The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2024/25

[Royals and Racers]

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[Royals and Racers]

Goalkeeper Matt Rowley who has been on loan at Beaconsfield has been recalled and moved to Dover Athletic on another loan.

[Clyde1998]

Goalkeeper Matt Rowley who has been on loan at Beaconsfield has been recalled and moved to Dover Athletic on another loan.

I take it that's a level higher than what he was playing at. Good luck to him.

[Hendo]

Goalkeeper Matt Rowley who has been on loan at Beaconsfield has been recalled and moved to Dover Athletic on another loan.

I take it that's a level higher than what he was playing at. Good luck to him.

Beaconsfield - Southern League Premier Division South
Dover Athletic - National League South

[WestYorksRoyal]

Goalkeeper Matt Rowley who has been on loan at Beaconsfield has been recalled and moved to Dover Athletic on another loan.

I take it that's a level higher than what he was playing at. Good luck to him.

Beaconsfield - Southern League Premier Division South
Dover Athletic - National League South

How does it compare to the Combined Counties?

[Royals and Racers]

I take it that's a level higher than what he was playing at. Good luck to him.

Beaconsfield - Southern League Premier Division South
Dover Athletic - National League South

How does it compare to the Combined Counties?

National league South step 2
Southern Premier step 3
Combined counties premier step 5
Combined counties Div 1 step 6

[SCIAG]

I take it that's a level higher than what he was playing at. Good luck to him.

Beaconsfield - Southern League Premier Division South
Dover Athletic - National League South

How does it compare to the Combined Counties?

Combined Counties Premier is ninth tier (non-league step 5). It's home to Reading City, Wokingham & Emmbrook, and Sandhurst Town. Woodley United and Windsor play in CC Division One.

Southern League Premier is seventh tier (non-league step 3). It's home to the likes of Basingstoke Town, Bracknell Town, and Hungerford Town.

National League South is sixth tier (non-league step 2). Slough Town and Farnborough are our local representatives, alongside fallen giants Torquay United and Yeovil Town who are both professional.

So safe to say the NL South is a significant step-up on Wokingham & Emmbrook.

Edit: shouldn't have taken so long writing this

[WestYorksRoyal]

Beaconsfield - Southern League Premier Division South
Dover Athletic - National League South

How does it compare to the Combined Counties?

Combined Counties Premier is ninth tier (non-league step 5). It's home to Reading City, Wokingham & Emmbrook, and Sandhurst Town. Woodley United and Windsor play in CC Division One.

Southern League Premier is seventh tier (non-league step 3). It's home to the likes of Basingstoke Town, Bracknell Town, and Hungerford Town.

National League South is sixth tier (non-league step 2). Slough Town and Farnborough are our local representatives, alongside fallen giants Torquay United and Yeovil Town who are both professional.

So safe to say the NL South is a significant step-up on Wokingham & Emmbrook.

Edit: shouldn't have taken so long writing this

Cool, so he's well out of our league when the phoenix starts.

[Royals and Racers]

Next fixture for the U 21’s is a PL 2 match under the lights at Bearwood next Monday evening 18th March KO 7pm against Norwich City.
Season ticket holders can attend by ringing the ticket office and paying £5 for the privilege of standing on a grass bank !!

[Sutekh]

I presume that Reading Phoenix will apply to the Combined Counties League and therefore start out in Division 1 against the likes of Windsor, Yateley and Rising Ballers Kensington

Current CCL Div 1 Table

And the team thread would move to the Non-League thread under General Football

[WestYorksRoyal]

I presume that Reading Phoenix will apply to the Combined Counties League and therefore start out in Division 1 against the likes of Windsor, Yateley and Rising Ballers Kensington

Current CCL Div 1 Table

And the team thread would move to the Non-League thread under General Football

Surely we'd smash through a few promotions early doors? We'd get decent crowds wherever we play, perhaps plenty of seed capital from fans, sympathetic loans from former league rivals. Every game would effectively have a home crowd given distances. It probably only gets tough in National League South or so.

[Stranded]

I presume that Reading Phoenix will apply to the Combined Counties League and therefore start out in Division 1 against the likes of Windsor, Yateley and Rising Ballers Kensington

Current CCL Div 1 Table

And the team thread would move to the Non-League thread under General Football

Surely we'd smash through a few promotions early doors? We'd get decent crowds wherever we play, perhaps plenty of seed capital from fans, sympathetic loans from former league rivals. Every game would effectively have a home crowd given distances. It probably only gets tough in National League South or so.

Probably need to look at AFC Wimbledon to see what is possible - if we have to go down the Phoenix route then a well funded "new" Reading would likely hoover up a lot of the top players for the level, initially at least.

Wimbledon certainly did but didn't get promoted in their first season they went

CCL Prem - 3rd (but with 111 points!!)
CCL Prem - Champions (130 points!)
Isthmian D1 - Champions
Isthmian Premier - 4th
Isthmian Premier - 5th
Isthmian Premier - 3rd - Play-off winners
Conference South - Champions

So the path back to the top flight of NL seemed to hit a plateau in the Isthmian Premier - I can only assume that it took a couple of years to replace players who were good enough for the tiers below with those who could compete in the Conference South.

[morganb]

Next fixture for the U 21’s is a PL 2 match under the lights at Bearwood next Monday evening 18th March KO 7pm against Norwich City.
Season ticket holders can attend by ringing the ticket office and paying £5 for the privilege of standing on a grass bank !!

Are we sure this is at Bearwood as this is still shown on the Aldershot website fixture list as being there:

https://www.theshots.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixtures/

OTHER FIXTURES AT THE EBB STADIUM

Date Kick Off Home Side Away Side Competition
Mon 18 Mar 7PM Reading U21 Norwich City U21 PL2

Though the Academy site does indeed say Bearwood:

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/matches/u21

[Sutekh]

I presume that Reading Phoenix will apply to the Combined Counties League and therefore start out in Division 1 against the likes of Windsor, Yateley and Rising Ballers Kensington

Current CCL Div 1 Table

And the team thread would move to the Non-League thread under General Football

Surely we'd smash through a few promotions early doors? We'd get decent crowds wherever we play, perhaps plenty of seed capital from fans, sympathetic loans from former league rivals. Every game would effectively have a home crowd given distances. It probably only gets tough in National League South or so.

Probably need to look at AFC Wimbledon to see what is possible - if we have to go down the Phoenix route then a well funded "new" Reading would likely hoover up a lot of the top players for the level, initially at least.

Wimbledon certainly did but didn't get promoted in their first season they went

CCL Prem - 3rd (but with 111 points!!)
CCL Prem - Champions (130 points!)
Isthmian D1 - Champions
Isthmian Premier - 4th
Isthmian Premier - 5th
Isthmian Premier - 3rd - Play-off winners
Conference South - Champions

So the path back to the top flight of NL seemed to hit a plateau in the Isthmian Premier - I can only assume that it took a couple of years to replace players who were good enough for the tiers below with those who could compete in the Conference South.

You also have to remember that the NL world is a great deal different player wise as players can be dual registered (i.e. play for more than one club) and the call of the normal working world is greater with perceived greater opportunities for security and players are not always drawn by wanting to be professionals but just for the love of playing. Plus travel, as you move up leagues players may want to stay more local and so move on so you find player turnover is a lot greater - then there's absences due to domestic arrangements/work requirements etc.

It's also Dai's world really as there's no FFP in the non league world, and the National League more than likely won't be granted further promotion spots until they start laying it on the line for member clubs. Bad news of course is that there'll be tons of play off opportunities for Reading Phoenix to totally foul up in every way possible.

[Royals and Racers]

Next fixture for the U 21’s is a PL 2 match under the lights at Bearwood next Monday evening 18th March KO 7pm against Norwich City.
Season ticket holders can attend by ringing the ticket office and paying £5 for the privilege of standing on a grass bank !!

Are we sure this is at Bearwood as this is still shown on the Aldershot website fixture list as being there:

https://www.theshots.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixtures/

OTHER FIXTURES AT THE EBB STADIUM

Date Kick Off Home Side Away Side Competition
Mon 18 Mar 7PM Reading U21 Norwich City U21 PL2

Though the Academy site does indeed say Bearwood:

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/matches/u21

Thanks- both the PL and Norwich also said game was at Bearwood, however RFC have now confirmed that it is being played at the EBB stadium in Aldershot next Monday 18th March Ko 7pm with free entry.

[traff]

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/

Think we need to protest that Yeovil have tricked us that they have moved to Devon!

[bluerinse]

Somerset will be pissed off.

[Royals and Racers]

Chelsea U 18’s 2 Reading U 18’s 0 this morning.
88 and 90+6 time of goals !

[The Royal Forester]

Chelsea U 18’s 2 Reading U 18’s 0 this morning.
88 and 90+6 time of goals !

Those youngsters will do well in the first team, Promote them, now.

[Sutekh]

Soon be al to arvchive thi thread