[Football] Development at Craven cottage.

[narly101]

I think it looks amazing - very fond of Fulham.

 

[Barham's tash]

I think it’s an excellent development in keeping with much of the riverside along there plus importantly it restores the Thames path to waterside for the entire stretch between Putney and Hammersmith Bridges.

If the club have any sense then they won’t sell the flats but retain ownership and rent them out providing annuity revenue and a tangible asset.

As for the impact to the stadium it will modernise and increase capacity of a frankly outdated stand without hugely changing the feel of the ground. Looks good to me.


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[Normal Rob]

Yes, I agree with you Rob, but I suppose they've got to make use of every asset they've got.

Yes. I mean, it's not as if there is enough money in football alone.

 

[drew]

Hmmm. I've always liked Craven cottage but this appears to turn it from being a traditional old football stadium into a footy ground/conference centre/shopping mall hybrid. Not like at all.

Because traditional old football grounds are a joy to watch football in!!!

Amex v The Goldstone = no contest.

 

[blue'n'white]

I think it looks decent - very much like that rooftop swimming pool there is apparently balanced on top of a really expensive hotel in Singapore.

 

[schmunk]

If the club have any sense then they won’t sell the flats but retain ownership and rent them out providing annuity revenue and a tangible asset.

I'd have thought some kind of AirBNB-type arrangement would, at least initially, provide the maximum income.

 

[MattBackHome]

It will be a shame to block off that corner where you can look out over the Thames, but I reckon that looks really good.

I agree with [MENTION=27836]Barham's tash[/MENTION]

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Hope it falls in the Thames

Well with global warming, and if the Thames Flood Barrier should ever fail, they could well be playing water polo there.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

I'm no Norman Foster, but the roof looks the wrong shape to me... upside down, maybe?

If you turned it the other way, all those sun loungers would fall off !!

 

[el punal]

If you turned it the other way, all those sun loungers would fall off !!

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I say! Someone’s getting a bit jiggy on the balcony of one of the flats. VAR needs to investigate to see if a clear and obvious offence has been committed.

 

[portlock seagull]

2 wrongs don’t make a right. That’s what they done there! Yuk!!

 

[Knocky's Nose]

I say! Someone’s getting a bit jiggy on the balcony of one of the flats. VAR needs to investigate to see if a clear and obvious offence has been committed.

Vaginal Action Replay?

 

[Surf's Up]

They probably ought to shore up the away end a bit as well as building the new stand. The whole edifice can be made to shake and vibrate dangerously if 6-7,000 people are working effectively together!!

 

[*Gullsworth*]

If you turned it the other way, all those sun loungers would fall off !!

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There not sunloungers are they? Solar panels surely?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It's an amazing location. There are not many development places on that part of the Thames. It's a thumbs up from me. Great club Fulham.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

There not sunloungers are they? Solar panels surely?

I was joking.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Bit more sophisticated than the flats overlooking Brisbane Road

I remember watching some woman doing the ironing there one night. To be fair, it was slightly more exciting than the game.