Hammersmith & Fulham is home to 3 major football teams: Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers and Shepherds Bush Cricket Club. Follow the ups and downs of the clubs as told by local fans.
A cold, windy and potentially fractious outing awaits Chelsea fans on Monday as they travel to that lonely outpost, the grandly, blandly titled London Stadium, to face West Ham.
Perhaps I have no right to ask this as I live within walking distance of Craven Cottage – but why do some spectators take their seats long after the game has started?
While football writers salivate over Eden Hazard’s goal-scoring wizardry, the distillation process that determines who should eventually be dubbed Chelsea’s player of the year is already underway.
After the excitement of the FA Cup Fulham resumed the more prosaic business of visiting Burton Albion and then Birmingham City in search of Championship points to secure a place in the playoffs.
While Chelsea´s hopes of regaining the league title and, with it, the fun of floodlit European nights at the Bridge do not entirely hinge on the weekend´s match against Arsenal, it will still be a key pointer to the destination of the trophy.
