Really? After the what? 4 pre season defeats in row? People were already baying for blood and we were expecting a long old slog of a season ahead. Our transfer business was done late a load of unknowns and journey men. I started the season thinking a mid table finish was going to be the absolute max...

What about Off at Eleven (OAE)? I vaguely remember that, but not what format it took. I first signed up to this portal when it was a shade of pale blue and lots of cascading messages down the page like a Windows Explorer tree, with titles of "X" then "Re: X" then "Re: Re: X...

I thibk Bindon's a 'better' defender than Abbey. I think Abbey used his pace and strength to get him out of trouble and didn't have to be as good at positioning and reading the game as a result. Bindon strikes me as one of those players who doesn't have exceptional talent. What he has is exceptiona...

5 games to go it's that time again, who is your player of the season? vote now. hobnob only allows 20 options on a poll. So I went to transfermarket.com sorted players by appearances and removed the players who fcuked off in Jan like Abbey Holmes vickers etc. The below list is In order of the number...

GOAL!!!!

WestYorksRoyal When was the last time a Reading keeper saved a penalty in the league?

Stat thread

GOAL!!!!

Uke Have the Bolton commentary on my stream - how many sponsors do they have!

You’re going to have to flesh this out a bit

Yeah, but nothing too controversial. -They reckon they were worth a draw (fair) -They had a bit of a debate about whether Pereira was the difference or if most of his work was routine -They are bemoaning that we are a bit of a historical bogey team for them as we just became the team they’ve lost m...

Imagine being loafer

SouthDownsRoyal LOL

Invaluable input as alway SDR. What’s tickled you this time?

I know football only started in 1992 :wink: but it should also be noted that Neil Webb scored 4 goals for England. Was he an academy graduate? Didn’t think we had an academy back then… But if we are going before academies were a thing You could probably throw ady Williams on the list also Academy i...

Although he no longer plays for Reading, Andre burley who now plays for Oxford city scored for St kitts last week. he is only the 8th ever Reading FC academy graduate to score a goal for an international team The others Shane Long Simon Church Simon Cox Gylfi Sigurðsson Alex Pearce Hal Robson-Kanu ...

Crusader Royal

Crusader Royal This is the first time in HNA history that the first 7 posts on a thread have been by the same poster.

Probably would have been 8 if I had kept quiet.

Ok, it WAS 8

I will hand the baton over to others now. Let’s see some stats!!

Reading’s 4-0 win over Cambridge was the club’s biggest home league win without conceding in 14 years (the 6-0 victory against Peterborough)

And Sam smiths goal in that game was the first time a Reading player had scored in 5 consecutive games since Lucas Joao in 2020

15 Harvey Knibbs
12 Sam Smith
12 Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

Three Reading players have hit double figures for goals in the same season for the first time since 2010/11 (Long, Harte & N. Hunt)

Ruben got a lot of stick over his subs early on in the season. But his substitutes have had 26 goal involvements for Reading this season, the 6th most in England’s top four tiers.

Although he no longer plays for Reading, Andre burley who now plays for Oxford city scored for St kitts last week. he is only the 8th ever Reading FC academy graduate to score a goal for an international team The others Shane Long Simon Church Simon Cox Gylfi Sigurðsson Alex Pearce Hal Robson-Kanu T...

Only four teams have won more home matches in League One this season than Reading

We have picked up the joint fifth most points in the league since that defeat against Shrewsbury on the 11th Nov.