Which royals legend am I?

[Stooper]

Come on then, left to right



Surprised I can still name them all, I'm getting on a bit now!

[Thaumagurist*]

Come on then, left to right



Surprised I can still name them all, I'm getting on a bit now!

BACK ROW - ?, ?, Jamie Lambert, Shaka Hislop, Mick Gooding, Scott Taylor, Michael Gilkes
MIDDLE ROW - Colin Lee, Phil Parkinson, Jeff Hopkins, Andy Bernal, Dariusz Wdowcyzk, ?, Keith McPherson, Uwe Hartenberger, Jimmy Quinn, Mark McGhoo
FRONT ROW - Alan Carey???, Tom Jones, Dylan Kerr, Adrian Williams, Simon Osborn, Stuart Lovell, Paul Holsgrove

[Thaumagurist*]

I'd dispute Martin Williams and Grant Brebner being called "lesser" Royals.

Brebner is a legend for scoring the first ever goal at the Madejski Stadium and Martin Williams for.....well...falling over the ball.

No he isn't you spacky shagpiece. He's fondly remembered, maybe, but a fooking legend? Seriously.

Which one one are you talking about, you ugly sandwich bag breathing corpse?

[Focher]

Back left- Mark Holzman (????)
Bottom left - Lea Barkus

[Thaumagurist*]

I'm fairly sure that Barkus left Reading before the 1993-4 season?

[Focher]

I'm fairly sure that Barkus left Reading before the 1993-4 season?

its Barkus, its the top left i was not sure about.

[shoey]

I think you'll find that quite a few of us on here have followed Reading for more than 3 years.

fair point........

but caskey was a god! when we first came to the mad stad he kept us in div 2 at the time, and was a fans favourite for sure

[Bedale Royal]

Could it be David Bass?

[Thaumagurist*]

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[Wycombe Royal]

Back left- Mark Holzman (????)
Bottom left - Lea Barkus

Looks like Mark Holzman to me.

And it is definately Barkus, he was in the year below me at Bulmershe......

[Bill Oddie's Beard]

Back left- Mark Holzman (????)
Bottom left - Lea Barkus

Looks like Mark Holzman to me.

And it is definately Barkus, he was in the year below me at Bulmershe......

That's Alan Carey back left

[Berry]

I thought they were all the same player just at different stages of their career !

I misunderstood....

yh coz Murty looks anything like Primus

Even white men can grow dreads.....

I think you will find they are called "Shit" locks on white men

[Berry]

I think you'll find that quite a few of us on here have followed Reading for more than 3 years.

fair point........

but caskey was a god! when we first came to the mad stad he kept us in div 2 at the time, and was a fans favourite for sure

The problem with Caskey was he wanted to prove his fitness by shagging Martin Butlers Missus.

[Ian Royal]

Caskey was a great servant, and at the time a Legend, but not a big enough one to really stand the test of time. He's kicked out because it's got so crowded in the hall of legends recently.

Thats my opinion anyway.

[Maguire]

Back left- Mark Holzman (????)
Bottom left - Lea Barkus

Looks like Mark Holzman to me.

And it is definately Barkus, he was in the year below me at Bulmershe......

That's Alan Carey back left

'greed, DEFINITELY Alan Carey

[Berry]

Lea BARKUS 1991-1992 (16 games 1 goal) Brunel in the Bracknell Sunday League (info 10/2000). Also works for a bakery in Woodley (info 1/2001).

[Berry]

Alan CAREY 1993-1994 (3 games 0 goals) Cobham as at 8/2002

[Madstad to Nadderud]

Caskey was bought as a replacement for Osborn and if I remember at the time bought for a record fee for an RFC player. I remember that Caskey struggled to seriously feel Osborn's boots under Quinn and Gooding - apart from the odd good game - and it wasn't until Burns became manager that Caskey started to show some kind of promise. Yes, if I remember correctly that Caskey was top goal scorer for one season but unfortunately the status of legend should not be applied to a player that really had one good season. I remember Pardew dropping Caskey because he simply was not up to the pace of the Championship. Please reserve legend status for players such as Senior, Gooding, Quinn, Stevie Richardson (very consistent), Steve Francis, Parky, Shaka, etc. Even Osborn did more in a short space of time than Caskey achieved, and he was quite simply a far superior player. Matter of opinion of course, but there you go.

[Thaumagurist*]

You seem to have conveniently forgotten that Caskey suffered from injuries in the early part of his Reading career! Including a broken leg...

[Madstad to Nadderud]

Ok, so I forgot Caskey had a broken leg but he still had plenty of seasons to show more than he did. It sounds as if you agree with me...