It seems to me that their sporting integrity is financial doping up to a limit. They know paying more wages gets better results and they encourage owners to gamble for that. I'm not sure how else they can run it but the current system doesn't seem too fair to me if your owner doesn't bankroll your ...

It seems to me that their sporting integrity is financial doping up to a limit. They know paying more wages gets better results and they encourage owners to gamble for that. I'm not sure how else they can run it but the current system doesn't seem too fair to me if your owner doesn't bankroll your s...

Maybe the EFL should have the power to divert TV revenues to the tax man and/or player wages in situations such as those we've found ourselves in and then to get most clubs on board with that idea, further divert them to pay outstanding transfer fees owed to other EFL and non league clubs. Might do...

Not defending Oxford but as far I'm aware, they don't make either/or decisions regarding paying their staff and HMRC. ] :?: My question was what is this Sporting Integrity the EFL are protecting, not about our payments to HMRC. There are clubs paying wages relative to their attendences which relate...

TBH I was singing not to worry about a thing, and didn't realise it had changed for "the Ding", but I think "don't worry about Reading" works better.

After the comments from the EFL I started wondering what they really mean by Sporting Integrity. The league has clubs with a wide range of salaries and attendences and roughly the league position reflects that . https://i.ibb.co/tpT8Dpp/Capture.jpg It looks like our wage bill is about £1m larger tha...

Snowflake Royal Our wage bill is blatantly top 10 for the division, minimum.

Yes our wage bill is probably top 5, I should have said SCMP.

Where did this story come from? https://star-reading.org/notes-from-star-meeting-with-efl-29th-february-2024 Sounds like Howe is targeting late March/April to have a new owner in. So basically, huge month ahead Some pretty grim reading there without the EFL ruling out us getting chucked out. There'...

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paultheroyal Looking to go to this. Is it a doable visit etc by train?

From Reading, you'd be able to get a train to Manchester Piccadilly and transfer there to get to Horwich Parkway (train towards Blackpool). The stadium is less than half a mile from the station.

Or go via Preston instead of Manchester.

That was a cracking day out, and a great result we totally deserved. Absolute scenes when the goals went it, because of the shit seating there were loads of people in the aisles and most of them fell over, every time. Great atmosphere and I thought 3 little birdies sounded great - and in the concour...

Their fans are as deluded as the manager. https://thebuzzisback.boards.net/thread/420/reading-league-1-basketcase-fc?page=5 They seem deperate for us to go into administration and get hit with another points deduction. They don't seem to get the point the EFL penalties are based on precedent, apart...

I think this news is a likely explanation why the team started so badly on Saturday, they probably heard it shortly before. Whatever confidence they had was shattered.

People talk about cheating or the integrity of the league, in reality we have been rightly punished for breaching FFP and got relegated, but I don't see how late payments to players or the taxman are cheating or affect the integrity of the league. Everyone got paid. I think we have more to moan abou...

A couple of things about that statement, who are other "identified football creditors"? The racking up of fines is understandable but stupid IMHO. The fine came about from a frankly unrealistic demand to meet 2.25 times the normal months wages with a months notice in a situation where the ...

Is this another first for the club? The first club to ever be hit with a points deduction for LATE payment of tax?

Why are they selling these tickets a month ahead when the game is likely to get moved?

Just wait a week of two until it's clearer.

Thanks for not mentioning the away match where we gifted them 3pts. I'm still traumatised by those late goals.

Spotted outside the station last night.



There was another saying "Football has an ownership problem", SBWD spending some money!

AthleticoSpizz FTR the complainant was Jahmari Clarke, and yes, Moore said exactly that SCIAG.
Clarke was advised to take it to the Police by a recently retired very senior ex-copper now in a senior position at the club.
Moore advised him not to.

And the alleged racist is now playing in Italy.

[ How was Abrefa? As Stealth said, looked solid but was also clear that he wasn't ready to play essentially a full game especially on a sticky pitch. More than good enough for this level though and a solid back up to Yiadom, even more so if we have to manage his game time during this busy period. I...