The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Royals and Racers]

Next up for the U 21’s is a PL 2 match on Monday 26th January away to Nottingham Forest KO 7pm. The match is at the Loughborough University Stadium.

The U 18’s play a rare midweek league game the following day Tuesday 27th January against Chelsea at Bearwood KO 11am.

Today’s match is live on Chelsea TV - app and website i think.

[Royals and Racers]

T Borgnis
Dove
Zie
Cliff
Irish
Lonmeni
Saint-Louis
Nour
Beacroft
Agykeum
Fuller-Thompson
SUBS
Pullinger
Ojo
Hunte
Musgrave-Dore
Adjei

[Royals and Racers]

Live on Chelsea FC You tube channel.
Reading 0 Chelsea 1 15 mins
H-T 0-1
Since Reading U 21’s lost to Leeds and which was covered in full by RFC on X the team has played 3 matches - Blackburn at Home( at Aldershot) and Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest away and not a mention in any preview, line-ups, updates and report.
No mention from the club on today’s stream.
I find it disrespectful to the Academy, players and staff that the coverage of our CAT 1 Academy is pathetic.

[Royals and Racers]

Royals down to 10 Irish sent off 63 mins
1-1 cracking goal 68 mins Adjei
1-2 71 mins Pen
1-3 75 mins
F-T 1-3
I thought Royals played well against the league leaders and were in the match until the sending off.

[Royals and Racers]

F-T Forest 0 Reading 1
Cracking win Royals up to 26th

2 match week as we go again on Friday 29th January away to Burnley KO 7pm. The match is at the Lancashire FA ground in Leyland.

U 21’s next match as above
U18’s next match Saturday 7th February away to Brighton KO 11.30am. The match is at Brighton’s training ground.

[Clyde1998]

Good result.

Agree Patton needs to go out on loan, unless there's some chance he could be involved in the first team at some point (which seems unlikely at this stage).

Worth noting most of the side that started are still teenagers - think only Stickland (22) and Spencer (22) aren't.

Spencer is 20.

Is he? The club's academy graduates page lists his date of birth as "9th November 2003": https://www.readingfc.co.uk/academy/gra ... hayspencer

[The Cube]

Obviously, I am right and the club website is wrong (as are places like Transfermarkt and Flashscore).

As proof he played for the Under-18s less than 2 years ago, so cannot be 22 now.

[Sutekh]

Obviously, I am right and the club website is wrong (as are places like Transfermarkt and Flashscore).

As proof he played for the Under-18s less than 2 years ago, so cannot be 22 now.

That bastion of accuracy & truth, Wikipedia, says he was born on 13th October 2005, so Shay Morales Spencer is 20.

He’s ooc in the summer.