So what happens to the players between playing for the u21s and then migrating to senior level? When is the next u21 World Cup? Don't give Infantino any more ideas! No such thing - yet. Next Euro U21 tournament will be in 2 years time. Excellent tournament from an English point of view. The first t...

At first I thought the title of the thread was a question. The answer to which would be Brazil's World Cup squad of 1982. 100% agreed. That midfield - Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Cerezo - wow! Perhaps only rivaled by the French in same tournament (Platini, Giresse, Tigana, Genghini) or in 1998 (Descham...

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 So many questions: why was Gordon withdrawn, when he looked lively (albeit passing up a very good opportunity)?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...

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...

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...

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?

23 games, 40 points. Goal difference slightly positive. Is this where you expected us to be at this stage back in August? How could / should it go from here? Personal view: better than I had expected. I thought we would be stronger than last year for more experience in young players, but not top six...

I have a big hatred for Reading and those two scoring three against us sums up why. Stole both from us with higher wages and failed to pay their non paying staff. Cheats. Interesting take on it. I mean our fans would be the first to complain about the non-payment of wages. Are they higher wages? Di...