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When Saturday 28 April 2001, 3.00pm kick-off
Who and Where Colchester United (Away, Layer Road, League Division Two)
Ticket Info

SOLD OUT.
This match is ALL-TICKET for Reading fans.
Reading were allocated in the region of 1,200 tickets in total.
All tickets have now been sold.

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Layer Road Stadium, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7JJ
Telephone: 01206 508800

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Team news

Reading will be without Ricky Newman who was stretchered off last Saturday during the home draw against Walsall at the Madejski Stadium. Butler and Cureton are expected to start up front with Forster once again on the bench. Rougier could be dropped from the starting eleven, but there could be a place for Caskey back on the bench. Robinson returns from suspension.

Reading - from:
Whitehead, Murty, Viveash, Whitbread, Robinson, Gurney, Parkinson, Jones, Harper, Igoe, Cureton, Butler, Rougier, Forster, McIntyre, Caskey.

Colchester - from: Woodman, Dunne, Gavin, G Johnson, Keith, R Johnson, McGleish, Fitzgerald, Skelton, Izzet, Clark, Stockwell, Conlon, Duguid, Brown, White, Scott.

Form Guide

Reading's Last Five Games
Most recent last

D: Cambridge United 1 Reading 1 (League)
W: Bournemouth 1 Reading 2 (League)
W: Reading 4 Bury 1 (League)
W: Oxford United 0 Reading 2 (League)
D: Reading 2 Walsall 2 (League)
Current Position: 2nd

Colchester United's Last Five Games
Most recent last
W:
Colchester 3 Luton 1 (League)
W: Colchester 3 Swansea 0 (League)
L: Bristol R 2 Colchester 0 (League)
D: Colchester 2 Peterborough 2 (League)
L: Northampton 2 Colchester 0 (League)
Current Position: 17th

View Latest Second Division Table And Form Table

Previous Meetings 

Reading wins: 26
Draws: 13
Colchester wins: 21
Figures include League, FA Cup and League Cup only.

2000/2001 Season:
Colchester United have been one of the few teams to beat Reading at the Madejski Stadium this season - a first half goal was enough to give them all three points in November of last year:
11 November 2000: Reading 0 Colchester 1

1999/2000 Season:
Reading won on aggregate over the two league matches during the 1999/2000 season with each team managing a home victory to share the points:
29 January 2000: Reading 2 Colchester United 0
28 August 1999: Colchester United 3 Reading 2
Click on match results for match reports.

Match Odds

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Reading win:
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