You're not a Reading fan unless...

[AbovetheI]

How many pages before Handbags uses the C word?

Two - evens
Three - 3/1
Four - 10/1
Five - 11/1

Not once - 66/1

Place your bets gents.

[rabidbee]

- You saw THAT Jamie Lambert goal.

I prefer to remember THAT tackle on Lambert in the Oxford game

[Readingfanman]

Never at 66/1 got to be worth a quid, hopefuly his injury will calm him down enough for me to win.

[The Echo]

- You can recall the hilarious incident at Kenilworth Road back in League One days.
- You sat in traffic to turn up at Ashton Gate already 2-0 down. And we wore a yellow kit.
- You were at PANTS day.
- You remember when you could arrive at the Mad Stad half hour before the game, find a space, and only pay a fiver for it.
- You walked from Reading station to Elm Park in all degrees and types of weather, developing a recognisable 'football walk' of a certain pace and purpose.
- You know that Jesus did actually stand in the South Bank.
- You saw THAT Jamie Lambert goal.
- You were particularly under-whelmed by our last match at Elm Park, and took home a fist size clump of turf and an piece of advertising hoarding.

I left the Crystal Palace game (The 1-6 one where we stormed onto the pitch to protest) With the corner flag from the south east corner. Stuffed it down my jeans and walked out like John Wayne. Problem was I stupidly gave it to the girlfriend at the time. Not seen it for over a decade!

[The Echo]

- You can recall the hilarious incident at Kenilworth Road back in League One days.
- You sat in traffic to turn up at Ashton Gate already 2-0 down. And we wore a yellow kit.
- You were at PANTS day.
- You remember when you could arrive at the Mad Stad half hour before the game, find a space, and only pay a fiver for it.
- You walked from Reading station to Elm Park in all degrees and types of weather, developing a recognisable 'football walk' of a certain pace and purpose.
- You know that Jesus did actually stand in the South Bank.
- You saw THAT Jamie Lambert goal.
- You were particularly under-whelmed by our last match at Elm Park, and took home a fist size clump of turf and an piece of advertising hoarding.

I left the Crystal Palace game (The 1-6 one where we stormed onto the pitch to protest) With the corner flag from the south east corner. Stuffed it down my jeans and walked out like John Wayne. Problem was I stupidly gave it to the girlfriend at the time. Not seen it for over a decade!

I'll add "stolen something worth steeling from Elm Park".

[Einstein agogo]

-you remember away fans in the south bank who threw coins at you
-a man stood infront of you smoking a pipe all game
a man stood behind you with a swastica tattooed on his forehead
birds crapped on you from the floodlights if you stood out west
you think 7,500 people sounded louder than 24000 ( i know it's the roof design but still.....
you've seem us get beat by bury and bishop storford
you have shouted abuse at olie kearns
all your freinds at school took the piss for nearly 20 years until they started to "support their local team and not Man U anymore

[chilipepper91]

- you've been invited by Mad Dog into the dugout at an away game.
- you stayed for all 6 Rovers goals.
- you've been a mascot on your birthday.
- you remember THAT Steve Stone miss at EP.

[chilipepper91]

Oh and LOL at all the people who took this thread seriously...

[West Stand Man]

Do you know I actually though about putting a "THIS THREAD IS FIRMLY TONGUE IN CHEEK" as a subscript, and thought nah, people would understand that surely? Obviously not

You clearly fell into the easy trap, that so many do, of not realising that irony doesn't work well on the computer screen in text form.

[Zammo]

- you were mascot for the Royals vs Villa at Villa Park in the mid-eighties for a league cup game

[punkindrublic]

Handbags, you got a spare ticket to Southampton this we-end?

Oh, and does writing your first note on HobNob make you a plastic?

-Wembley 95 - Vs Bolton - was 9 and went Elm park with the old man, used to sit on advertising boarding watching the legends that were Jimmy Quinn and BBC berkshires Mick Gooding. Pure genius.

Locky

[Winchester Royal]

You're not a Reading fan unless...

You sat on the wall at the back of the Southbank.
You saw us relegated in your first season
You went to games at Elm Park, but never saw the Royals score.
You've been to Port Vale.
You've seen at least 3 friendlies against Didcot.

[Great Knolly]

You've taken Robin Friday to casualty to get his stomach pumped

[1960]

I could say I remember Bomber Reeves, Johnny Walker, Jimmy Wheeler, goal-scoring goalkeeper Arthur Wilkie, Jimmy Whitehouse, Dick Spiers. I could say remember trolley buses in the town centre, football specials from ST MARY'S Butts (it had a proper name then), long walks from the stadium to the station, my dad missing three goals against QPR because he wanted to get the football special back to town, the megastore (a hut on the hill down to the South Bank), the lake of piss flowing out of the toilets, the "refurbished" toilets. I could say I remember Harry Johnstone, Roy Bentley, Charlie Hurley. I could say I remember when Oxford and Wigan were non-league teams, when Burnley, Spurs, Wolves, Derby, Forest were league champions.

I could say I remember all these things, but you would just say I was a boring old fart and not a Reading fan because I like to sit in the seats provided at games these days.

[brendywendy]

You've seen Reading play at Brentford, Bristol City, and Chesterfield.
You were born in the Royal Berks.
You have a relative that has worked in the Courage Brewery and Prudential.
You saw Michael Gilkes shank a cross into the Tilehurst End.
You know about the Butts Centre and don't relate it to an arsehole.
You saw Trevor Senior or Ron Blackman score.
You can instantly recite the three B's.
You speak with a very reynded accent.

4/8

- You can recall the hilarious incident at Kenilworth Road back in League One days.
- You sat in traffic to turn up at Ashton Gate already 2-0 down. And we wore a yellow kit.
- You were at PANTS day.
- You remember when you could arrive at the Mad Stad half hour before the game, find a space, and only pay a fiver for it.
- You walked from Reading station to Elm Park in all degrees and types of weather, developing a recognisable 'football walk' of a certain pace and purpose.
- You know that Jesus did actually stand in the South Bank.
- You saw THAT Jamie Lambert goal.
- You were particularly under-whelmed by our last match at Elm Park, and took home a fist size clump of turf and an piece of advertising hoarding.

5/8

9/16

what does that make me?

[SpaceCruiser]

You've seen Reading play at Brentford, Bristol City, and Chesterfield.

Yes, yes, no.

You were born in the Royal Berks.

Yes

You have a relative that has worked in the Courage Brewery and Prudential.

No.

You saw Michael Gilkes shank a cross into the Tilehurst End.

Yes

You know about the Butts Centre and don't relate it to an arsehole.

Yes, but what does this have to do with supporting Reading FC?

You saw Trevor Senior or Ron Blackman score.

Yes, no.

You can instantly recite the three B's.

That'll be beer, biscuits, bulbs? Or is it bricks instead of bulbs? If so, then yes.

You speak with a very reynded accent.

I dunno, can somebody who's talked to me tell me if I talk like that? And what does the way you talk have to do with supporting Reading?

[brendywendy]

...you've complained about every song sung by Reading fans
...you've complained about everyone who doesn't sing every song sung by Reading fans
...you've complained about the grammar/spelling in everyone's posts
...you've complained about everyone who complains about the grammar/spelling in everyone's posts
...you've complained about everyone in the team
...you've complained about everyone who's complained about the team
...you've complained about other Reading fans because they are female /old /young disabled /teenage /in their 20s/30s/40s/50s etc/ are too big/ too small/ too loud /too quiet /wear replica shirts/ don't wear replica shirts
...you've complained about fans who don't go to the matches
...you've complained about people who go to the matches
...you've been insulted by another Reading fan
...you've fallen for someone's fishing exercise

I think that covers what I've seen so far...or is that just HNA?

im 100% on this one!

cheers sarah

[sheshnu]

Failed on all counts so far

What am I even doing here?

[Tony Le Mesmer]

You've seen Reading play at Brentford, Bristol City, and Chesterfield.
You were born in the Royal Berks.
You have a relative that has worked in the Courage Brewery and Prudential.
You saw Michael Gilkes shank a cross into the Tilehurst End.
You know about the Butts Centre and don't relate it to an arsehole.
You saw Trevor Senior or Ron Blackman score.
You can instantly recite the three B's.
You speak with a very reynded accent.

[Franchise FC]

- you've been to Altrincham mid-week, mid-season .......for a friendly
- you've discharged yourself from hospital to see a game and can't remember a thing about it
- you've been to Rotherham mid-week to watch the team in a indoor five-a-side game because the pitch was SOOOOO flooded that the game could have been called off hours beforehand