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by STAR Liaison
12 Apr 2020 10:10
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Reading FC 2018/19 accounts
Replies: 26
Views: 12404

Re: Reading FC 2018/19 accounts

There is a very good analysis of the accounts on the STAR website on the News tab. It has been written in a very easy to understand way so go and have a look.
by STAR Liaison
11 Apr 2020 14:25
Forum: STAR (Supporters' Trust At Reading)
Topic: Reading bag new trophy
Replies: 3
Views: 9344

Re: Reading bag new trophy

Cheers! There's a nod or two to that award in the latest edition of Reading Matter, now available to all via the STAR website. The 2020 edition of 20-page Reading Matter is now out and can be accessed via pdf download from our website. It covers the impact of Covid-19, the Reading FC financial situa...
by STAR Liaison
09 Apr 2020 17:13
Forum: The Team
Topic: Old Reading Footage on VHS/film/Youtube
Replies: 609
Views: 241579

Re: Old Reading Footage on VHS/film/Youtube

I have a full match VHS of Exeter 4 Reading 6 from 93/94. Got it from Exeter somehow. Would gladly donate it to the cause. I know a man who's desperate to have this as his copy was lost when lent to the club! We'll create some DVDs from it and send one back to you and keep another for the archive. ...
by STAR Liaison
09 Apr 2020 17:09
Forum: The Team
Topic: Old Reading Footage on VHS/film/Youtube
Replies: 609
Views: 241579

Re: Old Reading Footage on VHS/film/Youtube

[Tony Le Mesmer: There is a Royals Gems for 84-86 I believe, although sadly the 85-86 winning run is not part of it due to Strike Action.] Yes, I can see that now on the fella's promotional leaflet - such Gems as games v Bognor, Wealdstone and New Zealand but sadly not the 4-3 v Plymouth or the 2-2 ...
by STAR Liaison
09 Apr 2020 15:33
Forum: The Team
Topic: Old Reading Footage on VHS/film/Youtube
Replies: 609
Views: 241579

Re: Old Reading Footage on VHS/film/Youtube

Good on yer, all those contributing to this thread. There is an effort underway to try and catalogue and capture all Reading's recorded match footage. The bit STAR is focussing on at the moment is the pre Madstad (1998) era. But one element this thread could also help with is the list club-produced ...
by STAR Liaison
27 Mar 2020 14:46
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

Not before November? It definitely can't be Xmas Day then. Eh? There was interest in setting up football clubs locally in Nov / Dec 1871 - because the FA Cup had just started with Marlow and Maidenhead competing. Henley were formed about this time. It's theoretically possible that Reading could hav...
by STAR Liaison
26 Mar 2020 17:57
Forum: General Football
Topic: The Non - League thread
Replies: 10439
Views: 1423858

Re: The Non - League thread

Confirmed. All football below the National League has been ended. All results of this season have been expunged. Therefore no relegation from National Leagues North and South this season and everyone will be they were this season at the start of next season whenever that actually happens. https://w...
by STAR Liaison
26 Mar 2020 17:45
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

2 world wars, 1 world cup Blimey.

Did you wear shinpads?


Only in the office. :wink:
by STAR Liaison
25 Mar 2020 17:23
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

BANK HOLIDAYS - very important - especially Boxing Day - tradition of Boxing Day football goes back to the 1880s. Easter was also important and by the 1890s Reading were playing Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday. Because these were Bank Holidays clubs could get bigger gates. Our last Ch...
by STAR Liaison
25 Mar 2020 12:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

I agree mate I was just playing around, pretending your not-before-November was an argument for why it couldn't have been Xmas day. Noone plays football on Xmas day unless you're in the trenches. 25 December 1957 - Bournemouth 4 Reading 1 - our last Xmas Day match. Did 'em 2-0 in the return the nex...
by STAR Liaison
25 Mar 2020 12:08
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

Not before November? It definitely can't be Xmas Day then. Eh? There was interest in setting up football clubs locally in Nov / Dec 1871 - because the FA Cup had just started with Marlow and Maidenhead competing. Henley were formed about this time. It's theoretically possible that Reading could hav...
by STAR Liaison
25 Mar 2020 11:56
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

Christmas Day, 1871. This is an internet myth as far as we know. There is no contemporary evidence of a foundation date or meeting. Extremely unlikely it would have been before Nov 1871. Not before November? It definitely can't be Xmas Day then. Eh? There was interest in setting up football clubs l...
by STAR Liaison
25 Mar 2020 09:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

150th anniversary of our first game is 21 Feb 2022. All is not lost. On the 100th we were relegated to Div 4 for the first time (1971) and finished in our lowest Div 4 position in 1972. See what you mean about our luck! Thanks for that, lets hope by Feb 2022 we are all healthy and we can enjoy the ...
by STAR Liaison
25 Mar 2020 08:09
Forum: The Team
Topic: Enjoying or hating the no football era?
Replies: 112
Views: 62920

Re: Enjoying or hating the no football era?

May or June is wishful thinking I'm afraid. If football by some miracle returns by that time then it will be behind closed doors. Yes, and next year is our 150th anniversary... It will be just Reading's luck to find that football does not return to 2022!! 150th anniversary of our first game is 21 F...
by STAR Liaison
14 Mar 2020 11:13
Forum: STAR (Supporters' Trust At Reading)
Topic: Hall of Fame 2020 postponed
Replies: 1
Views: 3221

Hall of Fame 2020 postponed

Just in case anyone missed the post on the Team board or the announcement via other STAR media …

… the Hall of Fame event scheduled for 23 March has been postponed. We were all ready to go with it but now we'll have to wait until the autumn. We'll try and re-fix for October 2020.
by STAR Liaison
13 Mar 2020 10:04
Forum: The Team
Topic: STAR's RFC Hall of Fame 2020
Replies: 28
Views: 9759

Re: STAR's RFC Hall of Fame 2020

Not surprisingly, and with great regret, STAR has to announce the postponement of the Hall of Fame event, planned for Monday 23 March.

We will try and fix a new date for the autumn.
by STAR Liaison
03 Mar 2020 10:42
Forum: The Team
Topic: Royals on the Box/Internet Thread
Replies: 3139
Views: 1239477

Re: Royals on the Box/Internet Thread

Here's a new way of depressing live attendances. Anyone know what the financial arrangements are for this transmission? Any fee to the competing clubs? Competing clubs have any say? There will be plenty of fans who for good reasons can't make it to the game and this is a bonus for them. And the anno...
by STAR Liaison
29 Feb 2020 09:39
Forum: The Team
Topic: Worst crowd
Replies: 31
Views: 13534

Re: Worst crowd

Red Button There is considerable concern amongst some Championship clubs about the red button. They feel that, to some extent, they may have been dealt a poor hand by Sky. The upfront product offered was I-Follow from which the clubs gain a direct financial benefit and information on the viewers buy...
by STAR Liaison
29 Feb 2020 09:13
Forum: The Team
Topic: Worst crowd
Replies: 31
Views: 13534

Re: Worst crowd

Reported attendances. Both tickets sold and numbers through the turnstile data are collected and the club can choose which to issue. The situation has been confused by clubs have differing policies on this at the same time. Liverpool were slow to use tickets sold, for instance. Information gained vi...
by STAR Liaison
25 Feb 2020 09:56
Forum: The Team
Topic: Elm Park Years
Replies: 217
Views: 66583

Re: Elm Park Years

In terms of attendances at EP, whilst an incredible 24,046 (the official recorded attendance) squeezed in for the Southampton cup game in 1978 - I was there and remember just seeing a sea of heads - just how they got 33,042 in there for the record gate against Brentford in 1927 in a largely 'the sa...
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