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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 2 Arsenal 1

The old telegram address of Fulham was “Fulhamish” and that is still used to describe Fulham’s inconsistency – i.e. our capacity to beat and to lose to teams unpredictably. Thus coming into this Arsenal fixture, which we have not won for 12 years, we lost by the odd goal in [...]

January 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Bournemouth 3 Fulham 0.

After beating both Nottingham Forest and West Ham 5-0, Fulham have lost by that aggregate score to Burnley and now Bournemouth. It would be entirely Fulhamish (the old telegram address for Fulham) to get a result against Arsenal in our next game on New Year’s Eve, especially as Raul Ramirez will [...]

December 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Burnley 2

The big story was neither Fulham, nor Burnley, but Rebecca Welch – the first woman referee to officiate a Premiership match. She did so unobtrusively which is the best compliment you can pay her. In a first half which Fulham dominated she had to sort out a questionable hand ball in a [...]

December 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Everton 1 Fulham 1 ( Fulham win 7-6 on penalties )

This will surely rank amongst Fulham’s finest wins on the road. Everton’s recent form was better than Manchester City’s, they and their fans felt wronged by the 10 point deduction, Sean Dyche’s teams are always highly-motivated and there was a hostile atmosphere in the stadium. Everton [...]

December 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

Liverpool 4 Fulham 3

Although Fulham must feel disappointed in losing a game that we were winning with 3 minutes of regulation time left, there were positives to be drawn. The first was the performance against a Liverpool team unbeaten this season at Anfield. The second was scoring 6 goals in a week in a side that had [...]

December 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Ipswich 1 Fulham 3 Caribou Cup

Fulham’s mainly reserves overcame Ipswich’s reserves 3-1 comfortably. Leicester City are running away with the Championship after relegation and clearly there is a gulf between the Premiership and the Championship. This is also reflected in some players on view last night. Cameron Burgess, the [...]

November 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Luton O

When in the season you play a team is key. Luton are just promoted, lost their first three games and – angered that Garth Crooks in midweek predicted their relegation by Xmas – brought many and raucous supporters. Fulham are regarded as soft, the sort of game from which you might come [...]

September 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: a good week

This week Fulham earned a highly creditable point at the Emirates over high-flying Arsenal and on Tuesday deposited Spurs out of the Caribou Cup. After losing at home to Brentford there was some trepidation over the next two Premiership fixtures – namely Arsenal and Manchester City away. [...]

September 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Arsenal 2 Fulham 2

I clean the windows of a successful Fulham-supporting economist who, like many of that ilk, does like his projections and predictions. However football is not an exact science. After Brentford beat (and beat up) Fulham last week few gave us any chance at the Emirates against high-flying Arsenal. [...]

August 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Drawing a line in the sand

The Alex Mitrovic saga is now thankfully over with the Serb hitman taking Saudi lucre. He has served Fulham well but you feel he has served himself better. One of the reasons for the popularity of the Lionesses is they seem devoid of the greed of the modern day male footballer. One of the [...]

August 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

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