DOESN'T IT FEEL GREAT TO BE A READING FAN ?

[Crowthorne Royal]

1st game, 1976 vs Stockport D4 - Reading win 5-0, Friday scores. Next game Tranmere - Reading win 5-0, Friday scores hat-trick including 'that goal' that people always refer to. If I'm honest I don't remember that goal, I was 9 at the time and I thought the whole game was just wonderful. We have had an awesome start to our Premiership career and it got me thinking about how other teams and indeed rivals have fared since coming in to contact with Reading over the last few years...

Oxford - I watched a little bit of Oxford vs Crawley on SKY last night - How the 'not so mighty' have fallen. From Div 1 in the 80's to The Conference now.
Swindon - League 2
Wycombe - League 2 (have always been there haven't they ?)
Aldershot - Have they ever got in to Div 3 or above ?
Walsall - Fighting it out with us a few years ago - League 2 (Butler 6 for the season!)
Brighton - As above, somewhere in league 1
Brentford - League 1 (and we've stolen most of their players and 'let' them have mad dog in return !! - Sorry Bees..)
Rotherham - League 1 with 1 point after 'administration'
Tranmere - (Play off semi 1995) League 1 ?
Cov - Glamorous Div 1 club who we beat in the semis of The Simod - Languishing in The CCC about third from bottom
And so the list goes on..
Loving every minute, loving the coverage and perhaps most of all the 'critics surprise' at our ability. Nevertheless I am abundandtly aware that the club has self desructed in the past and may do so again. But, in all honesty if we lost to Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal would anyone really be that surprised ? West Ham A will be tough too and we could have 9 points after 10 games soon ! Anyway, just over a point a game is what we need so we'd still be on target !
C'mon URZ !

[Einstein agogo]

http://footballfocus.xsmnet.com/tables/1977_78.htm

this is the first year i started going to elm park
look at div 1 (prem-now) i think you can lose half those teams now

[matt_turner]

i've been watching reading since i was about 10 or 11 (17 coming upto 18 now) my first game was reading vs halifax cup game i think it ended 1-1, ever since then i've gone to as many games as possible and i've loved every minute of it, i remember the division 2 playoff final, that was the first full season i supported reading and was probably one of the most heart wrenching things ever to happen to me

[Farnborough Royal]

My 1st game was 16/01/99 in THAT Bristol Rovers game at the MadStad.

[Winchester Royal]

My first was the 1-0 defeat by Sheffield United on November 4th, 1997

[Maguire]

My first was the Simod Cup final. GLOLory hunter.

[rfcfan13]

My first was the 1-0 defeat by Sheffield United on November 4th, 1997

A year and three days after that.

v Bournemouth, drew 3-3.

[RFCSinceBury1971]

http://footballfocus.xsmnet.com/tables/1971_72.htm

My first season.........Lol at Derby,Forest and Huddersfield.

[PREMIERSHIP_ROYAL]

http://footballfocus.xsmnet.com/tables/1997_98.htm

my first season, how are fortunes have changed

[mattyougg]

My First season:

1994/95

First full game I saw was Reading 3 - 0 Swindon
Lovell (3)
Att: 12,565

[Gordons Cumming]

http://footballfocus.xsmnet.com/tables/1969_70.htm

That's my first season.

The great Jack Mansell team.

[Blue and White Toucan]

My first was a testimonial for Fred May against Arsenal (I think it was 1974) Been a regular at EP and Mad house since

But the best thing now is that during our Div 3 and Div 4 years, I, like most of us, 'adopted' a big team, who we followed week on week.

Reading was my team but my 'big' team is (was) Man U. And I have been to a few (about 10) Man U games but always supported the Royals.

This Saturday it will be with upmost pride that I will wear my hoops (well half a shirt of them) and will be roaring on the Royals and will just love it if the Sunday Headlines are something like 'Rooney sees Red as Man U get Royal Roasting'

This is what being in the top flight is all about and I am just loving it.

[TFF]

My first game was against Darlington on 8th September 1984.

We lost 1-4.

[One Beer is never enough.]

My first was Hull, 1st game of the seaon in 1991. McGhee had just taken over..............To think I believe we have finished in the bottom half on 3 or 4 times since - 11 or 12 years where we have been there or there abouts.

[meeky_no9]

My first game was against Darlington on 8th September 1984.

We lost 1-4.

Hopefully no repeat tonight

[SWLR]

My first game was against Darlington on 8th September 1984.

We lost 1-4.

That has reminded me of possibly the worst football kit of all time. From my (dimming) memory I recall a game in the early '70's when I'm sure it was Doncaster who turned up in an all purple away kit.

Anyone confirm this for me?

[parky]

my first game was
Reading 2-0 Oldham
26/4/97

I was 6 at the time im 13 now

[thefruits]

My first game....

probably around 1977... was 5... haven't got a clue who it was against... funnily enough... never even considered that I should try to remember it for posterity....

still... been a loyal royal ever since.... TF

[TFF]

My first game was against Darlington on 8th September 1984.

We lost 1-4.

Hopefully no repeat tonight

No, because it was Donny not Darlington

Just remembered - must have been all the excitement about tonights match

[strap]

http://footballfocus.xsmnet.com/tables/1969_70.htm

That's my first season.

The great Jack Mansell team.

[RTG on]/ sniff, brings a tear to my eye just remembering /[RTG off]

Luton H L0-1 Mar 70, bloody Fred Sharpe wouldn't bring Malcolm MacDonald down as he sped clear to score in the pissing rain! He wouldn't even have picked up a booking in those days!