all time playing record

[rfc8]

from royals record, major comp matches

P 5768 W 2318 D 1424 L 2026 F 8660 A 7982

#5768 3/5/2025 Reading 2 Barnsley 4

#1 7/11/1877 Reading 2 South Norwood 0 FAC

[Brogue]

Reading have lost more games in the FA Cup than any other team.

[rfc8]

Reading have lost more games in the FA Cup than any other team.

P 396 W 163 D 97 L 136 F 661 A 598

at 136 you're probably right

teams generally lose one FAC tie each season, unless they win the cup, and Reading have probably been playing in the FAC for longer than most teams

[rfc8]

Latest #5809 Bradford City W 2-1 28/2/2026

P 5809 W 2335 D 1436 L 2038 F 8722 A 8037

[SouthDownsRoyal]

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Reading have lost more games in the FA Cup than any other team.

P 396 W 163 D 97 L 136 F 661 A 598

at 136 you're probably right

teams generally lose one FAC tie each season, unless they win the cup, and Reading have probably been playing in the FAC for longer than most teams

Notts County are the only current league club who have played in the FA Cup more seasons than us....no idea if they've won it though or how many years they entered before us.

[Brogue]

A thread from 2010 discussing the fa cup stat
viewtopic.php?t=96711

[rfc8]

Latest from royals record to end of last season

P 5821 W 2338 D 1439 L 2044 F 8736 A 8053

[Derbyshire Royal]

Reading have lost more games in the FA Cup than any other team.

This is correct

[traff]

Where does the time go?
Don't know why it sticks in my mind but was there when they announced Darius Henderson scoring the 5000 goal.!

[rfc8]

Where does the time go?
Don't know why it sticks in my mind but was there when they announced Darius Henderson scoring the 5000 goal.!

These stats are all comps maybe that 5000 goal was league, now 6506

[traff]

Where does the time go?
Don't know why it sticks in my mind but was there when they announced Darius Henderson scoring the 5000 goal.!

These stats are all comps maybe that 5000 goal was league, now 6506

That would make sense

[The Royal Forester]

Reading have lost more games in the FA Cup than any other team.

This is correct

Didn't Maidenhead play in the first year of the FA cup in 1871? We first played an FA Cup game in about 1877(ish) I think. Or, are you only including EFL clubs only?

[Sutekh]

from royals record, major comp matches

P 5768 W 2318 D 1424 L 2026 F 8660 A 7982

#5768 3/5/2025 Reading 2 Barnsley 4

#1 7/11/1877 Reading 2 South Norwood 0 FAC

GD only +678, sack the manager!

[Sutekh]

Reading have lost more games in the FA Cup than any other team.

This is correct

Didn't Maidenhead play in the first year of the FA cup in 1871? We first played an FA Cup game in about 1877(ish) I think. Or, are you only including EFL clubs only?

Yes this fact only pertains to the current PL & FL clubs, I’d be amazed if there is a comprehensive list anywhere that includes all the non-league sides that have ever played in it.

[ReadingRog]

Our first season in the FA Cup was 1877-78, same as Notts Co and before any other current PL/FL club. They won the cup in 1894 (?) and we've never won it. Therefore we've lost more times than any other league club, though to be very picky we scratched rather than lost once.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Not all time record but over the last 50 seasons (to the end of 23/24 season) we were 7th in number of wins in that period behind Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man C, Chelsea & Ipswich.

At that time though we were only 6 wins behind Ipswich so we may well have overtaken them given they won hardly any games in 24/25.