Congratulations, that is your club

Welcome to Fulham. You are Cottagers now, if you want to be.

Nothing is binding here and nobody is checking. Plenty of people follow more than one club, and plenty change their mind in the first season. Everything below is what to know as you start.

Premier League · finished 11th last season

Fulham

England · London · Craven Cottage

A west London club on the Thames with a compact ground, a reputation for attractive football when settled, and a habit of bouncing between divisions before this more stable spell.

League: Premier League
Position: 11th, 52 points
Founded: 1879
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Colours: White / Black
Nickname: The Cottagers

Last season

Fulham finished 11th in the Premier League with 52 points from 38 matches: 15 won, 7 drawn, 16 lost. That is mid-table: not chasing Europe, not in danger of relegation. That is the 2025-26 season; 2026-27 has only just kicked off.

See the full table Official site

When they next play

The first question most new supporters have. Kickoff times are shown as dates here; exact times shift for television.

Mon, Aug 24Home against Chelsea
Sun, Aug 30Away against Sunderland
Sat, Sep 5Home against Crystal Palace
Sat, Sep 12Away against Liverpool
Sun, Sep 20Home against Man United

Fixture list retrieved 2026-08-04. Matches move.

What to know before you follow them

Fulham are rarely title challengers. The appeal is the ground, the neighbourhood and competent mid-table football rather than glory.

The colours and the crowd

Supporters are known as Cottagers.

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What people sing

Fulham / Cottage songs
Quieter than the big London grounds until a cup run or a derby wakes the place up.

Who the rivals are

Chelsea
The nearest big neighbour. Geography makes the fixture personal even when the clubs are on different trajectories.
Brentford
West London neighbours sharing a division again has sharpened an older local edge.