Mackems not over Hill as Fulham feel fury

I ADMIT I have a soft spot for London and look forward to our away days there, which are always full of peculiarities.

The homeless people are more aggressive, the streets are paved with litter instead of gold and the journey from King’s Cross train station to Putney Bridge tube, by Craven Cottage, takes longer than the train from Sunderland to London.

Still, Fulham is a great day out. There’s the lovely stroll through the leafy Bishops Park and the stadium is a grand old thing. Nowadays the top flight is full of identical looking arenas, many of them devoid of character, so Craven Cottage’s Victorian architecture is great for those of us who remember the game before Sky TV and the Premier League.