I'd argue that "The Reading Way" means selling your better players at a premium to survive in the Championship. Nicky Hammond was the architect of a lot of these sales that kept the club afloat - Gylfi, Long, Doyle, etc. He was routinely decried on this forum for doing just that - a quick...

Seen the red card now, as blatant as described, absolutely no complaints. Disagree. We decided to switch who tactics and therefore who would take the kick. You see it happen in pretty much every game of football involving every team and in most cases it is not being done to waste time. We had no ne...

My only gripe with Wrexham is the media portrayal of their rise as some sort of Hollywood fairy tale. It's off the back of big spending What I find ironic is that they are moaning about their striking options when they have Mullin,Smith, Lee, Fletcher, Rodrigues (2 of them are club record signings ...

To be fair, a few did say we played them off the park. Parky not a popular guy, it seems. Maybe harsh in the context of where they are and where they've come from but a fair few think he's taken them as far as he can. A few comments echoing the criticisms of him raised at Bradford; hoofball, no pla...

Huge three points (and another clean sheet), which effectively keeps them safe. Should have won by more, Dench and Bradley both hit the bar in the second half, so that when Badshot threw it forward late on, it got a little bit nervy. Thought Maya R did well on her debut, every time she picked the b...

Genuine question (and xcuse my ignorance), so what brings the to Reading Ladies? https://www.tasisengland.org/about/news/post/~board/school-news/post/student-athlete-achievements Why Reading FC? Maybe a question for the local journos to ask? Relatively local to the school? A contact at/with the sch...

Official stats, 3 on target, Bodin first half cross that was going in before the keeper pushed it away, Savage and Kelvin straightforward saves and Wing late on that the keeper kept out. I make that 4, not like it matters. I thought the same when I saw the stats. It was at least 4 and I reckong if ...

That very convincing win will hopefully provide a big boost in morale and confidence. When do the two sisters from Jamaica start playing? They're both due to join NCAA D1 teams in the US in the summer so, no disrespect to the girls currently in the squad, should be a whole level and more above in t...

That very convincing win will hopefully provide a big boost in morale and confidence. When do the two sisters from Jamaica start playing? They're both due to join NCAA D1 teams in the US in the summer so, no disrespect to the girls currently in the squad, should be a whole level and more above in te...

Just found a biography of the late John Sainty who passed away in 2023 aged 77. Written by John and Neil Vacher. Last Man Standing, from Saint to Saints and Beyond, published by Pitch Publishing with a recommended price of £25. But is around £20 on Amazon. 'Last Man Standing' - might end up being u...

Just found a biography of the late John Sainty who passed away in 2023 aged 77. Written by John and Neil Vacher. Last Man Standing, from Saint to Saints and Beyond, published by Pitch Publishing with a recommended price of £25. But is around £20 on Amazon. 'Last Man Standing' - might end up being u...

Lots of moans coming from the Brums fans regarding the state of our pitch, NH says it costs up to £1400 to keep the lights on at night, and we quite simply don`t have the money. Are there really no other pitches in League 1 as bad or even worse than ours ? Or do they only moan about the pitches whe...

Just to add - I think they need to do something about head injuries. Cochrane held his head and faked a head injury at every opportunity, and remarkably recovered when Brum could break. I think the ref needs to show some concern and after 3 feigned injuries and send them off to get assessed for the...

Few thoughts: 2) Club1871's contingent which adjoins the away fans are oxf*rd bellmonts. Birmingham threw a flare but our fans are not blameless. I saw about 20 at least jumping all over the barriers, throwing things, egging them on etc. I'm sick of idiots like this - usually at away games but at h...

Knibbs MoM for me. He put in an incredible shift and made vital long recovery runs on several occasions. I'd love to see how many Km he covered during the game.

Decent performance, good point and probably should have nicked it. At times we made them look very average. Most players played well although Pereira was shaky. First 0-0 at home for 17 months. On to Wigan away. IMO Pereira was very solid and made a couple of key saves. The only time that he looked...

It'll all come down to whether they keepgoing to the end, after they've already been promoted. Having to fit in another couple of games on most other teams may play a part too. We were 3 points ahead of them at this point, so they have to finish stronger than we did. Not to mention that we'd played...

By my mathing, Steve Death's EFL record is 1074 minutes. James Trafford last conceded in the 80th minute of the Watford game, that plus 11 games = 1000 minutes. So if he keeps a clean sheet until at least the 75th minute then he breaks the EFL record, suppose Death would still retain the record in ...

It is currently, to all intents and purposes, a schoolgirl team playing adult football. Results are showing that. For a team that had zero pre-season, troubles with availability (and recently illness), this season hasn't been a surprise. However. Outwith the second half against Winchester, i can't ...

It is currently, to all intents and purposes, a schoolgirl team playing adult football. Results are showing that. For a team that had zero pre-season, troubles with availability (and recently illness), this season hasn't been a surprise. However. Outwith the second half against Winchester, i can't ...