Seeing varying reports that the 28 day deadline has already started. they`re not chucking us out before the season finishes anyway with all the implications that would bring. I'm not sure if any club has been kicked out during a season. A few either went bust or resigned mid-season, such as Accring...

It does seem though that the outcome of the court case is that Reading can be sold. And that should mean, if this new potential buyer is serious, getting sold is a step nearer, with an extra nudge by the EFL which should make Dai less likely to dither. If it falls through though, we are almost certa...

Somehow reading in the proper press the words "kicked out of the league" and the date being next month made me physically sick. The EFL risk destroying a football club that has existed uninterrupted since 1871 over non-Reading FC activities of a guy they cleared to buy the club. They can'...

El Diablo’s last update suggests selling to RC is still an option (“ Redwood still want to buy “). As I see it the basic situation now is the ball is with Dai. He has 3 options ⋅ complete the Platek deal and hopes he wins in June to get the £6m security back ⋅ sell to Couhig (pr...

That said, McCarthy against Liverpool is probably the best single performance I've ever seen from a goalkeeper. Those of a certain age might remember Steve Francis at Ipswich on the last day of the 86/87 season. We were absolutely battered, but Francis kept their score down to one, and Steve Richar...

Burnley conceded on 42 mins tonight. Has DeatH’s record already gone? I believe it has. Fair play, that's some run for James Trafford, at 1,132 minutes without conceding a goal, beating Death's football league record by 29 minutes. Just the 7 bookings for time wasting in that run though :lol: How m...

Did any Reading player other than a defender win a header all game? We just looked like we got bullied off the ball too easily by a bigger and stronger team. If we'd looked a bit less knackered we might not have been so wasteful with our passing, and given them a bit more to think about. Not having ...

Nothing about Dai's ownership made any sense. He appeared to get rid of all the people who knew about running the club, and bought in his own people, who didn't. He maintained the policy of getting agents to bring in their own clients on high wages, for high fees, even when it was clearly not workin...

I'd like to think ongoing funds wouldn’t be too difficult for a while, if we can't attract major attendances compared to the level we'd be at, no point in trying. I think if we are stuck somewhere crap like Scours Lane, we'd get to a Darlington style situation, with a totally inadequate ground, but...

Only team to finish second in the 2nd tier and not be promoted? The caveat to that would "...since automatic promotion was introduced". In the early days the top and bottom clubs had play-offs. The obvious one is the heaviest defeat, 0-18 v Preston. We used to also hold the heaviest home ...

Good win, a bit uneventful at times and got lucky with the 1v1 Bolton had, but at the same time, they got very lucky that it deflected that way. Somehow still level with 6th. So disappoimting that unnecessary last minute goal vs Burton has cost us a PO spot - should we have just shut up shop then o...

It's nothing to do with face. It's about power, control, gambling and winning. He has to get a deal on his terms, or he loses. And he won't tolerate that. Everything else is sunk cost, so he'd rather we fold than he 'loses' in a deal. Quite. This is what people mean when they say its about him 'los...

Administration unlikely this season now given Smith and potentially Bindon money. 3 wins will do it or a few draws. It depends how much is paid up front. £800,000 over three years isn't going to pay the bills for very long. I think it's safe to say we aren't going to sell our only real first team s...

Carolyne Parker, she`s been one of the main mouth pieces for SBWD since the very start, she talks a lot of sense. It’ seems clear that Dai cannot lose money on the sale of of the Club that would also means he will lose face! So unless someone has enough money - and lack of sense to think that the C...

Without wishing to sound like a certain poster, I agree. I can't stand that knee-jerk originality-devoid naming convention that so many clubs use. There not being a single remotely suitable ground in Reading we could use (assuming the Madejski would not be available) is a rather bigger issue though...

Phoenix club needs someone who really wants to make it work. I don't know if you've followed Bury, but they ended up with two phoenix clubs, who didn't really speak to each other. EDIT - one lot owned the club, the other lot owned the ground, I think its all resolved now. You'd hope (lol) STAR and ...

Bolton should absolutely destroy us. So hilarious 1-0 win it is. Bolton are 3 points above us in the table, having played a game more, with an almost identical scoring/conceding record. We are off form, which tips things against us, but I expect it to be like most mid-table games at this level, and...

We hear of similar virtually every week, some with even worse endings. Thank fcuk that even at grass roots level there are skilled/trained/competent people around to deal with such medical events. I heard the linesman say he did a game recently and a guy got a double break of his leg. It was deemed...

I went to Fairford v Roman Glass St George. Not much to report on the game, as it was abandoned after about 25 minutes for a really bad head injury. A clash of heads going for a header. The guy didn't move until stretchered off to an ambulance at about 4:15. In the last few minutes the club has anno...

Mr Angry

Mid Sussex Royal Tax paid yesterday - by whom Noel doesn't know

Thats significant; it suggests that someone behind the scenes is keeping the ship afloat.......

Or than the money hasn't quite run out yet.