English Football

I had never been to a football game in the UK.  It seemed like a bucket list experience, so my brother arranged for us to go to a match.  Ashan wasn't doing anything, so he decided to come with us as well.

There wasn't a premier league game on nearby, and in any case we didn't want to pay the premier league level prices for tickets.  Instead, my brother found tickets to a game between Fulham and QPR.  Fulham had been relegated from the premier league, so this would be a Championship league game (with corresponding Championship league ticket prices).

It was a cold day out.

It was dreary and overcast, which made the experience feel all the more British.

The home ground of Fulham is Craven Cottage, which is a small boutique stadium next to the Thames River.  It was a tiny little stadium and there was a lovely in tight feel to sitting on the long wooden benches.  The Fulham fans are all quite "posh" relatively speaking, and there was a lot of polite clapping throughout.  The QPR fans on the other hand were chanting and screaming from behind the goal where they had been cordoned off from the other fans.

It was an enjoyable experience, even if I was freezing.

We left the ground after the match and walked straight to a pub where we warmed ourselves inside and had a beer.