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The Royals suffered their second defeat on the bounce after a 2-0 loss to Bradford City at Valley Parade on Saturday. Both goals came in the second half after a goalless first half. The Royals had their chances but couldn’t convert. The Royals are now 18th, level on points with Plymouth Argyle in 21st. Here […]
Nothing. That appears to be what Leam Richardson has learned about his team six games into his tenure. It’s also the number of points we looked like taking at Bradford, and increasingly, the amount of faith supporters have that this group can turn things around. At face value, Richardson’s comment could be dismissed as the […]
Aimless, sloppy, turgid, vacuous, uninspired – take your pick of depressing adjective. The bottom line is that this was for the most part as bad as Reading have been this season… …is what I wrote for my match report on Tuesday night’s home loss to Peterborough United, and if you’d rather get as quick an […]
Joel Pereira: 5 Called into action within the first 30 seconds, collecting a cross. Made a good low save in the left corner of his goal, palming away a strong shot from outside of the box. Not to blame for either of the goals, with his defenders allowing free shots for both players in incredibly […]
Form Bradford City were promoted to League One last season, gaining automatic promotion after finishing third in League Two. Promotion ended their six-year stay in the fourth tier, following their relegation from League One in 2019. City are having a great first season back in League One and are right in the promotion hunt, currently […]
After five league games unbeaten, the Royals are back to where they started. A poor display against Peterborough United – in what I would class as the worst we’ve played all season – brings the Royals ever so close to the relegation spots. In my opinion there needs to be a complete change in either personnel or formation. Bradford City are in mighty […]
That was a painful watch! After the euphoria of winning an away game so convincingly at Blackpool, we then proceed to dish up one of the worst home performances that I can remember for a long time. A bad performance because we lost, a bad performance because I can’t name one player who took any […]
What on earth was that gallimaufry? One moment we’re still basking in the glow of an away win that should have lit a small bonfire under the season, and the next we’re staring at what might be the most inexplicable display so far. Everything that made the previous outing so heartening had evaporated. Whatever fuelled […]
The Royals’ good home form came to an end after a 2-1 defeat to Peterborough United at the SCL Stadium on Tuesday night. Jimmy-Jay Morgan gave the visitors the lead in the second minute. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan equalised just after the hour mark before Posh scored the winner to secure all three points. The defeat leaves […]
Football is a deeply, deeply odd game at the best of times. Especially so when Reading put in their best display of the season to win 3-0 at Blackpool, then have 10 days of rest and preparation time, before… whatever on earth that was tonight. Aimless, sloppy, turgid, vacuous, uninspired – take your pick of […]
Joel Pereira: 5 Caught out moving across his goal in the bizarre pinball for the early Posh opener, taking a step that gave him no chance of picking up the scrambled shot. Got his knees down well to block away a hard low shot from a tight angle from Lisbie. Will probably want the second […]
Form Peterborough United finished last season in 18th, five points clear of the League One relegation places. This season marks their fourth straight year in the third tier, having been relegated from the Championship in 2022, finishing 22nd. The Posh have struggled so far this season and currently sit in the relegation zone in 22nd place, […]
The Royals are in fine form, unbeaten in five and defeating teams with conviction. The last game, against Blackpool, was a great win and one that fans are very happy with – especially so for specific players such as Daniel Kyerewaa and Joel Pereira. Kyerewaa might be the greatest to ever play at the club. Peterborough United are […]
Reading Women shocked league leaders Wycombe Wanderers to become the first team to take points off them this season, in a tense, hard-fought but entertaining goalless match at the 1878 Stadium in Burnham on Sunday. The Royals also became the first team in any competition to not concede against the high-scoring Chairgirls, who’d notched up […]
In the first of three successive Slough Town home games I attended, Jacob Borgnis started an FA Trophy tie at home to Gloucester City as a central midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 for Scott Davies’ side. It was very interesting to see whether he would be ready for first-team football, being thrown into the starting lineup […]
In an already very mixed-bag season, November’s games conjured up an especially eclectic set of Reading results and performances. The Royals played four games (FA Cup x1, League One x3; at home x3, away x1), resulting in two wins (Stevenage and Blackpool), a draw (Rotherham United) and an extra-time defeat (Carlisle United) under new boss […]
Now that’s more like it! If Carlsberg did away days then this is probably what they would look like. There really wasn’t much that could be criticised about this display, except if I’m really picky, I’d say we probably should have scored at least five, but maybe that performance is still to come. Prior to […]
The dust has finally settled after that flurry of goals at Bloomfield Road delivered our first away win in what always feels like an epoch. While the lads were busy busting nets in Blackpool, I was tucked away in a theatre (yes, I’m that cultured), being sternly yet politely warned to switch off all digital […]
It’s definitely getting colder but, fortunately, we always have football to warm the cockles. Except… we didn’t really have much football in November, did we? We somehow conspired to only have four – count ‘em, four – actual football matches in all 30 days of last month. Can you remember such a sparse fixture schedule […]
TTE editor Simeon Pickup is on the pod to discuss Reading’s first league win in Blackpool for two decades. Ross runs through the things that can still improve after an impressive 3-0 win, and Ben comes around on Daniel Kyerewaa, lauding his breakout performance in Royal colours. The TTE team also discuss Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan’s evolving […]
Reading Women progressed through to the next round of the League Cup after a 4-1 victory in Buckinghamshire against Penn & Tylers Green on Sunday. An explosive start from the Royals, scoring three goals in the opening 20 minutes, left the home side with an uphill battle from which they just couldn’t recover. Two from […]
The Royals picked up a brilliant 3-0 victory away from home at Blackpool, our first league win at Bloomfield Road for 24 years. Reading took the lead in the first half through Kamari Doyle. Lewis Wing doubled our lead in the second half with a penalty and then Randell Williams scored our third to secure […]
Patience is a virtue in any walk of life, certainly so when you’re a Reading fan. And today’s 3-0 win at Blackpool was a game when patience was richly rewarded. We hadn’t won at Blackpool in the league since 2001 – so long ago that many of the current squad hadn’t been born. Personally, this […]
Joel Pereira: 7 Not called into any incredible heroics, but he was dependable whenever required. Made a good one-on-one stop in the first half and kept his concentration in the second. Kelvin Abrefa: 7 Solid defensively and got forward really well. Had one shot blocked in the first half and popped up in the box […]
Coming off a 1-1 draw against Rotherham United, the Royals are very slowly climbing up the table under Leam Richardson. It is looking like they are finding their form and will be the side to beat in the next coming games. However, there is one piece of the puzzle missing and that is an out-and-out […]