Articles by Alan Tanner

About Alan Tanner

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 : Manchester United 2 Fulham 1

Fulham lost a cup tie to Manchester Utd in a game in which Fulham received 3 cards. For shoving the referee Chris Kavanagh, Alex Mitrovic was banned for 8 games. In this game Mitrovic was at the heart of the match-defining incident, this time after Fulham had taken the lead through a Kenny Teté [...]

May 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Southampton 0 Fulham 2

Fulham’s defeat of the Saints consigned the latter to the Championship after 11 years in the Premiership. It also sets us on course for our record number of Premiership points and wins. All in all it caps a fine season with 2 games to go. The 8-match ban of Alex Mitrovic and injuries to Tim [...]

May 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Liverpool 1 Fulham 0

Fulham have now lost 7 of their last 9 games but this does not tell the whole story as the performances have been competent and the results tight. Last night it took a penalty awarded by the feckless Stuart Attwell – a weak referee – which would not have been awarded outside Anfield to [...]

May 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Manchester City 2

For an hour of this game only inspired goalkeeping by Bernd Leno of Fulham prevented a bigger defeat but by the end, with only a one goal margin, City had to close the game out to get the points. Fulham can therefore draw satisfaction from their performance against arguably the best team on the [...]

May 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Leeds 1

Fulham’s third victory over Leeds this season was a tad unconvincing. There definitely is an air of complacency as the key target of staying up has been achieved coupled with the absence of Alex Mitrovic. One might also add a gutless Leeds side whose performance reminded me of many in [...]

April 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Everton 1 Fulham 3

There was a certain irony as well as immense satisfaction after Fulham’s away win at Goodson Park. Irony as not so long ago Fulham head coach Marco Silva was sacked by Everton and spoke of seismic club problems at that time. Silva is back at Fulham who have never flirted with relegation whilst [...]

April 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Bournemouth 2 Fulham 1

This was Fulham’s fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions. There are two explanations for this recent loss of form. The first is the debacle at Old Trafford in the FA Cup when three red cards were brandished in 90 seconds. The second is complacency. The aim of Fulham ‘s season is survival [...]

April 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: FA Cup quarter final: Manchester United 3 Fulham 1

Two minutes of madness undid 70 minutes of a professional performance. After 70 minutes Fulham were one up and, if not coasting, looking the likelier side to play Brighton in the semi-finals. At that point I felt confident enough to message Ivan Conway, but then it all unravelled hopelessly. [...]

March 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

Spike Denton RIP

Yesterday I learned on a Fulham WhatsApp group that Spike Denton had passed. He was a colourful character – the sort of working class intelligent entrepreneur that the 1970s generated. He was a hairdresser who organised raves, was film critic of LBC and boyfriend of the successful singer [...]

March 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Brentford 3 Fulham 2

Brentford deserved to win the West London bragging rights but I drew some consolation that Chelsea, tenth in the Premier, were not involved. Brentford came out out of the traps the livelier and might have opened their account before they did. The goal which struck a Fulham defender to deflect past [...]

March 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]