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[westongeezer]

I'm up for flying out for this one, anyone know if Faro is the closest airport and will we be able to buy at the gate?

[Wimb]

Actual LOL at the thought of HNA being infiltrated by CMZ or anyone else from RFC

well they do read it, doubt any bother to post.

[Big Foot]

Actual LOL at the thought of HNA being infiltrated by CMZ or anyone else from RFC

well they do read it, doubt any bother to post.

Known fact since the year dot that they read it - but for 'CMZ' or anyone else to join just after cypryg8 = lolz

[Wimb]

Actual LOL at the thought of HNA being infiltrated by CMZ or anyone else from RFC

well they do read it, doubt any bother to post.

Known fact since the year dot that they read it - but for 'CMZ' or anyone else to join just after cypryg8 = lolz

Sorry misunderstood yeah very very much doubt that.

[Mike Hunt]

#pray4cypry

Where is he btw? hasnt been around for a while.

Maybe they did get to him after all

[Big Foot]

Not sure why his name surfaced on this thread - won't let it detract from my Portugal thread

[Mike Hunt]

Not sure why his name surfaced on this thread - won't let it detract from my Portugal thread

Haha, do not worry Sir Big Foot, your antics on Page 1 gave me plenty 'o belly laughs.

[KDRF]

THE SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Adam Federici, Alex McCarthy, Mikkel Andersen, Jonathan Henly.
Defenders: Shaun Cummings, Chris Gunter, Ian Harte, Nicky Shorey, Kaspars Gorkss, Alex Pearce, Adrian Mariappa, Sean Morrison.
Midfielders: Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Brynjar Gunnarsson, Danny Guthrie, Jay Tabb, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kebe, Garath McCleary, Hal Robson-Kanu, Michail Antonio, Jordan Obita.
Forwards: Noel Hunt, Jason Roberts, Adam Le Fondre, Simon Church, Pavel Pogrebnyak.



Notable inclusions I guess are Pog who'll be in a Reading shirt for the first time. Henly and Obita as the youngsters. Antonio given a chance. And Bryn.
Notable omissions are only really the likes of Taylor, D'Ath along with Sheppard and Williams and Hector who could have made it. They'll be playing the likes of Basingstoke, Salisbury and Hendon back home

Well seems like we have 24 of our 25 man squad, with the squad above minus the under 21s (Henly, Obita, Morrison) and Bryn, with either one more to come in or a suprise inclusion in the squad for Bryn!

[ddetisi]

Can anyone find where the first game is being played? Thinking of flying out there but typing the details from the OS nothing comes up?

[Albert Spangler]

Can anyone find where the first game is being played? Thinking of flying out there but typing the details from the OS nothing comes up?

Portgual, I think.

[Z175]

Can anyone find where the first game is being played? Thinking of flying out there but typing the details from the OS nothing comes up?

http://www.footballzz.co.uk/estadio.php?id=1569

Quarteira is about halfway along coast from faro airport to albufeira, estadio municipal is in the west of the town, if you look on google satellite its the only stadium... Well football pitch!

[Big Foot]

Not sure why his name surfaced on this thread - won't let it detract from my Portugal thread

Haha, do not worry Sir Big Foot, your antics on Page 1 gave me plenty 'o belly laughs.

Thanks squire

More to follow after the weekend no doubt

[Big Foot]

Match day excitement!

[Cypry]

Match day excitement!

Are BBCRB covering the game?

[chilipepper91]

Yep, sports from 2-10 today so would assume it'll be full commentary (of the Reading players anyway )

Teams for tonight on the OS...

First half: Andersen; Cummings, Shorey, Mariappa, Pearce; Guthrie, Leigertwood (c), Kebe, Robson-Kanu; Antonio, Roberts

Second half: Andersen; Gunnarsson, Harte, Gorkss, Morrison; McAnuff (c), Tabb; McCleary, Obita; Hunt, Le Fondre

Sub: Henly

[Platypuss]

Gunter not playing as injured in first day of training in Portugal. Church also.

[RockheadRumple]

Pog isn't playing. Why's that?

[NattMiles]

Pog isn't playing. Why's that?

Being eased back in after Euros by BM

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Jonny Fordham reporting clashes with baton wielding local police...

[Niko]

Jonny Fordham reporting clashes with baton wielding local police...

If only we still had Manset