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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
3 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
8 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
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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 […]
9 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
11 days ago | 0 reads
“This is a disgrace. An utter disgrace. This is EXACTLY the kind of nonsense that got us relegated in the first place. Sort it out!” A whiteboard marker whizzes through the air at near-terminal velocity. White-hot, pure, incandescent rage. I’ve never felt nuclear fury quite like it. My vision’s gone blurry, and I feel like […]
11 days ago | 1 read
Has anyone ever had their favourite pub or restaurant renovated? If so, you will know the sense of anticipation after it has been closed for a couple of weeks. The hope for a better environment in which to spend your afternoon or evening, the promise of a new manager and staff that will work differently […]
12 days ago | 0 reads
Former TTE favourite and current Reading FC media-man Ryan Jefferiss joins the podcast to reminisce and break down the match with the Millers. Ben and Ross get thoroughly opposite reads on the Rotherham United performance and debate the merits of Lewis Wing’s current positioning. Plus, stick around to hear Ross get slated for his ratings […]
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Reading Women suffered their second league defeat of the season, losing 3-1 at the Charters Community Stadium on Sunday, to rivals Winchester City Flyers. A first-half goal against the run of play had put the home side ahead at the break, with the Flyers doubling their lead with just three minutes of normal time remaining. […]
16 days ago | 0 reads
Yes, I know you’re all wondering what those post-match fireworks were all about. Well now I can tell you: Fans Verdict is back. Unfortunately, it was a jaded and frustrating draw the fans had to react to, rather than a nice and easy three points. Despite a promising first half, the players tired as the […]
16 days ago | 0 reads
After an extended break we drifted back to the SCL, collectively curious to see what Leam Richardson had sculpted during those 16 days without football. The answer, sadly, was akin to the weather: a bit damp. The early tempo from the Stevenage fixture never showed up, the flanks offered little incision and everyone looked as […]
17 days ago | 1 read
The Royals returned to league duty after the international break and picked up a point in a 1-1 draw against Rotherham Uniteed at the SCL Stadium on Saturday. Josh Benson gave the visitors the lead in the first half but Charlie Savage scored late on to secure a point. We remain 18th, three points off […]
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A game that carried a lot of promise in the build-up ultimately ended in, well, a bit of a damp squib. Reading came into this meeting with Rotherham United on the back of a morale-boosting win over Stevenage and two very valuable weeks on the training ground, not to mention the prospect of a biggest […]
17 days ago | 1 read
Joel Pereira: 6 Didn’t have a lot to do in the first half, with Rotherham United’s only shot on target coming with their goal. He had a tricky assignment with the shot, deflected off Abrefa after Pereira had already begun going down to make the save. Alert in the 55th minute to rush out and […]
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Form Rotherham United finished 13th in League One last season in their first campaign back in the third tier, following relegation from the Championship in 2023/24. The Millers regularly yo-yo between the second and third flights and have spent five years in each league in the last 10 seasons. They currently sit 11th in the league, having […]
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After what seems like an age, we are back! The international break saw some Royals feature for their countries and others get some much-needed training with new manager Leam Richardson. With players coming back from injury and the last game being a win, there are high spirits within the Royals camp. The defence seems to […]
18 days ago | 0 reads