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[Dai Brainbocs]

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

Believe he's now at Weston Super Mare

I think he has moved from there to Bath City.

What I remember of Burns's tactics, they would have been brilliant if he was allowed a keeper and 11 outfield players. It also used to strike me that when he got a player on loan, e.g. Neil Clement, his performances would deteriorate throughout the loan period.

[SpaceCruiser]

By the way the Bournemouth 3-3 that has been mentioned was under Alan Pardew NOT Tommy Burns.

I think you've confused the 3-3 draw on the last day of the 2000/01 season with the 3-3 draw in the early part of the 1998/9 season.

To remind you:

The 1998/9 3-3 draw had the following:

Darren Caskey opener, where he did a 1-2-1 with a team-mate and dashed through to score. Jokers on here probably will say it's the fastest he's ever moved.
Bournemouth equalise.
Martin Williams puts us back to 2-1
Then comes Mark Stein to dive for an undeserved penalty.
Parkinson scores what appears to be a late 80th minute winner. We go mad.
Then that f*cker Stein scores a 90th min equaliser.

Whereas the 2000/01 3-3 draw had the following:

Bournemouth go 2-0 up
Martin Butler blasts in a free kick to make it 2-1.
Bournemouth go 3-1 up after the break.
Darren Caskey comes onto the pitch to lash a free kick to make it 2-3.
Then near the end, Forster, hanging at the far post during a corner, knocks the loose ball into the net to make it 3-3.
Bournemout fail to be in the playoffs.

[rhroyal]

By the way the Bournemouth 3-3 that has been mentioned was under Alan Pardew NOT Tommy Burns.

I think you've confused the 3-3 draw on the last day of the 2000/01 season with the 3-3 draw in the early part of the 1998/9 season.

Whereas the 2000/01 3-3 draw had the following:

Bournemouth go 2-0 up
Martin Butler blasts in a free kick to make it 2-1.
Bournemouth go 3-1 up after the break.
Darren Caskey comes onto the pitch to lash a free kick to make it 2-3.
Then near the end, Forster, hanging at the far post during a corner, knocks the loose ball into the net to make it 3-3.
Bournemout fail to be in the playoffs.

That game was amazing. If I remember properly Caskey's free kick was his first touch of the game.

[Stooper]

When did Michael O'Neil arrive then?

Also wasn't Patrick Kelly (on loan from Celtic?) the one that suffered a nasty injury a couple of games in?

He was brought in under Bullivant a few games before Oxford.

I think Kelly was a Newcastle player, along with Brayson and Crawford. Yes he did, only played about 2 or 3 games for Reading.

[Franchise FC]

Only saw one game under Burns - so has to be my favourite game from his era :










Reading 0 Brizzle Rovers 6
OUCH !!

[RG30]

Surprised no one has mentioned the Man City 0-1 Reading match, did anyone go to the game? IIRC it was a 12:00pm kick off.

[Wax Jacket]

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

hmm

I would we say we got half-good service from Howie and McIntyre, and OKish service from Gray and Crawford (as in, at least they played some games)

was also responsible for signing Murty and Forster as noted, so he clearly had an eye for a player

the main problem was surely that he'd never really been outside football and I think the relative step 'up' (key word is relative) must've taken him by surprise

[Diddyroyal]

Surprised no one has mentioned the Man City 0-1 Reading match, did anyone go to the game? IIRC it was a 12:00pm kick off.

yes remember this one, byron got some stick!

there was some good games, bournemouth, luton etc.. but my best was the stoke away game

[Hampshire Royal]

Walsall away in 98/99 was good. We won 2-0 after a run of about 100 games without an away point. We then went onto a run of about six or seven games unbeaten.

Can't remember any of the details, mind.