Trust welcomes Brian McBride back to Craven Cottage
The Fulham Supporters’ Trust are looking forward to welcoming former Fulham captain Brian McBride and his family back to Craven Cottage this weekend.
The revered Fulham and American striker and his wife Dina accepted an invitation from Fulham Football Club and the Trust to be guests of honour at Saturday’s home fixture against Preston North End, who gave him his first taste of English football in 2000. McBride will make his first visit to the Riverside bar named in his honour when he joins Fulham fans for an evening of memories, questions and answers tomorow night before meeting supporters in the reopened stadium shop on Saturday lunchtime before being introduced to the Craven Cottage crowd at half-time of the afternoon’s Championship clash.
Fulham Supporters’ Trust chair Tom Greatrex said: ‘We made the
suggestion of bringing Brian back to Craven Cottage during our September
meeting with Fulham Football Club. We are delighted that the Club have
moved so quickly to make this happen and I know the fans are looking
forward to welcoming Brian and Dina back this weekend. Brian’s place in
Fulham folklore was firmly established over his six years at Craven
Cottage, culminating in his pivotal return from a serious injury to lead
Roy Hodgson’s team in the Great Escape in 2008’.
McBride, who
was twice voted the club’s player of the year, scored 40 goals in 153
appearances for Fulham and became the first American to captain a
Premier League. Since retiring from professional football, the fourth
highest scorer in US national history has set-up his own football
academy, a company designed to help the next generation enjoy football
and become a board member of Urban Initiatives in his home city of
Chicago.
