Fulham Folklore: The Michael Jackson Statue
Fulhamish
Footwork Media
4.9 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
During Mohamed Al-Fayed’s early tenure at Fulham, it was fairly normal him to bring in a new exotic name to Craven Cottage. In April 1999, he really went one step further by bringing him to our Division Two match against Wigan Athletic.
Michael Jackson’s solitary visit to the cottage had such a profound effect on Al-Fayed that after his death in 2009, he decided to honour the late king of pop, with a statue in tribute at the Hammersmith End.
In today's Fulham Folklore, we look back at the series of events that lead to a 7ft 6 inch model of MJ being installed at Cottage, and the resulting curse that his removal lead to.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, it is showtime. Please welcome the team of the Fulhamish podcast. |
| 0:10.1 | During Mohamed Al-Fayat's early tenure at Fulham, it was fairly normal for him to bring a new exotic name to Craven Cottage. |
| 0:17.4 | In April 1999, however, he really went one step further. It was a thriller of an afternoon for the match against Wiggin, as the King of Pop paid a visit to Green Cottage. |
| 0:26.6 | Michael Jackson's solitary visit to the cottage had such a profound effect on Alphiard that after his death in 2009, he decided to honour the late King of Pop with a statue in tribute at the Hammersmith End. |
| 0:38.5 | I don't want him to be fans if you don't understand |
| 0:40.7 | and believe in things which I believe in. |
| 0:43.5 | Welcome to Fullen Folklore, |
| 0:44.9 | where we celebrate iconic FFC moments from down the years. |
| 0:48.1 | And today, we're going to look back at the series of events |
| 0:50.7 | that led to a 7-foot 6-inch model |
| 0:53.3 | of Michael Jackson being installed at the cottage and the resulting curse that his removal led to a seven-foot six-inch model of Michael Jackson being installed at the |
| 0:55.1 | cottage and the resulting curse that his removal led to. |
| 0:58.3 | Because I warned him. I say you will be loved for that. |
| 1:02.8 | Joining me, Sammy James, today is Drew Heatley. Hello. |
| 1:05.4 | Hello, Sammy. And George Cooper. |
| 1:07.6 | Hi, Sammy. You're right, mate. |
| 1:08.9 | Good, thank you. Drew, you have literally |
| 1:12.2 | written the book on Michael Jackson. I had completely, I had at the back of my mind that you were |
| 1:19.2 | a massive MJ fan. I had completely forgotten until we just happened to book you for this pod. |
| 1:24.9 | And then you were like, yeah, well, they put my Michael Jackson knowledge to useson knowledge to use and i was like oh god you actually wrote a book so this is a perfect crossover of |
| 1:33.8 | your two worlds yeah when you said you wanted to do an episode on on the statue i knew it was my time |
| 1:39.8 | to shine um yeah so i did i did write the book on Michael Jackson, one of many. |
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