Articles by Alan Tanner
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]