The Arbeloa era kicks off with a SW6 derby at the Cottage - but are Chelsea really Fulham's biggest rivals?
06.08.26, 10:25 Updated 11.08.26, 12:21 7 Minute Read
Dave Kidd
THERE’S only one team in Fulham – although, of course, we all know that there are actually two.
And the billionaire misfits from the Walham Green dog track will be making their way over to the classy end of London SW6 for the launch of our Alvaro Arbeloa era on Monday 24th August.
Chelsea are wholeheartedly despised by Fulham supporters because they are everything that we’re not – brash, trashy, classless…and seriously successful.
Yet are our nearest neighbours really our most bitter rivals? Indeed, is this even a ‘proper’ derby at all, when Chelsea supporters stubbornly refuse to hate us in return?
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Dave Kidd has been a leading journalist for three decades and was Chief Sports Writer on four national newspapers. As a Fulham fan of 45 years and a season-ticket holder on the Hammersmith End, he will deliver the highest quality coverage of the Club, with the passion of a true fan and the insight of an elite sports writer.