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Vote For Your December 2025 Player Of The Month
It’s that time again, we’d like you to pick out your Reading player of the month, this time for December 2025. A reminder that this vote doesn’t cover the Royals’ last two games – home wins over Burton Albion and Stockport County – so for the purposes of this voting, pretend they haven’t happened yet. […]
Leam Richardson Hails ‘Hard-Working’ Reading Display Against Stockport
The Royals continued their amazing form across Christmas with a 1-0 win against playoff-chasing Stockport County at the SCL Stadium on Sunday. Lewis Wing scored a last-minute winner to secure a fantastic three points. The win moves us to ninth, just four points off the playoffs. Here is what manager Leam Richardson had to say, […]
Reading 1-0 Stockport County: Lewis, The Wind Beneath Our Wing
Around the 75-minute mark this afternoon I was mentally brainstorming headlines for this match report. Mainly as a mental exercise to try and take my mind away from the frostbite developing on my toes, but it was also a symptom of the game we were all watching. Simply put, the first three quarters of this […]
Reading 1-0 Stockport County: Player Ratings
Joel Pereira: 6 Not called into action with his hands in the first half but had to be alert with his feet, and made some decent switches of play at the very back of Reading’s buildup. Rushed out to clear away a sloppy backpass midway through the half. Picked up his first save early in […]
Opposition Lowdown: Dave Challinor’s Stockport County
Form Stockport finished third in League One last season in their first season back in the third tier, five points behind second-placed Wrexham. They faced Leyton Orient in the playoff semi-finals but missed out on a place in the final on penalties after drawing 3-3 on aggregate. County are having another strong season and currently sit […]
View From The Dolan: Arctic Blast
Well, well, well. If it isn’t 2026 rolling round the corner like an abandoned shopping trolley. 2025 was a tumultuous year for our beloved club (see latest pod episode), but this new year brings with it a blanket of fresh hope and optimism. In practical terms, it has also bought an arctic blast to our […]
Reading vs Stockport County: 2025/26 Match Preview
Reading are on form at the minute – three wins in the last four games – and are looking like a team again. Naturally, we once again meet Stockport County, who so often beat us. Will this time be any different? Probably not. But we have hope! Stockport only managed a draw in their last […]
Knee-jerk Takeaways From Reading’s December
And so there it is: 2025 has been brought to a close and we welcome 2026 with open arms. It was quite the transformative year for Reading, when you compare the start of 2025 to the start of 2026. Sim goes into some excellent detail in his review of the year, but summarily: we had […]
Leam Richardson Highlights Reading’s Quick Start In Burton Win
The Royals picked up their first victory of 2026 with a 2-0 win against Burton Albion at the SCL Stadium on New Year’s Day. Both Reading goals came in the first half, with Jack Marriott giving the Royals the lead and Daniel Kyerewaa making it two shortly after. The win keeps us in 10th, but […]
Reading 2-0 Burton Albion: Happy Brew’ Year
This is my fourth match report on the bounce now, and Reading remain undefeated during the entirety of this period. I’m not taking all the credit for the upturn in results – the players and coaching staff obviously did their bit – but we can’t deny my contribution to the cause here! We’ve become accustomed […]
Reading 2-0 Burton Albion: Player Ratings
Joel Pereira: 6 Bailed out O’Connor with a fantastic save early on, getting his angles right to squeeze the shot, and diving down to his right well. Didn’t see much else in the first half, other than watching the post-bound effort go by him. Ended a quiet second half by dinking a lovely touch over […]
Opposition Lowdown: Gary Bowyer’s Burton Albion
Form Burton Albion finished 20th in League One last season, only one point ahead of Crawley Town, who took the final relegation slot. This is the Brewers’ eighth straight season in the third tier, having been relegated from the Championship in the 2017/18 season after a two-year stay in the second tier. Burton could be locked into […]
Reading vs Burton Albion: 2025/26 Match Preview
A draw on Monday means the Royals are 10th and sitting pretty in the top half of the table. A goal from the star man Daniel Kyerewaa opened the scoring and then the Royals seemed OK after that. They played very well defensively but it was a slip-up at the back that allowed three men […]
2025: Reading’s Year Of Restlessness
Was 2025 a good year for Reading Football Club? My head says yes. Undoubtedly yes. How could it not be when we were for so long fighting for the club’s survival and this year, at long last, won that fight? In that regard, 2025 wasn’t just a triumph in its own right, but also the […]
The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 445: 2025 TTE Awards
The four host-men of the apocalypse assemble to put Reading’s 2025 to bed. Marc Mayo and Wimb return to help Ben and Ross review the four points on the road against Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United, diving into Special K’s impact on the team… Plus, the TTE Awards return for 2025! Find out who wins […]
Peterborough United Fans Verdict: Good Result or Dodgy Performance?
Ourselves and Posh have had similar seasons in many ways: both starting well below par, both sacking managers at similar points and, therefore, hiring new ones around the same time too. Monday night showed the two distinct tactical directions each club has gone down with those hires. Whether you’re a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty kind of […]
The Weekly Bobbins: Where’s The Composure?
So, that’s 2025 wrapped up and sealed with a bow. Not quite perfect with a 1-1 draw against Peterborough United, but seven points from nine over Christmas is, by our standards, practically a festive miracle. Since the last load of Bobbins – pre‑Luton Town – we’ve faced three sides who, supposedly, are among the better […]
View From The Dolan: Final Destination
What was your best Crimbo present? Mine is knowing that I’m not an ‘armchair fan’. Yes, I don’t go away anywhere near as much as I should, but having to watch the last two games ‘virtually’ has left me pining for a return to a stadium. I genuinely thought this game was on Sky, so […]
Leam Richardson Pleased With Reading’s ‘Hard Fought’ Point At Peterborough
The Royals continued their good form across the festive period with a 1-1 draw against Peterborough United at the Western Homes Stadium on Monday. Daniel Kyerewaa gave the Royals the lead in the first half but Peterborough equalised through Gustav Lindgren late on to share the points. The point moves us up to the top […]
Peterborough United 1-1 Reading: Smash And Grab
Rather unusually, Royals fans have only had to wait three days between matches, rather than a whole week or more. Another game on the road took them to an in-form Peterborough United, rejuvenated with four wins in a row and led by a rumoured candidate for the Reading manager position prior to Leam Richardson being […]
Peterborough United 1-1 Reading: Player Ratings
Joel Pereira: 7 Called into the action more as the first half went on, and made a fantastic desperation save in the dying minutes of the half, throwing himself to the ground as a cross reached the ground and was directed towards goal. Made some fantastic plays on crosses in this game, finding important punches […]
Opposition Lowdown: Luke Williams’ Peterborough United
Form Peterborough United finished last season in 18th place in League One, five points clear of the relegation places. This season marks their fourth straight year in the second tier, having been relegated from the Championship in 2022, finishing 22nd in the league. The Posh have seen a real upturn in results recently and have risen from […]
Peterborough United vs Reading: 2025/26 Match Preview
An impressive win on Boxing Day saw the Royals move into the top half of the table for the first time this season. It was a very unexpected turn of events against Plymouth Argyle, with the first three goals of the game all coming within eight minutes of each other. Lewis Wing with two goals […]
Plymouth Argyle Fans Verdict: A Knockout Boxing Day
Well, that was a bit of a whirlwind, wasn’t it? The valiant 900 Loyal Royals who made the 400-mile round trip to Plymouth on Boxing Day were treated to a classic Reading Football Club rollercoaster ride. A crazy opening half an hour saw the hosts go down to 10 men and Reading bag three. You’d […]
Leam Richardson Highlights Reading’s ‘Excellent’ Start In Plymouth Win
The Royals continued the festive cheer with an excellent 4-1 victory against Plymouth Argyle at Home Park on Boxing Day. Plymouth went down to 10 men early doors, which also resulted in a penalty that Lewis Wing slotted home. He then doubled our lead four minutes later, followed by Kamari Doyle scoring to put us […]
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