You're not a Reading fan unless...

[snapperjw]

So basically this is just a thread where people can list off all the games they have been to and reminisce about all the away matches they have seen back in the 'good old days'

More of a thread about who has seem the most classic Reading games..

[dean horrix legend]

-you remember away fans in the south bank who threw coins at you
-a man stood infront of you smoking a pipe all game
a man stood behind you with a swastica tattooed on his forehead
birds crapped on you from the floodlights if you stood out west
you think 7,500 people sounded louder than 24000 ( i know it's the roof design but still.....
you've seem us get beat by bury and bishop storford
you have shouted abuse at olie kearns
all your freinds at school took the piss for nearly 20 years until they started to "support their local team and not Man U anymore

You are Me and ICMFP

[phil in cornwall]

I could say I remember Bomber Reeves, Johnny Walker, Jimmy Wheeler, goal-scoring goalkeeper Arthur Wilkie, Jimmy Whitehouse, Dick Spiers. I could say remember trolley buses in the town centre, football specials from ST MARY'S Butts (it had a proper name then), long walks from the stadium to the station, my dad missing three goals against QPR because he wanted to get the football special back to town, the megastore (a hut on the hill down to the South Bank), the lake of piss flowing out of the toilets, the "refurbished" toilets. I could say I remember Harry Johnstone, Roy Bentley, Charlie Hurley. I could say I remember when Oxford and Wigan were non-league teams, when Burnley, Spurs, Wolves, Derby, Forest were league champions.

I could say I remember all these things, but you would just say I was a boring old fart and not a Reading fan because I like to sit in the seats provided at games these days.

I agree with all that.

I was thinking that the mark of a true Reading fan is the ability to recall the exact smell of the gents in Elm Park. There was a distinct odour there that I've never found anywhere else.

But actually it is just a sign of old age.

[Geekins]

I was there when Murty scored!

[SpaceCruiser]

I was there when Murty scored!

Both times?

[Row Z Royal]

I was there when Murty scored!

Both times.



Nah, I'm as plastic as the next first-Championship-winning-season season ticket holder. Triple

[Row Z Royal]

I was there when Murty scored!

Both times?

Word.

[bobby m's syrup]

You've seen Reading play at Barrow,Workington, and Southport.
You were born in the Dellwood Maternity Home.
You have a relative that has worked at Langston's or Wellsteeds
You saw Pat Terry score an overhead kick against Oxford Utd.
You know about the Bull and don't relate it to $hite.
You saw Dennis Allen or Ernie Yard score.
You knew the 3B's when it was the Town Hall staff canteen
You speak with a very Saethcutt accent

[BarryWhiteRFC]

1.You've seen Reading play at Brentford, Bristol City, and Chesterfield.
2.You were born in the Royal Berks.
3.You have a relative that has worked in the Courage Brewery and Prudential.
4.You saw Michael Gilkes shank a cross into the Tilehurst End.
5.You know about the Butts Centre and don't relate it to an arsehole.
6.You saw Trevor Senior or Ron Blackman score.
7.You can instantly recite the three B's.
8.You speak with a very reynded accent.

1. Done Brentford and Chesterfield. Not Bristol city though.
2. Yes. Yes I was.
3. Can tick this bad boy too.
4.Yes, I certainly did.
5.Again, was dragged around it many-a-times as a child.
6. Deffinately saw Senoir score, noyt sure about Blackman though.
7. Branfoot, Bullivant and Burns?
8. Lived in the North of England since I was 9, so I have a strange hybrid accent.

How did I do harris? Can I pass as a Reading fan?

Like to add spent many a saturday stuck on my own on trains as being an exiled fan you don't have friends who support the same side as you so you have to travel alone.

[Ark Royal]

...you fully realise and accept that No. Other. Team. On. The. Planet. Matters. Ever.

[bigmike]

can this thread be renamed to your a oxf*rd twat if you post crap like this on the team board

[Kieron1981]

You've seen Reading play at Brentford, Bristol City, and Chesterfield.
You were born in the Royal Berks.
You have a relative that has worked in the Courage Brewery and Prudential.
You saw Michael Gilkes shank a cross into the Tilehurst End.
You know about the Butts Centre and don't relate it to an arsehole.
You saw Trevor Senior or Ron Blackman score.
You can instantly recite the three B's.
You speak with a very reynded accent.

your only a real reading fan if you have....

had a season ticket since you were 2 years old
seen robin friday friday play
helped build elm park
been ballboy, kitman, grounds keeper or worked for RFC in any way
died while watching a game


..... TOSSER

[Kieron1981]

your a reading Fan if you try your best to go to as many matches as possible and show the boys support though the good and bad

People who were part of the 24,000 attendence in the prem... but not part of the 18,000 attendence in the champ are not true reading fans !!!

People who boo when the team have a few losses under their belt are not true reading fans

People who turn up just to be the away stand every week are not true reading fans

[Geekins]

your only a real reading fan if you have....

had a season ticket since you were 2 years old
seen robin friday friday play
helped build elm park
been ballboy, kitman, grounds keeper or worked for RFC in any way
died while watching a game

That's all me!

[Einstein agogo]

-you remember away fans in the south bank who threw coins at you
-a man stood infront of you smoking a pipe all game
a man stood behind you with a swastica tattooed on his forehead
birds crapped on you from the floodlights if you stood out west
you think 7,500 people sounded louder than 24000 ( i know it's the roof design but still..... ):roll:
you've seem us get beat by bury and bishop storford
you have shouted abuse at Ollie kearns
all your freinds at school took the piss for nearly 20 years until they started to "support" their local team and not Man U anymore

You are Me and ICMFP

ICMFP ? who is he ? what does that stand for ?

[madstadblues]

You are a 40 year old with complete Merlin Premier League Soccer Sticker book of the 2006 / 2007 season.

[SpaceCruiser]

ICMFP ? who is he ? what does that stand for ?

Acronym for "I Claim My Five Pounds".

[Huntley & Palmer]

You were at Leicester City away

[dean horrix legend]

-you remember away fans in the south bank who threw coins at you
-a man stood infront of you smoking a pipe all game
a man stood behind you with a swastica tattooed on his forehead
birds crapped on you from the floodlights if you stood out west
you think 7,500 people sounded louder than 24000 ( i know it's the roof design but still..... ):roll:
you've seem us get beat by bury and bishop storford
you have shouted abuse at Ollie kearns
all your freinds at school took the piss for nearly 20 years until they started to "support" their local team and not Man U anymore

You are Me and ICMFP

ICMFP ? who is he ? what does that stand for ?

I claim my five pounds?

[Fezza]

...you fully realise and accept that No. Other. Team. On. The. Planet. Matters. Ever.

Lunacy... shirley you realise that Southampton are the biggest team in the world and as such Reading should just be our non Premiership team to support? Oh...