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Stooper · by **Stooper** » 15 May 2008 12:27

Reading 2-0 Stoke City - March(?) '98.

His first home game in charge and 'that' header from Michael O'Neill.

Although Reading still had Forest & 'Boro to come you could kind of sense an optimism of staying up.

Think it was actually the last win of the season!

Forbury Lion · by **Forbury Lion** » 15 May 2008 12:54

Best game - Reading 3-0 Luton, Mass Sarr looked the bargain of the season and would have been at home in the premiership. Gave me real hope.

Best result was winning at the Britania Stadium, Mark McKeever got two on his debut and I think we won 4-0.

Best goal that I can recall was the long range effort by Neil Clement, on loan from Chelsea.

Best signing at the time was Nicky Forster, although in retrospect Graeme Murty was the best buy.

RG30 · by **RG30** » 15 May 2008 12:58

Reading 3-0 Luton - Enough said, 1st game at the Madejski and we played really well.

Reading 2-1 Stoke - Great atmosphere, 4,000 Stokies singing Delilah and great celebration when Jimmy Mac scored the winner with minutes to spare

Reading 2-1 Preston - Injury time Tony Thorpe penalty

Reading 3-3 Bournemouth - Great game, end to end drama.

Stoke 0-4 Reading - Great 2nd half display from the team

Reading 2-1 Bristol City - Jimmy Crawford winner on the opening day of the season.

Vision · by **Vision** » 15 May 2008 13:06

Reading 0-6 Bristol Rovers.

How it wasn't double figures only Jason Roberts knows.

royal tunbridge wells · by **royal tunbridge wells** » 15 May 2008 14:30

Can any well informed Nobbers remember TB first game in charge?
Who it was against and the result.

I could have sworn we were away at Portman road....where he introduced about 7 news faces...
but checking the fixtures I must be wrong. I do remeber us being beaten....(I think)

Thaumagurist* · by Thaumagurist* » 15 May 2008 14:36

royal tunbridge wells · by **royal tunbridge wells** » 15 May 2008 14:49

phew ! Glad my memory is in some sort of order.
I remember it being a strange game...the team list on the back of the programme was a scrawl of crossed out and penned in names of people I hardly knew. Rather surreal watching a Reading team nearly unrecognisable from the one playing the week before. Took 25 minutes to be sure who was who..

I do remeber being outraged at the game...and thanks to Thaumagurist I now know why..

By the way, v sad to hear about his passing. As many have said, 51 is a life cut horribly short.

AF1 · by **AF1** » 15 May 2008 15:01

The Luton 3-0 game, the performance took my mind off the disappointment of the new ground.

Stooper · by **Stooper** » 15 May 2008 16:02

Wasn't the Ipswich game with two sendings off the 5-2 defeat a year or two before? Bobby Mihaylov and Andy Bernal IIRC.

So, the Magnificent Seven:

Jimmy McIntyre
Stuart Gray
Jimmy Crawford
Paul Brayson
Patrick Kelly
Scott Howie
Robert Fleck

Reilly, Brebner and McLaren followed later didn't they?

Thaumagurist* · by Thaumagurist* » 15 May 2008 16:18

Jack Celliers · by **Jack Celliers** » 15 May 2008 16:47

Stooper Wasn't the Ipswich game with two sendings off the 5-2 defeat a year or two before? Bobby Mihaylov and Andy Bernal IIRC.

So, the Magnificent Seven:

Jimmy McIntyre
Stuart Gray
Jimmy Crawford
Paul Brayson
Patrick Kelly
Scott Howie
Robert Fleck

Reilly, Brebner and McLaren followed later didn't they?

It is difficult to imagine seven worse players.
Does anybody remember the load he bought on deadline day in the next season?

JonnyRuff · by **JonnyRuff** » 15 May 2008 16:55

Stoke 0-4 Reading - One of the best away games ever
Reading 3-3 Bournemouth - Cracking game, had everything

royalsteve · by **royalsteve** » 15 May 2008 16:57

Forbury Lion Best game - Reading 3-0 Luton, Mass Sarr looked the bargain of the season and would have been at home in the premiership. Gave me real hope.

Best result was winning at the Britania Stadium, Mark McKeever got two on his debut and I think we won 4-0.

Best goal that I can recall was the long range effort by Neil Clement, on loan from Chelsea.

Best signing at the time was Nicky Forster, although in retrospect Graeme Murty was the best buy.

mass sarr...great first game, then must have found mcdonalds, kfc, etc...i heard he ate an entire mcdonald's restaurant, which he stored in his arse

royalsteve · by **royalsteve** » 15 May 2008 17:17

AF1 The Luton 3-0 game, the performance took my mind off the disappointment of the new ground.

cant say i was disappointed with the ground.....it was massive compared to the rusty elm park.....took some time getting used to sitting down though!!

AthleticoSpizz · by **AthleticoSpizz** » 15 May 2008 17:18

Reading 1 Sam Allardyce's Notts County 0
A great goal scored by........ erm ....them, and a streaker with even less tackle potential than our entire defence

Thaumagurist* · by Thaumagurist* » 15 May 2008 17:20

royalsteve · by **royalsteve** » 15 May 2008 17:21

Jack Celliers
Stooper Wasn't the Ipswich game with two sendings off the 5-2 defeat a year or two before? Bobby Mihaylov and Andy Bernal IIRC.

So, the Magnificent Seven:

Jimmy McIntyre
Stuart Gray
Jimmy Crawford
Paul Brayson
Patrick Kelly
Scott Howie
Robert Fleck

Reilly, Brebner and McLaren followed later didn't they?

It is difficult to imagine seven worse players.
Does anybody remember the load he bought on deadline day in the next season?

cantremember all of them but didnt he buy the dutch keeper (who was shit) and the dutch defender (prob the worst defender ever to wear a RFC shirt, no sorry worst defender ever for ANY team)....kromjeer or something

rabidbee · by **rabidbee** » 15 May 2008 17:21

That McKeever match at Stoke for me - what a game! Whatever happened to him?

AthleticoSpizz · by **AthleticoSpizz** » 15 May 2008 17:21

Thaumagurist*
AthleticoSpizz Reading 1 Sam Allardyce's Notts County 0
A great goal scored by........ erm ....them, and a streaker with even less tackle potential than our entire defence

Isn't that the LOLaughabLOLe headed back pass with the goalkeeper stranded between the goal and the edge of the box!

I still remember that game.

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