The Riverside Stand - or the Eric Miller as it was known then - was officially opened 47 years ago today with a match against Benfica. please log in to view this image The Portuguese side had the the legendary Eusebio playing for them. Fulham - then in the old second divisision - stormed into a two goal lead within 20 minutes with goals from Steve Earle and Roger Cross. Diamantino got one back for the visitors on the stroke of half-time. In the second half we restored the two-goal advantage when Coelhio put into his own net. Then who else but Eusebio’s volleyed home to make it 3-2. A tad nervy ending then but the lads held out with a famous victory to celebrate the new stand. On a more mundane note, the stand cost around £330,000 and seated over 4,600. To stay sort of upbeat won't mention why the name was changed from The Eric Miller, who was a Club director at the time, to the Riverside.
