Fulham news: Fan views on new Riverside stand

We asked for your views on a Riverside Stand hospitality section opened by Fulham on Saturday.

Here are some of your comments:

Anon: It’s certainly a spectacle but for most of the regular fans and season ticket holders being able to watch a game from there feels a bit like an improbable fever dream – the ticket prices probably require re-mortgaging the house!

Neil: It’s a bit like a shopping mall for tourists, with a bit of football for millionaires who can afford the club’s outrageous prices (I bet very few of them were season ticket holders in the old Eric Miller stand).

Fernando: The stand is incredible and I think it’s important to generate revenue streams. However we must also mind the true Fulham supporters, as a season ticket holder on the Riverside it’s frustrating to be completely surrounded by tourists more interested in the novelty than the football itself. The club should free more seats for season tickets. Like most clubs in England we are losing the essence and soul of our institutions to greedy owners. We are supporters not customers.

Andrew: I agree that this is a fantastic revenue stream for the club, but how long will it last – £3000 for season tickets is excessive in any sport, especially given this is supposed to be a working man’s game. If the stand is full of fans singing the club to victory every week then good luck to them but I do not think it is sustainable. I also think the idea of corporate hospitality in such a small ground destroys the atmosphere needed to inspire the team on the pitch.