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Re: On this day

by WestYorksRoyal » 01 Oct 2020 09:26

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Hendo On this day 15 years ago was probably the first time I really thought, "yeah, we could get promoted here"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZTVrQuByNs


2 things always remember about that game. Kenny stopping a certain own goal outside his area with his hand and just getting a yellow but the ref evening it up by turning down a Sheff Utd penalty late on when Harper kicked Gillespie 10ft in the air.


Yep. 2 really shocking decisions.

My teaching at school was a Sheffield United fan. He was furious about the penalty decision, but also adamant that the yellow card for Kenny was the right decision. No idea what game he was watching. Apparently the rules only said red for stopping a shot, but Convey was ahead of the defender and was going to score.

Overall I remember it being a tight game and you could argue we were fortunate to win. The win away at Ipswich when we went top was when I knew we'd take some stopping.

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Re: On this day

by Snowflake Royal » 01 Oct 2020 12:24

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Hendo On this day 15 years ago was probably the first time I really thought, "yeah, we could get promoted here"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZTVrQuByNs


2 things always remember about that game. Kenny stopping a certain own goal outside his area with his hand and just getting a yellow but the ref evening it up by turning down a Sheff Utd penalty late on when Harper kicked Gillespie 10ft in the air.

I forgot about that! Outrageous decision about Kenny.

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Re: On this day

by Sutekh » 14 Oct 2020 13:44

Late score correction from October 14 1893

FA Cup 1st Round Qualifying

Reading 3-0 Warmley

Now confirmed as

Reading 6-0 Warmley

Scorers: Titcombe (2), Frewins, George, Hirons, Read

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2020/o ... a-cup-win/

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Re: On this day

by morganb » 19 Oct 2020 16:44

19 Oct 2019
Mark Bowen's first game

Reading 1-0 Preston
Miazga 90+8

https://www.skysports.com/football/read ... ton/409489

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Re: On this day

by Mid Sussex Royal » 01 Dec 2020 18:50

30 years ago today Sir John Madejski bought the club from Roger Smee.

Where would we be today if he hadn't come along?

Plodding around in L1/L2 still is my guess like Swindon and Oxford


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Re: On this day

by AthleticoSpizz » 01 Dec 2020 19:20

Mid Sussex Royal 30 years ago today Sir John Madejski bought the club from Roger Smee.

Where would we be today if he hadn't come along?

Plodding around in L1/L2 still is my guess like Swindon and Oxford
and where would we be calling ‘home’?

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Re: On this day

by Hendo » 03 Feb 2021 13:02

https://twitter.com/ReadingFC/status/1356950567088762883

One of the best away days ever. We were so, so good this day and if we had ended up winning 6 or 7-0 it would not have been unexpected.








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Re: On this day

by Fox Talbot » 01 Apr 2021 09:28

Take a look at the 'On this day' reports for 1st April - it's an incredibly wide selection that really sums up the best and worst of supporting Reading - away trips from Wrexham to Tottenham - the absolute fury of not beating Northampton to the absolute joy of winning the Football League with a 5-0 thrashing of Derby.

Apart from Wrexham away I saw 'em all! Thanks for the memories.

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Re: On this day

by From Despair To Where? » 01 Apr 2021 10:05

Fond memories of the Swindon one. Day before was the last day of term at uni. I'd decided to get the 6:30am train from Manchester which naturally meant staying up the whole night clubbing.

Got back to Reading about 11:30 which was just enough time to have a shower, shit and shave before meeting mates at the New Inn for some pre match drinks and then the absolute scenes of beating the scummers with an Archie Lovell hat trick.

I would have struggled to get through the day without the aid of some industrial strength speed.


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Re: On this day

by John Smith » 01 Apr 2021 11:58

Hendo https://twitter.com/ReadingFC/status/1356950567088762883

One of the best away days ever. We were so, so good this day and if we had ended up winning 6 or 7-0 it would not have been unexpected.

I think this was the pinnacle for me.

Why why why could we not have just clung on the following season? We could have been a Southampton.

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Re: On this day

by Green » 19 Nov 2021 15:12

The first* national lottery draw took place.

25 million of us tuned in to watch Noel Edmonds host the draw. There were seven lucky jackpot winners each scooping around £800,000.

* Strictly speaking first in modern times, there was actually one drawn in 1569 chartered by Queen Elizabeth I, and the English State Lottery ran from 1694 until 1826.

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Re: On this day

by Jerry St Clair » 20 Apr 2022 21:06

20 years ago today we played our last (to date) game in Division 3 at Griffin Park.

20 years ago......20, flippin' years ago. :shock:

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Re: On this day

by Zip » 20 Apr 2022 21:16

Jerry St Clair 20 years ago today we played our last (to date) game in Division 3 at Griffin Park.

20 years ago......20, flippin' years ago. :shock:


That was a very tense day.Remember it well and it really doesn’t feel like that long ago.


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