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The Weekly Bobbins: An Indefensible League Opener
As season-openers go, this is one that will be remembered, but not fondly. Despite Jack Marriott’s sublime first-half hat-trick, the game was soured by some horrific defending that can’t be defended. The perpetrator in chief was Jeriel Dorsett, the defender that doesn’t enjoy defending. It’s fine to consider him a bit of a utility defender, […]
Reading 3-4 Luton Town: Player Ratings
Joel Pereira: 5 Couldn’t do anything about the second or third goals, with the second looping over him from a wicked bounce at close range, and the third being smashed home when he was left alone in front of two men. Still seems to be having communication issues with his backline, as we saw in […]
Reading 3-4 Luton Town: Change Promised, Disappointment Delivered
Here it is then: the curtain-opener. The start of the season proper, our bread and butter: league football. The excitement was in the air as the warm weather and promise of shiny new things at the SCL gave the fanbase reason to arrive in their masses to watch the spectacle of a visiting, promotion-tipped Luton […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 468: 2026/27 Season Preview
It now IS the season preview. That’s what the title means. It’s here! The EFL League One season has dawned upon us like Gandalf and the Rohirrim. How do Ben and Ross expect Reading to do this season, and will Ross re-up his prediction of a second-placed finish? Elsewhere in the division, the pair discuss […]
Opposition Lowdown: Promotion Hopefuls Luton Town
Form The last 10 years have been a real rollercoaster for Luton Town fans, having witnessed their club play in all three Football League divisions and the Premier League, while also picking up the EFL Trophy along the way. Last season was their first year back in League One, having last played there in 2018/19. […]
Reading vs Luton Town: 2026/27 Match Preview
League action is back! The Royals narrowly went through to the second round of the Carabao Cup last Saturday, beating Bromley on penalties. It was Joel Pereira that had the last laugh in that game, saving Ethon Archer’s penalty, but plaudits should go to Kyreece Lisbie, who had a great game. Lewis Wing missed a […]
Standing Up For A Day I Thought I’d Never See
Back when I was a lot younger, a little bit thinner and a lot less grey, in January 2002, I attended a lobby at the Houses of Parliament with a group of supporters from other clubs. Our cause, on that cold day almost 25 years ago, was part of an effort to convince MPs that […]
TTE Roundtable: Reading Writers Preview The 2026/27 League One Season
We’ve had the first competitive game of Reading’s 2026/27 season already – a penalty shootout win at Bromley in the League Cup last Saturday – but this weekend’s match feels like more of a curtain-raiser. The Royals host Luton Town in an early kick-off: a long-awaited return both to the SCL and to League One […]
The Wild Lower West: Sustainability vs Ambition
My grass has been cut to something resembling the surface at Wembley Stadium, I now have loyalty cards at every DIY store in the south, and I am on first-name terms with the staff in many of our finest supermarkets. The things we do to occupy our time on a Saturday… But now it’s back, […]
My 500 Home Games Of Following Reading
As the 2026/27 season kicks off, it feels like the perfect time to reflect on a big personal milestone I hit last season supporting Reading. I am a self-confessed stats nerd, and I track every competitive Reading game I’ve ever attended, from the opposition and scorelines to line-ups, nationalities and substitutions. Last December, when The […]
The Weekly Bobbins: Will This Season Be The One?
Why, hello there friend. Come, sit down, let’s have a natter. It’s been a while, eh? So, here we are at the dawn of a new season. The second in the Rob Couhig reign. The first proper season for Leam Richardson and his evolving coaching staff. Out has gone Rob Kelly, replaced by John Coleman, […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 467: The Pre-Season Review-Preview
It’s not the season preview. That’s what the title means. You’ll be getting that on Saturday! Instead, Ross interrupts Ben’s Greek holiday to discuss the League Cup win over new League One side Bromley. The boys debate where the mistakes were made in the Bromley goal, but have lots of good things to say about […]
How You Can Help Support The Tilehurst End
Hello there! Recently we asked for your help when it comes to creating content – writing articles, producing videos or giving feedback on what we put out. Check out this article right here for more information on all of that. This time we’re after your support of a different kind. (You can probably see where […]
Can This Squad Really Get Promoted? I’m Not Convinced
Even before friendlies, the p-words have been bandied about: play-offs, promotion and even “preparation”. It’s all good in generating excitement ahead of our league opener with Luton Town. I’m sure we’ll all agree: the closer Saturday gets, that special buzz will start to creep in. But if like me you’ve read what others have written […]
Bromley Fans Verdict: Back At It
Competitive football has been a long time coming, and while your first proper of the game of the season going to a penalty shootout isn’t quite exactly what we’re used to when it comes to season curtain-raisers, it was still good to see Reading back at it. Because even the most avid pre-season-goer really lives […]
Reading Got ‘Stronger And Stronger’ At Bromley: Leam Richardson
The Royals secured their place in the second round of the League Cup with a penalty shootout win against Bromley on Saturday afternoon. Josh Stokes scored early on for the Royals but Michael Cheek netted before half-time to make it even. Lewis Wing had the chance to win it during normal time with a penalty […]
View From The Dolan: Gladiators Fighting Dragons
If you are one of those people that say “ooh, it’s just another friendly” or worse, “it’s a semi-friendly”, then stop reading now. I bloody love the cups, always have done, so for me this was as competitive as two gladiators fighting dragons (I don’t know who was a gladiator and who was a dragon […]
Bromley 1-1 Reading (4-5 Pens): A Scattergun Start
Those of you unfamiliar with London geography need to know the following for this next bit to make sense: Victoria Station (fun fact: named after Victoria Street, not Queen Victoria) is in Central London, Bromley is in Southeast London (or Kent, to the more pretentious of the local residents) and Brixton is between the two […]
Bromley 1-1 Reading (4-5 Pens): Player Ratings
Joel Pereira: 6 A real mixed bag of a performance from Pereira, which largely sums up what he’s like as a goalkeeper in general. He wasn’t faced with a barrage of shots on target from the hosts (Reading’s defence did well in that regard) but he did make one howler in the first half, failing […]
Bromley vs Reading: 2026/27 League Cup Match Preview
Football is back! After a shorter stint this year with the World Cup being a great watch, Reading are back in action in the first round of the Carabao Cup. The Royals have had a great pre-season, which I will go into more detail about later on, and are looking to be a team that […]
Reading’s 2026/27: A Cautiously Optimistic Search For Identity
Where do you start with Reading’s 2025/26 season? Well, I didn’t miss it when it finished, nor during the summer months, and certainly not now. It really was a boring, tedious, uninspiring damp squib of a season, wasn’t it? And if there’s any one thing that’ll jump out for many supporters about last season, it […]
Pre-Season Musings: Leam Richardson’s Redemption Arc, Reading’s Balanced Squad
Pre-season is an oddity that every fan treats differently. Some love the chaos of the transfer window, some travel to the friendlies to catch a glimpse of what the new season has to offer and others completely switch off from it all. While still trying to keep an eye on friendly scores and transfer rumours […]
Winners And Losers From Reading’s Summer 2026
That’s that for Reading’s 2026 summer preparations, and my initial feeling is that this has one of our best pre-seasons for quite a while. The Royals’ senior side played six friendlies between early July and the beginning of August, winning five times and losing just once. Only two goals were conceded, with 12 scored. Farnborough […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast: Al Clements Interview – ‘Magic Hat’
Ross speaks to Al Clements, author of Magic Hat: Madejski, McGhee and Reading Football Club. The book tells the story of the early 1990s in RG2, and comes well endorsed by multiple members of The Tilehurst End staff! Learn about the process of writing the book and the interviews that made it possible. Thank you […]
Knee-jerk Takeaways From Reading’s July
July, then. It definitely happened. It happened a bit too much, frankly speaking, with World Cup exits and acrimonious FIFA behaviour. What didn’t really happen much was Reading. Much like June, the most just slowly slipped by and, when we arrived at the final week, all the things happened. I think we all assumed that, […]
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