News 2019/2020
56 articles · 1 Jun 2019 – 31 May 2020On This Day
We are now at the point of the year when the season usually wraps up, but instead, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Reading are left with nine games left to play. With…
Read more →Top Performers for Reading FC - 2019-20
The 2019/20 season, currently on pause, has had its ups and downs for the Royals, but with a slow upward trend some players have started living up to their potential.…
Read more →Keepers And Defenders - Staying Or Going?
There is huge uncertainty across football with clubs and players unsure of when they will return to action, and what that will mean for completing the season. There are…
Read more →Coronavirus: All Games Off
All Premier League and English Football League matches have been postponed until at least 3 April due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The announcement means that the…
Read more →Extra Time Defeat For Impressive Royals
Reading came very close to taking this excellent cup tie to penalties in the very last minute of extra time, when Pele's shot from the edge of the box flew agonisingly…
Read more →FA Cup: Biggest Game Of Season
With Reading's league season effectively over - we are highly unlikely to challenge the top six or drop into the bottom three - even manager Mark Bowen thinks tonight's…
Read more →Five Changes As Reading Get Important Win
Reading bounced back from a midweek defeat to win their first home game since Boxing Day. There is clearly still room for improvement but significantly better showing…
Read more →Woeful Reading Thrashed By Wigan
Three well taken goals gave Wigan a much needed three points in their quest to pull away from the relegation zone on a night when all Reading's shortcomings were…
Read more →Leeds -v- Reading: Both Teams Hunt Consecutive Wins
Reading face Leeds United at Elland Road this weekend, with both teams looking to make it consecutive wins for the first time in 2020. There are question marks over…
Read more →Regal Royals: The Best Reading Signings of the 2010s
The 2010s was an intriguing decade for Reading, starting it off battling for promotion. One year after a lost promotion playoff final against Swansea, that fight would…
Read more →Leeds Next For Reading - At 39 Pounds A Ticket
Reading travel to second placed Leeds United on Saturday with the home side trying to keep their place in the automatic promotion places after a run of poor recent form.…
Read more →Reading Hope To End Poor Form In Sheffield
Reading travel to Sheffield Wednesday this weekend desperate to run a miserable run of league form. The Royals are without a league win since the very first day of the…
Read more →Winless League Run Continues With Home Defeat
Reading may have been beaten by a very good team, probably destined to win this league and certainly achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League, but they should…
Read more →Another 1-1 Draw
Reading struggled to find any kind of rhythm against a struggling Hull side, and having taken the lead with a well worked goal from Obita midway through the second half,…
Read more →Reading Offload Mannone To Danish Club
Vito Mannone has travelled to Denmark to sign for his new side - Aalborg who play in the Danish Superliga. Mannone has found himself unwanted by the Royals and has not…
Read more →Teddy Howe Set For Blackpool
Reading look set to lose the services of youngster full back Teddy Howe, with Blackpool looking to complete a permanent signing of the player today before the transfer…
Read more →Club Confirm Signing Of Felipe Araruna
After a quiet January transfer window for the Royals, the club have confirmed the permanent signing of Brazillian Felipe Araruna. Midfielder Araruna has signed a two and…
Read more →Mid Table Beckons After Home League Defeat
Reading have recently developed the habit of leaving it late in the game to snatch a draw. Last night they can count themselves unlucky they didn't pull it off again…
Read more →Resilient Royals Hold Out To Stay In FA Cup
Reading will be in the draw for the Fifth Round of the F.A. Cup on Monday having survived a late second half onslaught from a very physical Cardiff City team. The Royals…
Read more →More Late Goals And Another 1-1 With Forest
For the second time in the last three Championship League games, Reading faced Nottingham Forest and fans were treated to something of a repeat performance. After a…
Read more →Three Memorable Games From The Last Decade
The last decade for Reading Football Club will be remembered a decade where the Royals started strong and gradually faded out. However the 2011/2012 season, where we won…
Read more →Late Drama As Royals Get Deserved Point
In a frantic final two minutes of added time Reading fell behind to a controversial goal then dramatically snatched a thoroughly deserved point when Figueirido defected…
Read more →Bowen Makes Eleven Changes For Cup Draw
Mark Bowen's decision to make eleven changes to his starting line-up may not have been entirely to the liking of many Royals fans, but it produced a closely contested…
Read more →Reading vs Blackpool FA Cup 3rd Round: Quick Analysis
For most Championship teams, promotion to the Premier League usually comes top of the pre-season wishlist. Reading have made up ground on the top six after four straight…
Read more →Swift Grabs Win With Christmas Cracker
A brilliant long range strike by John Swift after fifty-two minutes proved to be the difference between the teams in an open and action packed encounter at the Madjeski…
Read more →Royals Up To Sixteenth With Win Over 10 Man Derby
Reading finally overcame an undisciplined rabble of a Derby side which imploded following Reading's second, and superbly created, goal from Joao. The tone of the game…
Read more →Birmingham Take Three Points
A dismal display at home against Birmingham side without a win in five games has given manager Mark Bowen food for thought about the overall strength and deployment of…
Read more →Five Minute Puscas Hat-Trick Steals Win
George Puscas ended his goalscoring drought in dramatic fashion as he smashed in a second half hat-trick in just five minutes to give Reading a big win on the road at…
Read more →What you might have missed in the Royals' loss to Leeds
The Royals recently suffered their second successive defeat at the hands of Leeds United on November 26, at the Madejski Stadium. It was the 87th minute header scored by…
Read more →Late Goal Sees Royals Miss Out On Point
Leeds United moved to the top of the table with a late goal to deny Reading a point they had worked so hard to achieve. The goal came from a very quick counter attack…
Read more →First Defeat For Bowen As Reading Manager
A packed Griffin Park experienced what was always going to be a tight game with both teams currently in a run of good form. It was high tempo encounter from the start…
Read more →Another Win As Royals Climb Table
The remarkable transformation of Reading's season continued with a thoroughly convincing three goal victory over struggling Luton. Raphael beat away Crainey's shot on…
Read more →Seven Points From Nine Under Bowen
Reading's revival under new manager Mark Bowen continued with a second successive home win against a Millwall side also adjusting to playing under a new boss. Brilliant…
Read more →Bowen Starts Managerial Career With Victory
Reading secured a much needed dramatic victory in the eighth minute of stoppage time when Matt Miazga fired home the rebound from Jordan Obita's superb strike from…
Read more →Mark Bowen Set To Be Named Manager
Mark Bowen is expected to be named as the new Reading first team manager, to replace Jose Gomes who was sacked last week. Bowen has been at Reading since March of this…
Read more →Club Confirm Jose Gomes Departure
After it was widely reported throughout yesterday, Reading Football Club have officially released a statement to confirm the departure of manager Jose Gomes. The brief…
Read more →Jose Gomes - His Short Career At Reading
After yesterday's talks between Reading Football Club and Jose Gomes, it now only seems a matter of time before official confirmation that Gomes has been dismissed as…
Read more →Gomes To Get The Boot
Reading are set to dispose of the services of manager Jose Gomes, after yet another short term appointment at the club. The constant sacking of managers is getting…
Read more →What Are the Best Bets on Reading This Season?
Whether it's live roulette or online slots, we all love a flutter every now and then. Sports betting is no exception. But with so many teams and an array of markets, it…
Read more →Reading Well Beaten After 30 Minutes
It took Fulham a mere thirty minutes to demolish a Reading side reduced to ten men following a couple of rash challenges by John Swift twenty minutes into a game…
Read more →Familiar League Position After Third Straight Loss
Reading failed to recover from a very poor first half performance which left them trailing by a single goal at half time. Falling further behind shortly after the…
Read more →Plymouth Next After Win On Penalties
Reading needed penalities to overcome League One Wycombe Wanderers last night in the League Cup first round. The Royals were 1-1 at full time, despite fielding a strong…
Read more →Ovie Ejaria Returns On Loan
Reading have completed a season long loan signing of Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria, who returns to Reading after last season's successful loan spell. Twenty-one year…
Read more →Busy Week For Transfers At Reading
It has been a very busy week for the Royals in the transfer market ahead of the window closing. The Royals have unexpectadly dramatically increased the depth of their…
Read more →What Reading fans can expect this season
Following last year's narrow, three-point survival, Reading are in a difficult situation as they look to distance themselves from a relegation battle in the Championship…
Read more →Miazga Returns For The Season
Chelsea defender Matt Miazga will be back in a Reading shirt for the new season after the clubs agreed to start a new season long loan. Miazga arrived at Reading in…
Read more →Charlie Adam Signing Confirmed
Reading have added some experience to their squad with the signing of Charlie Adam who was out of contract after being released by Stoke City. Adam, a 33 year old…
Read more →Reading Get Win In Spain
Reading followed up a 0-0 morning draw with Malaga B to beat second tier Spanish side Extremadura in the evening. Danny Loader scored the only goal of the game from the…
Read more →Virginia Makes Debut In Malaga B Draw
Goalkeeper Joao Virginia, who signed on a season long loan from Everton last week, made his debut as a Reading side drew 0-0 with Malaga B this morning. Virginia was…
Read more →Spanish Pre-Season Friendlies Continue
Reading will face Malaga B and Extremadura UD next in their pre-season build up in Spain. The Royals will play both sides in friendlies on Tuesday with half the team…
Read more →Bodvarsson Leaves For Millwall
Reading's mission to reduce the squad, reduce the wages and also get some much needed money into the club continued today with the sale of Jon Dadi Bodvarsson to…
Read more →Goalkeeper Virginia Signs On Season Long Loan
Reading have signed Everton goalkeeper Joao Virginia on a season long loan. Portuguese Virginia is just 19 years old and comes to Reading without making an appearance…
Read more →Loader Gets Three In Friendly Win
Reading's pre-season preparations out in Spain continued as they crossed the border to play Gibraltar Premier Division side Gibraltar United. The Royals ran out clear…
Read more →Kelly Departure Confirmed
Midfielder Liam Kelly has left the club as Reading continue to shrink their wage bill due to financial concerns. Former Reading manager Jaap Stam, now manager of Dutch…
Read more →Championship Season Starts With Owls Visit
Reading will start the new 2019/2020 Championship season with a home fixture against Sheffield Wednesday. The new season begins early with The Owls kicking off the…
Read more →New Season Fixtures Released
Reading FC 2019/2020 Championship Fixtures in full
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