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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: Crystal Palace 0 Fulham 2

Fulham, before Marco Silva, had a horrendous record in London derbies but this win made it 2 out of 2 in a week against West London and South London rivals. Once again Harry Wilson scored and had two more chalked-off. That form – and the imminent return to fitness of Sasa Lukic – gives [...]

November 10, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Brentford 1

Nearly 50 years ago the shoulder of John Mitchell forced the ball over the Birmingham line in the dying minutes to take Fulham to their first FA Cup Final. Last night it was the shoulder of Harry Wilson that presented Fulham with victory in the 97th minute. Brentford had taken the lead against the [...]

November 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Everton 1 Fulham 1

There are few things more disappointing than conceding a late goal – just like scoring one is one of the spectator’s greatest joys. A late goal tends to discolour the performance as Fulham played well and deserved to win. Although we are settled mid-table in tenth place the question needs [...]

October 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Manchester City 3 Fulham 2

Manchester City have gone 50 games undefeated at home and 16 games undefeated (home and away) against Fulham winning the last 12 on the trot. Though few had given us much hope at the Etihad, had Adama Traoré been able to finish more lethally, we might have won. The head coach chose a more [...]

October 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Fulham are 6th in the Premiership. After disappointing results against Manchester Utd and West Ham we have beaten Newcastle and Nottingham Forest – both previously unbeaten- and are playing well. The new signings Emile Smith Rowe and Joachim Andersen have bedded in well and Raul Jimenez has [...]

October 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Newcastle 1

Newcastle came to Craven Cottage unbeaten with the aspiration that that their third successive defeat of Fulham away in the Premiership would take them top. Conversely, Fulham had a poor week as we were unlucky just to draw with West Ham and lost in a  marathon penalty shoot out (16-15) to Preston [...]

September 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

Fulham programmes over the years

Over the past few weeks I have been clearing out my  garage. In one corner is my collection of Fulham programmes over my years of support, nearly 55 now. These were exactly the sort of stuff you amass in a garage: you don’t want to throw them out but you rarely read them. So I decided, before [...]

September 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Leicester 1

Fulham made hard work of defeating Leicester in a game they largely dominated. On the market Jaoa Pahlinha, a tower of force as an enforcer, left for Bayern and tricky winger Willian also departed. The most exciting signing was Emile Smith Rowe. Two years ago, when he broke into the Arsenal team, [...]

August 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Manchester City 4

There is no disgrace in losing to Manchester City even though it was a thumping defeat containing only one Fulham attempt on goal. Nor should this defeat disguise the fact that Fulham have had a creditable season in which we reached the semi-finals of the Carabou Cup, beat Spurs, Arsenal and [...]

May 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Liverpool 3

The difference between teams like Fulham is the bench. Liverpool could bring on – and did – Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez as game changers. Fulham have no such advantage. It was not a high octane game and there was not much to choose between either side until Trent Alexander Arnold floated [...]

April 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

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