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by Old Biscuitman
31 Dec 2016 10:46
Forum: The Team
Topic: BFTF ...Some hazy blobs...(H)
Replies: 95
Views: 31810

Re: BFTF ...Some hazy blobs...(H)

Didn't log on to read a weather report. Did anyone see any football?
by Old Biscuitman
06 Nov 2016 15:31
Forum: The Team
Topic: Ali Al-Habsi
Replies: 37
Views: 11872

Re: Ali Al-Habsi

LUX Lives in the same block as my Mum, near Caversham Bridge.

A gentleman.


Does he carry in your Mum's shopping?

But seriously, it's heartening to hear him described as a gentleman. Can't think of too many of those wearing a RFC shirt of recent times. Perhaps Ingi and Gunnar.
by Old Biscuitman
06 Aug 2016 15:07
Forum: The Team
Topic: Jaap being Honest
Replies: 14
Views: 8518

Re: Jaap being Honest

It's the Dutch new Reading way.
by Old Biscuitman
23 Jul 2016 17:34
Forum: The Team
Topic: One for the historians
Replies: 31
Views: 10805

Re: One for the historians

LWJ 1952. The fixture list gave us a finishing tie against Notts County to close out the 51/52 season before opening against Notts County for the 52/53 season. There was only 98 days between the two games. We lost both.


Watched the first, but not the second.
by Old Biscuitman
23 Jul 2016 17:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: Swindon Town (A) Friendly
Replies: 104
Views: 40102

Re: Swindon Town (A) Friendly

Back on the topic of who are our biggest local derby rivals, historically it was Swindon by a mile. In the 50's when I did most of my Elm Park spectating, Oxford weren't even in the Football League. Aldershot were considered inferior in football terms, not a genuine competitor for Reading, but Swind...
by Old Biscuitman
02 Jul 2016 00:10
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: And now Gunter...
Replies: 142
Views: 53819

Re: And now Gunter...

Hmm, this is the Gunter so often accused on here of not being able to deliver a good cross. The third Welsh goal this evening came from where?
by Old Biscuitman
13 Jun 2016 20:49
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIMRED - Jaap Stam
Replies: 489
Views: 113445

Re: CONFIMRED - Jaap Stam

Charlie Hurley - RFC his 1st managerial post - wins promotion Ian Branfoot - RFC his 1st managerial post - wins promotion as champions Mark McGhee - RFC his 1st managerial post - wins promotion as champions Alan Pardew - RFC his 1st managerial post - wins promotion Brian McDermott - RFC his 1st (se...
by Old Biscuitman
13 Jun 2016 20:41
Forum: The Team
Topic: Is this the end for Madejski?
Replies: 129
Views: 43003

Re: Is this the end for Madejski?

Glad he said it, it marries up with the perception of a decent percentage of the fans. That said, I think it would have been better in a seperate interview. The only innocent here is Stam, he's the only one who doesn't deserve any animosity over this whole fiasco. This. Stam deserved better. Absolu...
by Old Biscuitman
10 Jun 2016 18:23
Forum: The Team
Topic: An analysis of Reading's current situation
Replies: 120
Views: 35655

Re: An analysis of Reading's current situation

Nameless
Top Flight It's not really a good thing that there will be such a large Dutch presence at the club. Holland, with a talented side didn't even qualify for the Euros. Some footballing experts they are.


Scotland aren't there either, should we think of a ban on Scottish players ?


Now there's an idea.
by Old Biscuitman
08 Jun 2016 21:10
Forum: The Team
Topic: New manager odds
Replies: 353
Views: 108656

Re: New manager odds

Top Flight What is a more credible source? The BBC? or Reading FC?

I'll give you this one Genome.


If he wasn't sacked, he certainly should have been. One of the low points in my watching this club.
by Old Biscuitman
08 Jun 2016 21:02
Forum: The Team
Topic: RIP Johnny Brooks
Replies: 3
Views: 2869

Re: RIP Johnny Brooks

Made a big impact when he appeared on the RFC scene as a young player. Great skill levels. A refreshing newcomer at the time to a fairly ordinary team.
by Old Biscuitman
06 Jun 2016 21:46
Forum: The Team
Topic: Strangely optimistic about next season.
Replies: 287
Views: 71663

Re: Strangely optimistic about next season.

Think Leicester you dreary pessimistic souls.
by Old Biscuitman
05 Jun 2016 22:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: An analysis of Reading's current situation
Replies: 120
Views: 35655

Re: An analysis of Reading's current situation

AthleticoSpizz And that is exactly the right way to view your football "oldun"......too many people take it far too seriously


Thank you Mr AS. That is how I have seen it since financial investors took over control of the professional game, not to have heart and soul in it anymore.
by Old Biscuitman
05 Jun 2016 22:09
Forum: The Team
Topic: The "who do you want next as manager "poll
Replies: 154
Views: 38397

Re: The "who do you want next as manager "poll

Has to be Ian Holloway, after what I heard today, because he is genuinely funny! He was shopping in Lyme Regis today and having bought a comic chicken for a child (grandson I think) he popped into another shop and after looking around and buying nothing asked if he could buy a bag to put the chicke...
by Old Biscuitman
05 Jun 2016 22:06
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: Fixture Leak?
Replies: 22
Views: 8626

Re: Fixture Leak?

Better than a plumbing leak.
by Old Biscuitman
05 Jun 2016 22:04
Forum: The Team
Topic: An analysis of Reading's current situation
Replies: 120
Views: 35655

Re: An analysis of Reading's current situation

Having seen nigh on 70 years of ups and downs with RFC, though for most of that time a "going nowhere" in Div III South, I feel pretty sanguine about the current situation, Analysis is interesting but likewise goes nowhere. Now it's just fun to watch, wait and hope.
by Old Biscuitman
27 May 2016 20:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: The "who do you want next as manager "poll
Replies: 154
Views: 38397

Re: The "who do you want next as manager "poll

Stam gets my vote. World class footballer, has wetted his feet in coaching at quality clubs, will be ambitious to make his mark and progress. Would be most headline manager since Ted Drake, for what it's worth!
by Old Biscuitman
21 May 2016 22:35
Forum: The Team
Topic: The Mad Stad
Replies: 41
Views: 17654

Re: The Mad Stad

If getting to the Madjeski Stadium is a hardship for you modern fans, then you are a pampered lot. In my early days as a spectator at Elm Park I often walked there from where I lived on Wokingham Road opposite Palmer Park.
by Old Biscuitman
12 May 2016 22:55
Forum: The Team
Topic: who remebers 1988....
Replies: 18
Views: 9305

Re: who remebers 1988....

Respect to you Oldun My first days were the bleak 1971's......grassless pitches ( and yet we whinge about a few "rugby-induced" brown spots at the Madejski these days)....absolute lols Big old blue ex-army Bedford Police wagon already full of irate drunken bums banging on the walls as you...
by Old Biscuitman
12 May 2016 20:42
Forum: The Team
Topic: who remebers 1988....
Replies: 18
Views: 9305

Re: who remebers 1988....

^ was there....one of the "few" Wasn't that the game that Colin Baillie and Neil Smillie were dropped pre-match by Brian Infoot......(reasons still unknown)..... We lost and our downward trajectory continued. And on another note.....Ipswich fans have always been good to us.....last game o...
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