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Reading Drop Out Of Top Six
18 January 2025
By Hob Nob Anyone?
The outcome of a football matches is, to a greater or lesser extent, determined by overall team performances or, more often than not, by specific lapses in concentration and basic errors. This result was a perfect example of all those elements coming together to produce a resounding defeat for a buoyant Reading team against a team in the middle of a poor run of results. Reading dominated possession, mainly due to playing football in their own half, while County dictated the play recording eight shots on target to Reading's one. Too often Reading resorted to the long ball, playing into the hands of County with their significant height advantage at the back. READ MORE...
MATCH REPORT: Reading 1 Stockport 3
Reading Exit FA Cup After Extra Time
11 January 2025
By Hob Nob Anyone?
A team looking likely to be playing in the Premier League next season, having only lost two league games conceding only a miserly nine goals in twenty-six matches, was bound to prove difficult to overcome. Nevertheless, Reading must take credit, after a shaky start, for taking Burnley to extra time, before succumbing to two goals from in-form striker Zian Flemming this Third Round cup tie.
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MATCH REPORT: Reading 1 Burnley 1 (FA Cup Third Round)
Happy Christmas For Reading With Another Win
29 December 2024
By Hob Nob Anyone?
A spectacular Tyler Bindon overhead kick produced the goal which proved to be the winner in a keenly contested match from start to finish. It was a goal worthy of winning any game and crowned yet another excellent performance from Reading's young centre back. Both sides came into the game on the back of a convincing Boxing Day victory knowing a win for Town would displace Reading in the top six. In a physical game dominated by Mansfield, Reading stood up to the challenge and secured their second win in four days courtesy of two superbly taken goals. READ MORE...
Match Report: Reading 2 Mansfield 1
Noel Hunt Gets First Win On Boxing Day
26 December 2024
By Hob Nob Anyone?
Reading took full advantage of an opportunity against struggling Northampton, to restore some of the confidence lost after a winless run of four games, and the departure of their manager. A deft touch from Knibbs gave Reading an early lead, and Smith doubled that lead before the interval, latching on to a gem of a pass by Wing from inside his own half, before sliding the ball past Town 'keeper Tzanev. Emphatic and impressive second half strikes from Savage and Camara sealed a comfortable four-one win. At three-nil, Eaves scored a consolation goal for the Cobblers when the referee failed to notice he had blatantly controlled the ball with his hand before tucking it away, leaving Pereira and Reading defenders appealing in vain for a free-kick. READ MORE...
Match Report: Reading 4 Northampton Town 1