can barely raise a chant."

Facilities

Pros:

• "The facilities are also great, from toilets, to the team shop or the f&b sold at the premises."
• "Security service is quick and smooth, the toilets are clean."
• "Plenty of loos usual football ground beer and grub enjoy."
• "The ground has good facilities."
• "Men's toilets were clean."
• "The food is usually of a quality that you don't usually find inside a football ground."
• "Excellent concourse with food and drink, and lots of room; based outside but underneath the stand."

Cons:

• "Not enough staff or facilities for the amount of people in a very confined space."
• "The facilities aren't very big couldn't get a drink at half time."
• "The facilities also lack a bit for the amount of people."
• "The food and drinks situation at half time was horrible."
• "Food options are very limited and they ran out of both burger and hot dog options before I could get served just after half time."
• "Only problem was the time taken to get food or drink at half time."
• "Don't even bother going for food or drink at half time unless you're down 10 mins early."

Accessibility and Location

Pros:

• "Located next to Bishop's Park on the banks of the River Thames."
• "It sits right on the Thames."
• "The walk into the ground is also quite memorable from Putney Bridge (District Line) along the river."
• "There are numerous transport options and arriving and leaving is easy."
• "The walk from the tube station is also very pleasant through a riverside park."
• "It is located in a very beautiful and spacious place just by the river Thames in the residential neighbourhood of Fulham."
• "It is a bit of a walk from the closest station, but it's a nice walk along the River Thames."

Cons:

• "If you travel up on coach you will have a fair walk before and after game."
• "Quite a walk from the nearest public transport."
• "Far away from the tube station and main road but considering the importance of the match it was a great place."
• "Not so easy to park which meant we had a ten minute walk with kids ot the ground."
• "The route from Hammersmith Station takes approximately 25 minutes to walk."
• "Upon arrival at the turnstiles, it was quite frustrating to have been told that my bag was too big."
• "It was a bit strange that beer was out of stock just after the first half (at least in our stand)."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Good range of pies but some of the most expensive in the Premier league."
• "Cheap decent pint very quirky ground would imagine will be a decent stadium when the renovation is finished easy to park but very quiet from the home fans."
• "The ticket to Fulham games are easy to buy and not too expensive. We got ours for £30 each."
• "The Friendly game v Villareal was affordable, though sadly the price hike for watching the Premier League won't be."
• "Loved it, moderately priced food, good quality, majority of seats have good views, pleasant fans."
• "The Ticket pricing is fare for a family and they also run fun days out on the park before the match."
• "Great venue to watch a proper match of English football."

Cons:

• "Only here for the Chelsea. Very small concourse. Takes ages to get a beer. And the only beer available is Carlsberg, probably the worst beer in the world."
• "if you are planning to get some refreshments be prepared for extremely high prices."
• "Refreshments are expensive."
• "Rated 3 just due to ticket prices. The club's owner raised ticket prices to a ridiculous price."
• "The match was completely sold out, but I was able to negotiate a ticket in the Wolverhampton Away end with a scalper."
• "I did have a pie and beer that was £8:50 and I was very disappointed in the pie the top was mash but it was rock solid ???"
• "if you are planning to get some refreshments be prepared for extremely high prices."