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35 articlesVastly Improved Reading Beat Luton
This was a vastly improved Reading home performance compared to their dismal failure against lowly Peterborough last week. There is still work to be done in terms of…
Read more →Dismal Home Defeat
The frustration of watching my team 'underperform' from time to time is a consequence of loyalty. I'll get over it and be back for more next week, next season, and…
Read more →Savage Goal Earns Point
A contest between a team that is hard to beat, and a team struggling to score goals, was always likely to produce a draw, and that was exactly the outcome of a match…
Read more →Andy Rinomhota Returns
Andy Rinomhota has re-joined Reading until the end of the current season after leaving his previous club Cardiff City when his contract expired in the summer. Rinomhota…
Read more →Savage Goal Gives Richardson First Win
A rare moment of quality from Charlie Savage after four minutes produced the goal which propelled the Royals from twentieth to twelfth place in the League, denying…
Read more →Kelly Joins Richardson After Cup Embarrassment
Reading have appointed Rob Kelly as assistant manager to join new first team manager Leam Richardson after Richardson replaced Noel Hunt last week. Kelly comes to…
Read more →Ehibhatiomhan Goal Earns Much Needed Win
A stooping header from Kelvin Ehibhatiomahan midway through the second half was sufficient to secure a well-deserved first win in five matches and lift the Royals into…
Read more →Out Of Bottom Four With Home Win
Reading climbed out of the bottom four with a hard-earned and well-deserved second league victory of the season. The Royals took the lead against the run of play after…
Read more →Can Reading Bounce Back From a Rocky Start to the Season?
Despite renewed ambition, the on-pitch start to the 2025/26 season has been disappointing to say the least. The Royals lost 2-0 in their season opener at Lincoln City,…
Read more →Reading Squad Has Free Agent Gaps, Could Record Signing Be Set For A Return?
It has been a busy week for football fans up and down the country as fresh from the closure of the transfer window as we hit deadline day at the start of the month, we…
Read more →Goal From Lane Earns First League Win
Paddy Lane swept home the only goal of a scrappy game to secure Reading's first league victory of the season against a Vale side also seeking their first win of the…
Read more →The Greatest (and Worst) January Signings in Reading History
The January transfer window is always a gamble. For Reading FC, it’s brought in everything from game-changing additions to signings we’d all rather forget. With budgets…
Read more →Royals Through To League Cup Third Round
Reading eased their way into round three of the Carabao Cup with a solid performance against a determined Wimbledon side. A superb strike from Liam Fraser gave Reading…
Read more →Doyle In After Knibbs Departure
Reading have completed the loan signing of Kamari Doyle from Premier League Brighton and Hove Albion. The arrival of Doyle on a season long loan follows the departure of…
Read more →Reading Start Season With Defeat At Lincoln
Reading started the new 2025/2026 League One season with a disappointing 0-2 away defeat at Lincoln City: Fan Opinion: Lincoln 2 Reading 0 - Read More
Read more →Hunt's Plan Continues As Reading Welcome Another New Face With Potential
Having come in as Ruben Selles' replacement back in early December of last year, manager Noel Hunt continues his own preparations for the 2025/26 League One campaign…
Read more →Reading Back On The Hunt For Promotion In 2025/26
It has been a difficult few years for loyal Reading fans as football and the semblance of sports entertainment sharply took a backseat as owner Dai Yongge lurched from…
Read more →Pre-Season Fixtures Begin At Hungerford Town
Reading's pre-season fixtures kick off this Saturday 5 July as the Royals make the short trip down the A4 to play Hungerford Town at Bulpit Lane. Tickets are available…
Read more →Mbengue And Wareham Leave After Turning Down Contracts
Two key first team players have turned down new contract offers to stay at Reading, presumably to accept better offers elsewhere. Both Mbengue amd Wareham's contracts…
Read more →New Season Fixture List In Full
Reading will kick off the new League One 2025/2026 season with a visit to Lincoln City on 2 August 2025. The Royals first home fixture is the following weekend when…
Read more →Six First Team Players Not Offered Contracts
With a new owner in place, Reading have offered new contracts to players who are out of contract this summer - with the exception of six players from the first team who…
Read more →Reading Have New Owners - Takeover Finally Completes
Reading's long running ownership saga is finally at an end with the official announcement today that the club have new owners. The sale has finally completed and Dai…
Read more →Near Sell Out As Reading Aim For Sixth
Reading are expecting a near sell out crowd for the final league game of the season as Barnsley visit the Select Car Leasing Stadium this Saturday (3pm kick-off). All…
Read more →Reading Lose Control Of Play-Off Finish
Reading slipped out of the top six with a disappointing home defeat in front of a good Easter Bank Holiday crowd. Lincoln City had a game plan which worked perfectly,…
Read more →Five of the Best Reading Players of the 21st Century
There’s a particular stillness around Madejski on a winter morning, when the floodlights are off and the matchday vans have gone. It’s an unassuming ground. The kind of…
Read more →Back In Top Six As Unbeaten Run Continues
A goal of remarkable quality gave Reading an early lead, setting the tone for what turned out to be a highly entertaining match. A move involving literally half the team…
Read more →Points Dropped But Undefeated Run Continues
Reading extended their unbeaten run to ten games with a draw in a scrappy, and at times chaotic, match. Reading dominated possession over the ninety minutes but created…
Read more →Now Nine Game Undefeated After Win Against Wrexham
Apart from a stunning second half goal scored by Lewis Wing, two significant moments stood out for me on a night of some excellent individual performances by this young…
Read more →Another Goalless Draw
At the final whistle a scuffle broke out on the halfway line which pretty much summed the evening up. It was a scrappy ill-tempered affair in which either side could…
Read more →Knibbs Double As Reading Get Late Win
A dramatic climax to a match, which Reading should have wrapped up by half time, was provided by a stoppage time penalty converted by the ever-reliable Harvey Knibbs,…
Read more →Points Shared In Scrappy Draw With Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Town came to town scrapping for points to climb out of the bottom four, so this fixture was never likely to provide great entertainment. Statistics rarely…
Read more →Can The Royals Finish In The Top 6?
League One continues to be one of the most competitive football divisions in Europe. You only have to look at the battle for promotion that’s currently taking place to…
Read more →Late Penalty Gives Reading Win After Run Of Defeats
A last-minute penalty, the first awarded at home for Reading in over a year, gave Reading a much needed, and thoroughly deserved three points in this highly entertaining…
Read more →Reading Drop Out Of Top Six
The outcome of a football matches is, to a greater or lesser extent, determined by overall team performances or, more often than not, by specific lapses in concentration…
Read more →Reading Exit FA Cup After Extra Time
A team looking likely to be playing in the Premier League next season, having only lost two league games conceding only a miserly nine goals in twenty-six matches, was…
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