[Football] Craven Cottage 197? "We all agree, £1.50's a rip-off!"

[Nottseagull]

Does anybody remember us singing this? Young NSCers might think we were referring to the cost of the programme when in fact it was the admission price. At a time when every other club charged £1.25, Fulham decided it was worth the extra to stand on their open terrace. If you'd told any of them that one day they might pay £50 to watch the Albion there, they would have laughed in your face!

 

[perseus]

Does anybody remember us singing this? Young NSCers might think we were referring to the cost of the programme when in fact it was the admission price. At a time when every other club charged £1.25, Fulham decided it was worth the extra to stand on their open terrace. If you'd told any of them that one day they might pay £50 to watch the Albion there, they would have laughed in your face!

Paid the extra and sat in the neutral stand. Parked by the pub south of the bridge, walked by the river and watched Peter Ward excite the neutrals from the new seats. Favourite away ground.

 

[Cesar Chavez]

Peter Ward was a man of many talents!

 

[nicko31]

Paid the extra and sat in the neutral stand. Parked by the pub south of the bridge, walked by the river and watched Peter Ward excite the neutrals from the new seats. Favourite away ground.

CC is a nice old ground but £50 to sit in the neutral area is a joke.

 

[Nottseagull]

Paid the extra and sat in the neutral stand.

I didn't know any ground had designated neutral areas in those days. Do you mean there wasn't organised segregation and those seats were generally favoured by visiting fans?

 

[sully]

I didn't know any ground had designated neutral areas in those days. Do you mean there wasn't organised segregation and those seats were generally favoured by visiting fans?

Not sure about Craven Cottage, but Maine Road certainly had a neutral area. I hadn’t seen one before when I found it so don’t think they were commonplace. However, I wouldn’t normally have been looking for anything except an away end anywhere but the Goldstone. I was just doing a circuit of Maine Road trying to decide where to go in (for City v WBA) when I saw it.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Does anybody remember us singing this? Young NSCers might think we were referring to the cost of the programme when in fact it was the admission price. At a time when every other club charged £1.25, Fulham decided it was worth the extra to stand on their open terrace. If you'd told any of them that one day they might pay £50 to watch the Albion there, they would have laughed in your face!

1977 December the 28th


I was at that one, we didn't have all the plastics back then.........................oh how things seemed so much more straight forward and you were appreciated as a fan.

Can't remember the chant, probably too busy listening to the swearing, while the men escaped their nagging wives with pointy bras.

 

[Superphil]

Can't remember the chant, probably too busy listening to the swearing, while then men escaped their nagging wives with pointy bras.

 

[Nottseagull]

What's the point of that invention when the same effect can be achieved with a half cup bra?

 

[Return of the Rev]

Used to go to night games at cc early 70's must have been 25pish I imagine. Mate from school was a Fulham fan and midweek his dad drove up and the lack of traffic then was another bonus.

 

[Return of the Rev]

1977 December the 28th


I was at that one, we didn't have all the plastics back then.........................oh how things seemed so much more straight forward and you were appreciated as a fan.

Can't remember the chant, probably too busy listening to the swearing, while the men escaped their nagging wives with pointy bras.

Parson green night?

 

[VAL1850]

Does anybody remember us singing this? Young NSCers might think we were referring to the cost of the programme when in fact it was the admission price. At a time when every other club charged £1.25, Fulham decided it was worth the extra to stand on their open terrace. If you'd told any of them that one day they might pay £50 to watch the Albion there, they would have laughed in your face!

I remember the game in the late 70's probably our promotion season - All the signs around the turnstiles had £2.50 admission on them but a paper sticker stuck over it with £3.50 - Fulham cashing in knowing Brighton would bring huge numbers

The Brighton fans singing " Its only £3.50 - £3.50 etc etc"......................

 

[Official Old Man]

I bet the beer wasn't £5 a pint either.
Going to look through my programmes cause I'm pretty sure I'd have been there.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Parson green night?

 

[Gazwag]

CC is a nice old ground but £50 to sit in the neutral area is a joke.

Big issue last night was not very many who bought neutral area tickets actually sat there, they came into the away seats