Milestones in the history of Reading FC

[floyd__streete]

1871 - Club formed in a meeting called by Mick Foster, held at The Hope Tap and chaired by Roger Titford.

1872 - A 0-0 draw with Reading School prompts a flood of angry letters to Mike Lewis's column in Ye Evening Poste.

1926 - Roof blows off the Town End in a gale prompting generations of South Bankers to sing with glee "You're getting wet, you're getting wet, we're not".

1939 - Swindon Town supporting Austrian dictator marches around europe, forcing abandonment of Division III (South) programme with RFC sat atop the table.

1946 - Reading FC forgotten about after the war, only to resurface again 30 years later.

1976 - Robin Friday scores a wondergoal into the Tilehurst End net having swivelled and volleyed the ball from the Butts Centre.

1984 - Bristol City fans throw lumps of Elm Park concrete at police.

1988 - Reading win the Berks & Bucks Cup, beating Flackwell Heath at Wembley.

1989 - Mick Gooding signed for 50 grand from WoLOLves.

1991 - Rotund crook Robert Maxwell falls off his yacht and dies.

1994 - Club docked 2 points and Elm Park closed for a month as a result of fans abuse to anorak-clad York City fan. Hilarity as a pipe sets fire to a man, causing the last half hour of a home fixture with Notts County to played at Kensington Road Recreation Ground.

1995 - Uri Geller does some daft stunt with large yellow and red cards at half time during a game with Derby. Stunt fails, Geller claims success. Kenny Brown signed on loan.

1996 - Dariusz Wdowczyk sacked by evil co-manager Jimmy Quinn for playing badly in one game. Subsequently re-instated after an angry mob of fans led by Martin Brailli storm the club offices. Kenny Brown signed on loan.

1997 - Clive Goddard stops Graeme Souness from punching Graham Poll. Mark Robins signed on loan.

1998 - Elm Park ruthlessly demolished despite David Downs chaining himself to a Tilehurst End crash barrier.

2000 - SDR makes repeated pleas for the signing of Gary Alexander.

2001 - Reading lose a play-off final despite having been 8-0 up with 45 seconds left against 9-man Walsall.

2003 - Hob Nobbers have a Barbecue.

2006 - RFC promoted to the Premiership with record points margin. Mark Lawrenson proclaims this Reading team team to be "the best since Brazil 1970".

2007 - RFC relegated from the Premiership with 26 points.

[Millsy]

Good stuff



You can't fail to mention pants day though, Shirley!

[Millsy]

Bump.

It's funny and deserves to be on the front page for people to read/ contribute to.

Certainly better than the doom and gloom threads (which I'm responsible for) which have drowned this out!