Reading FC was a West Reading club

[readingbedding]

We moved to the Madejski, then the suburbs became interested.

But in my heart RFC will remain a West Reading club.

[floyd__streete]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

True though. My family were all Earley FC fans until they amalgamated with Reading in 1889.

[Red]

The West Reading derby between 'ding and town certainly used to have a bit more spice to it than it does now.

[readingbedding]

Indeed, I would also say that West Reading is the heartbeat of the whole town.

RFC will always be a West Reading club to me...

[floyd__streete]

Elm Park was a good metaphor for West Reading actually; shabby, ugly looking and unloved by the population at large.

[ellpryjon]

Elm Park was a good metaphor for West Reading actually; shabby, ugly looking and unloved by the population at large.

[readingbedding]

Indeed, and there's nothing wrong with that.

[Big Foot]

Elm Park was a good metaphor for West Reading actually; shabby, ugly looking and unloved by the population at large.

Madejski Stadium sums up all that one would associate with our fans from other areas of town: plastic, a bit souless and generally shit.

[Aubery Boyce]

Oh West Reading...

[readingbedding]

Also, perhaps the move to the Madejski was needed to attract the East Reading, Lower Legoland, Winnersh, Wokingham etc etc fanbase money.

Give in one hand and take with the other.

There were exceptions of course but RFC was a West Reading club.

[Rainham Dagger]

Can I just say as an non Readingensian (and perhaps as such I don't "get it") but I find all this West/East Reading stuff hilarious.

If your family going back several generations were all Geordies, Brummies, Cornish whatever - you can kind of understand a bit of local pride - but to get this coming from someone from Reading is LOLaughable. And to then further split it out by a kind of "my bland suburb of a bland town is better than yours" is, well

[Pat MaGroyne]

Oh West Reading...

is shit m8.
Much prefer Lower Earley, or Woodley.

[readingbedding]

Thanks Mr Rainman Dagger.

[floyd__streete]

Elm Park was a good metaphor for West Reading actually; shabby, ugly looking and unloved by the population at large.

Madejski Stadium sums up all that one would associate with our fans from other areas of town: plastic, a bit souless and generally shit.

VaLOLid. Seriously though, whenever I have to venture west of the Ramada I begin to feel unsafe and no little depressed. I genuinely feel for anyone who lives in the other half of the town, a genuinely gloomy place it is with your weird Oxford Road streetlighting and run-down sex shops. You all buy your dinner from the 555 fish bar too. It is like a different town, indeed a different world. West Reading = the DDR, East Reading = the BRD, they should build a brick wall along the IDR. And aren't your accents weird: "dayn tayn to pop in to the caynsil."

[readingbedding]

Where all the streets are the same, and where everyone knows your name.

Lower Legoland.

[floyd__streete]

If your family going back several generations were all Geordies, Brummies, Cornish whatever - you can kind of understand a bit of local pride - but to get this coming from someone from Reading is LOLaughable. And to then further split it out by a kind of "my bland suburb of a bland town is better than yours" is, well

A Medway-based Dagenham fan slagging off the town of Reading .

[Winnershroyal]

Also, perhaps the move to the Madejski was needed to attract the East Reading, Lower Legoland, Winnersh, Wokingham etc etc fanbase money.

Give in one hand and take with the other.

There were exceptions of course but RFC was a West Reading club.

Other than boring beyond belief, what is wrong with Winnersh?

[readingbedding]

Don't know, never been there, only through it.

[handbags_harris]

A Medway-based Dagenham fan slagging off the town of Reading

And those with more knowledge of the South West Essex area than you will know that there is also a Rainham there

West Reading > East Reading.

[Winchester Royal]

I'd rather live down the Oxford Road than up Cemetery Junction.

Not that either is particularly desirable tbh.