Pre season Friendlies.......The Attendances ?

[AthleticoSpizz]

how many?

and howe do we (or they) pick eachother for the pre-season festivities?

what is the citeria?

[moo]

You cant play friendlies vs teams in your own league, and the side with the lowest rank has to be the home side.

[AthleticoSpizz]

You cant play friendlies vs teams in your own league, and the side with the lowest rank has to be the home side.

hence the lack of quality Premier Teams in our pre-season portfolio ....

seriously, how does a team like Reading end up playing a team like (no disrespect) Bromley?

[moo]

I'd assume the dates suited them both and it wasnt a huge distance to travel?

Unless we have some kind of 'deal' with Bromley from a past transfer or something which I dont think we do.

[AthleticoSpizz]

I'd assume the dates suited them both and it wasnt a huge distance to travel?

Unless we have some kind of 'deal' with Bromley from a past transfer or something which I dont think we do.

well Steve C looked less than enamoured

[66DD]

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seriously, how does a team like Reading end up playing a team like (no disrespect) Bromley?[/quote]

I don't know if it's anything to do with it but Bromley's manager is Mark Goldberg, who used to be Chairman at Crystal Palace for at least one of Steve Coppell's spells there. Also Jon Goodman used to play for Bromley at one time. So there are some links between the clubs.

[AthleticoSpizz]

[quote="

seriously, how does a team like Reading end up playing a team like (no disrespect) Bromley?

I don't know if it's anything to do with it but Bromley's manager is Mark Goldberg, who used to be Chairman at Crystal Palace for at least one of Steve Coppell's spells there. Also Jon Goodman used to play for Bromley at one time. So there are some links between the clubs.[/quote]yeah that kind've works out.......now explain the Northampton game

[Casual Royal]

There are also a number of links between Didcot Town and the club.
RFC have approched Didcot for possibly staging some reserve games this season if the pitch gets too bad at the Mad Stad.
RFC love the pitch at Didcot, which is one of the best outside the football league and it was agreed just after that they would give the club a pre season friendly.
It will possibly become an annual event as the realationship bulids between the two clubs.
The link with Bromley is Mark Goldberg and this game had been promised even before the Didcot game was arranged. Thats why DTFC was on the Friday. However the team at Bromley was mainly youth and reserve unlike Didcot where the whole first team played apart form Haprs , Hunty , Bobby and Marcus.
This was excellent for us at Didcot but no so good for Bromley !!
I can also conform that the attendance at Didcot was 2500.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Thanx CR

2.5 k at Loop Meadow

I would guesstimate 600 at Hayes Lane (400 of which were Reading fans)

[Casual Royal]

I agree , it was a pretty poor attendance.
What i found strange was the amount of Police and Stewards.
Mind you that bar in the main stand was excellent , Beer and Burgers whilst watching the game !!!!!!!

[AthleticoSpizz]

I agree , it was a pretty poor attendance.
What i found strange was the amount of Police and Stewards.
Mind you that bar in the main stand was excellent , Beer and Burgers whilst watching the game !!!!!!!

a nice day out for the coppers

The whole set up was friendly.....but the the burgers were awesome....the beer was good


ahhh........... football like its meant to be

so why was Sir Steve so miserable?

[Casual Royal]

Not a clue on that one , maybe 2 late nights on the trot !!

[kirkrich]

Overheard an official saying att was 811 at Bromley

[skipper]

You cant play friendlies vs teams in your own league, and the side with the lowest rank has to be the home side.

Arnt we playing Feyanoord in Holland?

[AthleticoSpizz]

Overheard an official saying att was 811 at Bromley

gave up counting from the windows of the bar........800+ sounds better

The anouncer bade us all of the best didn't he...............to quote something like........"we hope that Reading win the Premiership, yes we do" (pregnant pause)........"yes we really do"


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