4 other things our 2026/27 home kit could pay tribute to
The Thames? Nah, mate. Dig deeper into our rich history.
We’re basically out of the race for Europe, our manager’s got a foot out the door and we’re two days away from a dead-rubber against already-relegated Wolves.
It’s not been the most exciting week to be a Fulham fan - so imagine the joy when the first details of next season’s kit were leaked online!
Footy Headlines says our home shirt for next term will feature “a bespoke embossed graphic pattern” that “pays tribute to the club's deep and historic connection with the River Thames”.
It brings back memories of our famous tribute to the iconic Craven Cottage brickwork (which is literally just brickwork) on our mint green 2022/23 away kit that we wore [checks notes] zero times.
So iconic is the Craven Cottage brickwork that Standard Liege in Belgium also paid homage to it. Weird.
Anyway. It’s a slow week and we need content - so here are four other historic connections Fulham could have paid tribute to on the new home shirt.
1. Billy the badger
Who else? Emboss that giant nocturnal bastard on our chests for the world to see. He mugged off Avram Grant, he delayed the start of the second half against Aston Villa because he was too busy breakdancing like an absolute G, and he even found his long-lost sister through 23andMe earlier this season (whatever happened to her? #FindBella).
2. The Hammersmith End bogs
Imagine how chic it’d be to introduce streaks of yellow to the home shirt, symbolising the rivers of piss that stream through the troughs of the smelly, overcrowded, corridor-like toilets in our home end. You’d get more looks than you do when you line up to relieve yourself 30 minutes into the first half.
3. The neutral end
Heal the world, make it a better place (no, the Jacko statue isn’t on the list. This website has “articles for the thinking fan”, thank you very much). In a time of global division, what better way to show solidarity among football fans than by having two hands clasped together in a show of love and respect to symbolise the harmony that once existed deep in the Putney End?
4. Rollover hotdogs
What’s everybody’s favourite half-time snack? Oh, beer? Fair enough. Can I interest you in a Rollover hotdog? It’s been a Craven Cottage staple for years. The tangy mustard. The sausage, made from lips, arseholes and whatever else they could cobble together from a pig. Pure footballing heritage. And, if that connection wasn’t strong enough already, we do love to rollover when a side needs a win. Boom and a tish.
I think we can all agree that the club’s missed a trick here. Still, I’m super excited to see what other club sporting an Adidas Aeroready template will pay tribute to the Thames next season. My money’s on Eintracht Frankfurt.