Posts Tagged ‘ FA Cup ’

Posting resumes…

Sorry about the recent silence on here. I was so gutted after the Villa game I couldn’t bring myself to do the write-up. We all know what happened there! Then after that we had the Derby game which I have to say must have been the dullest 4-1 win I’ve ever been too even though [ READ MORE ]

And the nominees are…

Having only just taken over as permanent manager at the Madejski, Brian McDermott now finds himself nominated for Manager of the Month for February. Last month we beat Doncaster, Plymouth, Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday in the league – only losing to Blackpool away. Meanwhile, in the Cup, we held West Brom to a draw [ READ MORE ]

West Brom 2 Reading 3 AET

Wow. It’s been 83 years since Reading made it to the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup and what a way to do it. Having drawn the first game 2-2 I have to say I did wonder if West Brom might be too strong for us at home, and having seen us put in a [ READ MORE ]

Reading 2 West Brom 2

Apologies for the gap in posting. I’ll just give a quick lowdown on this game and Palace, and then normal service will resume! On Saturday 13th we took on West Brom in the Cup and we saw the return of Simon Cox – who fortunately was unable to demonstrate what a player he has become. [ READ MORE ]

Through to the 5th Round.

So, having seen us eject Liverpool from the competition, Burnley manager Brian Laws put out his best team. They failed. Reading move on to another home tie – this time against high-flying West Brom. Surprisingly Burnley didn’t threaten us much until the second half, and it looked like a game that would probably end up [ READ MORE ]

The FA Cup

Interestingly Reading’s home game against Burnley in the FA Cup is to be shown live on thefa.com so this one is a lunchtime kick off. The Royals take on Burnley having defeated Liverpool in extra time at Anfield and having done so the pressure will be on Reading to up their game once again. Hopefully [ READ MORE ]

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