The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Sutekh]

Game tonight in the group
Birmingham 2 Bournemouth 2
Table now
1st Reading P 3 points 9 GD + 6
2nd Bournemouth P 3 points 4 GD + 2
3rd Hull P 3 points 3 GD —1
4th Birmingham P 3 points 1 GD —7

Match in our group tonight Birmingham 0 Hull 3
Current table
1st Reading P 3 points 9 GD + 6
2nd Hull P 4 points 6 GD + 2
3rd Bournemouth P 3 points 4 GD + 2
4th Birmingham P 4 points 1 GD —10

Match tonight Hull 3 Bournemouth 4
Table
1st Reading P 3 points 9 FD +6
2nd Bournemouth P 4 points 7 GD + 3
3rd Hull P 5 points 6 GD + 1
4th Birmingham P 4 points 1 GD —10

So Reading just need 4 more points, in some combination, to top the group then…..

[Royals and Racers]

Match in our group tonight Birmingham 0 Hull 3
Current table
1st Reading P 3 points 9 GD + 6
2nd Hull P 4 points 6 GD + 2
3rd Bournemouth P 3 points 4 GD + 2
4th Birmingham P 4 points 1 GD —10

Match tonight Hull 3 Bournemouth 4
Table
1st Reading P 3 points 9 FD +6
2nd Bournemouth P 4 points 7 GD + 3
3rd Hull P 5 points 6 GD + 1
4th Birmingham P 4 points 1 GD —10

So Reading just need 4 more points, in some combination, to top the group then…..

Yep which will guarantee a home draw in the next stage against the runners up in one of the other groups.

[Royals and Racers]

U 18 team playing Southampton away
T Borgnis
Zie
Irish
Beacroft
Saint-Louis
Booth
Dove
Agyekum
Lonmeni
Adjei
Joseph Ntege
SUBS
Pullinger
Cliff
Fuller-Thompson
Haywood
Barbieri
Southampton 1 Reading 0 34 mins
2-0 37 mins
3-0 40 mins
4-0 44 mins
H-T 4-0
5-0 66 mins
F-T 5-0

Just come up on X is that 17 year old Scofield Lonmeni has left Liverpool and joined Reading Academy( plays today)

[Royals and Racers]

Next fixture for the U 21’s after Tuesday’s Berks &Bucks Senior Cup QF away to Maidenhead Utd KO 7.45pm, where i expect a composite U 18/U21 team to be picked.
U 21’s v Birmingham City on Saturday 13th December in a PL Cup Group A match at Bearwood KO 1pm( tickets available by phone to the RFC ticket office).