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After a distinguished military service in the Catering Corps, Alan Tanner did well in mufti with his chamois as a window cleaner. Sadly he had to retire after falling from the fifth floor of Danny Murphy's mock Tudor home. He spends his retirement watching and writing about his beloved Fulham whom he has supported for over 50 years. The Alan Tanner Report is sponsored by Tanner Crystal Clear Ltd, Window Cleaners to the Gentry. More Posts

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Chelsea 2

Fulham missed the opportunity to do the double over their SW6 rivals. We simply do not have the spending power of Chelsea and that shows on the bench. Fulham introduced Tom Cairney, now getting to the end of his contract and career; Harry Wilson who, despite a flurry of goals, looks a championship [...]

April 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Bournemouth 1 Fulham 0

Once again Fulham lived up to their billing of beating a big boy (Liverpool) but falling short to a team below them (Bournemouth). The home side got off to the best possible start with Semenyo capitalising on an uncharacteristic error by Antonee Robinson to score. The Cherries might have added a [...]

April 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Liverpool 2

Fulham maintained their inconsistency with a deserved but tense win over soon-to-be-crowned champions Liverpool. Our defence – in which Calvin Bassey was outstanding – was heroic, dealing with everything Liverpool threw at them. The Liverpool defending was sloppy. Liverpool took the [...]

April 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Crystal Palace 3 ( FA Cup quarter final)

Fulham have had different ownerships, players, coaches and managers but one feature of the club always persists: inconsistency. This season we have beaten Manchester Utd at Old Trafford, Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Spurs at home and also drawn away but only achieved 2 points from Ipswich and [...]

March 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Brighton 2 Fulham 1

I was Ivan Conway’s guest for this match.  In 9 games Brighton have never beaten Fulham in the Premiership and did so yesterday with virtually the last kick of the match. The traffic was bad and the car parks full so we arrived late-ish. Necessarily I had to be ‘deep cover’, sitting amongst [...]

March 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

Manchester Utd 1-1 Fulham (3 – 4 on penalties): FA Cup 6th Round

This was not a classic encounter in the great traditions of Manchester Utd v Fulham games but gosh it was exciting. The game went first to extra time, then penalties and Fulham emerged winners. Although Manchester Utd and their decline was the story, I thought Fulham deserved their win as they had [...]

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Crystal Palace 2

Once again Fulham followed a superb win – over high-flying Nottingham Forest – with a home defeat to a team below us. Palace got off to a bad start this season and Fulham were easy victors at Selhurst Park in the autumn. Since then they have rallied, garnering 27 points and winning [...]

February 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Nottingham Forest 1

We maintained the form that achieved a draw at Liverpool and wins at Chelsea and Newcastle with a well-deserved victory over Forest who won 7 games consecutively in December and had put 7 past Brighton. In terms of performance it might just be our best this season with Forest having no answer to [...]

February 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Manchester Utd 1

The less said about this dreadful match the better. Fulham’s performance was dire: once again they sat back in the second half and, the longer it stayed 0-0, the more I thought the away team would score. Tactics tend to be impressionable and many sides – Fulham included – adopt [...]

January 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Leicester City 0 Fulham 2

Though this was not the most exciting of games it was a vital one. Fulham had drawn 6 of their last 9 games and doubts existed why we fared so well against team above us – and so badly against teams below us. As for Leicester, they had lost 6 successive games and grave doubts surrounded the [...]

January 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

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