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Reading signed 12 players in the summer transfer window before the 2025/26 season, but how have each of them fared? And who has made the biggest impact since making the move to RG2 ? 12. Matty Jacob Jacob was an automatic last place in this ranking for summer signings – this is due to the […]
Happy Birthday dear The Tilehurst End. So much has happened in 15 years, both personally and for Reading Football Club, but two things have remained strong: your support for this website and the dedication of the team who keep it and the podcast going. Since our first articles in March 2011 (back on WordPress, remember […]
March was a very mixed month indeed for Reading – although, to be fair, I feel like I say that every month this season. The Royals earned a return of three wins, two losses and a draw, but that block of six league games included some of the best and worst of what we’ve seen […]
Reading Women returned to winning ways in some style after a second-half demolition saw them run out 7-0 winners against Badshot Lea at the Operatix Community Ground on Sunday. After a goalless first half, the Royals sprung into life in the second, with all seven goals coming in an explosive 29 minutes. Tyra Wilson opened the […]
The Royals climbed back into the playoffs with an excellent 3-0 victory against Wigan Athletic at the SCL Stadium on Saturday. A brace from Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan and a Wigan own goal secured the points in an overall good performance for the Royals. Reading are now sixth with Stevenage one point behind, but Stevenage have two […]
Going into the Wigan Athletic game, I’ll admit my optimism was running on fumes. The Latics’ uptick in form, combined with our meek showing at Stevenage, made this feel like a fixture primed to expose our flaws. I had bad juju. Strong bad juju. Shows what I know. Reading came out flying, pressing with purpose […]
The weather may have changed a lot since last weekend – those in attendance at the SCL today had to put up with a cold, windy and sometimes wet afternoon – but the proverbial deckchair was out once again. Having watched Stevenage goalkeeper Filip Marschall enjoy a particularly comfortable second half at Reading’s expense last […]
Joel Pereira: 6 Literally nothing to do in the first half with no shots from Wigan Athletic. As I’ve said in other player ratings pieces: that’s exactly what you want to be able to say about your goalkeeper. He had a little bit more to do in the second half but, all things considered, the […]
Form Wigan Athletic finished 15th in League One last season, 10 points clear of the relegation places. This season marks their third straight year in the third tier, having been relegated from the Championship in 2023, after finishing 22nd in the league. The Latics are currently hovering just above the relegation zone in 19th place, three points above […]
Reading suffered another loss last weekend against playoff rivals Stevenage. It was a poor performance and the Royals barely touched the ball in the second half, with Joel Pereira saving a lot of shots. The Royals had a huge… one shot on target… in the game coming in the 12th minute, by Randell Williams. Speaking […]
Another week, another performance that left us all scratching our heads and wondering how we ever ended up flirting with the playoffs. The second half against Stevenage was embarrassing, not least because we had zero shots, but also because we played in a manner that never allowed us to create anything in the opposition’s half. […]
The boys discuss a setback loss to Stevenage, in which Reading recorded no shots after the 18th minute. The listeners help the pair to discuss whether players or strategy are to blame when performances go askew in matches. And in the yet-to-be-named quiz segment, Ross quizzes Ben on the victories from the 2006/07 season. Thanks […]
Reading Women narrowly missed out on a place in the League Cup final after a 1-0 defeat to AFC Portchester at Arbour Park on Sunday. A goal in the eighth minute from Sarah Butterworth was enough to separate the two teams at the final whistle. It wasn’t for the want of trying, with Reading throwing […]
Whether you think it’s deserved, for us to be six weeks or so away from the end of the season and very much in a playoff race – when you think about where we were when Leam Richardson came in – that’s an achievement in itself. However, now we’re there, we simply have to do […]
Saturday was not a good day for Reading on the pitch, for a variety of reasons. Sim’s match report really gets in the overall feeling regarding the result and the performance we saw unfold in front of us. I myself wrote the Player Ratings, and to let you a little bit behind the curtain of […]
The Royals suffered another late defeat on Saturday, this time against fellow playoff chasers Stevenage at the Lamex Stadium. Stevenage scored in the 85th minute through Dan Kemp to secure the points and move themselves ahead of Reading in the top-six chase. The Royals now sit eighth, just two points off Stevenage in sixth. Here […]
Another away day, another afternoon when Reading didn’t do anything particularly well, didn’t look psychologically prepared, and duly lost a valuable six-pointer. A familiar place to start because, frankly, it’s a familiar place to end up. Fortunately for me, I didn’t have to witness it. I was in IKEA, scoffing meatballs and buying boxes destined […]
Look, I know everyone gets overly excited by the first truly warm, sunny Saturday of Spring, but today was ridiculous. I can scarcely believe it, dear reader, but I literally saw Stevenage goalkeeper Filip Marschall get a deckchair out and lie down on it for the full extent of the second half of today’s game. […]
Joel Pereira: 6 He had nothing to do in the first half other than make a save from an offside shot – exactly what you want to be able to say about your goalkeeper when playing a playoff six pointer. In the earlier part of the second half, El Gato had a dangerous Stevenage shot […]
Form Stevenage finished 14th in League One last season, after 15 wins, 12 draws and 19 losses. This marks their third straight season in League One, following their promotion in 2023. They are firmly in the hunt for the playoffs, currently sitting eighth in the league, two places and one point behind Reading, but with a game […]
A great result against Burton Albion has put Reading into the playoffs for the first time this year! Kamari Doyle’s banger cancelled out George Evans’ wonder goal and then Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan got the winner in the 88th minute, sending Reading into the top six. The performance itself was actually a poor one. Comparing it to […]
With eight games to go, Reading seize sixth place with four points from two games. Ben and Ross break down the performances… or do their best guess for Plymouth Argyle. Are Reading fans starting to believe in the promotion push? Plus, more Spanish words for Royals fans in El Endo de Tilehurst, and Ben pulls […]
With just over four months until deals expire, Reading currently have 11 first-team players out of contract in the summer. But who should they offer new deals to and who should the Royals let go? Jeriel Dorsett: Offer new deal Despite his injury concerns, I would offer Dorsett a new contract because he is still […]
Reading Women progressed through to the next round of the Combined Counties Cup in dramatic fashion on Tuesday night, after a last-gasp goal for the Royals and an 8-7 penalty shootout win over Actonians. An own-goal from the Actonians goalkeeper, in the fifth minute of time added on, cancelled out an Abigail Kargbo 78th-minute strike […]
The Royals picked up an excellent three points at the Pirelli Stadium in a controversial 2-1 victory against Burton Albion on Tuesday night. Former Royal George Evans scored a fantastic strike in the 25th minute, before Kamari Doyle netted the equaliser in equally brilliant fashion shortly after. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan scored in the 88th minute to […]