ONLY ONE SIR JOHN MADEJSKI!

[royal_cornwall]

royal cornwall, kindly accept my offer to f-off and support someone else, SJM has done more for reading fc than anyone ever has

The money from the sale of Doyle, Hunt and Bikey must be very welcomed at BGP.. will keep them going for another year.

[Wimb]

royal cornwall, kindly accept my offer to f-off and support someone else, SJM has done more for reading fc than anyone ever has

The money from the sale of Doyle, Hunt and Bikey must be very welcomed at BGP.. will keep them going for another year.

Probably more welcome at Doncaster for the services of Mills, and appreciated by Watford for Tommy Smith

[Victor Meldrew]

I have generally over the years been fairly neutral about our chairman.
Last night I watched the TV programme rather than hike up to the stadium and spend £50 or so for the pleasure of watching a Carling Cup game.
In some ways it was interesting but unfortunately the programme was spread over a period of 3 years and often it didn't make clear when the filming was taking place.
What struck me was how driven the man clearly is by money- he even said (possibly jokingly)that he wished he could have his charitable donations back and he seemed in a state of subdued panic when talking about the effect the recession would have on his 18 companies.

Very little was said in the whole hour about the football club,in fact there was more about Cilla Black,but we had him strolling winsomely across the pitch in an empty stadium with an air of "this is all mine" but without a player or fan in sight.
Like many people without a wife and children (and at his age grandchildren) his life looked rather empty and of course he was rather me,me,me because there are no other people to care deeply about and (only slightly joking) he said that he only got involved with women who are financially independent.
As is often the case with adopted children he was driven as an adult to make an impression but sadly,other than a few glimpses of his late mother,there was only a passing statement that he has a brother and a sister.
I thought he had a daughter but there was no mention of one.

All in all as dull an hour as you might pass watching Reading at the moment( a friend of mine said that he started watching but fell asleep and my wife found it equally boring and asked why he didn't get his hair cut) and only of interest to an RFC fan because he is our chairman.There were quite a few sycophantic types around and the Christmas lunch for female staff didn't appear to be a bundle of laughs.

I would suspect that outsiders would have thought of him as a sad figure surrounded by trappings of wealth but terrified that one day he could lose it all.
There was no mention of Tommy Smith.

[Lucky Libran]

I thought he had a daughter but there was no mention of one.

He has two, but, as you say, they weren't mentioned.

[Wimb]

They also seemed to think defeat against Spurs sent us down....

[Pseud O'Nym]

I have generally over the years been fairly neutral about our chairman.
Last night I watched the TV programme rather than hike up to the stadium and spend £50 or so for the pleasure of watching a Carling Cup game.
In some ways it was interesting but unfortunately the programme was spread over a period of 3 years and often it didn't make clear when the filming was taking place.

With you there. I kept wondering did he say that before or after; relegation, banking crisis, death of his mother et cetera. They just seem to dodge about all over the place chronologically.

What struck me was how driven the man clearly is by money- he even said (possibly jokingly)that he wished he could have his charitable donations back and he seemed in a state of subdued panic when talking about the effect the recession would have on his 18 companies.

Only half joking I think, as you say he seemed very shaken by the effect of the recession on his companies.

All in all as dull an hour as you might pass watching Reading at the moment( a friend of mine said that he started watching but fell asleep and my wife found it equally boring and asked why he didn't get his hair cut) and only of interest to an RFC fan because he is our chairman.There were quite a few sycophantic types around and the Christmas lunch for female staff didn't appear to be a bundle of laughs.

I didn't find it that dull, although I had to fast forward (watched on I-Player) past that creepy Christmas Party. Best bit by a mile was hearing him address his Bentley Continental with words to the effect "You oxf*rd bastard, why won't you just do what I want?" when it stalled at the lights! I know all of us in our Fords and Peugeots and stuff get hot under the collar under those circumstances, but I somehow thought the likes of him were just arrogantly untroubled by such minor problems.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Like many people without a wife and children (and at his age grandchildren) his life looked rather empty and of course he was rather me,me,me because there are no other people to care deeply about and (only slightly joking) he said that he only got involved with women who are financially independent.

JM has two daughters.

[royal_cornwall]

royal cornwall, kindly accept my offer to f-off and support someone else, SJM has done more for reading fc than anyone ever has

The money from the sale of Doyle, Hunt and Bikey must be very welcomed at BGP.. will keep them going for another year.

Probably more welcome at Doncaster for the services of Mills, and appreciated by Watford for Tommy Smith

Sorry only just picked up on this thread


made my christmas that