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The Tanner Report: Fulham 4 QPR 1

I’m preparing this report with one eye on Brentford v Chelsea. Time was when the West London bragging rights were contested by QPR and Chelsea and in the last 20 years Fulham and Chelsea yet never Brentford but – fair play to the Bees – they deserved promotion and have started well in [...]

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

That was then … and this is now

When it comes to business and sport, it’s a funny old world isn’t it? From a sports fan’s perspective, geography is generally a vital ingredient. Youngsters can be brought up from the mother’s milk and Farley’s rusk stage of life to watch their parents’ favourite teams, players, [...]

October 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

Honouring Roy Hodgson

Last night I attended a soccer dinner for Roy Hodgson. Two things struck me immediately: he was worth honouring and he would be the last person to do so. By his own admission a modest player, he went to South Africa and returned with his wife from there Sheila, achieving success in Malmö. Except [...]

October 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

The entrepreneur & sport

With Derby getting a massive point deduction under owner Mel Morris, Nigel Wray selling most of his stake in Saracens, Bernard Tapie dying and a podcast I listened to on disgraced financier Allan Stanford, today’s post is on the entrepreneur and sport. These are less common with sovereign wealth [...]

October 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

Brighton HAFC 0 Arsenal 0

The cliche of the sum of the parts is less/more than the total applies to the performance of both teams. Arsenal had the greater talent, Albion the greater application. The battle was fought out in midfield. Arsenal deployed Thomas Partay alongside Sambi with the more gilded Smith-Rowe, Odergard [...]

October 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Swansea 1

Fulham got back to winning ways after a run of 1 point in 3 games with an emphatic home win over Swansea. As the defeats to Blackpool and then Reading reminded us, there is no place for complacency and like these two teams Swansea were in the Premiership not so long ago. Alex Mitrovic was the star [...]

September 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Crystal Palace 1 Brighton HAFC 1

The spoils were divided in the M23 derby with a late equaliser in the 95th minute by Neal Maupay. Given the dislike of the rival fans this match was less toxic than past encounters though emotions spilled over after the final whistle and the Brighton team hurriedly exited the pitch. Had Brighton [...]

September 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: have Fulham been worked out?

With only one point from our last three Championship games and a defeat at home to out of form Leeds in the Caribou Cup the question needs to be asked – indeed addressed – if Fulham have been rumbled. Marco Silva’s flowing style took us to the top of the Championship but now sides are [...]

September 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Reading 2

I have a wholly irrational view that my build up to a match somehow affects the result. Thus on arrival at Victoria I learned the Circle and District lines were down and I would have to take a convoluted route to Parsons Green where I meet friends for lunch and this meant Fulham would not play [...]

September 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Birmingham 1 Fulham 4

After the defeat at Blackpool, which was merited, the boys were back on track and atop the Championship with a decisive thumping of Birmingham. Blackpool deserved their win and chief coach Marco Silva did not blame the international break. Our American players Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson had to [...]

September 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

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