Opposition fans back from the game

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by tidus_mi2 » 19 Apr 2023 15:22

From Despair To Where? The Hull game was rhe only home game 1 I missed that season. My dad had heart attack that morning and was in a msdically induced coma for 5 says. I remember listening to the Ipswich game the following Tuesday in the relatives room in the Intensive Care unit at Basingstoke Hospital.

My parents divorced a couple years earlier and were in a phase of competing with each other, my dad took us on a caravan holiday in Dorset that we enjoyed, my mum attempting it herself took us on a caravan holiday later that summer, I ended up missing the Millwall game. My dad and his friend never let me live it down the whole season.

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by South Coast Royal » 19 Apr 2023 15:29

For all the good performances and results that season the game that I remember best is the 0-0 at Southampton.

We all got drenched and Sonko had a 10/10 defensive performance on a night when we were a bit fortunate to get a draw.
What we learned that night was how brave and resilient this team was which served us in good stead over the rest of the season.

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by From Despair To Where? » 19 Apr 2023 15:30

I couple of years later, I worked with a Leeds fan who tried to flex, saying "We were the only team you didn't beat that season" to which I pointed out that actually, Watford went one better and kept 2 clean sheets against us.

Seemed a really odd thing to go all Billy Big Bollocks about.

I moved to Yorkshire half way through that season and the Leeds fans, drunk on larging it against the Bradford fans, would go very quiet when I was in the room so all the Bradford fans would be sure to very loudly ask me how Reading got on at the weekend on a Monday morning.

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by Silver Fox » 19 Apr 2023 15:36

Plus, Plymouth and Luton both took a point more from us than either of them did

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by From Despair To Where? » 19 Apr 2023 15:44

Leeds were in League 1 at the time and had just lost in the playoffs to Doncaster so the fan was trying to convince themselves that they were still the biggest club in Yorkshire.


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by YorkshireRoyal99 » 19 Apr 2023 16:24

From Despair To Where? Leeds were in League 1 at the time and had just lost in the playoffs to Doncaster so the fan was trying to convince themselves that they were still the biggest club in Yorkshire.


Exactly why I hate Leeds, the arrogance.

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by Mr Optimist » 19 Apr 2023 16:59

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From Despair To Where? Leeds were in League 1 at the time and had just lost in the playoffs to Doncaster so the fan was trying to convince themselves that they were still the biggest club in Yorkshire.


Exactly why I hate Leeds, the arrogance.


In the Kingdom of the Blind that is Yorkshire, the one eyed man is king.

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by CountryRoyal » 06 Aug 2023 02:03

But blimey just how poor were Reading? They tried all game to attack what they thought was our weakness in Burrows at left back and never got anywhere?…

…Bit hard to see whether the new players are any good or not as Reading were that bad…

… Charlton will reveal far more than this Reading team though...that said I am a bit more confident about staying up now.


At the start of the 2nd half i thought Readings players were staging there own sit in! As they werent interested in getting out there own defensive 3rd.

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by windermereROYAL » 06 Aug 2023 07:34

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But blimey just how poor were Reading? They tried all game to attack what they thought was our weakness in Burrows at left back and never got anywhere?…

…Bit hard to see whether the new players are any good or not as Reading were that bad…
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Must have turned up at half time then.


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by Snowflake Royal » 06 Aug 2023 08:31

Their fans should probably watch the highlights which show their goal as a bit of a freak, and a couple of breakaways. Whilst we carved out multiple good chances in their box.

Carroll was a slightly better drop off his chest from putting us 1 up. And Kelvin should really have scored as well.

But then they showed during the game their fans were idiots.

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by traff » 06 Aug 2023 09:37

Hard to give an accurate account with a concussion
https://twitter.com/i/status/1687849324208599040

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by Royal_jimmy » 06 Aug 2023 12:22

Peterborough fans probably fair with their comments. We were on top for the first 30 then they were the better side afterwards.

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by From Despair To Where? » 08 Aug 2023 21:49

Losing to a team of kids with the XI we sent out tonight is unacceptable and oxf*rd embarrassing


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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by MouldyRoyal » 08 Aug 2023 22:05

Can’t believe a Wi-Fi password scored two against us

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by Sutekh » 08 Aug 2023 22:08

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Can’t believe a Wi-Fi password scored two against us


:lol:

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by Orion1871 » 08 Aug 2023 22:08

Did they at least get the chance to do that stupid noise they do?

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by Rax » 08 Aug 2023 22:24

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Can’t believe a Wi-Fi password scored two against us


:lol:


To be fair, that is genuinely funny!

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by CountryRoyal » 08 Aug 2023 22:52

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Can’t believe a Wi-Fi password scored two against us


:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by Royal_jimmy » 08 Aug 2023 22:57

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Can’t believe a Wi-Fi password scored two against us


That's good lol

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Re: Opposition fans back from the game

by CountryRoyal » 08 Aug 2023 23:04

They were good, quick, direct, committed, made our back three look poor, slow, dithery.


Feel sorry for those Reading youngsters come down here and tear us a new one and most of them probably wont get a game away to Port Vale on Saturday when their first teamers come back in.

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