News 2013
96 articlesRoyals Slump To Fourth Defeat In Five
Reading's miserable run of form continued over Christmas, with two more defeats, to make it three consecutive losses and four defeats in five league games. The Royals…
Read more →Royals Struggle To Win
Billy Sharp scored the winner for Reading on his full league debut - scoring after just 13 minutes. Williams set up Sharp who started alongside Pogrebnyak, with Le…
Read more →Home Point Against QPR
Reading were forced to share points with Madejski Stadium visitors Queens Park Rangers, despite taking the lead through Garath McCleary just over an hour into the match.…
Read more →Thrashed At Sheffield Wednesday
Reading suffered a huge defeat at Sheffield Wednesday - going down by five goals to two. Pavel Pogrebnyak was on the score sheet with a first half goal when Reading were…
Read more →Points Shared With Millwall
Reading dropped two points when Millwall secured a late, but deserved draw, with a last minute penalty. The Royals had led for most of the game after Obita's free-kick…
Read more →Reading Look To Continue Home Form
Reading's season so far has been all about the home league form. At the Madejski we're undefeated in six games with four wins and two draws. Those six games have seen…
Read more →Royals Back To Winning Ways
Reading returned to winning ways this weekend with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Doncaster Rovers at the Madejski Stadium. Reading's two in-form players Danny Guthrie and…
Read more →Royals Return To Action
Reading are back in league action this weekend after two weeks off due to the International break. The Royals will be looking to continue their fine home form, after the…
Read more →Unbeaten Run Ends
Reading's unbeaten run of six games came to an end with a 1-2 away defeat at league leaders Burnley. The game saw the return to action for Bridge and McAnuff but Reading…
Read more →Royals Travel To League Leaders
Reading are set for a real test this weekend as they travel to Championship leaders Burnley. It's been an interesting season for the Royals so far. The statistics show…
Read more →Evening With John Motson
The Reading FC Former Players Association are holding an evening with John Motson to raise money for the Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre. Every year the…
Read more →Winning Run Ends At Barnsley
Reading's winning league run ended with a 1-1 draw against bottom of the table Barnsley this evening. Reading traveled to Barnsley on the back of three straight…
Read more →Royals Look For Fourth Straight Win
Reading travel to Barnsley tonight looking for their fourth straight league victory after a 2-0 Championship win against Birmingham at the weekend. Danny Guthrie,…
Read more →Sharp Comes In On Loan
Reading have finally confirmed, after months of speculation, the signing of 27 year old striker Billy Sharp from Southampton. With the transfer window closed the signing…
Read more →Pogrebnyak Scores Two As Royals Win
Reading recording their most comfortable win of the season with a 3-1 away win at Derby County in the Championship. It was the first time Reading had won by more than a…
Read more →Baird To Sign On Free
Reading are set to complete the signing of former Southampton and Fulham defender Chris Baird. Baird spent six years at Fulham after signing in the summer of 2007 for…
Read more →Late Le Fondre Goal Steals Win
Adam Le Fondre stole a win for Reading against Brian McDermott's Leeds United, with a late goal deep into injury time. Le Fondre's headed goal, in the 96th minute from…
Read more →Welcome Back Brian McDermott
Tonight sees the return of Brian McDermott as he brings his Leeds United side to the Madejski Stadium, in what should be a very interesting Championship fixture.…
Read more →Dull No Score Draw Against Brighton
Reading's mediocre return to the Championship continued with a 0-0 home draw against Brighton at the Madejski Stadium. In a poor game, neither side impressed and what…
Read more →Seaside Rendezvous
Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt. Seperated by some 90 miles of M4, M25 and M23, Reading vs Brighton & Hove Albion would seem to be just another football match…
Read more →Royals Fail To Impress Against Oman
The few that bothered to turn up to Reading's weekend friendly against International side Oman were left disappointed with a poor showing from the Royals. Reading were…
Read more →Disappointment As Transfer Window Shuts
Reading have failed to make any additional new signings as the transfer windows closed last night. The lack of signings follows recent statements from the club about the…
Read more →Mariappa Joins Kebe At Palace
Adrian Mariappa has joined Jimmy Kebe at Crystal Palace as the two players complete moves to the Premier League club. Both players were widely rumoured to be leaving the…
Read more →Three Points For Unconvincing Royals
Reading secured a vital three points in the Championship to pick up our first win since the opening day of the season. But it was far from convincing, as Yeovil were the…
Read more →Money For Nothing
Count out your coupons and root around for your Club Card. Reading’s entirely mediocre start to the new season careered violently into chaos midweek with a 6-goal League…
Read more →Three Away Fixtures Start At Blackpool
Reading travel to Blackpool in the league this weekend, as a run of three away fixtures get underway. The Blackpool game will be seen as the toughest of the three with…
Read more →Brothers In Arms
There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply sitting about in pubs. I must go down to the pub again, I’m a lonely passer by! And I all ask…
Read more →Karacan Man Of Match In Watford Draw
Jem Karacan put in his best performance of the season as Reading drew 3-3 at home against Watford in a entertaining match at the Madejski Stadium. There was…
Read more →True Colours
Strutting around in their pin-striped suits, Reading were only a pair of braces away from being the Gordon Gekko of the Championship at Bolton last weekend. Perhaps we…
Read more →Reading To Play Oman In Friendly
Reading have produced some ammunition this week for the club versus country debate this week. However instead of discussion on if you should put your support into…
Read more →Points Shared At Bolton
Reading and Bolton shared the points as an entertaining Championship game ended 1-1 at the Reebok. For the second time this season the Royals had to come back from…
Read more →Royals Travel To Peterborough In League Cup
Reading will travel to Peterborough in the second round of the league cup, or, interestingly initialed, Capital One Cup as it is known this season. The Royals made it…
Read more →(Just Like) Starting Over
In days gone by, the advent of a new football season always felt to me like an episode of Bullseye; familiar entertainment, but the most sure-fire way of telling that it…
Read more →Reading Get Off To Winning Start
Reading started their new Championship season with a 2-1 home victory against Ipswich Town in front of a crowd of over twenty thousand this weekend. The Royals struggled…
Read more →Win Sean Morrison Signed Boots
The Reading FC Former Players' Association are running a new competition to give you a chance to win a pair of Sean Morrison's signed boots. The Association has recently…
Read more →Dean Wilkins Appointed Coach
Former Brighton manager Dean Wilkins has been appointed as first team coach, as Reading FC form a strong management team ready for life in the Championship. Reading now…
Read more →Wycombe Off And League Date Changes
Reading's pre-season friendly at Wycombe Wanderers, that was scheduled for Saturday 13 July has been called off. Wycombe's pitch won't be ready in time for the game so…
Read more →Danny Williams Signs From Hoffenheim
Reading have completed the signing of German side Hoffenheim's midfielder Danny Williams. German born Williams featured for the German under 15 team before getting a…
Read more →McCarthy And Robson-Kanu Win HNA? Awards
Alex McCarthy and Hal Robson-Kanu are the winners of the 2012/2013 Hob Nob Anyone? end of season awards. Alex McCarthy enjoyed a fantastic season after coming into the…
Read more →Royston Is A Royal: Drenthe Signs
Royston Drenthe has completed his transfer to Reading Football club, subject to clearance from the Russian Football Association, after weeks of speculation about his…
Read more →Pearce Signs New Contract
Reading defender Alex Pearce has signed a new contract to keep him at Reading for another two seasons. Pearce was widely expected to be making an exit after a season…
Read more →Reading Kick-Off With Ipswich At Home
The 2013/2014 fixtures for Reading's new season in the Championship have been released this morning. The Championship season kicks-off on 3 August 2013 and runs until 3…
Read more →End Of Season Awards - Vote Now
The dust has finally settled on a disappointing 2012/2013 season in which Reading returned, and then immediately left, the Premier League. It wasn't so painful this time…
Read more →Wayne Bridge Signing Confirmed
Reading have completed the signing of full back Wayne Bridge on a free transfer from Manchester City. Just four years ago Bridge was a player worth 12 million pounds as…
Read more →Royals Line Up Pre-Season Friendlies
Reading's pre-season campaign will feature a home friendly against Swansea City and trips to Bristol City and Bristol Rovers as the Royals prepare for life in the…
Read more →Player Clear Out Begins
A number of players have been told that their contracts will not be renewed as they expire this summer. Reading manager Adkins looks set to put his mark on the squad by…
Read more →Season Ends With Appropriate Defeat
Relegated Reading's final Premier League game of the season, and potentially for some time, ended in an appropriate 2-4 away defeat at West Ham United. Reading, who…
Read more →Final Home Game Ends In Defeat
Reading manager Nigel Adkins was right to say there were plenty of positives to take from Reading's 0-2 defeat against Manchester City - our final home game in the…
Read more →Man City Visit For Last Home Game
Beaten FA Cup finalists, Manchester City, visit the Madejski Stadium tomorrow night (Tuesday 14 May, 8pm kick-off) as Reading play their last home game of the Premier…
Read more →Royals End Run Of Eleven Without Win
Nigel Adkins finally picked up his first win in six attempts as Reading manager, and saw his side move off the bottom of the Premier League table for the first time…
Read more →Relegated With Three Games To Go
Reading have been relegated from the Premier League after a 0-0 home draw against QPR. The league's bottom two clubs took each other down after Wigan picked up a point…
Read more →Reading And QPR Battle For 19th
The Premier League's two worst sides - Reading and QPR - meet this weekend at the Madejski Stadium in what is effectively a play-off for the bottom position. Both teams…
Read more →Not Yet Mathematically Down
No win in six games and beginning to look over your shoulder at the relegation places? Then you need to play Reading at Home, the Premier League’s surest banker of three…
Read more →No Score Draw Ends Run Of Defeats
Reading can thank Alex McCarthy for keeping a clean sheet and earning a point, ending a run of seven consecutive defeats. Liverpool created sufficient chances to bury…
Read more →No Pressure On Adkins?
With Reading already doomed to relegation, you'd assume there would be no pressure on new Royals boss Nigel Adkins to get anything from Saturday's home against…
Read more →Must Win Game Ends In Defeat
Nigel Adkins' second game in charge of the Royals saw his second straight defeat, leaving Reading firmly bottom of the table and certain for relegation to the…
Read more →Adkins Sees Big Defeat In First Game
Nigel Adkins first game in charge of Reading saw Arsenal deliver a comprehensive defeat to his new side. Reading's seventh straight defeat - the sixth consecutive league…
Read more →Adkins Is New Reading Manager
Nigel Adkins has been confirmed as the new Reading FC manager. It seems it doesn't take too many articles discussing the lack of news on the appointment of the new…
Read more →New Manager - Still No News
Reading's hunt for a new manager continues with rumours that Nigel Adkins is the latest to turn down a possible offer of the position. Adkins remains involved in a…
Read more →Adkins Still Remains Favourite
Nigel Adkins remains the strong favourite to become the next Reading manager. Adkins starts and ends the week as the most likely candidate despite big names coming and…
Read more →Royals Impress But Relegation Looms
Reading began life without Brian McDermott with a sixth straight defeat at Old Trafford. However, this was an unexpectedly narrow away defeat against the side just weeks…
Read more →Dolan To Take Team To United
Caretaker Reading FC manager Eamonn Dolan is expected to take the side to Manchester United this weekend following Monday's dismissal of Brian McDermott. An appointment…
Read more →Gibbs Also Out As Dolan Takes Charge
Assistant manager Nigel Gibbs has followed Brian McDermott out of the club as the shake up behind the scenes at Reading FC continues. Gibbs had been expected to take…
Read more →Brian McDermott Sacked
Reading FC have confirmed the departure of manager Brian McDermott. The club have disposed of his services after a run of four straight league defeats, including home…
Read more →Defeated In Key Relegation Game
Reading are on course for relegation to the Championship after defeat in their vital relegation clash to Aston Villa this weekend. After already losing at home to…
Read more →Another Six Pointer As Villa Visit
We all know the management at Reading FC hate phrases like "six pointer" and "must win", but the run of three straight league defeats including the 0-3 home reverse to…
Read more →Brynjar Gunnarsson Returns To Iceland
Reading legend Brynjar Gunnarsson has returned to his home country to take up a coaching role with KR in Reykjavik, Iceland. Gunnarsson was expected to leave Reading FC…
Read more →Four Straight Defeats As Everton Win
Everton were the latest side to secure a comfortable league victory over the Royals and leave Reading deep in relegation trouble. There was plenty of effort on show from…
Read more →Wigan Embarrass Reading At The Madejski
Reading's great run of form in January, which saw Brian McDermott collect the Premier League manager of the month award, quickly became a distant memory with an…
Read more →Royals Face Wigan In Relegation Clash
After Monday night's FA Cup exit against Manchester United, Reading return to Premier League action this weekend as relegation rivals Wigan Athletic visit the Madejski…
Read more →Good Performance At Manchester United
Reading made the expected exit out of the FA Cup, at the hands of Manchester United, but put in a respectable performance before eventually losing out 1-2 at Old…
Read more →Middlesbrough Or Chelsea Wait In Next Round
The quarter final of the FA Cup will see either Middlesbrough or Chelsea play Reading or Manchester United. Both sides of the fixture are yet to be decided, with Reading…
Read more →Stoke Halt Royals Run
Reading's undefeated run of six games, four in the Premier League, came to an end with a 1-2 defeat at Stoke City. The Royals, now famous for late comebacks, came close…
Read more →Award Winners Take Form To Stoke
Reading travel to Stoke City this weekend looking to continue their excellent run of form that has seen them pull two points clear of the bottom three. It's been another…
Read more →Stadium Expansion Delayed
Reading's expansion of the Madesjki Stadium, which had been scheduled to start this month, has been put on hold once more while the Royals attempt to stay in the Premier…
Read more →Kebe's Turn For The Late Winner
And so it goes on... another late goal gave Reading the full three points instead of just the one - and continued the Royals amazing run of form. This time it was the…
Read more →Recovering Royals Aim To Sink Sunderland
The Royals will be aiming to build on a fantastic start to the year with another win as Sunderland visit Reading this weekend. Reading have had a great January - four…
Read more →No New Signings On Transfer Deadline Day
Transfer deadline day came and went - and it was a quiet day at Reading FC despite plenty of speculation from both club and fans that a signing would still be made. The…
Read more →Another Great Comeback - Another Le Fondre Double
Reading made it a hat-trick of unbelievable turn arounds - coming from two goals down with just three minutes left on the clock to draw 2-2 with third placed Chelsea.…
Read more →Manchester United Game Moved To Monday
Reading fans face a difficult trip back from Manchester after the FA Cup fifth round fixture was re-scheduled to fit TV schedules. Manchester United's FA Cup games are…
Read more →In-Form Reading Face Chelsea
Reading turn their attention away from the circus of the January transfer window and back to the fight for Premier League survival as Chelsea visit the Madejski Stadium.…
Read more →Royals May Increase Ince Bid
Rumours surrounding Blackpool player Tom Ince and a possible move to Reading continue after further transfer discussions between the two clubs. Yesterday it was…
Read more →Nick Blackman Completes Signing
As expected today, Reading have completed the signing of Sheffield United striker Nick Blackman. Blackman signed for an estimated 1.2 million pound transfer fee and…
Read more →Manchester United In Round Five
Reading will travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The Royals were handed the most difficult possible tie after overcoming…
Read more →Reading Ease Into Fifth Round
We had to settle for just three wins from twenty-two Reading FC fixtures in the first half of the season - and now we've had five wins in the space of just six games.…
Read more →Royals Look To Progress In FA Cup
Reading will be looking to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup this weekend as League One Sheffield United visit the Madesjki Stadium. The Royals are likely to…
Read more →Victory At Newcastle: Another Great Comeback
Reading followed up last weekend's amazing comeback against West Brom with the same again. This time the Royals came back from a goal down, scoring two goals inside the…
Read more →Another Relegation Clash At Newcastle
Reading face another crucial game, in their battle against relegation from the Premier League, as they visit Alan Pardew's Newcastle United this weekend. The Magpies…
Read more →Stunning Comeback Boosts Survival Hopes
A stunning late comeback from Reading rescued a vital late victory as the Royals closed the gap at the bottom of the table. Reading looked set for certain defeat with…
Read more →Fulham's Stephen Kelly To Sign
Reading are set to complete the signing of Fulham's Stephen Kelly after the player completed a medical at Reading this morning. Kelly, a defender, and Irish…
Read more →FA Cup Tickets Released At Decent Price
Reading have managed to agree some reasonable ticket prices for Reading's FA Cup fourth round fixture against League One Sheffield United. Reading face United on…
Read more →Danny Welbeck Loan Rumour - No Chance?
Manchester United and England's Danny Welbeck is rumoured to be on his way to Reading on a loan until the end of the season. The story is widely reported this morning…
Read more →Headline Writers Joy As Hope Signs
Headline writers were handed an easy bonus as midfielder Hope Akpan signed for relegation threatened Reading FC. He will already to familiar to some Reading fans - Akpan…
Read more →Sheffield United Next In Cup
Reading face another League One side in the FA Cup after the Royals drew Sheffield United, at home, in the fourth round. Sheffield United are third in League One, just…
Read more →Crawley Beaten As Royals Progress In Cup
Reading beat Crawley Town 3-1 away from home to bounce back from the New Years Day defeat to Spurs and progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup. In the first…
Read more →Revival Suffers Blow At Spurs
Reading's mini-revival suffered a set-back after a 1-3 away defeat at Spurs. After impressive defensive performances had earned Reading four points from a possible six,…
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