EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by Royal With Cheese » 20 Jun 2017 09:05

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Forbury Lion Reading v Gillingham, my first ever Reading game circa 1987.

11 V 11 has it at either 1986 or 1988. I remember vividly the 2-0 defeat (it says in 1985) which was played with the entire center circle waterlogged as well as swathes of the pitch. If it hadn't been at the end of the season they would have definitely abandoned the game.

Anyway - no defeats this millennia in 8 games so the omens are favourable.


Did not play Gillingham in 1987, so was probably the 2-1 defeat to them at Elm Park on 1st Jan 1986. The next time Reading played them at home after that was a 2-1 defeat in April 1989.

Reading have recovered fairly well since then though and not lost any of the 13 games played against Gillingham since that defeat.

Looking at the 1985 defeat, according to Alan Sednuary's book, we played 3 games in 4 days!

Bristol City on the 11th May - 3-2 win for Reading and a -1 draw against Wigan 48 hours later on the 13th (Gilkes scoring in both of the games). Then on the 14th we played Gillingham so it's hardly surprising we lost.

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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by handbags_harris » 20 Jun 2017 12:30

Sutekh Reading have recovered fairly well since then though and not lost any of the 13 games played against Gillingham since that defeat.


Not quite right. The record since then is excellent, but it's one defeat in 13 since, the defeat coming on 1 April 1999, Gillingham 2-1 Reading at Priestfield (Carl Asaba and Mark Saunders iirc, with Keith Scott getting our late response).

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/010499.html

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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by handbags_harris » 20 Jun 2017 12:30

Sutekh Reading have recovered fairly well since then though and not lost any of the 13 games played against Gillingham since that defeat.


Not quite right. The record since then is excellent, but it's one defeat in 13 since, the defeat coming on 1 April 1999, Gillingham 2-1 Reading at Priestfield (Carl Asaba and Mark Saunders iirc, with Keith Scott getting our late response).

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/010499.html

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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by John Smith » 20 Jun 2017 13:34

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Sutekh Reading have recovered fairly well since then though and not lost any of the 13 games played against Gillingham since that defeat.


Not quite right. The record since then is excellent, but it's one defeat in 13 since, the defeat coming on 1 April 1999, Gillingham 2-1 Reading at Priestfield (Carl Asaba and Mark Saunders iirc, with Keith Scott getting our late response).

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/010499.html

Didn't we lose 1-0 in game at the Madejski? Vincent Samways with a cultured left-footed free kick? (Peter Whittingham-esque in many respects, you could say).

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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by handbags_harris » 26 Jun 2017 12:51

John Smith Didn't we lose 1-0 in game at the Madejski? Vincent Samways with a cultured left-footed free kick? (Peter Whittingham-esque in many respects, you could say).


October 2003, Reading 0-1 Walsall, Steve Coppell's first defeat as Reading manager.

We beat Gillingham 2-1 in his first match in charge a week earlier, with Scott Murray and Steve Sidwell scoring, Marlon King getting Gillingham's response. Maybe getting the matches confused?


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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by The Informant » 29 Jun 2017 15:09

Oh dear, John Smith :lol:

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Re: EFL Cup Draw - Who do you want?

by John Smith » 29 Jun 2017 16:14

The Informant Oh dear, John Smith :lol:


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