Carabao Cup roundup: Norwich are dumped out by League Two Crawley
27/08/2019 - • Crystal Palace lose to Colchester after penalty shootout• Sheffield United, Brighton, Watford Expand
27/08/2019 - • Crystal Palace lose to Colchester after penalty shootout• Sheffield United, Brighton, Watford and Southampton winNorwich were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by League Two Crawley as Bez Lubala’s deflected first-half strike was enough to secure a 1-0 win for Town.Daniel Farke’s decision to change all 11 starters for the Canaries proved costly as the Premier League new boys produced a disjointed performance and were duly punished. Related: Aston Villa show their class in comfortable win over Crewe Related: Jack Wilshere kickstarts West Ham’s Carabao Cup victory over Newport Continue reading... Collapse
Plymouth Next After Win On Penalties
14/08/2019 - Reading needed penalities to overcome League One Wycombe Wanderers last night in the League Cup Expand
14/08/2019 - Reading needed penalities to overcome League One Wycombe Wanderers last night in the League Cup first round. The Royals were 1-1 at full time, despite fielding a strong side, after a goalless first half, before winning 4-2 on penalties thanks to Rafael's heroics in goal. George Puscas played his first full ninety minutes after his big money signing last week from Inter Milan and scored Reading's equaliser in the second half after Wycombe had taken the lead. Reading gave starts to a group of new signings with Rafael, Adam, Pele, Ejaria, and Boye all starting alongside Puscas.
Puscas, Baldock, and Swift were all on target in the penalty shoot-out with well taken efforts before Danny Loader stepped up to seal it with an equally quality spot-kick. The players surrounded Rafael after Loader scored after the Reading goalkeeper saved two penalties and nearly saved a third in an impressive Reading debut.
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Championship 2019-20 season preview
31/07/2019 - Fulham could bounce straight back with their four-man attack while Leeds are sure to be in the Expand
31/07/2019 - Fulham could bounce straight back with their four-man attack while Leeds are sure to be in the promotion mix and Neil Warnock’s Cardiff are not to be ignoredThere may not be an overwhelming favourite for automatic promotion but certain teams appear streets ahead in the firepower stakes. None more so than Fulham, who will likely start with an attacking diamond of Aleksandar Mitrovic, a Premier League striker in all but name, Anthony Knockaert, Ivan Cavaleiro and Tom Cairney, a player capable of running games in this division. Fulham deservedly took flak for their lavish and directionless spending last summer but it is impossible to ignore their latest business. They were, though, a soft touch in defence last season, so Scott Parker still has plenty to address, and the expectation will prove a test of his credentials. Related: Quick thinking and calm: what Phillip Cocu will bring to Derby Continue reading... Collapse
Charlie Adam Signing Confirmed
23/07/2019 - Reading have added some experience to their squad with the signing of Charlie Adam who was out of Expand
23/07/2019 - Reading have added some experience to their squad with the signing of Charlie Adam who was out of contract after being released by Stoke City. Adam, a 33 year old midfielder, has signed a one year contract with Reading and was almost certainly happy to take a cut in wages to come to Reading after Blackburn failed to sign him after a trial with the club during the summer. As Adam attracts no transfer fee he will be seen a cheap replacement for Liam Kelly to enable Reading to reduce costs and maintain a squad to attempt to compete in the Championship this season. Collapse
Virginia Makes Debut In Malaga Draw
16/07/2019 - Goalkeeper Joao Virginia, who signed on a season long loan from Everton last week, made his debut Expand
16/07/2019 - Goalkeeper Joao Virginia, who signed on a season long loan from Everton last week, made his debut as a Reading side drew 0-0 with Malaga B this morning. Virginia was reported as making some saves as he kept a clean sheet during his first game for his new side. Against Malaga's B team, a fourth tier Spanish league side, the Royals effectively also fielded their B team with some exceptions. The Reading side did feature John Swift and Sam Baldock. Collapse
Bodvarsson Next Out Of The Door
12/07/2019 - Reading's mission to reduce the squad, reduce the wages and also get some much needed money into Expand
12/07/2019 - Reading's mission to reduce the squad, reduce the wages and also get some much needed money into the club continued today with teh sale of Jon Dadi Bodvarsson to Championship side Millwall. Bodvarsson has a year left to run on his contract with the Royals after signing from Wolves in the summer of 2017, and the club took the decision to cash in while there was still some value left in the player. It is reported that the Royals received 750,000 pounds from the sale of Bodvarsson - a significant amount of money as we fight financial issues. Collapse
Kelly Departure Confirmed
09/07/2019 - Midfielder Liam Kelly has left the club as Reading continue to shrink their wage bill due to Expand
09/07/2019 - Midfielder Liam Kelly has left the club as Reading continue to shrink their wage bill due to financial concerns. Former Reading manager Jaap Stam, now manager of Dutch side Feyenoord, has signed Kelly on a two year contract in a deal expected to be worth up to £500,000 in transfer fees to the Royals. Money remains tight at Reading so the deal should be beneficial to both clubs with the transfer fee perhaps lower than it might have been for a young player that still has plenty of potential for the future.
Kelly perhaps under performed last season and could prove a real asset to Feyenoord. Reading fans will be hoping a good sell on clause was included in the transfer with Reading due to receive a big payment from the four million pounds selling on of Jack Stacey from Luton to Bournemouth this week. Kelly played 94 times, scoring nine goals, for the Royals after signing professional terms in the summer of 2014. He had his best spell at the club under his new manager Jaap Collapse
Twentieth Placed Finish After Goalless Draw
07/05/2019 - Reading may not have finished the season on a high note but at least it ended on a happy one. With Expand
07/05/2019 - Reading may not have finished the season on a high note but at least it ended on a happy one. With nothing at stake for either side in this final fixture of a difficult season, a goalless outcome was always on the cards. Reading should have won, and deserved to win, due to the chances created, and a greater desire to play some attacking football. Jose Gomes took advantage their hard earned Championship safety to play three academy players up front, and the skill and confidence demonstrated by those three (Loader, Olise and Barrett) gave Reading the edge in a lively first half. Reading had three very good chances to take the lead but let City off the hook on each occasion. There was a party atmosphere to celebrate surviving the relegation battle and the success of manager Jose Gomes in arresting the decline of the club in the second half of the season. Jose, I am sure, appreciated the Portuguese influence evident in shirts, banners and flags amongst the crowd.
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Safe After Entertaining Draw With West Brom
23/04/2019 - Reading virtually guaranteed their place in the Championship next season with a gutsy performance Expand
23/04/2019 - Reading virtually guaranteed their place in the Championship next season with a gutsy performance against promotion chasing Albion. The point gained in such a spirited manner coupled with a Rotherham's home defeat at the hands of Birmingham City left Reading six points clear of the Yorkshire side with only two games remaining and a goal difference thirteen goals inferior to Reading. Make no mistake about it, Reading are safe and deservedly so. The celebrations which greeted the final whistle were certainly not premature. Relief and joy were evident in equal measures amongst players and fans alike.
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Yakou Méïté: ‘People think they can say what they want, even if it’s racist’
20/08/2019 - The Reading striker was racially abused on social media after missing a penalty – and decided to Expand
20/08/2019 - The Reading striker was racially abused on social media after missing a penalty – and decided to publish the messagesEven 24 hours on Yakou Méïté is struggling to comprehend the events of Sunday afternoon. “I was happy because we had won but personally I was a bit upset after missing the penalty,” the Reading striker says of his side’s 3-0 win over Cardiff.“To see that message when I checked my phone afterwards made me very sad – it’s the first time I’ve ever experienced anything like that. To be honest for the first 30 minutes I think I was in a little bit of shock but then I realised it’s not everyone who is like this. Unfortunately there are some bad people who like sending messages like that but it’s important not to let it affect you.” Related: Phil Neville calls for social media boycott to combat racist abuse Related: Football League: Bamford double puts Leeds top, Diangana double for West Brom Continue reading... Collapse
Ovie Ejaria Returns On Loan
08/08/2019 - Reading have completed a season long loan signing of Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria, who returns Expand
08/08/2019 - Reading have completed a season long loan signing of Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria, who returns to Reading after last season's successful loan spell. Twenty-one year old Ejaria arrived at Reading in January this year and went on to make 16 appearances and scoring one goal in Reading's 1-1 home draw with Rotherham. His return to Liverpool was brief, and he will now continue with Reading this season with the view to a permanent move at the end of the season. Collapse
Chelsea beat Reading but leave Frank Lampard with defensive worries
28/07/2019 - • Reading 3-4 Chelsea• Mason Mount scores twice in pre-season friendlyMason Mount underlined his Expand
28/07/2019 - • Reading 3-4 Chelsea• Mason Mount scores twice in pre-season friendlyMason Mount underlined his potential with two ruthless goals, Ross Barkley scored a stunner and Chelsea continued their encouraging form with another win, but there were still plenty of problems for Frank Lampard to resolve once this dizzying match was over.While Lampard was delighted to see Mount push his claim for regular involvement this season, Chelsea’s new manager will be concerned by another erratic display from Tiémoué Bakayoko and the sloppiness that left his side needing to score four times to defeat Reading at the Madejski Stadium. Even if it was an afternoon for experimentation Chelsea will know they cannot afford to defend this generously when they visit Manchester United on 11 August, the Premier League’s opening weekend. Related: Arsenal have record £72m bid for Nicolas Pépé accepted by Lille Continue reading... Collapse
Reading Get Win In Spain
17/07/2019 - Reading followed up a 0-0 morning draw with Malaga B to beat second tier Spanish side Extremadura Expand
17/07/2019 - Reading followed up a 0-0 morning draw with Malaga B to beat second tier Spanish side Extremadura in the evening. Danny Loader scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot in the second half after winning the penalty following a tricky run into the box. Reading used the second half of their squad out in Spain after the morning game, but some players from the morning also got extra game time as substitutes. Walker impressed in goal making some vital saves to enable the Royals to pick up their second clean sheet of the game. Yiadom was back in action after returning from International duty, while Howe and McIntryre also made further starts for Reading in defence. Collapse
Spanish Pre-Season Friendlies Continue
15/07/2019 - Reading will face Malaga B and Extremadura UD next in their pre-season build up in Spain. The Expand
15/07/2019 - Reading will face Malaga B and Extremadura UD next in their pre-season build up in Spain. The Royals will play both sides in friendlies on Tuesday with half the team playing Malaga B in the morning and the second half of the squad lining up against Extremadura. Malaga B and in the fourth tier of Spanish football with Extremadura, who Reading will play in the evening with a 18:30 kick-off, in the second tier.
The game follows Reading's 1-2 friendly defeat against Sevilla on Saturday evening. After no goals in the first half Novakovich put the Royals ahead before a penalty was scored by the home side with three quarters of the game played. Sevilla then went on to score a late winner.
Reading did well against a strong Sevilla side and again chose to play two different teams in each half, with the second half dedicated to younger members of the squad and those yet to make a real impression on the Reading starting eleven. The first half saw Walker in goal with Moore, McIntyre, Collapse
Goalkeeper Virginia Signs On Season Long Loan
12/07/2019 - Reading have signed Everton goalkeeper Joao Virginia on a season long loan. Portuguese Virginia Expand
12/07/2019 - Reading have signed Everton goalkeeper Joao Virginia on a season long loan. Portuguese Virginia is just 19 years old and comes to Reading without making an appearance for Everton so far after a year at the club. Last season he spent the season in goal for the Everton Under 23 side who won the league with Virginia keeping some vital clean sheets.
Virginia has played for Portugal's Under 17s, Under 19s, and Under 21s. His time playing club youth football was spent at Benfica before a move to Arsenal's youth set-up in 2015. He appears to be well known to Reading boss Jose Gomes who is expecting the young keeper to compete for the position of first choice goalkeeper. He comes to Reading fully expecting to play the first senior football of his career and it should be a great opportunity to both Reading and the player, after learning his trade at some of the biggest clubs in the game. Collapse
Championship Season Starts With Owls Visit
20/06/2019 - Reading will start the new 2019/2020 Championship season with a home fixture against Sheffield Expand
20/06/2019 - Reading will start the new 2019/2020 Championship season with a home fixture against Sheffield Wednesday. The new season begins early with The Owls kicking off the season at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday 3 August. Our first away game is the following weekend with a visit to Hull City, followed by another home game against Cardiff City. A difficult opening month to the new season sees us travel to West Bromwich Albion and just relegated Huddersfield Town.
Boxing Day is a home fixture against QPR, and the busy festive spell sees Reading hit the road with games at Preston North End on Sunday 29 December and Fulham on Wednesday 1 January 2020. The season wraps up on Saturday 2 May with a home game against Swansea City.
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Loader Goal - First Of Many?
01/05/2019 - Despite defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday it was still a very satisfactory weekend for the Expand
01/05/2019 - Despite defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday it was still a very satisfactory weekend for the Royals. Although we were already safe from relegation, it was mathematically confirmed with a game spare as Rotherham were beaten at West Bromwich Albion. That defeat meant Rotherham were relegated and will join Bolton Wanderers and Ipswich Town in League One next season. There was more good news for Reading fans as England youth International Danny Loader got off the mark with his first senior goal for the club. And what a strike it was as he collected the ball from a Gunter throw on the left, turned past his marker and unleased a fantastic effort from outside the box into the top right corner of the Middlesbrough goal.
As well as immediately becoming a contender for Reading's goal of the season it got conversation going on what the future holds for Loader as he become one of Reading's youngest ever goal scorers. At just 18 years old to have already established himself in the first Collapse
Another Big Step Towards Safety
14/04/2019 - Buoyed with confidence gained from a magnificent away draw against league leaders Norwich in Expand
14/04/2019 - Buoyed with confidence gained from a magnificent away draw against league leaders Norwich in midweek Reading raced into an early lead with two superbly taken goals from Yakou Meite in the opening fifteen minutes. Typically Reading settled for consolidating that lead instead of pushing on for third goal and almost paid the price after Brentford's hopes were revived by a disastrous sequence of events just before half time which allowed Maupay to slot home his twenty-sixth goal of the season. The second half saw a familiar scenario for Reading fans as they watched their team hanging on desperately to claim three absolutely vital points. However, all is well that ends well, and it was a deserved victory overall although Reading made hard work of beating an average Brentford side they looked capable of blowing away before half time.
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Handballs, the Pukki Party and La Liga starts with a bang – Football Weekly
19/08/2019 - Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Faye Carruthers and Paul MacInnes discuss the late VAR drama at Expand
19/08/2019 - Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Faye Carruthers and Paul MacInnes discuss the late VAR drama at the Etihad, Teemu Pukki being in contention for the Golden Boot and dramatic opening weekends in La Liga and the BundesligaJoin the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.We start with a round-up of the Premier League, as a contentious VAR handball decision denies Man City a late winner against Spurs. We also discuss Sadio Mané’s continued form, Arsenal’s 100% record and Frank Lampard’s stuttering home debut. Continue reading... Collapse
Busy Week For Transfers At Reading
08/08/2019 - It has been a very busy week for the Royals in the transfer market ahead of the window closing. Expand
08/08/2019 - It has been a very busy week for the Royals in the transfer market ahead of the window closing. The Royals have unexpectadly dramatically increased the depth of their squad with a series of big signings of International players. We will head into our second game of the season with a much improved squad and with plenty of options available to manager Jose Gomes as he looks to keep us clear of another relegation battle this season.
Earlier this week we signed striker Lucas Joao from Sheffield Wednesday on a four year contract, goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa who joins on a three year contract after leaving Sampdoria and Monaco's midfielder Pele on a season long loan. If that wasn't dramatic enough George Puscas has signed from Inter Milan on a five year contract and a big money transfer fee as Reading suddenly found plenty of available funds to make what can only be described as quality signings.
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Miazga Returns For The Season
24/07/2019 - Chelsea defender Matt Miazga will be back in a Reading shirt for the new season after the clubs Expand
24/07/2019 - Chelsea defender Matt Miazga will be back in a Reading shirt for the new season after the clubs agreed to start a new season long loan. Miazga arrived at Reading in January this year and went on to make a big impression, playing a key part in Reading's up turn in form to avoid relegation. He went on to make 18 league starts for the Royals before the end of the season. After a brief return to Chelsea he immediately returns to Reading and will be set to be first choice in defence as Reading look to build on last season's finish.
Players Signed
Joao Virginia (Everton - Loan)
Michael Morrison (Released by Birmingham - Free)
Charlie Adam (Released by Stoke City - Free)
Matt Miazga (Chelsea - Loan)
Departing Players
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Millwall)
Liam Kelly (Feyenoord)
Joey van den Berg (NEC Nijmegen)
Anssi Jaakkola (Bristol Rovers)
Danzell Gravenberch (released)
Paul McShane (released)
John O'Shea (retired)
Callum Harriott (released)
George Legg (released)
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Virginia Makes Debut In Malaga B Draw
16/07/2019 - Goalkeeper Joao Virginia, who signed on a season long loan from Everton last week, made his debut Expand
16/07/2019 - Goalkeeper Joao Virginia, who signed on a season long loan from Everton last week, made his debut as a Reading side drew 0-0 with Malaga B this morning. Virginia was reported as making some saves as he kept a clean sheet during his first game for his new side. Against Malaga's B team, a fourth tier Spanish league side, the Royals effectively also fielded their B team with some exceptions. The Reading side did feature John Swift and Sam Baldock. Omar Richards also played in an eleven that also included Watson, Odimayo, Osho, Boadu, East, Frost and
Holsgrove.
The other half of Reading's squad are due to play second tier Extremadura UD this evening.
Virginia remains Reading's only incoming player so far this summer, but Gomes is reporting to be looking at other players that he can bring in on season long loans in order to avoid transfer fees and long term wage bills. One player that Gomes is reported to be interested in is Chelsea's Ethan Ampadu after Chelsea managed Frank Collapse
Bodvarsson Leaves For Millwall
12/07/2019 - Reading's mission to reduce the squad, reduce the wages and also get some much needed money into Expand
12/07/2019 - Reading's mission to reduce the squad, reduce the wages and also get some much needed money into the club continued today with the sale of Jon Dadi Bodvarsson to Championship side Millwall. Bodvarsson had a year left to run on his contract with the Royals after signing from Wolves in the summer of 2017, and the club took the decision to cash in while there was still some value left in the player. It is reported that the Royals received 750,000 pounds from the sale of Bodvarsson - a significant amount of money as we fight financial issues.
Bodvarsson's time at Reading was hampered by injury and not always being given a place in the starting eleven. Out of his 56 appearances for the Royals 25 were from the bench - but he still came up with the goods. When he did get minutes on the pitch he worked hard, impressed, and scored goals - a total of 17 during his time at the club. Reading fans will be sorry to see him leave.
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Loader Gets Three In Friendly Win
11/07/2019 - Reading's pre-season preparations out in Spain continued as they crossed the border to play Expand
11/07/2019 - Reading's pre-season preparations out in Spain continued as they crossed the border to play Gibraltar Premier Division side Gibraltar United. The Royals ran out clear winners, hitting ten goals with no reply. Danny Loader scored a second half hat-trick as The Royals fielded two different sides, swapping all eleven players at half time with the score at 3-0. The game was used to give most of the squad players a run out and as result gave a chance to a lot of young academy graduates.
Holsgrove scored two goals with Novakovich getting the other before the half time break. Reading fielded a stronger side in the second half with senior players Walker, Moore, Blackett, Swift and Barrow joining McIntyre, Rinomhota, Barrett, Meite and Loader in a line-up which Gibraltar struggled to contain. Loader won a penalty for Meite to score from the spot before getting on the scoresheet himself. After a second Loader goal defender McIntrye scored from close range. Meite, Barrett and a Collapse
New Season Fixtures Released
20/06/2019 - Reading FC 2019/2020 Championship Fixtures in full
John O'Shea Confirms Retirement
01/05/2019 - John O'Shea may have played his last game for Reading after officially confirming his retirement Expand
01/05/2019 - John O'Shea may have played his last game for Reading after officially confirming his retirement from playing. O'Shea has had an incredible career but only came to Reading at the start of the season on a one year contract as a back-up player. As a result, he only featured for the Royals ten times this season, playing eight Championship games and two league cup games. His last appearance was when he came on as a 72nd minute substitute in our 1-1 home draw against Rotherham on 23 February 2019. O'Shea will be expected to use his long and varied experience in the game to take up a coaching role in the future.
His time at Reading will be easily forgotten after his success in the game came much earlier in his career with Manchester United. He played more than 250 times for the Red Devils and earned 118 caps for the Republic of Ireland. While with Manchester United he won 14 trophies, including the Champions League, before moving to Sunderland in 2011. At Sunderland things Collapse
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