I've supported Reading since 1975 (wasn't there for the Tranmere goal) and I would say Little is as talented as I've ever seen. He's a remarkable player really and when on form is just a complete joy to watch. Along with Mark White, Darius Wdowkyk and Simon Osborne he's probably my favourite all tim...

To pursue the subject kind of. A friend of mine who was born and bred in London supports Accrington Stanley and regularly goes to watch them. It's not because he's trying to be 'eccentric'. He liked the name as a kid and has followed them ever since. I don't think it's that odd. I only lived in Read...

I'm hopeless with dates but I would say best for me were the years when McGhee got us started playing football with the likes of Osborne, Gooding (perhaps the most undermentioned player on the team forum?) et al. As a means of explanation I have been watching Reading since about 1975 and, god we wer...

Spacey, stick to reading the shipping forecast you boring old fart.

To be honest Royals is a really crap, bland nickname. I've always hated it and never understood why we lost the Biscuitmen soubriquet. Luton isn't full of milliners and they are still called the Hatters. Biscuitmen has much more character and has historical relevance for Reading. The Royals means zi...

that was a damn good article and far better than the 99 per cent of frankly disposable rubbish (should we cheer for Sidwell? is Lita's first touch letting him down?) that appears on here, my contributions included.

I'm still laughing at Sharpy's offer to Sidewell, saying 'if I ever see you I promise I will buy you a pint'. Yeah, right Sharpy I'm sure Sidders is waiting to walk into a public house to have a drink with you and chew the fat over a glass of ale.

Slag me off but our first touch has been a bit poor the last couple of games. Against Newcastle we kept losing the ball in midfield. It was only because they were so atrocious that we got away with it.

I generally like Jim White but I thought that piece was, frankly, crap. I"m kind of tired of listening to the tired old cliches of Coppell being so deadpan that it equates to dullness etc. etc. etc. He has a dry sense of humour and has a dim view of the media. I work in the media that he has su...

On a separate but, quite literally, related issue could someone explain what all this flag business is that eveyone keeps referring to? Several people have mentioned the Bolton fans and some flag routine and said how pathetic it was but no-one's actually explained what they were doing. Thanks.

I know everyone will take the piss out of me but I would like to see our Scandinavian, Oz, European scouts pull something out of the bag. Nuremburg have Deutmeur Harman playing for them who is getting not much play but is only around 20 - a centre forward in the Kits mould and is class. Basically si...

Now I know it was only a minor moment in the match although it did almost lead to a Charlton goal but Poll in the first 20 minutes today showed the kind of egomaniac referee that he is. You would have thought his self-esteem would have been dented after the World Cup but clearly not. He was around 2...

I have to agree with the author of this thread. I mean I'm sure I'm going to get slagged off for saying this but I thought, from what I 've seen this season, against Spurs it would count as one of our more ordinary performances. Personally, although strict I thought the penalty was a 50/50 and the r...

Blimey chum!!! I should jolly well say so!!!

Sorry if this has already been posted but I just thought I'd pass it on just in case. In the latest edition of the international weekly Daily Telegraph Bozzer Johnson has written a piece slagging off the England football establishment for being extremely thick and uneducated. He points particularly ...

I've just been unpacking some stuff from the UK into our new house in Australia and I came across the David Downs book on Reading's hundred greatest players. I was astonished to discover that Hicks once played in some kind of England veterans team against another international veterans team and he m...

I would say generally speaking Coppell is probably the brightest manager in the English league that I can think of. OK Wenger is extremely clever when it comes to football and is highly articulate, particularly given that he is speaking in a second language. The difference is Coppell is a genuinely ...

Bagman that is a genuinely great Elm Park story. Thanks for that. I'm going to send it to my old man. He'll love it. Ta again.

When I was a kid I always used to get Bruce Stuckey mixed up with Eamoon Dunphy and then when Stuart Beavon came along I became mightily confused as we had three players at around the same time who all had what could loosely be called 'blonde perms'. I know this may sound an odd question but did any...

Charlie was manager when I first started supporting Reading. He is also credited with discovering a certain Robin Friday which makes him part of the folklore of the Biscuitmen as we then were.