I agree, but it was Division 4, Gordon. He was quite a few levels up from that I can tell you. He could easily have played with the big boys. You obviously never saw him play. Agreed Gordon,Robin Friday was and still is our greatest player.Its like saying Hendrix is crap and not see him play(Which ...

The trouble for us is that tradition is against us,people grew up supporting "Big clubs"like the London clubs in the 50's,60's and 70's because we were always small fry to them and even now if you look round the town on a week day you will see more Arsenal/Chelsea shirts then Readings.The ...

Must be against Brentwood in or about 1969/70

Now a year and a few months on we should be confident in the young lad to start any game.Hes filled out a bit more ang a little taller even though he still looks like a choirboy

Our current success started when we bought Keith Curle. He was the first hint of international quality we ever saw at Reading. Since then, there were setbacks, but it always felt as though we would get our chance in the top division. McGhee and Pardew provided fantastic football to get us close, bu...

Todays sucess owes ABSOLUTELY nothing to Mark McGhee. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. However, I would agree wid did play some of the most attractive football I ever saw at Elm Park under him. The two are completely unrelated. Complete rubbish RWC,McGhee started the belief for one thing,before him we were happ...

I want it to be six shillings to get in and then a sixpenny programme like it used to be

This game was so poor I turned over and watched the cricket.Two lumbering teams whose place in the Prem looked a joke.(Bristol city looked better last night).Why do Coppell persist with the same players week after week.Were just lucky that so many teams are as bad as we are.I still think we will gri...

Coppell has said a few times now that he will strengthen in January. Its being looked at....... Don't worry! Unfortunately such is the way football transfers are now organised that Coppell can't react to the teams problems until January. This is why the transfer windows suck. People end up hammerin...

Im afraid hes right,we didnt buy and any idiot could see we would struggle.We have a lot to be grateful to Mr Mad,having been one who once saw us get relegated to the old fourth division,but its a different ball game now.We are not little old Reading any more so the sooner Uncle John finds his mega ...

How do I tune in to setanta CR,is it on normal telly?I downloaded Sop Cast and saw the England/India cricket match game on our freinds PC here but now lost it. Satellite channel --any football/expat pub worthy of being called such would have it and be open for business at 9:00 Central time on Saddy...

Righto, Sunderland (A) on Saturday screens LIVE here from 10:00 AM Eastern on Setanta US , with repeat screenings on Setanta currently scheduled for Saturday evening at 8:00, overnite Saturday/Sunday from 1:45 AM Eastern (10:45 PM Saturday West Coast) and from 8:30 AM Eastern on Tuesday the 18th. T...

Hi Royal Chicago,I flew into Chicago yesterday(Bloody Hot)and I am now staying in Ames ,Iowa.I hope to see the game on saturday here or in Des Moines.Do you know,it will be 10 am here I think but you might know ,if its going to be shown anywhere in the area or it might be worth downloading Sop Cam ...

Hi Royal Chicago,I flew into Chicago yesterday(Bloody Hot)and I am now staying in Ames ,Iowa.I hope to see the game on saturday here or in Des Moines.Do you know,it will be 10 am here I think but you might know ,if its going to be shown anywhere in the area or it might be worth downloading Sop Cam t...

Its all very well sticking to the tried and trusted but in this division you need to buy players to progress.An idiot can see we need to get in players but then what do we idiots know.A few injuries and supensions + an away international for most of the team shows we are not well equipped enough.Cop...

Could be now we are a prem club its us that now do the visiting.Unless its Real Madrid or the like whats the point?We going to play the Man Us and Arsenal etc anyway.

brizzle royal Born North London
Moved to Hurst at 6 weeks
Moved to Reading 24 years later
Moved to various places and ended up in North Somerset
Saw my first game in 1959 aged 13 whilst living in Hurst
Which is my category?

Im not the oldest then

Born in Caversham ,moved to the west Country near Swindon,then moved to a village outside Oxford,move to Mapledurham in the sixties then finally move to Reading,met my misses got married and moved to tilehurst in the seventies.

Hey Chicago,I will be in your fine city in september then on to Iowa,will I be able to see Englands game on the Telly over there?

Ill get my coat