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Westlondonffc · May 30, 2018, 10:23:07 AM

Long time reader of these forums

It was the best day of my life, but I have to agree with the OP and the others. I have to ask, what if the match had gone to extra time and penalties, would the same people have been making their way to their trains and other commitments?

I thought the atmosphere was quite disappointing to be honest. I was in the upper tier 506 and we just couldn't get any chants to reverberate around our whole end. Even a "we are going up" was difficult.

Sorry if this upsets people but there just seemed to be lack of genuine passion and elation from some. Hope the loyalty points are used next season at certain away games to prevent this.

PaulJ123 · May 30, 2018, 10:30:14 AM

I had a nightmare journey trying to get to London with trains playing up from where I live and ended up getting a lift with 2 random villa fans (and their wife) down to oxford to get a train over to London. They were extremely helpful and I massively owe them one.

That said, the first part of my journey before that did have some less friendly Villa fans who were prett drunk at 9am so wouldn't be surprised of their behaviour

_Putney_ · May 30, 2018, 11:52:39 AM

In 511 there was a clear tourist family in front of me who looked annoyed any time anyone around them started singing.

Westlondonffc · May 30, 2018, 12:29:04 PM

When Norwood came on I heard someone ask his mate "is he any good then"

Southcoastffc · May 30, 2018, 12:34:26 PM

Quote from: Westlondonffc on May 30, 2018, 12:29:04 PM
When Norwood came on I heard someone ask his mate "is he any good then"

We all have to start somewhere - I guess Wembley is as good as anywhere!

Jimpav · May 30, 2018, 03:07:30 PM

This is one of the snarkiest threads I've seen in a long time.

By all means take pride in being a hardcore fan, but it is churlish to bemoan the "tourists" and "day tripppers" when without them there would have been a lot of empty seats in our section, or worse still a load of Villa fans.

The old boy next to me wasn't up on his feet and singing, but he was quick to strike up a chat and to celebrate with me at the final whistle.

At the end of the day we are a small, family club with a very broad fan base - this is one of the things that makes us stand out, and it should be celebrated.

Let's get this straight once and for all - nobody supports Fulham for the glory...

COYW!

bwamy · May 30, 2018, 03:08:43 PM

Quote from: Statto on May 29, 2018, 05:01:49 PM
Of 38,000 there on the day, I'd wager half of them only get to 1 or 2 games per season and a good 5,000+ weren't even Fulham supporters, just neutrals and tourists.

We have an average gate of 20,000 so I don't know how you figure only half of the 38,000 at Wembley only go to one or two games a season. We sold out tickets before they went on general sale so I don't see how many tourists got their hands on them, unless Fulham fans were buying extra tickets in order to try to flog them at the Heathrow arrivals at short notice. I was in block 117 and everyone stood and cheered and sang for the whole game. Don't really know what the problem is.

Arthur · May 30, 2018, 03:29:46 PM

Personally, I blame it upon the inexperience of the players.

Having never won anything in their careers, they clearly didn't realise that you're meant to do a 'slide' within 15 minutes of the final whistle.

bwamy · May 30, 2018, 04:25:48 PM

Quote from: Statto on May 30, 2018, 04:16:15 PM
Quote from: bwamy on May 30, 2018, 03:08:43 PM
We have an average gate of 20,000 so I don't know how you figure only half of the 38,000 at Wembley only go to one or two games a season.

Because once you take out away fans, neutrals, tourists et al I'd wager only half of the 20,000 we get each week go to more than one or two games a season

I still reckon your estimate is too low. Remember, there were not that many tickets left once the season ticket holders, members and fans with a booking history had bought theirs. I am sure there were a lot of people who usually go on their own but saw Wembley as a chance for a family day out or brought their wives and or girlfriends but I just didn't see all these tourists and neutrals everyone is talking about. Even for league matches, the neutral section on the Putney End is usually the only part of the ground which isn't sold out in my experience.

bwamy · May 30, 2018, 04:27:14 PM

I am impressed by the number of young Fulham fans. Maybe its just my impression but there seem to be far more under 25s than there were when we were last in the Premier league. It bodes well for the future.

Fulhamfan666 · May 30, 2018, 07:11:56 PM

yawn .

Stevieboy · May 30, 2018, 10:35:51 PM

How can you say "I am astounded by how loud we were" and in the next sentence say "because the level of shouting and singing in the stands was around the level you'd get in the Riverside Stand for a 2-0 win over Burton"??
I was in 112 and the sound was phenomenal throughout the game, only heard the Villa fans when Odoi was sent off!!

Barrett487 · May 30, 2018, 11:54:00 PM

Can't believe this thread's still going !!

Final whistle... stay = hooray............... go - it's your choice and you probably have good reason that you shouldn't have to justify!!!!!!

FFS!! why the autopsy? I feel for Jonno, cos he's struck a dormant nerve. Ok, so maybe 0.0001% of people in our area weren't fathered by Johnny Haynes.... get over it !!

kiwian · May 31, 2018, 06:21:42 AM

Well I'm glad we won, imagine the negative comments then!

bucksfulham · May 31, 2018, 10:40:07 AM

Didn't see the slide but stayed for quite a while before I went back to the hospitality lounge where it was packed with celebrating Fulham fans. Would have been a shame not to get full value for the £369 it cost me (every penny of it well spent!)
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Mitch · May 31, 2018, 11:57:41 AM

Quote from: bwamy on May 30, 2018, 04:27:14 PM
I am impressed by the number of young Fulham fans. Maybe its just my impression but there seem to be far more under 25s than there were when we were last in the Premier league. It bodes well for the future.

Most of them, my brother included, saw Fulham as a constant Premier League team and stuck with it from there. Growing the male 18-30 hardcore fanbase is very important and is hugely helped by being in the Premier League.

Stevieboy · May 31, 2018, 05:19:18 PM

Obviously 95% of 3k odd in a small, comparably, stadium was awesome.
The main problem from where I was was coordination, different chants from different areas etc.
Villa got one unified chant going but even that didn't exactly resonate in our end.
This is why away games always seem louder because everyone is closer and can all join in together!!
However, acoustics or not I thought the passion from us was more evident than from the other end and made for a truly memorable day.

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FulhamVic · May 31, 2018, 06:14:09 PM

I'm arriving late to this discussion, but the "slide" occurred after it appeared that the celebrations had ended, so it's understandable that some fans had left by then.

I was more surprised by a group of people leaving from the block I was in (103) with about 5 minutes to go - I know that getting away from Wembley can be difficult, but the game could have gone into extra time, so they would have missed that.

Also surprised by the number of empty seats - not many, but a fair few for a "sell out" where tickets would have been brought within a week of the game, both in the Fulham sections and on the upper tiers I could see for Villa.

KJS · May 31, 2018, 08:33:39 PM

Quote from: Barrett487 on May 30, 2018, 11:54:00 PM
Can't believe this thread's still going !!

Final whistle... stay = hooray............... go - it's your choice and you probably have good reason that you shouldn't have to justify!!!!!!

FFS!! why the autopsy? I feel for Jonno, cos he's struck a dormant nerve. Ok, so maybe 0.0001% of people in our area weren't fathered by Johnny Haynes.... get over it !!

Spot on we all have different reasons to go / stay, we stayed for about 1 hr after final whistle but by better half was feeling a touch of sun stroke so we left once we had seen all we wanted too.

Holders · June 01, 2018, 12:40:59 PM

Quote from: Stevieboy on May 31, 2018, 05:19:18 PM
Obviously 95% of 3k odd in a small, comparably, stadium was awesome.
The main problem from where I was was coordination, different chants from different areas etc.
Villa got one unified chant going but even that didn't exactly resonate in our end.
This is why away games always seem louder because everyone is closer and can all join in together!!
However, acoustics or not I thought the passion from us was more evident than from the other end and made for a truly memorable day.

049:gif :clap_hands: :yay: 049:gif :clap_hands: :yay: 049:gif :clap_hands: :yay: 049:gif :wine:

Whatever we were chanting there was a lot of noise from our end. It didn't matter what it was.

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