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120 Minutes in Swansea
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It sounds like this post should feature Matt Pinfield, but sadly, it does not. Reading needed two hours to eliminate League One team Swansea from the Carling Cup yesterday, finally notching a Leroy Lita goal in the 105th minute. Not exactly the most inspiring of performances, on paper.
Paper’s all I have to work from, since [...]
Category: Game Recaps
The Reading Rainbow 8.28
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Welcome to what will (hopefully) be the regular Tuesday news post: the Reading Rainbow. This week’s headlines: Sonko Trains, Sodje Limbos, Shorey Hobbles, Coppell Complains, Everybody’s Injured, Who…Is…The Triallist?!?, and the debut of ShoreyLitaWatch.
The Reading Evening Post hasn’t updated its website since the Reading Festival; hopefully the powerful 90s nostalgia combo of Smashing Pumpkins and [...]
Category: Team NewsBolton 3 - Reading 0: Yikes
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Well, the first game of the year I didn’t get to watch, and it looks like that was a good thing: spared myself a lousy start to my weekend. I was hoping to get a download of the game (or at least of Match of the Day) before I commented, but my usual back-alley dealer [...]
Category: Game RecapsInternational Jet Set 8.22
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For a smallish team, Reading is surprisingly cosmopolitan, boasting representation from fifteen different countries on their roster. As such, when international friendly days roll around, the Royals keep pretty busy, much to Steve Coppell’s chagrin. Here’s a little roundup of what trouble they got into on midweek vacation.
- Nicky Shorey, England: Apparently when I’m able [...]
Category: International Duty4 Points Never Felt So Good
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Heading into this opening week of doom, I figured 3 points would be the demarcation point for Reading. Less than 3, and they’d have fought to one or two draws, which would have been respectable, but still a slow start in a league where sluggishness out of the blocks can be fatal. More than 3, [...]
Category: Team NewsHell Week: Almost Over
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Hazing usually occurs when you first join a group, but in the Premier League, the first season must be considered something of a trial period, a free pass to see if you’ve got enough to stick around. That second season though, that’s when the gloves come off. You want to stay up for more than [...]
Category: Team News0-0 at Old Trafford: Drawin’ Ugly
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So I realize being a fan of a team like Reading means I should be overjoyed at a nil-nil scoreline on the road to United, and truly one can’t sanely ask for a better start to the season with this schedule. But I have to admit to being a little disappointed with the team’s play [...]
Category: Game RecapsManchester United v. Reading Preview
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One day of the Premiership in the books, and an entertaining day it was. Despite being displaced from the local pub so they could broadcast a rugby match in half the bar for six people, much fun was had (and my fantasy team got off to a ripping start to boot). The good form of [...]
Category: Game PreviewsThe Offseason: No Respect for Royals
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After a season of getting used to the idea that Reading weren’t merely recently-promoted newbies with a return ticket already booked for the Championship, but actually legit European slot contenders, this offseason came as something of a shock. Turns out most players have longer memories than I do, and in the transfer/contract-renewal market, Reading was [...]
Category: Team NewsReading FC: The Overture
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Welcome to the first post of the Offside’s blog dedicated to the Royals, the Little Team That Could, Madejski’s boys, the royal-blue and white of Reading FC. After a shocking successful first year in the Premiership, Reading is about to remobilize for the 07/08 campaign, fighting off the dreaded second-year doldrums. I hope to be [...]
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