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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: Bristol City 1 Fulham 1

Ostensibly a draw at Ashton Gate against fellow play off contenders Bristol City was a point won, not lost, but I was disappointed from the moment the team was announced. Incredibly, no Ryan Fredericks – arguably our most effective player all season – and no Tomas Kalsa to deal with the [...]

February 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Aston Villa 0

Even Fulham’s biggest half empty of the glass – even quarter – pessimist must have been satisfied that Fulham, by beating Villa coming into the game on the back of 7 successive wins and 7 points ahead of us in 2nd place, were reined in and tethered. Fulham can now not just be [...]

February 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

TheTanner Report: Bolton 1 Fulham 1

Fifteen minutes before kick off, in response to a message from my friend who took me to my first game, I predicted the score at 1-1  This was based on the score line at Craven Cottage, the difficulty Fulham have against more robust opposition and Bolton’s improving form under Phil Parkinson. [...]

February 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Barnsley 1 Fulham 3

Fulham are now in the play-off positions but we seasoned Cottage watchers whose glass is half empty still have concerns. True we have on our last 3 games but victory against Middlesbrough was undeserved and in the other two – versus Ipswich and Barnsley – Fulham were trailing until a [...]

January 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 6 Burton 0

I was going to title this “What do I know?” as when the line up was announced and I saw Cairney and Kamara were on the bench I feared another repeat of the dreary 1-1 draw of last season. Instead in a terrific  team performance we defeated Burton 6-0. The injury list has lessened (only [...]

January 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/ Fulham 4 Ipswich 1

Older fans will recall Boxing Day 1963 when Fulham laid waste 10-1 to Ipswich and lost 2-4  four days later. Graham Leggat scored a hat trick in 4 minutes. No such free scoring yesterday but we did manage 4 goals in 7 minutes. In fact we dominated play from the start but, for the umpteenth time, [...]

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE TANNER REPORT/Cardiff 2 Fulham 4

Last season Fulham beat Newcastle home and away, Huddersfield too, with an aggregate of 9-1 and even the most fanatical Brighton is gobstruck that their team won all 6 points. We have maintained the excellent record against the top teams by winning at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United and over [...]

December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report ; Fulham 2 Barnsley 1

Watching this with a Fulham pal abroad on Fulham tv was something of a first for me. It was commentated by Gentleman Jin McGullion and his co-analyst Jamie Reid, who are both unremittingly partisan. The transmission went down about 6 times, crucially in the last minutes, but generally the picture [...]

December 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Birmingham 0

In a scrappy match not unlike the 1-0 victory over Millwall, Fulham at least achieved 3 points, our third home win and a second consecutive clean sheet. Birmingham were a very poor side with nil firepower. Our pleasing but sometimes over-intricate passing game resulted in an early goal when Kebano [...]

December 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report / Fulham 1 Millwall 0

Fulham recorded their first home win since September and only their second of the season in a hard fought game in bitter cold by the Thames. To the extent any football was played it came from Fulham with our pleasing passing game but it had little end product and the more direst robust style from [...]

November 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

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