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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, […]
We’re Looking For New Writers And Video Creators
We’re almost at the start of a new season, one that’ll hopefully be a lot of fun to cover on this site, and we’d love some new faces to join the team here at The Tilehurst End. First and foremost, writers. One of my favourite things about this gig as editor is getting to work […]
Charlton Athletic 0-3 Reading: Winning Addickts
Could the Royals have had a much better final week of pre-season? It’s hard to think so. Following victories against Woking last Saturday (0-2), Newport County on Tuesday (0-4) and Crawley Town on Friday (0-1), Reading made it four clean-sheet wins in four on Saturday afternoon by seeing off Charlton Athletic 0-3 at The Valley. […]
Crawley Town 0-1 Reading: The Boyd Done Good
It’s a somewhat cruel twist of fate that Reading’s best goal of pre-season wasn’t witnessed by more people in real time. The lack of a live stream meant only a relatively modest number of Loyal Royals in attendance saw one heck of a finish from Boyd Beacroft to win tonight’s game at Crawley Town (though […]
Expectations, Accountability And Asking Difficult Questions
There are very few moments in football when a large portion of the fanbase starts from the same place, but last summer was one of them. After years of decline and uncertainty, ultimately followed by the relief of new ownership, there was a genuine sense of optimism surrounding Reading Football Club. Nobody expected miracles, but […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 466: The Horse Boys
Please note: Ross discusses suicide during the Mr Vegas section of this week’s podcast. Please listen or skip as best fits your situation. A rush of Reading news besets the boys this week, both on and off the field. There’s a recap of the preseason friendlies with Newport County and Woking – both of which […]
Reading Sell Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan To AC Horsens
Farewell, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan. Reading have today sold the young forward to Danish side AC Horsens, newly promoted to the top flight, with the fee reported to be in the region of £640,000. It’s not clear how much of that fee is up-front – ie that we’ll be able to reinvest straightaway, under League One’s financial […]
Newport County 0-4 Reading: Another Step Fourwards
Reading built on Saturday’s 2-0 win at Woking with another, this time even more commanding, victory on Tuesday night. Jacob Brown, Josh Stokes and Jerae Jones (x2) found the net as the Royals ran out 4-0 winners away to Newport County. Interestingly, despite strongly suggesting that he’d play Saturday’s ‘second XI’ for the first hour […]
Maybe We’ve Got The Record… One Hundred and Six(teen) Pounds
After somehow surviving my first article without being hammered, I thought I’d have another go (thanks for the kind words on that by the way!). This time it’s about the new home kit, and before anyone reaches for their keyboard, let’s get one thing out of the way: I think it looks lovely. They’ve done […]
Musings On Reading’s Woking Win And Striker Panic
I deliberately haven’t written anything about the Royals’ first two preseason friendlies – a 2-1 win over Farnborough and 1-0 defeat to Getafe. Although there were some interesting points (which young players featured most prominently and Reading’s press in the second fixture) both games were essentially just fitness exercises. Better then to not read too […]
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