Reading F.C.

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Reading Football Club ( RED-ing ) is a football club based in Reading, Berkshire, England. The team dally in the Championship, the irregular tier of English football. The stream director is Veljko Paunović. [ 2 ]

Reading are nicknamed The Royals, due to Reading ‘s location in the Royal County of Berkshire, though they were previously known as The Biscuitmen, due to the town ‘s association with Huntley and Palmers. Established in 1871, the club is one of the oldest teams in England, but did not join The Football League until 1920, and first played in the top tier of English football league system in the 2006–07 season. The golf club competed in the 2012–13 Premier League season, having gained promotion at the end of the 2011–12 season after winning the Championship, but were relegated after good one season back in the top flight. The golf club played at Elm Park for 102 years, from 1896 to 1998. In 1998, the cabaret moved to the new Madejski Stadium, which is named after the club ‘s former president Sir John Madejski. The club holds the record for the count of consecutive league wins at the begin of a season, with a total of 13 wins at the start of the 1985–86 Third Division campaign and besides the record for the act of points gained in the professional league season with 106 points in the 2005–06 Football League Championship campaign. Reading then finished eighth in the 2006–07 Premier League, their first-ever season as a top-flight baseball club. During the 2014–15 FA Cup, the baseball club reached the semi-finals, and reached the draw finals the season after. They besides reached the championship playoff final in the 2016–17 EFL Championship season .

history [edit ]

formation and gradual rise ( 1871–1991 ) [edit ]

Reading were formed on 25 December 1871, following a public meeting at the Bridge Street Rooms organised by Joseph Edward Sydenham, who would go on to be club secretary. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The early matches were played at Reading Recreation Ground, and later the cabaret held fixtures at Reading Cricket Ground, Coley Park and Caversham Cricket Ground. [ 3 ] The interchange to professionalism in 1895 resulted in the indigence for a bigger ground and, to this end, the club moved again, to the purpose-built Elm Park on 5 September 1896. [ 5 ] In 1913, Reading had a successful tour of Italy, prompting the leading sports newspaper Corriere della Sera to write “ without doubt, Reading FC are the finest alien team seen in Italy ”. [ 6 ]
The team from the 1926–27 season Reading were elected to the Football League Third Division South of the Football League in 1920. Reading ‘s best performance in the FA Cup came in 1926–27 when they lost to eventual winners Cardiff City at Wolverhampton in the semi-final, a placement the club would not match again until 2015, when they lost to holders Arsenal in the semi-final. Reading lost their plaza in Division Two in May 1931, and remained in Third Division South until the outbreak of World War II. The club won the southern Section Cup, beating Bristol City in the two-legged final in 1938, and when taking region in the regional London War League and Cup competitions, gained another honor by beating Brentford in the London War Cup Final of 1941 by 3–2 at Stamford Bridge. When League football resumed after the war, Reading cursorily came to prominence once again. The club ‘s phonograph record victory, 10–2 versus Crystal Palace, was recorded in September 1946, and Reading doubly finished runner-up in the Third ( South ), in 1948–49 and 1951–52, but they were denied a return to Division Two as alone the champions were promoted. [ 3 ] The side ‘s consequence of cup glory came in 1988 when they won the Simod Cup, beating a number of top-flight sides en path to their Wembley winnings over Luton Town. Reading were promoted to the Second Division as champions in 1986 under the management of Ian Branfoot, but were relegated back to the Third Division in 1988 .

Onwards and upwards ( 1991–2005 ) [edit ]

The appointee of Mark McGhee as player-manager, shortly after the coup d’etat by John Madejski, in 1991 witness Reading motion forth. [ 7 ] They were crowned champions of the newfangled Division Two in 1994. Thirty-five-year-old striker Jimmy Quinn was put in charge of the first team aboard midfielder Mick Gooding and guided Reading to runner-up in the final Division One table – only to be denied automatic promotion because of the streamline of the Premier League, from 22 teams to 20. In 1995, Reading had eased past Tranmere Rovers in the play-off semi-finals and looked to have booked their station in the Premier League lone to lose against Bolton Wanderers in the final. Quinn and Gooding ‘s contracts were not renewed two years subsequently after Reading had slid into the bed half of Division One. Their successor, Terry Bullivant, lasted less than a season before being sacked in March 1998 .
The year 1998 besides saw Reading move into the new 24,200 all-seater Madejski Stadium, named after president John Madejski. Tommy Burns had taken over from Terry Bullivant but lasted barely 18 months before being replaced by Alan Pardew, who had previously been reserve team director before being released. The club finished third in 2000–01 qualifying for the play-offs, losing 2–3 in the concluding against Walsall at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. [ 8 ] Reading returned to Division One for 2002–03 after finishing runner-up in Division Two. The keep up season, they finished fourthly in Division One and qualified for the play-offs, where they lost in the semi-final to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Alan Pardew moved to West Ham United [ 9 ] the follow October and was replaced by Steve Coppell. [ 10 ]

heighten to the Premier League and yo-yo years ( 2005–2013 ) [edit ]

Reading won the 2005–06 backing with a league record 106 points, scoring 99 goals and losing only twice. [ 11 ] They were promoted to English football ‘s top class for the first time in their history. The 2006–07 temper saw Reading make their first appearance in the top flight of English football. Reading defied pre-season predictions of relegation to finish the season in eighth position with 55 points. [ 12 ] read turned down the luck to play in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. [ 13 ] In the run up to their second gear temper in the Premier League, Reading took separate in the 2007 Peace Cup in South Korea. [ 14 ] This second season was less successful, however, and Reading were relegated rear to the Championship. [ 15 ] Reading started the 2008–09 temper with a 15 match unbeaten home run. They finished fourth and qualify for the play-offs, [ 16 ] where they lost to Burnley in the semi-final. Manager Steve Coppell resigned fair hours after the game, [ 17 ] replaced by Brendan Rodgers. [ 18 ] Rodgers left the cabaret by reciprocal consent on 16 December 2009 and Brian McDermott made caretaker coach the like sidereal day. [ 19 ] In the 2010–11 FA Cup, Reading reached the quarter-final, where they lost 1–0 to Manchester City at Etihad Stadium, [ 20 ] Reading finally finished fifth in the Championship to qualify for the part ‘s play-offs. [ 21 ] After beating Cardiff City in the semi-finals, they lost 4–2 to Swansea City in the final at Wembley. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In the 2011–12 season, a streak of good shape in the second gear half of the temper, ensured forwarding to the Premier League on 17 April 2012 with 1–0 home win against Nottingham Forest. [ 24 ] McDermott led Reading to their beginning Premier League succeed of the 2012–13 season on 17 November 2012 at their 11th try, defeating Everton 2–1 at home. [ 25 ] On 11 March 2013, however, he left his position at Reading. [ 26 ] Nigel Adkins was then appointed as director, though he was ineffective to save them from delegating after drawing Queens Park Rangers 0–0 on 28 April 2013 at Loftus Road .

hark back to the Championship ( 2013–present ) [edit ]

The following season back in the Championship saw Reading make two high-profile signings in Wayne Bridge and Royston Drenthe in hope of an contiguous rejoinder to the Premier League. Reading, however, missed out on the playoffs because of a last minute achiever from Brighton & Hove Albion ‘s Leonardo Ulloa, which meant the Seagulls made the playoffs at Reading ‘s expense. The summer before the 2014–15 temper saw foster arrivals of Jamie Mackie on lend, Oliver Norwood and the fall of Simon Cox. The club was under a gamey terror of administration, causing departures of Sean Morrison and Adam Le Fondre and a Thai consortium carry over the club. A well start to Nigel Adkins ‘ second season in charge was followed by a poor run of results that ended with his dismissal after the 6–1 away frustration to Birmingham City with Steve Clarke taking over the adjacent sidereal day in the hope of a forwarding push. however, a lack of goals and some poor people form in the league meant the baseball club faced some fears of relegation to League One, but fortunately guard was secured with few games to spare. Nonetheless during that fourth dimension, the baseball club embarked on a successful FA Cup travel, reaching the semi-final where they were doomed to lose 2–1 to Arsenal at Wembley. The adopt season saw the club institute in many players in the hopes of gaining forwarding, however the clubhouse would finish in 17th. In the summer leading up to the 2016–17 season the club announced the departure of Brian McDermott and finally he was to be replaced by former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam. [ 27 ] Under Stam, Reading achieved their highest finish since delegating back to the Championship by finishing one-third and reaching the play-offs, where they beat Fulham on aggregate before facing Huddersfield Town in the final examination at Wembley where they lost on penalties following 0–0 draw after extra time. however, the following season was a sharp line as the team were languished towards the bottom of the postpone for most of the season. On 21 March 2018, Stam resigned as coach after a nine-game winless race. [ 28 ] Two days late, on 23 March 2018, Paul Clement was appointed as Reading ‘s new director, who finished the season in twentieth target, avoiding relegation by three points. [ 29 ] The adopt season, Clement was sacked on 6 December 2018 after hapless results left the golf club outside of the delegating zone only on finish remainder. [ 30 ] He was replaced by José Gomes as coach on 22 December 2018, who steered the baseball club away from relegation to finish 20th again. [ 31 ] however, after a slow start to the 2019–20 season, Gomes was dismissed after less than a year in charge with the team in the relegation zone in October 2019. [ 32 ] Sporting director Mark Bowen was promoted to the character as his refilling a week later, who lead the team to finish 14th before departing the golf club in August 2020. [ 33 ] Former Chicago Fire boss Veljko Paunović was appointed as the modern coach on 29 August 2020. [ 34 ] The team got off to an excellent start to the 2020–21 season, winning seven of their first eight league games. however, the team ‘s form faded after injuries to respective key players and they finally narrowly missed out of the playoffs, finishing one-seventh. On 17 November 2021 it was confirmed Reading would be deducted 6 points due to breaching the EFL ’ s profitableness and sustainability rules, making them the merely team in English football to suffer a point discount during an anniversary year. [ citation needed ]

Crest and colours [edit ]

Reading F.C. crest ( 1987–96 )




[35] A change from 1965 to 1969 power saw Reading wear flip blue. The first cap to appear on a Reading kit was in 1953, it featured fair the letter “ R ”. There was no crest seen again until 1981 when there was a crest featuring three elm trees and the rivers Thames and Kennet ; this only survive two seasons. From 1987 to 1996 the crest used the raw kit out colours of yellow, flip blue, royal blue and white. [ 35 ] A brief render to a design based on the 1981 crest was reintroduced for the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons. Commenting on the want for a new cap to coincide with the move to the Madejski Stadium, a well as moving into the new millennium, Sir John Madejski said : “ I know some traditionalists will say we should keep the honest-to-god badge but they should bear in judgment the need to move ahead. ” [ 36 ] The stream crest was first seen on the kits for the 1998–99 season. [ 35 ] It is based on the club colours—blue and white—and includes a crown to represent the Royal County of Berkshire and the Maiwand Lion to represent Reading. [ 37 ]

stadium [edit ]

The club played at Reading Recreation Ground until 1878, before moving on to Reading Cricket Ground ( 1878–1882 ), Coley Park ( 1882–1889 ) and Caversham Cricket Ground ( 1889–1896 ) .
In 1889, Reading were unable to continue playing at Coley Park as W B Monck ( the local squire ) no longer allowed football due to “ rowdyism [ by ] the harsh elements ”. [ 38 ] With club membership exceeding 300 by the time the baseball club went professional in 1895, Reading required a proper ground. A meet the following year determined that fund would be difficult. [ 38 ] £20 was donated by J C Fidler, on the provision that “ no liquors were to be sold ” on site. [ 38 ] The remainder of the monetary value was financed through donations by affluent supporters, equally well as one big individual contribution. [ 39 ] A former annoy pit in West Reading was identified as the site. [ 40 ] The first game at Elm Park was held on 5 September 1896 between Reading and A Roston Bourke ‘s XI. The visitors were a scrape team from Holloway College. [ 41 ] £44 was taken on the gate, with an attendance of approximately 2,500. [ 39 ] In 1908, the golf club ‘s annual general touch proposed moving to a new ground near Reading railway post. A board meeting the following year decided that the move would not be potential, as “ there was no luck of a move to the land near to the GWR railroad track stations due to the actions of the Great western Railway ”. [ 41 ]
In 1994, the Taylor Report made an all-seater stadium compulsory in the top two divisions ( the Premier League and the foremost division ). Reading were champions of the second division in 1994, and were promoted to the first division. Reading became capable to the Taylor requirements, though converting Elm Park to an all-seater stadium would have been impractical. [ 41 ] rather, a localization in Smallmead ( to the south of the town ) was identified as the site for a new stadium. [ 41 ] The former council landfill site was bought for £1, with far conditions that the development of the stadium would include part-funding of the A33 easing road. [ 42 ] expansion of the club ‘s home would besides allow option commercial ventures ( peculiarly leisure facilities ) and shared use with other teams ( such as rugby union clubs Richmond and London Irish ). [ 42 ] The last competitive couple at Elm Park took space on 3 May 1998 against Norwich City, with Reading losing 1–0. [ 43 ] Reading began the 1998–99 season at the Madejski Stadium. [ 41 ] It was opened on 22 August 1998 when Luton Town were beaten 3–0. [ 44 ] The stadium cost more than £50 million to build. [ 45 ] For the first gear clock time in its history, Reading Football Club participated in the Premier League in the 2006–07 season. As a result of the sell-out crowd for their first few fixtures of the season, the club announced their purpose, in October 2006, [ 46 ] to make a design application to extend the ground to between 37,000 and 38,000 seats. The application was made on 24 January 2007, proposing initially the extension of the East Stand with a further 6,000 seats ( raising capacity to around 30,000 ) and subsequently extension of the North and South Stands to reach the full proposed capacity. [ 47 ] On 24 May 2007, it was announced that planning permission had been granted to extend the stadium to a capacity of 36,900. [ 48 ] Reading has made plans for a new training ground at Bearwood Golf Club to replace Hogwood park their current discipline facility.

On 5 July 2016, at the end of Eamonn Dolan ‘s funeral, Reading announced that the North Stand would be renamed the Eamonn Dolan Stand. [ 49 ]

corroborate [edit ]

Supporters at a Reading match at Elm Park in 1913 In 1930, the Reading Football Supporters ’ Club ( RFSC ) was formed to represent the interests of supporters of the golf club and to assist in raising funds for the football club. On 18 March 2002, the Supporters ‘ Trust at Reading become the official successor to the RFSC. In 2001, Reading became the first football golf club to register their fans as an official member of their squad, giving the “ actor ” registered with team number 13 as ‘Reading Fans ‘. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] For the 2015–16 season, Reading had 12,983 season tag holders – ranked 10th in the Championship and about identical to former league champions Leeds United. The trope for that temper was greater than the 12,552 recorded in the previous season, but down from the 2013–14 Championship point of 14,547. [ 52 ] The average attendance for the 2015–16 season was 17,570 – the tenth highest in the Championship. [ 53 ] [ 54 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Before going out of commercial enterprise in 1992, Aldershot were Reading ‘s biggest rivals. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Aldershot were, geographically, the closest Football League club to Reading. [ 57 ] There was a firm rift between the two sets of fans, with fighting between fans occurring on respective occasions. strong feelings remain between fans of Reading and fans of Aldershot Town, the refounded club in Aldershot. Aldershot Town were promoted into the Football League in 2008, but the clubs have n’t met in a competitive peer since the demise of the original baseball club. Aldershot were relegated out of the league in 2013, having entered administration, reducing the chances of a competitive suffer between the two sides in the approach future. [ 58 ] Since Aldershot ‘s exile, Reading ‘s independent local anesthetic rivalries have been with Oxford United and Swindon Town. When the three teams had shared a division, their competition was referred to as the “ Didcot Triangle ”. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] however, the competition between Oxford and Swindon is stronger than between either of the two and Reading, largely due to them both spending their holocene history in lower divisions than Reading, and spending their previous history in higher divisions than Reading. [ 61 ] In 2012, a small survey showed that Reading ‘s main rivals were Aldershot Town, followed by Swindon Town and Oxford United. [ 62 ] Reading have besides been viewed as rivals by fans of AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion and Wycombe Wanderers, although any competition between these clubs in viewed as less important to Reading fans than with the aforesaid sides. [ 61 ] [ 62 ]
During the 2013–14 temper and 2014–15 season the Marussia F1 logo was on the back of the shirts as separate of a sponsorship cover between former Russian owner Anton Zingarevich and Russian owned Marussia F1. This deal continued until the team entered administration in October 2014. The sponsorship hand ended despite the team exist and race in the 2015 Formula One season. During the 2015–16 season, Waitrose was on the back of the home shirt whilst Euro Cake was on the back of the away shirt, meanwhile caption Alliance sponsored the shorts for the season. Waitrose and Euro Cake sponsored the home and away kits respectively again for the 2016–17 temper. Cherwell Software took sponsorship of the back of the home shirt for the 2017–18 temper while Euro Cake sponsored the back of the away shirt again for the third back-to-back season. Reading confirmed Singaporean international fiscal engineering firm and digital wallet specialist Rapidz as its ‘ Back of Shirt ’ sponsor for 2020-21. [ 70 ]

possession and finances [edit ]

Reading Football Club ownership structure :

• 75% Owned by Renhe Sports Management Ltd, 10% owned by Xiu Li Dai and Yongge Dai
• 25% Owned by Narin Niruttinanon

Players [edit ]

As of 29 November 2021[71]

First-team squad [edit ]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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Under-23 team [edit ]

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Under-18 police squad [edit ]

notice : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Club officials and management [edit ]

Managers [edit ]

Records and statistics [edit ]

Records [edit ]

celebrated players [edit ]

In 1999, Reading commissioned a poll of the supporters ‘ ’Player of the Millennium’ to determine the golf club ‘s best always player. [ 74 ]

Appearances [edit ]

The following players have played more than 398 times for Reading, in all competitions. [ 75 ]

Goalscorers [edit ]

The following players have scored more than 85 times for Reading, in all competitions. [ 76 ]

Goalkeeping [edit ]

• Longest time without conceding a goal: Steve Death (1,103 minutes; 1978–79; former English league record)[78]

other records [edit ]

HahnemannIngimarssonSonkoMurtyShoreySidwellHarperLittleConveyKitsonDoyle[79] The regular starting line-up of the 2005/06 Coca-Cola Championship winning team, who finished the temper with a read 106 points. Reading hold the record for the number of consecutive league wins at the start of a season, with a entire of 13 wins at the start of the 1985–86 Third Division campaign [ 72 ] and besides the record for the number of points gained in a master league season with 106 points in the 2005–06 Football League Championship campaign. [ 80 ] Reading finished champions of their division on both of these occasions. [ 72 ] [ 81 ] The club ‘s largest acquire was a 10–2 victory over Crystal Palace on 4 September 1946 in the Football League Third Division South. [ 72 ] Reading ‘s heaviest personnel casualty was an 18–0 kill against Preston North End in the FA Cup 1st round on 27 January 1894. [ 72 ] Reading have lost the two highest-scoring matches in the history of the Premier League ; Portsmouth 7–4 Reading on 29 September 2007, and Tottenham Hotspur 6–4 Reading on 29 December 2007, ampere well as losing the highest-scoring League Cup game, Reading 5–7 Arsenal on 30 October 2012. The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks, with 500 from 1978 to 1991. [ 72 ] The most cap musician to play for Reading is Chris Gunter, who has presently won 62 caps for Wales since being a Reading player since July 2012. The most league goals in entire and in a season are held by Ronnie Blackman with 158 from 1947 to 1954 and 39 in 1951–52 respectively. [ 72 ] The actor with the most league goals in a game is Arthur Bacon with six against Stoke City in 1930–31. [ 72 ] The first base Reading-based player to play in the FIFA World Cup was Bobby Convey in 2006 with the United States. [ 72 ] The commemorate time for a goalkeeper not conceding a goal is held by Steve Death at 1,103 minutes in 1978–79, which is a former English league criminal record in itself. [ 82 ] Reading ‘s highest attendance at Elm Park was in 1927, when 33,042 spectators watched Reading defeat Brentford 1–0. [ 83 ] The highest attendance at the Madejski Stadium is 24,184 for the Premier League game with Everton on 17 November 2012. The highest transfer fee received for a Reading player is the £6.6 million 1899 Hoffenheim paid for Gylfi Sigurðsson on 31 August 2010. [ 72 ] [ 84 ] Gylfi Sigurðsson and Samúel Friðjónsson became the first base players from the Reading academy to feature in a World Cup police squad by being named by Iceland for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] Gylfi Sigurðsson went on to become the first academy graduate to score at the World Cup in Iceland ‘s 2–1 frustration to Croatia on 26 June 2018, after becoming the first gear academy calibrate to play in the World Cup with his appearance against Argentina on 16 June 2018. [ 87 ]

Captains ( twenty-first century ) [edit ]

player of the temper [edit ]

International players [edit ]

erstwhile players [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

managerial [edit ]

Women ‘s team [edit ]

In May 2006, Reading launched the Reading FC Women ‘s team. They used to play in the FA Premier League Southern Division. From 2014, Reading FC Women played in the FA Women ‘s Super League 2 until they won promotion to the FA Women ‘s Super League 1 in 2015 after winning the league. In the 2017–18 season, they finished fourth in the Women ‘s Super League – their highest league situation to date. [ 90 ] The team presently plays at Adams Park, home of Wycombe Wanderers. [ 91 ]

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

References [edit ]

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