Come on you Royals!

Rants and raves (but mostly rants) about following a 2nd division team.
So the cup run is over. With a 4-2 loss at home to Aston Villa on Sunday morning, the Royals were finally eliminated in the FA Cup. And obviously, it would have been a dream to make it to the semi-finals and play at [...]

Come on you Royals!

Rants and raves (but mostly rants) about following a 2nd division team.

Can we give the Liverpool win back?
I’d trade the win over Liverpool for points in the league any day of the week.  I was of course ridiculously excited when Reading knocked off Liverpool last week.  But if we come out and get played off [...]

Come on you Royals!

Rants and raves (but mostly rants) about following a 2nd division team.

Saturday’s FA Cup tie with Liverpool was especially enticing for me because not only would we be playing the storied Reds, but that I would also get to watch the game on TV.  A draw against a major club guaranteed that the game would [...]

Come on you Royals!

Rants and raves (but mostly rants) about following a 2nd division team.

&*#@! Why can’t we win at home?  In 12 home games at the Madjeski this season, Reading have one win.  Leading 1-0 through Grzegorz Rasaik’s 16th minute header, the Royals surrendered their lead in the 80th minute to Scunthorpe’s Gary Hooper.  Scunthorpe started the [...]

Come on you Royals!

Rants and raves (but mostly rants) about following a 2nd division team.

I am often greeted with the reaction of “Really?  Why?” when I tell people I am a Reading fan.  And it’s not the easiest explanation really.  Reading are toiling around in the relegation zone of the Championship this season, after flirting with immediate promotion [...]

Come on you Royals!

Rants and raves (but mostly rants) about following a 2nd division team.

Brendan Rodgers thanks the Reading faithful.

Reading coach Brendan Rodgers called it “like winning the world cup” after Readingdefeated Blackpool 2-1 at the Madjeski on Saturday. Sure, Blackpool is off to a great start (4th in the league going into the weekend).  And [...]