It was difficult to see what the plan was tonight v Senegal, and the players looked uncertain. So many questions: why was Gordon withdrawn, when he looked lively (albeit passing up a very good opportunity)? Why was Kane again left on too long? What is the point of flying Toney over to give him 3 min...

Baffling selections. Why two sitting midfielders v Andorra? Why was one of them the appalling Henderson? Why was Reece James played out of position on the left, when Curtis Jones was played out of his position in his place? Positive to be taken : Albania and Serbia drew 0-0 in the other game in the ...

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but this article reproduces the League 1 table for the recent season according to spend on wages per point. Not surprisingly, we come out quite well. https://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/this-alternative-league-one-table-shows-which-clubs-got-the-best-and...

Looks like former Reading youth product Gittens is on his way to Arsenal from Bayern. Would we get any sort of sell on fee/ Compensation? He went to city from us before going to Bayern, so probably not? But People on Twitter are saying we might, as the sell on/compensation can span across multiple ...

This has come as something of a shock: 'Fans have reacted after it was announced that former Reading FC CEO Roun Gorulay has been appointed as new CEO for La Liga side Ron Gourlay.' For the full story: https://wokingham.today/he-didnt-get-the-culture-of-reading-former-controversial-royals-ceo-appoin...

Bearwood open day is a cracking bit of PR there. Will cost the club relatively little but it's something I'd imagine a lot of fans would love to do. Cost? 7k visitors spread throughout the day, charge them for parking, sell them some burgers, sell them some new kits for next season, sell them some ...

Two Royals in this journalist's XI:
https://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/s ... 258?page=3

Apologies if this has already been covered and is known by everyone but me, but to what extent are we permitted to recruit this summer (assuming takeover goes ahead)? Are we free of the embargoes placed on us following the multiple different failures of Dai to follow regulations? Are we allowed now...

Apologies if this has already been covered and is known by everyone but me, but to what extent are we permitted to recruit this summer (assuming takeover goes ahead)? Are we free of the embargoes placed on us following the multiple different failures of Dai to follow regulations? Are we allowed now ...

I also watched it from the South Bank,although I was still calling it 'Under the Clock' at times. Can anyone recall when we first started calling it the South Bank? Saw my first game in September 1969 and it was definitely The South Bank then. From memory the transfer into either the Tilehurst Rd o...

I was there too, behind the Tilehurst end goal where it was scored ( Franchise- where is he these days? - and Carnaby’s Whiskers were with me). Description above correct, but I would say he was more central than “ towards the left touchline”. Friday wasn't wrong, was he? John 'Minty' Murray also sc...

How long will the EFL let this drag on? Thinking about the implications for the whole league if we are expelled, there is no way realistically it can go on beyond the final day of the season. Assuming we don't reach the playoffs, our status still has major repercussions for League 1 (relegation - ho...

Not exactly an 'Oppositions fan' but this from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph: 3) Posh earn plaudits from opponents because they always try and play rather than rely on hoofball and the tedium of long throws. It’s rarity in League One this season and the ugly nature of the division could be expo...

In the non league world, as far as I am aware, there are no qualifications on ownership so anyone can own a club and do what they want with it so long as they’re within competition rules. The NL league need to change this and apply restrictions to fall in line with the FL. Therefore Dai could try t...

When Tuchel took over at Chelsea he left out of his first squad (from memory v Wolves at home) all the players he did not personally know and went with experience. At the time Chelsea's best player - Mason Mount - was left frustrated on the sideline and only introduced in the second half, making an ...

Anyone remember the game at Gillingham to which Steve refused to travel with the team, was talked around by the EP's David Dibben (he of the 70s glasses, 70s haircut) and got a lift in David's car to the game? I've forgotten what it was that he was upset about, but from what has been said about him ...

Caylan Vickers signs for Mansfield on loan Should get the authorities involved. Poor lad sold off to Brighton like a piece of meat 12 months ago and now been trafficked to Mansfield. His eyes in those Mansfield pictures are dead and are saying “help me”. This time last year Vickers was dragged in b...

Data shows RFC as the fifth most angelic League 1 team so far this year: https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/these-are-the-dirtiest-sides-in-league-one-this-season-and-heres-where-peterborough-united-reading-blackpool-wigan-athletic-and-the-rest-rank-4956783 Strangely the team at the ...

I would invite suggestions from others, but historically there have been a few players who have come out of Reading park football and into the professional team. I am thinking of the likes of Smallbone (70s), the Alleynes. Are there enough across the decades to make up a Parks XI?

If Bearwood is to be redeveloped, can it be redeveloped back into the 9 hole public golf course it used to be. Turning out class footballers for us is the only acceptable alternative use.