first match

[RG30]

So hijacking my original question... It was 5th April 1980, 1-0 against Plymuff, but who scored? How can I find out? Also, while I'm on a trip down really bad memory lane, what was Fozzies last game?

Last Forster game was Vs Wigan, May 8th 2005

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/080505.html

According to "Heaven On Earth", Official History of Reading FC the goalscorer was Ollie Kearns, and because I'm so nice, the team line-up was as follows;

1) Death
2) Joslyn
3) White
4) Bowman
5) Hetzke
6) Moreline
7) Kearney
Williams
9) Kearns
10) Sanchez
11) oxf*rd

Attendance: 7,709

[bobby m's syrup]

Reading 5 Brentford 0
FAC2 Dec 13th 1965

[Ian Herring]

15th Dec 1984 Reading 0-3 Bradford City

[TomCat]

Reading 2 PNE 2
1st Sept 1999
About 7500 there, Reading 2 down by half time, playing badly , but somehow got a draw.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Brighton - April 30th 1994 for me.

pLOLastic

Same for me - on both counts

[dean horrix legend]

Im with JMW on this one I was too young to remember the actual game but I think I can narrow it down to either Workington or Rochdale circ 74/75.

Its funny that I remember going to wrestling at the Old Town Hall and watching Jackie Pallo, The Faulkners, Bert Royal et al but my actual first game escapes me.

Its funny but when I was young my dad for reasons best known to himself always went in the Town End where the away supporters were housed!

I never asked my dad why the away end but I think he was lazy and we would have had further to walk, but you all will be happy to know that I progressed to the Tilehurst End finishing my education in " The South Bank"

I must ask him next time I speak to him.

When you go back that far there wasn't really any segregation of fans,so Town end just as ok as any other (unless it was raining)

First game 1970,can't remember who it was as I was only 5 at the time!

[kirkrich]

Thank you RG 30 for such a deep mine of info on both my questions!

[EASTENDER MARKY]

Reading v Genoa. Friendly at Elm Park around 93/94. That would of made me about 5/6.

[fallen angel]

Reading v Gillingham 1971,i think ,it was the season we went down to the fourth.It was a goaless draw and I only went because a bloke I was working with kept on at me so I finally give in,hooked ever since.It was a goaless draw,anybody remember the exact date?

[Archie's penalty]

Preston 1 Reading 1 April 14th 1992

Senior on target for the Royals. There were about 50 fans in the away end (we counted - I was 11...) We equalised in the 86th minute - remember walking away enthused...

Just had a look at the results that year - Fulham, Birmingham, West Brom and Bolton all in the 3rd division - how times have changed!

[comeonthebiscuitmen]

Reading 1-0 Exeter 22-01-94

Goal scored by Hartenberger.

oooo ahhh Hartenberger



actually probably greeted with


UWE UWE UWE UWE UWE (pronounce oovey, with lots of finger pointing)

[Stooper]

Out of interest does anyone have the oppostion line ups for the Genoa (1994) & Real Sociedad (1995) friendlies?

[Kartoffel Kopf]

23 November 1974
Swindon 4 - 0 Reading, FA Cup First Round
Swindon scorers: Anderson, Eastoe, Lenarduzzi (og), Moss (pen)
Attendance: 13,365

A difficult birth but I've just about recovered, over 32 years later!

[M Brook]

11/5/77

Home to Rotherham. Lost 0-3 having beaten them at their place the previous Saturday to keep alive our slim chance of staying up.

Back down to the 4th Division!

30th Anniversary beckons!

Agree with one of the previous posters that only those of us who've seen Reading play in the bottom division are allowed to moan about the current team (not that there's much to moan about!).

[davis69]

1st game 2000 reading 2-2 gilingham friday night in april

[Royalee]

Mine was Reading 2 Leyton Orient 1, 16th October 1993.

[3/9/1994]

03 September 1994 Reading vs Millwall 0-0

Same as.

Quinn with a header that was disallowed for a push on the defender. If my memory serves me correctly.

[Shaka's Giant Hands]

My first game was a trip to Wembley for the Simod Cup final and my second was the 1995 Play Offs, but after that I was quite busy so didn't make it to another game until the 2001 Play Off Final in Cardiff.

I've got a season ticket this year though so I've been to half a dozen games. URZ!

Smelly Ali knows what they are and is quite proud of it! Well done you!

[Royal Lady]

My first game was in about October 1981 - I have no idea who we played, what the score was or the crowd number. However, I do remember Gary Heale played and I just watched him for the whole game. He left soon after that.