Craven Cottage is home to the second greatest footballing establishment in the entire universe.

Although Fulham Football Club have yet to make it to the dizzying heights occupied by The Boys From Anfield (Liverpool), they always have an excellent supply of Guinness available for thirsty fans.

In the eyes of My Good Self, this is a fact which travels a very long way.

In my younger days Fulham had the great entertainers, George Best and Rodney Marsh, playing for them.

They made football fun.

In more recent times Fulham have been doing a bit of see-sawing in and out of the Premier League.

For many years the eccentric Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed was their chairman. Famously he installed a statue of the pop star Michael Jackson outside the stadium.

The Fulham fans were ‘Thrillered’. Unfortunately dear old Michael was moved on to greener pastures when Al-Fayed decided to call it quits with Craven Cottage in 2013. Fulham were relegated from the Premier League eight months after the statue was removed. Looks like they should have held onto The King of Pop.

Currently Fulham lie third in the second tier of English football, the Championship. They are pushing hard for promotion.

The time had come for My Good Self to lend a helping hand. Time to reconvene with The Surrey Stockbroker and the man known as The Skiing Machine. A time for football. A time for Guinness. A time for a chicken balti pie.

The opposition were Bristol City, a promotion rival.

It’s do or die stuff.

And on this day it was The Lads Of Craven Cottage who valiantly died. A 2-1 defeat. They remain third however Bristol are now level with them on points.

It would appear that the referee for the match will not be receiving any Christmas cards from the Fulham fans.

Who’d be a referee?