Championship Set To Resume
3 DAYS AGO - Reading's season looks set to resume on 20th June, with all Championship teams set to complete Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Reading's season looks set to resume on 20th June, with all Championship teams set to complete their final 9 matches of the season after a break of over three months due to the virus outbreak. The news follows confirmation that the Premier League is set to resume and League One and League Two ending their seasons. There are a total of 108 Championship games left to play plus the play-off fixtures. With Reading sat firmly mid-table the remaining games will have less signficance to Royals fans compared to other clubs as the League try and wrap up the season behind closed doors.
Reading's last game was way back on 7 March, a 3-1 away win at Birmingham City, and there have been no Championship games since 8 March. The season stopped completely with training suspended, but Reading return to training last week ahead of the expected return to competititve fixtures. Details are yet to be confirmed but all games are expected to be screened live. Collapse
Coronavirus: All Games Off
13/03/2020 - All Premier League and English Football League matches have been postponed until at least 3 April Expand
13/03/2020 - All Premier League and English Football League matches have been postponed until at least 3 April due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The announcement means that the following three Reading FC fixtures are immediately postponed:
14 March: Stoke City (Home) - Postponed
17 March: Derby County (Away) - Postponed
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FA Cup: Biggest Game Of Season
03/03/2020 - With Reading's league season effectively over - we are highly unlikely to challenge the top six or Expand
03/03/2020 - With Reading's league season effectively over - we are highly unlikely to challenge the top six or drop into the bottom three - even manager Mark Bowen thinks tonight's FA Cup game is a big night for his side: "It's probably the biggest game of the season for us, because there is a quarter-final place at stake." Reading have a very tough challenge against Premier League Sheffield United at the Madejski Stadium. The visitors have been flying high in the top tier of English football and currently sit 8th in the League with European qualification to chase. If they were to win their game in hand they would move up to 5th and just two points behind Chelsea in fourth.
Reading fans will hope that the Blades might be concentrating on the League with everything to play for. However, Sheffield United had no game at the weekend and have only played three matches over the last month. That may mean that tonight's match is a good opportunity to give players some game time as they prepare for Collapse
Championship roundup: Mitrovic leads Fulham back into third place
26/02/2020 - Serb’s header sinks Swansea and ropes in ForestBarnsley and Wigan secure timely wins at the Expand
26/02/2020 - Serb’s header sinks Swansea and ropes in ForestBarnsley and Wigan secure timely wins at the bottomAleksandar Mitrovic left it late to ensure Fulham maintained their promotion challenge with a 1-0 win against Swansea.The game had reached the fourth minute of stoppage time when the Serbia striker headed home Aboubakar Kamara’s cross to edge the London club above Nottingham Forest into third place, but still five points adrift of the top two, with a first victory in four. There were significant wins at the foot of the table too, with Barnsley and Wigan boosting their survival hopes. Related: Mateusz Klich sinks Middlesbrough and gives Leeds breathing space Continue reading... Collapse
Leeds Next For Reading - At 39 Pounds A Ticket
19/02/2020 - Reading travel to second placed Leeds United on Saturday with the home side trying to keep their Expand
19/02/2020 - Reading travel to second placed Leeds United on Saturday with the home side trying to keep their place in the automatic promotion places after a run of poor recent form. Leeds were points clear at the top of the Championship but now find themselves four points behind leaders West Brom as their season threatens to collapse as usual. They managed to scrape past Bristol City at home by a single goal last weekend after drawing at Brentford and losing both away at Forest and home against Wigan. The Royals may fancy their chances against a side that could well find themselves staying put in the Championship next season, with plenty of teams in the play-off positions hoping to claim a top two finish.
The Royals are around 19/2 for an away victory on Saturday. Given Leeds are currently 17th in the home form table and Reading sit second in the away form table it seems like good value! If you looking to put on a bet then follow this link for a welcome offer.
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Winless League Win Continues With Home Defeat
12/02/2020 - Reading may have been beaten by a very good team, probably destined to win this league and Expand
12/02/2020 - Reading may have been beaten by a very good team, probably destined to win this league and certainly achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League, but they should feel proud of the character and determination they showed this evening, especially in the second half. Albion are not the highest scoring team in the Championship without good reason, and from the start they looked likely to score every time they attacked. Reading to their credit were not intimidated by their potent attack and in fact took an early lead through a coolly converted penalty from George Puscas after a bizarre handball by Bartley.
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Match Report: Reading 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 Collapse
Teddy Howe Set For Blackpool
31/01/2020 - Reading look set to lose the services of youngster full back Teddy Howe, with Blackpool looking to Expand
31/01/2020 - Reading look set to lose the services of youngster full back Teddy Howe, with Blackpool looking to complete a permanent signing of the player today before the transfer window closes. Howe's last appearance for the Royals was the 1-1 FA Cup Fourth round draw with Cardiff City. Howe looked good against Cardiff - both defensively and getting forward and it will be a real shame to lose such a talent so early in his career.
Twenty one year old Howe made his Reading debut in the last few minutes of the 2018/2019 season, coming on with 89 minutes on the clock during the 0-0 home Championship draw with Birmingham City. This season he has been restricted to cup appearances, playing five times in the League Cup and FA Cup. Howe played the full 90 minutes in both games against Blackpool in the FA Cup as Reading went on to progress with a 2-0 away win after a 2-2 draw at the Madejski. Blackpool got to see plenty of Howe over the two games and he obviously impressed. Collapse
Resilient Royals Hold Out To Stay In FA Cup
27/01/2020 - Reading will be in the draw for the Fifth Round of the F.A. Cup on Monday having survived a late Expand
27/01/2020 - Reading will be in the draw for the Fifth Round of the F.A. Cup on Monday having survived a late second half onslaught from a very physical Cardiff City team. The Royals fought a gritty rearguard action with a very youthful side depleted by the loss of both centre backs Matt Miazga, due to injury, and McIntyre's dismissal due a second yellow card after eighty minutes. In the final ten minutes Reading's back four consisted of four very youthful and relatively inexperienced squad members ably supported by the experienced McCleary and Charlie Adam. Reading deserved to earn a replay for their team spirit, resilience, and resolve against a bombardment of long throw-ins, corners and free kicks. Cardiff's best chance to press home their numerical and territorial advantage was squandered by Bamba ten minutes from time when the Cardiff centre back remarkably put his header wide from two yards at the far post with Walker stranded by the other post. Possibly a contender for the miss of the Collapse
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On This Day
07/05/2020 - We are now at the point of the year when the season usually wraps up, but instead, due to the Expand
07/05/2020 - We are now at the point of the year when the season usually wraps up, but instead, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Reading are left with nine games left to play. With football set to resume in Germany in 9 days time and talk of the Premier League making plans to start up again, it remains unclear if the Championship will run to completion. Next season's fixtures are also likely to follow a different pattern as football adjusts to the pandemic. it is also unknown when fans will be able to return to the Madejski Stadium to watch their team. In some ways the Royals are lucky in that they were heading towards a certain midtable finish, so whatever the decisions made we will remain a Championship side - unless dramatic changes are made.
With no sport to watch, sports channels are filled with re-runs of historic fixtures and previous cup finals and league deciders. It seems like a good opportunity to have a quick look at games on this day when Reading ended their league seasons on Collapse
Scott Davies: how gambling led Brendan Rodgers' protege to despair
01/05/2020 - Former Reading player educates footballers about dangers of gambling and fears the impact Covid-19 Expand
01/05/2020 - Former Reading player educates footballers about dangers of gambling and fears the impact Covid-19 shutdown could haveIt is almost five years since Scott Davies last placed a bet. Losing everything on the 6.30 at Goodwood led him to the brink of ending his life and, ultimately, to seek help for a crippling gambling addiction that put paid to his promising career as a professional footballer.“It was 8 June 2015,” he says, with total recall. “For the first time in my life I got scared and that was when I first reached out to my parents.” In nine years he lost about £250,000, plus £50,000 of his parents’ money, after gambling 80-90% of his wages. These days, he educates Football League players about the dangers of gambling on behalf of Epic risk management, gambling harm-minimisation consultants. Related: Revealed: the ‘dire consequences’ of football’s relationship with gambling Continue reading... Collapse
Extra Time Defeat For Impressive Royals
04/03/2020 - Reading came very close to taking this excellent cup tie to penalties in the very last minute of Expand
04/03/2020 - Reading came very close to taking this excellent cup tie to penalties in the very last minute of extra time, when Pele's shot from the edge of the box flew agonisingly just outside the post with United's 'keeper Henderson beaten. Had it gone to penalties and Reading had won, nobody could argue that they had not played well enough to progress to the next round. It was night when Reading Football came back to life. The crowd, the atmosphere, and the team's performance were all something of which everyone at the club should feel proud. Against a team three points off a Champions League qualification place (with a game in hand) in the Premier League, Reading more than held their own, and can realistically claim were capable of winning the tie. The visitor's current status and reputation made this match a daunting prospect for the Royals, and falling a goal within two minutes made their task seemingly beyond their reach. At that point nobody could have imagined how the game would unfold. Collapse
Five Changes As Reading Get Important Win
02/03/2020 - Reading bounced back from a midweek defeat to win their first home game since Boxing Day. There is Expand
02/03/2020 - Reading bounced back from a midweek defeat to win their first home game since Boxing Day. There is clearly still room for improvement but significantly better showing than the heavy defeat at the hands of Wigan three days earlier. It is invariably an indication of a decent performance when the opposition manager starts to make excuses for their underperforming team as did Barnsley's Gerhard Struber in his post-match comments. Mark Bowen made five changes to the team today, some of which were due to the return of some players to full fitness, or attributed to illness; but it has to be said it brought about the desired effect. In came Obita, Rinomhota, Puscas, Miazga and Olise at the expense of Moore, Richards, Pele, Baldock and Araruna.
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Match Report: Reading 2 Barnsley 0 Collapse
Leeds -v- Reading: Both Teams Hunt Consecutive Wins
21/02/2020 - Reading face Leeds United at Elland Road this weekend, with both teams looking to make it Expand
21/02/2020 - Reading face Leeds United at Elland Road this weekend, with both teams looking to make it consecutive wins for the first time in 2020.
There are question marks over Jordan Obita and Pele who could be in contention despite minor injuries. Pele returned to training only on Wednesday after taking a forced break due to a groin problem. Meanwhile, Obita has an ankle issue and may be rested this weekend. Gunter, Boye, Joao and Miazga are still out in the medium term with only Miazga expected to return during the following two weeks. Kenyan forward Ajub Masika, on-loan from Beijing Renhe, has been restricted to just one appearance off the subs bench and could miss out on a start again due to a illness he has been recovering from.
Meanwhile Leeds United have no new injuries and will have all the players who started their 1-0 victory against Bristol City available for selection again as they look to build some consistancy after a serious wobble in form as the season appearances the Collapse
Reading Hope To End Poor Form In Sheffield
14/02/2020 - Reading travel to Sheffield Wednesday this weekend desperate to run a miserable run of league Expand
14/02/2020 - Reading travel to Sheffield Wednesday this weekend desperate to run a miserable run of league form. The Royals are without a league win since the very first day of the year - an away victory over Fulham that saw Reading top the form tables and climb to 14th place. After that result there was talk of a late run towards the play-offs. That dream has been well and truly shattered as the Royals have drifted back closer to the bottom three than the top six.
The reality, after just four points from the last seven league games, is that Reading's league season is over assuming they can pick up a few more points to avoid the drop. The focus will shift to the FA Cup, and the fifth round game against Premier League Sheffield United to come at the Madejski Stadium. United will be chasing European qualification so could rest a few players for the midweek game, you would expect Reading to field a strong team as they look to grab a last piece of excitement from another disappointing Collapse
Another 1-1 Draw
10/02/2020 - Reading struggled to find any kind of rhythm against a struggling Hull side, and having taken the Expand
10/02/2020 - Reading struggled to find any kind of rhythm against a struggling Hull side, and having taken the lead
with a well worked goal from Obita midway through the second half, conceded a late goal courtesy
of a freakish deflected shot by Wilks. Reading had not played well all afternoon but Hull had not
looked likely to get anything out of the game until their fortuitous equaliser. Reading however only
have themselves to blame for not taking all three points from this fixture. The lack of energy and
creativity was somewhat mysterious given the enthusiasm and resilience evident since Bowen has
taken over has made them such a difficult side to beat.
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Match Report: Reading 1 Hull City 1 Collapse
Club Confirm Signing Of Felipe Araruna
31/01/2020 - After a quiet January transfer window for the Royals, the club have confirmed the permanent Expand
31/01/2020 - After a quiet January transfer window for the Royals, the club have confirmed the permanent signing of Brazillian Felipe Araruna. Midfielder Araruna has signed a two and a half year contract with the Royals to keep him at the club until the summer of 2022. Araruna is a defensive midfielder who spent his youth at Sao Paulo in Brazil before breaking into the first team in 2017. He has made 22 appearances for Sao Paulo and also featured 9 times for Fortaleza after a loan spell last year.
Reading manager Mark Bowen believes that 23 year old Araruna could be a useful player for the club who could fill in a number of positions: "Manager Mark Bowen said: "Felipe looks like a really bright, young talent who can play in two or three different positions; right-back, on the right side of midfield and as a defensive central midfielder." Collapse
FA Cup roundup: Alleged racist chanting taints Reading draw with Cardiff
25/01/2020 - • Incidents overshadow 1-1 stalemate with Cardiff• Burnley lose all-Premier League tie against Expand
25/01/2020 - • Incidents overshadow 1-1 stalemate with Cardiff• Burnley lose all-Premier League tie against NorwichReading and Cardiff played out a scrappy fourth-round 1-1 draw that was overshadowed by alleged racist and homophobic chanting at Madejski Stadium.Cardiff went ahead early on through Callum Paterson but Reading equalised in the eighth minute from Yakou Méïté’s seventh goal of the season. Sol Bamba inexplicably missed an open goal from close range as Cardiff chased a second-half winner after Tom McIntyre was sent off for a second yellow card. Related: Hull City v Chelsea: FA Cup fourth round – live! Related: Joelinton foiled by the flag as Oxford United hold Newcastle for a replay Continue reading... Collapse
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Keepers And Defenders - Staying Or Going?
03/04/2020 - There is huge uncertainty across football with clubs and players unsure of when they will return Expand
03/04/2020 - There is huge uncertainty across football with clubs and players unsure of when they will return to action, and what that will mean for completing the season. There are also question marks over players contracts, some of which will expire in the summer when games could be set to play. We look at Reading's goalkeepers, and some defenders to see how they could be placed when football returns.
Rafael
Rafael has made a huge impact on the team and he has put in some fantastic performances so far since arriving on a free last summer. He still has two full years left on his contract and, as a popular first choice keeper, looks set to stay at Reading. This would be great for the team and it would also mean that they have someone solid who they can rely on. If you want to bet on him to save a certain amount of goals then there are various sports betting sites can help.
Sam Walker
28-year-old Sam Walker has admitted that he has a big decision to make at the end of this campaign. Walker Collapse
Billy Sharp header takes Sheffield United past Reading after extra time
03/03/2020 - The door to European football remains open to Sheffield United on two fronts. They may not need to Expand
03/03/2020 - The door to European football remains open to Sheffield United on two fronts. They may not need to win the FA Cup to saunter through it but Chris Wilder’s team are in the last eight after the substitute Billy Sharp breached an obstinate Reading midway through extra time. The second-tier side had equalised through a George Puscas penalty after David McGoldrick’s early goal but fell just short of an upset in a largely drab affair.Mark Bowen had called this his team’s biggest game of the season and, while a patchy turnout did not suggest their supporters agreed, he had a point. Reading have scant chance of leaving the Championship via any route so there was little excuse not to go at full tilt and he obliged with an unchanged side. Continue reading... Collapse
Woeful Reading Thrashed By Wigan
27/02/2020 - Three well taken goals gave Wigan a much needed three points in their quest to pull away from the Expand
27/02/2020 - Three well taken goals gave Wigan a much needed three points in their quest to pull away from the relegation zone on a night when all Reading's shortcomings were alarmingly evident. It was a dismal evening for everyone associated with the club. In front a poor crowd, even the home fans turned on their team in the second half, initially with humour, and them with venom. Already a goal behind at half time, Olise skied a shot over the bar from outside the box in the fifty-third minute prompting a chorus of "We've had a shot!" from the usually loyal and optimistic fans in the South Stand. Soon after it was followed by chants which I would not want to publish, and finally, "We're going down with the Wigan." Clearly this was going to inspire a recovery, but given the level of performance on the pitch entirely understandable. Things were clearly not going to get better.
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Match Report: Reading 0 Wigan Athletic 3 Collapse
Regal Royals: The Best Reading Signings of the 2010s
21/02/2020 - The 2010s was an intriguing decade for Reading, starting it off battling for promotion.
One year Expand
21/02/2020 - The 2010s was an intriguing decade for Reading, starting it off battling for promotion.
One year after a lost promotion playoff final against Swansea, that fight would be won in 2012, with Reading re-joining the Premier League after a four-year absence. Immediate relegation followed though, and the Royals have struggled to get back into the big time ever since. A cruel penalty shootout loss in the play-off final of 2017 is the closest they have since come to a top-flight return.
While the Championship is a tough league to negotiate, especially when the three-year parachute payments window has long expired, all it can take is the right initiative to drastically shorten any team's promotion odds.
Reading are no different, and though long-term top-flight establishment was elusive in the 2010s, the decade still heralded some great signings. These men stand out as prime examples of inspired scouting work and transfer nous, and provide the current staff with food for thought, as Collapse
Kyle Bartley heads West Brom six points clear at top with win at Reading
12/02/2020 - West Bromwich Albion continued to re-establish their momentum as they extended their lead at the Expand
12/02/2020 - West Bromwich Albion continued to re-establish their momentum as they extended their lead at the top of the Championship with a resolute 2-1 win over Reading. It took a recovery from an early Reading penalty, converted by George Puscas, with Matheus Pereira drawing Reading level before Kyle Bartley’s header won it.What a strange few months this has been for West Brom. After flitting to the top of the league in a shower of dazzling passing combinations and generally delightful football, by the end of January they were in a slump of seven league games without a win, their ruthless dominance replaced by tepid form that pushed them from their perch at the top. Related: Women's Super League, Championship, Scottish Premiership: clockwatch – live! Continue reading... Collapse
Reading Offload Mannone To Danish Club
31/01/2020 - Vito Mannone has travelled to Denmark to sign for his new side - Aalborg who play in the Danish Expand
31/01/2020 - Vito Mannone has travelled to Denmark to sign for his new side - Aalborg who play in the Danish Superliga. Mannone has found himself unwanted by the Royals and has not featured in Mark Bowen's plans since his return from the USA where he was on loan at Minnesota United in the MLS. Despite training with the club after coming back to the UK, Bowen made it clear he was looking to offload the player before his contract expires in the summer. Bowen chose to feature other goalkeepers as he rested players for our FA Cup ties and Mannone didn't even make the bench, making it clear his time was up in Berkshire.
It's been a tough time for Mannone, who was once the club's number one goalkeeper. He will be remembered as a reasonable goalkeeper but he failed to ever really look that spectacular, and failed to perform to a high enough standard as the club battled against relegation from the Championship. It was rumoured Mannone was a high wage earner so he will leave for a very small fee Collapse
Mid Table Beckons After Home League Defeat
29/01/2020 - Reading have recently developed the habit of leaving it late in the game to snatch a draw. Last Expand
29/01/2020 - Reading have recently developed the habit of leaving it late in the game to snatch a draw. Last night they can count themselves unlucky they didn't pull it off again with only a couple of minutes left on the clock. Meite beat the 'keeper with a powerful header only to see the ball come back of the post, the ball running to Aluko who had his shot blocked by a defender, the ball came back to Gunter, who saw his well-placed curling attempt headed off the line with the 'keeper beaten again. At that point it was clearly not going to be Reading's night.
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