Barney A truly fantastic gesture by the owner.

Hats off sir. Nothing else to say.

+1

Brilliant gesture by the owner/club!

To escape relegation last season we had to ride high in the current form tables so why so many think we can't achieve mid table is beyond me and I doubt it's what Chelsea were thinking when they left the Mad Stad. We have some fantastic young players and much scope for them to thrive. FFP could unw...

My thinking on this season has always that's it's one about the development of a squad and how Gomes stamps his mark on the team having had a full close season to work with them. Definitely looking forward to seeing how the younger players evolve in this team and am hoping that come the end of the s...

Bovril is class. Had it for the first (and also by no related reason the last) time at a cold and dark Salford FC game several years ago. Rate it. Similar theme - Hadn't had it for years then at half time of the Sheff Utd game a few years ago when it was absolutely freezing we were getting beers an...

Admittedly when we still had Lita, Long was still very average Yup. Remember when we had the luxury of persevering with players til they came good. Long's transformation with us is why I'm a big believer in confidence and hunger over raw ability. His touch was atrocious when he first broke through,...

fine. happy enough with that, experienced champ defender. Obvs not exactly exciting but will allow us to bring McIntyre and Osho through gradually to take over from him scored 7 goals last year apparently Me too... I agree not exactly exciting but we have a track record of doing well with non-excit...

Do you panic for a living or is it just a Reading FC thing?

CountryRoyal This thread is still going? Mods time to seal it up.

I agree I'd haddocknough after the fish course....

Nice to see him following in his dads footsteps. Well we need a good fit left back, hopefully he can find one. Good to see him back, was always a big fan, especially in his first stint here... What did we pay for him £25000 or something stupid.. Absolute bargain and looked good from the moment he a...

Didn't Stacey go their briefly too or am I making that up? No you're correct. During their promotion year from the Conf I believe. He definitely played when they were back in league 2. He scored a cracker in a play off game I went to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iq1njVsuuM Keith Curle in the C...

Yeah, I'd probably be up for this. Last time we played them away - https://www.royals.org/matdoc/260202.html Seem to remember traffic being horrendous, or it was pouring with rain? It was a horrible night... Floods through the trading estate walking out after.. That was a great night... Flew back f...

This is a big step up as he has never really played at this level. Low wages and low risk. Could be great could be terrible but a squad player at best Watch a bit of Exeter and this lad has a lot about him. Powerful player who can control a game. Exeter missed him a lot when he was out. Still can't...

This is a big step up as he has never really played at this level. Low wages and low risk. Could be great could be terrible but a squad player at best Watch a bit of Exeter and this lad has a lot about him. Powerful player who can control a game. Exeter missed him a lot when he was out. Still can't...

Started off by saying that Carrick and older Scholes would have had better careers if the English weren't so obsessed with blood-and-thunder tackling, then this: "I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso , something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game. At Liver...

Anyone know what Xabi Alonso said about tackling? Started off by saying that Carrick and older Scholes would have had better careers if the English weren't so obsessed with blood-and-thunder tackling, then this: "I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso , something you have to reso...

Maneki Neko cracking goal that is only going to give him confidence going forward.
took it really well

His body shape when's he hits that is perfect, kept over the ball.. it's a great goal!

Two ex-players have texted their congratulations to the squad on survival.... https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-incredible-job-two-messages-16191865 Dave Edwards gets an unfair rep. Yeah, he wasn't the best, but he grafted and seems like a great guy. Great to see Fernan...

Bacuna, Swift and Baker have all taken decent set pieces at times certainly Bacuna must be one of the quickest forgotten players in our history... we were around the bottom of the championship, he got a move to a premier league club and we have not missed him at all. Says so much about the emergenc...

Sutekh FT 1-1

Glad that's over not just for the result but also because if I had to listen to anymore of that BCFC commentary I think I would be violently sick.

Who do they think they are Real Madrid?

Think Blackpool were the weirdest bunch of fans I’ve sat with We are very far from the worst After our match at Bramall lane was called off late a few years ago we rushed to Chesterfield to watch them play the non league Morecombe in the fa cup... sat behind us were two guys who looked just like th...