Reading FC Match Report: 2025/2026 Season - League One
EXETER 1 READING 1
Reading: J Marriott (6)
Exeter: J Wareham (11)
Post Match Fans' Opinion
Fox Talbot
» 11 Oct 2025 17:07
agree - O'Connor blowing hard at the end, didn't look the quickest for their goal, but okay and should improve. Interesting to see WiFI as a 10, not that it worked. How Lane stayed on until very near the end ...
Better second half for us, worth a point in the end but by heck it's poor quality fare in the bottom half of this division.
Mid Sussex Royal
» 11 Oct 2025 17:10
Good odds as the ref was pointing at the away fans and there has been anti Starmer and pro Robinson chants in here.
Must have been something else....the Starmer and Robinson songs have been doing the rounds everywhere (including Wembley the other night) and not seen any ref call it out.
Armadillo Roadkill
» 11 Oct 2025 17:13
Exeter look like a poor side to me.
In the bottom four at this stage of the season is worrying. By this stage the table doesn't lie. We are in trouble. One or two more performances like that and I think there will be a change of manager.
Credit to the referee for stopping the game the way he did. Hope there was enough CCTV to identify the culprits.
South Coast Royal
» 11 Oct 2025 17:27
Not a great game to watch.
Is Ritchie with bookings (3/3?) trying to match Marriott's goals ratio (6/6) ?
Has Lane won a 50/50 since he came here?
Does Ritchie point even more than Gunter did?
Will Ben Elliott ever play for us again (while Hunt is manager) ?
Did we need 3 right-backs in the matchday squad?
I thought Ahmed did well (apart from throw-ins) against a tricky winger.
Will Hunt still be in charge at Cardiff now that we are in the relegation zone?
Royal Monkey
» 11 Oct 2025 17:28
Jacob was poor but OConnor as much at fault for their goal, twice had a chance to put a challenge in and didn’t bother also looks well slow so will fit right in !
With these players we should be so much better than these turgid performances. Passing was shocking at times and 2 foul throws is just completely amateur.
1 shot on target in 100 mins which was our goal that they completely gifted us, it’s absolutely unacceptable!
For me Hunt has to go we need someone with a lot more tactical nous to get this lot playing, leave things as they are and we ain’t too good to get relegated!
Orion1871
» 11 Oct 2025 17:30
Good odds as the ref was pointing at the away fans and there has been anti Starmer and pro Robinson chants in here.
Must have been something else....the Starmer and Robinson songs have been doing the rounds everywhere (including Wembley the other night) and not seen any ref call it out.
It was something else. Just saying the sort of people chanting those things are the same sort who would sing discriminatory chants.
Ascotexgunner
» 11 Oct 2025 17:47
Snowflake Royal
» 11 Oct 2025 17:56
Thought we struggled to get anywhere, with not a lot of out passing options into the forward line.
Ritchie had some good touches, but felt he constantly left Ahmed exposed, Andrew and Higgins getting a lot of joy down that flank and putting in dangerous balls. I would say he didn't do a lot to ease my concerns about his fit as a starter in the side. Ahmed was quite a mixed bag, some great some really poor. He's been asking for trouble on his throw ins all season and got caught twice today, including once that basically set up an attack for them. Just. Do. The. Basics. Right. There's really no real advantage to taking a throw with one or both feet on the pitch, don't do it.
Lane was disappointing again, didn't create a lot. Thought Kyerewaa should have come on much earlier, and didn't really get why Abrefa came on to play RW.
Second half was much improved until the game disruption, and we had the chances to win. Wing also should have had a penalty... blatant two handed shove in the back... something the ref was happy to penalise when Savage did it in the middle of the park.
Was good to see O'Connor back, though it did bring a return of the ball straight through the middle causing us issues.
Decent point away, but another case of a slightly disappointing result. Need to start converting some of these draws into wins. But I think it'll come.
Uke
» 11 Oct 2025 18:29
Good odds as the ref was pointing at the away fans and there has been anti Starmer and pro Robinson chants in here.
Must have been something else....the Starmer and Robinson songs have been doing the rounds everywhere (including Wembley the other night) and not seen any ref call it out.
That’s because referees are blackshirts
windermereROYAL
» 11 Oct 2025 18:46
You are a serious embarrassment, first game of the damn season for him, he`s not going to be up to speed yet is he?
FFS, if he's not up to speed, he shouldn't be starting,
We're not good enough to be playing players not fully fit
Then how do you get match fitness without playing? Fucking hell.
Match Stats
Full Time: 1-1
Half Time: 1-1
Attendance: 7361
Referee: James Durkin
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Teams
Reading: J Pereira, P O'Connor, F Burns, M Jacob (J Dorsett, 89), A Ahmed (K Abrefa, 82), L Wing, C Savage, K Doyle (K Ehibhatiomhan, 71), P Lane (D Kyerewaa, 89), M Ritchie (A Yiadom, 83), J Marriott.
Exeter: J Whitworth, D Andrew, J Yfeko (K McDonald, 75), J Fitzwater, J McMillan, I Niskanen, A Higgins (J Aitchison, 64), E Brierley (K Wilson, 87), P Sweeney, R Cole (T Dean, 87), J Wareham
Bookings / Red Cards
Reading: M Ritchie
Exeter: J Wareham
League One on 11 October 2025
This League One game took place 3 days ago in the 2025/2026 season.