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New Season Fixture List In Full

26 June 2025
By Hob Nob Anyone?

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 Huddersfield Town visit the Select Car Stadium. The new season fixtures, which were released today, see Reading have a long trip to Plymouth Argyle on Boxing Day, and a home game against Burton Albion on New Years Day. The season wraps up on 2 May 2026 when Blackpool are the visitors.

DATE OPPOSITION COMPETITION H/A
Sat 2 Aug 2025Lincoln CityLeague OneA
Sat 9 Aug 2025Huddersfield TownLeague OneH
Tue 12 Aug 2025PortsmouthLeague OneA
Sat 16 Aug 2025AFC WimbledonLeague OneH
Tue 19 Aug 2025Bolton WanderersLeague OneA
Sat 23 Aug 2025Wycombe WanderersLeague OneA
Sat 30 Aug 2025Port ValeLeague OneH
Sat 6 Sep 2025Northampton TownLeague OneH
Sat 13 Sep 2025BarnsleyLeague OneA
Sat 20 Sep 2025Leyton OrientLeague OneH
Sat 27 Sep 2025Stockport CountyLeague OneA
Sat 4 Oct 2025Mansfield TownLeague OneH
Sat 11 Oct 2025Exeter CityLeague OneA
Sat 18 Oct 2025Cardiff CityLeague OneA
Sat 25 Oct 2025Doncaster RoversLeague OneH
Sat 8 Nov 2025StevenageLeague OneH
Sat 15 Nov 2025Wigan AthleticLeague OneA
Sat 22 Nov 2025Rotherham UnitedLeague OneH
Sat 29 Nov 2025BlackpoolLeague OneA
Tue 9 Dec 2025Peterborough UnitedLeague OneH
Sat 13 Dec 2025Bradford CityLeague OneA
Sat 20 Dec 2025Luton TownLeague OneH
Fri 26 Dec 2025Plymouth ArgyleLeague OneA
Mon 29 Dec 2025Peterborough UnitedLeague OneA
Thu 1 Jan 2026Burton AlbionLeague OneH
Sun 4 Jan 2026Stockport CountyLeague OneH
Sat 10 Jan 2026Mansfield TownLeague OneA
Sat 17 Jan 2026Leyton OrientLeague OneA
Sat 24 Jan 2026BarnsleyLeague OneH
Tue 27 Jan 2026Exeter CityLeague OneH
Sat 31 Jan 2026Northampton TownLeague OneA
Sat 7 Feb 2026AFC WimbledonLeague OneA
Sat 14 Feb 2026Wycombe WanderersLeague OneH
Tue 17 Feb 2026Bolton WanderersLeague OneH
Sat 21 Feb 2026Port ValeLeague OneA
Sat 28 Feb 2026Bradford CityLeague OneH
Sat 7 Mar 2026Luton TownLeague OneA
Sat 14 Mar 2026Plymouth ArgyleLeague OneH
Tue 17 Mar 2026Burton AlbionLeague OneA
Sat 21 Mar 2026StevenageLeague OneA
Sat 28 Mar 2026Wigan AthleticLeague OneH
Fri 3 Apr 2026Huddersfield TownLeague OneA
Mon 6 Apr 2026Lincoln CityLeague OneH
Sat 11 Apr 2026Doncaster RoversLeague OneA
Sat 18 Apr 2026Cardiff CityLeague OneH
Sat 25 Apr 2026Rotherham UnitedLeague OneA
Sat 2 May 2026BlackpoolLeague OneH

Six First Team Players Not Offered Contracts

16 May 2025
By Hob Nob Anyone?

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 will now be allowed to leave the club. The list of players who will now need to find new clubs is probably not surprising but includes players who have played a number of games for the first team.

Heading the released players list is defender Harlee Dean who was with the Royals for two years after signing from Birmingham on a free transfer. Dean made 30 league appearances for the Royals with half of those from the bench. David Button made 49 appearances for the club and wore the number one shirt this season but the 36 year old will also be on the hunt for a new club. He was first choice keeper last season but last his place this season with the fantastic form of Joel Pereira keeping him out of the side. Coniah Boyce-Clarke was further down the order for goalkeepers and will leave after making just 7 appearances in over 4 years as a professional with the club, but spent a lot of his time out on loan.

Forward Adrian Akande failed to make much of an impression on the first team after arriving from West Ham's youth set-up. He was limited to coming off the bench and made just 4 league starts this season. Tom Carroll and Louie Holzman have been also released. The departures will leave room in Noel Hunt's squad for new arrivals as Reading may finally get the chance to strenghten the squad ahead of a new season.

Reading Have New Owners - Takeover Finally Completes

14 May 2025
By Hob Nob Anyone?

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 Yongge, who took the club on a steady downward spiral after taking ownership in 2017, will no longer be involved in the club. Reading's new owner is effectively former Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig whose previous attempt to purchase the club last year fell through. This time the sale has successfully completed:

The Club are pleased to announce that Redwood Holdings Limited - a subsidiary company of Dogwood LLC, owned by Rob Couhig and Todd Trosclair of New Orleans, Louisiana - has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shareholding in Reading Football Club.

The new owners will take on the complete package of the football club, the Select Car Leasing Stadium and Reading FC's Bearwood training ground. All these assets pass from Dai Yongge to the new owners.

Rob Couhig has been confirmed as Reading's new Chairman.

The takeover has EFL clearance and approval.

Hopefully the club can now move on without the shadow of transfer embagos and points deductions that have hung over the club during recent seasons. After an impressive season under Noel Hunt, that included an unexpected seventh place finish, we should be well placed to build on this next season with the aim of returning to the Championship.

Near Sell Out As Reading Aim For Sixth

01 May 2025
By Hob Nob Anyone?

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 eyes will be on Leyton Orient who travel to Huddersfield Town at the same time with Orient holding the final play-off place and above Reading on goal difference. Only Reading or Orient can now claim sixth spot in the final league table and progress into the play-offs. With an eight goal superior goal difference over the Royals, Orient will claim the final play-off place if they match Reading's result. Assuming Reading don't win by eight goals or more than Orient, the Royals must either win and hope Orient fail to win, or draw and home Orient lose at Huddersfield. If both Reading and Orient draw or lose then it will be Orient that retain their sixth place finish and Reading's season will be over.

Given Reading's ownership issues, transfer embargos and lack of funds, it is an incredible achievement to be going into the final game of the season with promotion to the Championship still a possibility - even if the odds are stacked against us. Noel Hunt has done an amazing job in picking up as manager midway through the season and guiding his side to a guaranteed top seven finish. Reading held off a lot of first half pressure from Bristol Rovers last Saturday before stepping up in the second half with Wing and Campbell scoring the goals to pick up a vital 2-0 away win. For a brief moment a play-off finish was back in Reading's hands as they moved into sixth place in the live table before news filtered through that Orient had also taken the lead at home against Wycombe Wanderers.

Orient went on to pick up the full three points, remain in control of their play-off finish, and also confirm Wrexham's second spot and prevent Wycombe from claiming automatic promotion. Reading's form is good but Orient's is better, and they travel to Huddersfield on the back of five straight wins. Both Huddersfield and Reading's opposition Barnsley have nothing left to play for and are all set for mid-table finishes. Reading will have to win the game and hope Huddersfield can finally do us a favour.