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Reading ‘Did Enough’ To Beat Dons: Leam Richardson
The Royals picked up their first point of the season with a 1-1 draw against AFC Wimbledon on Saturday. It was a game in which Reading created plenty of chances but were unable to make them count, leaving manager Leam Richardson disappointed not to come away with all three points. Here is what the Royals […]
AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Reading: (Not The) Same As It Ever Was
Unpacking today’s match essentially boils down to one question: to what extent is this version of Reading Football Club the same as what we saw at the tail end of last season? Going by the loud (and very familiar) chants of “Leam Richardson, your football is s**t” from some at full-time and the distinctly unimpressed […]
AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Reading: Player Ratings
Joel Pereira: 5 Didn’t have a lot to do today, in his 100th game for Reading, yet rarely exuded the confidence that we’ve seen in previous years, and when we were once again crying out for a quick throw to set the speedy full-backs/wingers on a counter, he held onto it too long and played […]
AFC Wimbledon vs Reading: 2026/27 Match Preview
It’s back to league action for the Royals after a second penalty win of the season, against Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday. Reading looked OK in that game, giving those who don’t start in the first team some minutes, and there were a few that I think made cases to start in this one. Plus, a […]
Opposition Lowdown: Dons Hoping To Continue Strong Record Against Royals
Form AFC Wimbledon are competing in League One for the second consecutive season, having secured safety after finishing 19th, four points clear of the drop zone. They secured promotion to the third tier in 2025, via the playoffs, ending their three-year stay in League Two. The Dons’ season started with a penalty shootout win against […]
The Wild Lower West: Positives vs Negatives
I have been thinking about where to start with this week’s analysis of the Luton Town performance, and for the life of me I still don’t (days after the event) understand how we managed to lose a game that we led 3-1 after 51 minutes. After much debate in my head, I have decided to […]
View From The Town End: Dons Fans ‘Expecting Another Struggle’ In 2026/27
After a couple of cup outings and a league defeat at home to Luton Town, Reading have their first league away match of the season this Saturday. It’s a trip to AFC Wimbledon, a club that did the double over the Royals last season following promotion from the fourth tier in 2024/25, and who’ve just […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 469: Blinded By The Lights
Reading take a 3-1 lead in their season opener courtesy of Jack Marriott, again. The old woes come back to haunt the team though and the Royals give up three unanswered goals to lose 4-3. Ben and Ross discuss a disappointing result on day one of League One, as well as dissecting the penalty shootout […]
View From The Town End: George Earthy
Reading’s fifth addition of the summer, George Earthy, arrived as something of an unknown prospect. At 21, he’s still establishing himself in the senior level of the game, having spent the bulk of his career in the youth teams of West Ham United. That’s with the exception however of two loan spells in the Championship […]
Reading Buy George Earthy From West Ham United
After an awfully long wait, Reading finally have a new signing in the door. Say hello to George Earthy, who’s come in on a permanent deal from Championship side West Ham United and agreed a three-year deal. The 21-year-old is an attacking central midfielder. Though that position wasn’t at the very top of the Royals’ […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast: Nat Cowell & Sarah Thompson Interview
Peter and Ross interview Reading FC players Nat Cowell and Sarah Thompson as the pair continue their pre-season. The duo give insight on last season and the revenge matches they’re most looking forward to in 2026/27! Plus, there’s discussion of the pathway at Reading with Nat coaching the under-16s, and the new players Sarah is […]
Reading 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (3-1 Pens): Player Ratings
Jack Stevens: 6 Should have shepherded a ball out of play in the 23rd minute to win a goal-kick but panicked a bit and sent it out for a throw-in, not even much further away from the goal – poor. Good catch to stop a low Wycombe header from a corner in the 64th minute. […]
Reading 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (3-1 Pens): March To The Arch Begins
It was almost as if the EFL and the club didn’t want anyone to know this game was taking place tonight. Yes, I understand a competition called the EFL Trophy (I refuse to call it by its sponsored name out of respect for the kings over at SCL) involving Premier League under-21 sides – and […]
Reading vs Wycombe Wanderers: 2026/27 EFL Trophy Match Preview
Well that was disappointing. It’s not a Reading game without a 96th-minute goal, is it? The Royals played alright against Luton Town: a first-half hat-trick from Jack Marriott had the fans bouncing, thinking we could do anything with him in the squad, but goals from Kasey Palmer inspired a comeback before Gideon Kodua scored a […]
Luton Town Fans Verdict: Back To Life, Back To Reality
Curating these pieces is a juxtaposing activity. Because I put them together the day after the game in question, usually my own personal emotions have calmed down a little. But essentially, I then relive the experience all again going through the reaction. That is a very nice feeling after a win – not so much […]
Leam Richardson Slams Reading’s ‘Sickening’ Loss To Luton
The Royals suffered a disappointing 4-3 defeat to Luton Town at the SCL Stadium on the opening day of the league season. Jack Marriott was the first-half hat-trick hero, helping Reading turn an early deficit into a 3-1 lead at the break. However, the second half brought echoes of last season as Luton fought back […]
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, […]
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