And Mark Reilly from the Tommy Burns era. Unbelievably useless midgit from north of the border.

Peter Castle - our youngest pro debutant and the next Rio Ferdinand. Last heard of being sacked by Lymington Town for playing Sunday football on the side.

If Eamon Dolan is appointed manager full time, it would serve as fairly conclusive proof that our transfer kitty was fairly minimal.

My two pence worth below. Overall theme is sadness. Sadness that a top bloke has loved a job he loved. Sadness that our club has finally succumbed to the tasteless knee-jerk culture that is ruining this game on a global level. Sadness that this signals the end of our club's mantra of trying to do th...

Anyone else of the opinion that Alex Pearce has had just one good season for us and should get off his high horse? The club don't owe him anything yet.

Leaving if you have to go and get the kids, have to be somewhere else etc. is very different to leaving because you want to make a quick getaway or because you've given up on the game. I've had to leave a game 10 minutes early because we had a flight to catch for a family holiday. I've never left a ...

I'm sorry, but any Reading fan who suggests Jobi McAnuff be dropped is utterly clueless about football. Firstly, as one poster correctly pointed out, wingers are often a victim of their own characteristics. If a winger skins a man and then plays a decent cross, it's considered his "duty" -...

Completely hear what you're saying - but that is pretty much my issue with it. There are loads of equally worthy tragedies that aren't in the general consciousness that are worthy of remembrance. My issue is precisely that, only now, when everyone is talking about it have we decided to show solidari...

From a pure PR perspective, it was a great move. Lots of good feeling towards Reading FC as a result. However, football clubs are not brands yet and I was a bit uncomfortable with what I felt was a bit brown-nosey and completely unnecessary. It had nothing to do with our club and felt it was a move ...

From a pure PR perspective, it was a great move. Lots of good feeling towards Reading FC as a result. However, football clubs are not brands yet and I was a bit uncomfortable with what I felt was a bit brown-nosey and completely unnecessary. It had nothing to do with our club and felt it was a move ...

It is vastly amusing to see the Bodgers we know and love giving the Scousers a taste of his Reading experience, i.e.: 1. Bombing out players he's decided he doesn't fancy before barely seeing them play. 2. Recruiting (or attempting to recruit) his former players irrespective of whether they're actua...

Good bit of business this. Quick and strong yes, crossing ability comparable to Andy Hughes? Yes.

At this stage in his career, he needs to be playing regular football and he ain't going to that at Reading, so a good move for both parties. I think he's found his level.

Amazed to see James Harper signing for Hungerford Town when still only 31.

Extraordinarily rapid descent down in level of football.

That was ex-Ajax legend Peter Hoekstra! I was there, it was cold. Wind always gets around your nipples at the Brittania! As for our two Stoke fans - I think this game is a range finder for both sides - these are games we both "need to win" to reach our respected goals for the season. I'd a...

I remember Nicky Shorey in two ways. 1. My favourite left-back we've ever had at this club. (Harte has probably replaced him now because of all the happy free-kick moments, assists and goals.) 2. The little prick who we plucked from obscurity who suddenly went from being our most conscientious and r...

Reports out of Holland saying we're in for Ron Vlaar, the Feyenoord and Holland centre-back.

I think Stoke is a good first game for us. In my eyes, very similar to Middlesbrough in 2006, it is a range finder. When we went 2-0 down I remember thinking "F**k me. Stuart Downing is a wizard." and thinking we were in trouble. We turned it around magnificently and had a great season, bu...

Jimmy Quinn only missed one penalty for us I think, his penalties stayed hit. Ironically, the one he missed was the most "stayed hit" out of all of them. Our penalties have been absolutely shocking this year. Best: Ian Harte vs West Ham (so much pressure and I don't like West Ham) Kevin Do...

"Clubs with long heritages will always take pot shots at relatively new big clubs like Reading"

Don't know about the "relatively new" bit given we've been hanging around 141 years waiting to become a "big" club.....