They always score against us..

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Re: They always score against us..

by Carnabyswhiskers » 27 Dec 2024 23:45

morganb Is there any truth in that players who've played for us and left then often score against us?


Jake Cooper!

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Re: They always score against us..

by Carnabyswhiskers » 27 Dec 2024 23:48

blythspartan I think Curo got 4 in one game against us for Brizzie Rovers. All in the second half.

Didn't Jason Roberts get the other 2?

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Re: They always score against us..

by Horsham Royal » 28 Dec 2024 00:27

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blythspartan I think Curo got 4 in one game against us for Brizzie Rovers. All in the second half.

Didn't Jason Roberts get the other 2?

Before they left us though.

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Re: They always score against us..

by The Faith Healer » 28 Dec 2024 01:01

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Carnabyswhiskers Tom Eaves. I was convinced he 'always scores against us' but then did some digging and found he doesn't. Before today I can only find one goal - against one of our youth teams - in 17/18 season. Over the years there have been (too) many, so inviting others to suggest theirs I'm going to go Mick Butler (Barnsley) and more recently Billy Sharp (too many clubs to mention, including us on loan at one stage). Not checked their stats, but just hearing their names is unsettling. Any others?


Going back 'a bit'.....George Jones (Bury)


Just beat me to it. Seven goals in two games. :shock:



Thanks AR. Thought it might be my imagination...but I remember going home on the bus along the Tilehurst Road after being stuffed at EP with people arguing about how many/often he'd scored. Long Pre-Google days when Real Facts(ssss) weren't
so immediately accessible.
(Although of course things are so much better now.....)

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Re: They always score against us..

by Mr Optimist » 28 Dec 2024 07:03

Not ex-players but opposition players that always seem(ed) to score against us:

Ched Evans
Scott Sinclair
Jordan Hugill
Kieffer Moore


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by Sutekh » 28 Dec 2024 08:43

And then there’s those that have a great scoring record that never do anything against Reading. Eg. Jordan Rhodes has only nabbed a couple in countless games against Reading and I think one of those was a penalty.

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Re: They always score against us..

by Snowflake Royal » 28 Dec 2024 09:47

AthleticoSpizz Thought it was the other way around (strap, cube, cube, strap) iirc

Wasn’t (at least) one of them totally misquoted / misunderstood / misrepresented and just gave up with it all on here after years and years of providing accurate facts and figures?

RiP Ray C’s participation on here

From memory Strap kept going off on borderline racist rants. And Cube still contributes occasionally.

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Re: They always score against us..

by windermereROYAL » 28 Dec 2024 10:21

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Carnabyswhiskers Tom Eaves. I was convinced he 'always scores against us' but then did some digging and found he doesn't. Before today I can only find one goal - against one of our youth teams - in 17/18 season. Over the years there have been (too) many, so inviting others to suggest theirs I'm going to go Mick Butler (Barnsley) and more recently Billy Sharp (too many clubs to mention, including us on loan at one stage). Not checked their stats, but just hearing their names is unsettling. Any others?


Going back 'a bit'.....George Jones (Bury)


Just beat me to it. Seven goals in two games. :shock:


Both games finished 5-1, he scored 4 down here and 1 in the return game, I went to both.

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Re: They always score against us..

by Crusader Royal » 28 Dec 2024 10:31

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AthleticoSpizz Thought it was the other way around (strap, cube, cube, strap) iirc

Wasn’t (at least) one of them totally misquoted / misunderstood / misrepresented and just gave up with it all on here after years and years of providing accurate facts and figures?

RiP Ray C’s participation on here

From memory Strap kept going off on borderline racist rants. And Cube still contributes occasionally.


Cube definitely still pops up and is the last person who I’d expect to go rascist !
Strap had major health issues and I don’t know if he is still struggling with that, not seen anything of him off the board for a long while.
Both incredible founts of knowledge on RFC although they aren’t the only one’s with databases. Oddly those with in depth factual knowledge seem not to be the ones who indulge in preaching or over reaction.


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Re: They always score against us..

by AthleticoSpizz » 28 Dec 2024 10:44

Thanx for the update, good to know.
Guess The Cubes recent participations must’ve passed me by

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Re: They always score against us..

by Crusader Royal » 28 Dec 2024 10:58

AthleticoSpizz Thanx for the update, good to know.
Guess The Cubes recent participations must’ve passed me by


Cube is the most recent poster on the Academy thread !

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Re: They always score against us..

by Orion1871 » 28 Dec 2024 11:03

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AthleticoSpizz Thought it was the other way around (strap, cube, cube, strap) iirc

Wasn’t (at least) one of them totally misquoted / misunderstood / misrepresented and just gave up with it all on here after years and years of providing accurate facts and figures?

RiP Ray C’s participation on here

From memory Strap kept going off on borderline racist rants. And Cube still contributes occasionally.


Cube definitely still pops up and is the last person who I’d expect to go rascist !
Strap had major health issues and I don’t know if he is still struggling with that, not seen anything of him off the board for a long while.
Both incredible founts of knowledge on RFC although they aren’t the only one’s with databases. Oddly those with in depth factual knowledge seem not to be the ones who indulge in preaching or over reaction.


Shit. Has he been seen since the vids?

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Re: They always score against us..

by Broxroyal » 28 Dec 2024 11:04

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Going back 'a bit'.....George Jones (Bury)


Just beat me to it. Seven goals in two games. :shock:


Both games finished 5-1, he scored 4 down here and 1 in the return game, I went to both.


The game at Elm Park was the only one I have ever left early. Even then I didn't want to go but my Dad insisted. It wasn't easy to get out, as the gates were closed to prevent people sneaking in. George Jones hardly ever scored against anyone else but always against us


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Re: They always score against us..

by LightwaterRoyal » 28 Dec 2024 11:05

Peter Whittingham (Rest in peace) used to always seem to score against us.

Lee Tomlin
Craig Mackail Smith
Nakhi Wells
Dexter Blackstock

A few that come to mind.

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Re: They always score against us..

by AthleticoSpizz » 28 Dec 2024 11:17

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AthleticoSpizz Thanx for the update, good to know.
Guess The Cubes recent participations must’ve passed me by


Cube is the most recent poster on the Academy thread !
yeah spotted :oops: , maybe I just don’t spend enough time here on the TB :lol:

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Re: They always score against us..

by Snowflake Royal » 28 Dec 2024 11:18

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AthleticoSpizz Thought it was the other way around (strap, cube, cube, strap) iirc

Wasn’t (at least) one of them totally misquoted / misunderstood / misrepresented and just gave up with it all on here after years and years of providing accurate facts and figures?

RiP Ray C’s participation on here

From memory Strap kept going off on borderline racist rants. And Cube still contributes occasionally.


Cube definitely still pops up and is the last person who I’d expect to go rascist !
Strap had major health issues and I don’t know if he is still struggling with that, not seen anything of him off the board for a long while.
Both incredible founts of knowledge on RFC although they aren’t the only one’s with databases. Oddly those with in depth factual knowledge seem not to be the ones who indulge in preaching or over reaction.

Strap was all overreaction by the time he left, so your theory doesn't remotely work.

Cube is great. More from him would be fab.

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Re: They always score against us..

by Clyde1998 » 28 Dec 2024 13:07

Slightly different, but Matty Waghorn had a period of two goals and seven assists between the 2013-14 and 2019-20 season (eight matches / 576 minutes).

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Re: They always score against us..

by Dulwich Royal » 28 Dec 2024 14:40

Neil Harris
6 goals in 12 games v Reading

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Re: They always score against us..

by Crusader Royal » 28 Dec 2024 19:17

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Snowflake Royal From memory Strap kept going off on borderline racist rants. And Cube still contributes occasionally.


Cube definitely still pops up and is the last person who I’d expect to go rascist !
Strap had major health issues and I don’t know if he is still struggling with that, not seen anything of him off the board for a long while.
Both incredible founts of knowledge on RFC although they aren’t the only one’s with databases. Oddly those with in depth factual knowledge seem not to be the ones who indulge in preaching or over reaction.

Strap was all overreaction by the time he left, so your theory doesn't remotely work.

Cube is great. More from him would be fab.


Whatever the situation before Strap left I think in general the correlation between those who have facts on hand and those who make the most noise is fairly clear….
There are others on here who have superb and accurate RFC knowledge and they don’t tend to be the ones making the most noise.

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Re: They always score against us..

by Pepe the Horseman » 28 Dec 2024 19:33

Crusader Royal There are others on here who have superb and accurate RFC knowledge and they don’t tend to be the ones making the most noise.

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