When : Saturday October 11 2025, 3pm
Where : St James Park, Stadium Way, Exeter, EX4 6PX
Capacity : 8,197
Bored? Fed up with the interminable tedium of stupid international breaks? Well Reading have developed a new solution just for you! Don't sign players that have an international pedigree and take them for a day trip to Exeter!
It's a rather fortunate timing though, as actually Exeter are a thoroughly decent hard working outfit that can win at Sincil Bank despite being 17th in the table (only 2 places above Reading thanks to 2 more points and the usual better GD from 1 game more), as the international break has robbed Exeter of one of the division's better strikers in Josh Magennis who is their leading scorer with 4 goals. This means that former Royal Jayden Wareham is likely to start so maybe not so fortunate after all. In addition to Jayden comes defender Pierce Sweeney to add to the prospect of being done over by the old boys.
Generally Exeter have proven better on their travels than at home and are 2 weeks away from a derby date with Plymouth so one hopes that the management at Reading can come up with a plan to have an international break worth remembering for a change.
Referee
James “son of Paul” Durkin
Previously
5 Nov 24 > Cheltenham 1-0 Reading (Trophy)
Historically
St James Park hasn't been too bad for Reading down the years with the 17 Reading wins being just 2 fewer than Exeter themselves have managed in the league down the years. Jayden Wareham was the match winner in this fixture last year though so perhaps not best to get too carried away with things.
How to follow the game
- Get a ticket and go
- Listen to Radio 5 Live and/or a myriad of other radio stations for score flashes
- Ring/text a mate for updates
- Use a RoyalsTV subscription
- BBC Radio Berkshire (FM : 104.4, 104.1 or 95.4 depending where you are in the area)
