Motspur Park



Motspur Park is the location of Fulham's training ground since 1999.

The site was bought by former chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed after it had lay derelict for three years once the previous occupants, the University of London, had left. The University originally spent £18,000 to acquire what was then unspoilt countryside and almost as much again on levelling and drainage works that helped to establish Motspur Park as a top class facility. Its athletics track quickly gained a reputation as one of the fastest in the country and it was here that Sydney Wooderson set a world mile record of 4:06.4 in a handicap race.

Although the cinder track is long gone, its curved sweep remains a feature of the present Arena Pitch, as indeed does a home straight that accounts for the large divide between the near touchline and the stand.

The Arena Pitch is commonly used for U23 fixtures, and the stand has been extended to provide a restaurant, players lounge and medical facilities.

Five other playing surfaces are numbered (anti-clockwise) around the site, with an Astroturf area providing the final piece in the Motspur Park pitch puzzle.

The First Team training pitches are fibre-sand based and major works are carried out each summer to maintain a high calibre playing surface. The academy is based and play fixtures at Motspur Park. In partnership with the Fulham FC Foundation, the Fulham Deaf team, Women’s side, and local groups also make regular use of the facilities.