Posts Tagged ‘ Brian Howard ’

Reading 1 West Brom 1

West Brom returned to the Madejski on Saturday and with both teams in great form and also considering the result of the recent FA Cup clash between the two you would have expected it to be a great game – and you’d have been right. It was non-stop action with both teams pushing hard to [ READ MORE ]

Reading 5 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Having knocked West Bromwich Albion out of the FA Cup in extra time in midweek I was a little bit worried about this fixture. This match was so important to both sides and I couldn’t help but wonder if the Cup game would leave its mark on this game and see the Royals being overcome [ READ MORE ]

Reading 2 Plymouth Argyle 1

Plymouth gave us quite a thumping at their place, but having won the last two games, I was quietly optimistic that we could take our revenge. Having said that, as I was waiting for kick off I started to wonder if we’d manage it. Afterall, we’d only just made it across the line in all [ READ MORE ]

Doncaster Rovers 1 Reading 2

Before the Sheffield United game I said that I was hoping for at least six points from the next four games. Congratulations Brian McDermott – objective complete. A 2-1 victory over Doncaster means that Reading have finally managed back to back wins this season and, importantly, we remain within touching distance of the pack. Having [ READ MORE ]

Reading 1 Barnsley 0

Reading beat Barnsley today courtesy of a goal from Shane Long, who started the game up front with Wales striker Simon Church. Young striker Nicholas Bignall also made his league debut coming on as a substitute. To be perfectly honest, this was not a great game to watch, but it was a great three points [ READ MORE ]

McDermott gets the gig.

So John Madejski returned from his holiday to announce that Brian McDermott is now officially the manager of Reading Football Club. It was bound to happen, but nevertheless the announcement has triggered a fair amount of anger amongst some regular Nobbers who would have preferred to see a more established face come in. However, we [ READ MORE ]

Blades put Royals to the sword.

Sheffield United beat Reading 3-0 tonight at Bramall Lane. Former Royal James Harper started for the home side, whilst former Blade Brian Howard came on as a sub to face his former employers. Unfortunately Reading once again created some decent openings but failed to convert. Brian McDermott promoted Shane Long and Gunnar Thorvaldsson from bench-warming [ READ MORE ]

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