Hidden away somewhere i have his testimonial programme for when he was at Portsmouth,nicknamed Charlie after the anatomical skeleton in the Pompey Doctors cupboard.He went through a real goal drought in the 75/76 promotion season but came good again, as you guys said a good foil for Friday

The rumour I heard was that Zingarevich has done one with the parachute payment that he got a forward loan on,hence the club has no money currently.

I am under the impression from a source of mine that "they are not welcome",who knows if that is temporary or permanent?

Hi guys,I really hope everything is ok in the buyout camp.... however JM I feel was desperate for money as the printing empire was going down the tubes,so take with a pinch of salt the fact AZ was a perfect fit....JMs house was recently putup for sale....is this knowledge that the deal was looking s...

Fed up with ""we are a bigger club than you"" bullshit normally from a club that has fallen from grace and only has there arse hanging out of their trousers!
Ha

Unbelievable, a player who earns 1.8 million per year doesnt want to travel!!!! Rumours say Pearce wont accept 25 K per week and wants 40k per week! Everytime we go up, the big time Charlies swing into action If this is the Premier then get me out of here PS and by the way your all doing a good job ...

By a country mile has to be Hurlock,genuinely felt sorry for the opposition when Terry was wound up.Mick Tait was also hard as nails...remember him slide tackling a player in a 50/50 and as he slid past chinned the guy...out cold.....ref couldnt work out how it happened.

As one of the 78,000 who saw him play it has to be Robin Friday.
Not really a contest,he made opposition players look stupid,great entertainer!
Could have played at any level he chose

Good luck to Murts,however I am not happy that Mr Reading is working at Southampton!.Look forward to him adding to our success again in the future in whatever capacity.In a perfect world we would employ all our ex favourites!

Which ones would you employ?

!976/77 Oxford V Reading at the Manor Ground,Orange ball ....snow laded pitch and Robin Fridays last game for us..he strangely played for most of the second half with only one boot on!

I was in a nightclub in Henley one night and Mad dog was there with his missus who was snogging the face off another girl

For all the Platform measurers out there,apparently the First half of Saturdays game was less exciting than this set of facts The combined length of platforms 1 and 2 at Gloucester is 494m. Combined length of platforms 1 and 4 at Cambridge is 467m. Longest single platform seems to be Darlington plat...

I actually think that Andrew has made some good points and from our promotion years a settled team in pre season is one that does better than one with many late additions. I would also argue that "well managed" should mean having a plan to buy and sell earlier and well.The points we drop e...

Really looking forward to it.Not shitting it.Took me years to get over my last Reading trip to Old Wembley in 95 This time we have been to the Promised Land ie the Premier already with all its problems.Id love it if we won.....however think we have a club that is better suited to the Championship, i...

As fans we do not see a Captains influence on a club on a day to day basis.However alienating the fans is not part of his remit.He needs to look back at the likes of Murty on how to carry out his job. His temperament is questionnable as are his own opinion of his abilities

Although not a Reading chant,my favourite chant against Aldershot was by the Cambridge fans when big Ron was their manager

"Some say shit but we say Aldershot"

Signing a loanee is potentially good news,however this season will not be be about promotion no matter how you wear the RTGs The annoying thing about it is ....will JM fund a promotion thrust? I personally cannot see this ,however I am enjoying our season as Maccy D learns his trade as an honest pro...

Looking forward to Magnifique Kebe,what is the situation regarding a new contract?

Its been mentioned in previous posts that all clubs from the Premier League downwards sell players,its always a gamble but decisions are made for right and for wrong,hindsight is an exact science.At this moment with little investment into the club from our benefactor I believe that the only way to m...

Interesting point that,when do we think we will sign a player,this season? or next season or will be only use academy players from now on....!