Reading FC villains

[Gus the teenage cow]

Thanks for all these great suggestions, it seems like villainy brings out the best in you people...only space for 10 all-time villains in our chapter though, it's a kind of top 10 thing so if you cater your selections to that kind of structure i'd go all gooey and gay for you

[mikey0406]

HOLT NUMBER ONE!!!!!

[Plymouth_Royal]

HOLT NUMBER ONE!!!!!

couldnt agree more. although neil warnock wouldnt too far off the top of my list!!!!

[Ian Royal]

1) Maxwell - merger
2) Mark McGhee - the way left and what he's said afterwards.ch
3) Mourhino - Hunt v Ce
4) Jason McAteer - cheating dirty scum bucket, who should have got sent off then proceeded to take us apart
5) Fabian Defreitas - dirty cheating wnaker who scored the goals taht beat us at Wembley, despite using his hand.
6) Don Goodman - only player I can remember (scorer) of the goal where two players pushed Mautone in the net at a corner whilst the 3rd scored. 2-1 Wolves match. Cheating scummers.
7) Paul Brayson - for being the worst excuse for a striker I've ever seen.
Neil Warnock - for his general antics, even if he is a pantomime villain
9) Tommy Burns - nice guy, but promised so much and delivered worse than nothing
10) Paul Rejer - being a diabolical ref

Holt's not even really in football and I'm not giving him the pleasure of being included.

NB: These all date from '95 onwards. Except Maxwell, who was a big enough cnut for me to include him despite not having been around at the time. (dis)Honourable mentions to Mike Lewis, Simon Shepperd, Paul Bodin, Paul Pescisolido and many many more.

[Elliott]

royalee?

I joke, I joke

[papereyes]

HOLT NUMBER ONE!!!!!

He would just have the mother of all slow oxf*rd over it

[Royal Boil]

What about Ian Branfoot? As far as I remember he was pretty successful but generated a lot of hostility.

[Mike Hunt]

Simon Shepherd
Bobby Mihaylov
Michael Meaker
Mass Sarr
Ray Houghton
Tony Rougier
James Harper
Stephen Hunt
Paul Bodin
James Lambert
Martyn Booty
Chris Colgan
Tommy Wright
Steve Swailes
Taxi Driver Bullivant
Jimmy Crawford
Sean Evers
Petr Cech
John Terry
Frank Lampard
Andy Johnson
Keith Jones
Jim McIntyre
Andy Hughes
Keith Scott
Robert Fleck
Paul Brayson
Dean Morgan
Lloyd Owusu
Shaun Goater
Byron Glasgow
Dean Windass
Robert Maxwell
Trevor Brooking
Paul McClaren
Paul Brooker

Royalee - do you like anyone ?

[rhroyal]

I agree with whoever said Robert Maxwell. We've had bad players, we've had managers, staff and players betray us and throw loyalty back in our face. However only 1 man has tried to destroy us altogether, and even though he was eventually never at the club he has to be the ultimate royals villain.

[ayjaydee]

I agree with whoever said Robert Maxwell. We've had bad players, we've had managers, staff and players betray us and throw loyalty back in our face. However only 1 man has tried to destroy us altogether, and even though he was eventually never at the club he has to be the ultimate royals villain.

Surely Waller was equally if not more culpable? At least Maxwell had no Reading connection or supposed loyalty.

[Dick Habbin's hairdo]

I agree with whoever said Robert Maxwell. We've had bad players, we've had managers, staff and players betray us and throw loyalty back in our face. However only 1 man has tried to destroy us altogether, and even though he was eventually never at the club he has to be the ultimate royals villain.

Surely Waller was equally if not more culpable? At least Maxwell had no Reading connection or supposed loyalty.

I am absolutely amazed that only AJ has referenced Waller.... other than me at bottom of page 1.

Waller ~was~ RFC and it was he who nearly consigned our club to history. Far more of a villain, shirley, than Uncle Bob who didn't have any ownership (until, I think, Waller flogged him a few shares to get on the board, though I may be wrong.)

Oh, Annie Bassett should be on the list, too, for introducing the "membership card"....

[Barry the bird boggler]

Don't really agree with nominating players who you felt were just rubbish, in my opinion if the effort is there then its not the player's fault if they're not quite up to standard.

Would agree that Frank Waller has to be top of the list and Robert Maxwell leading the way as non-Reading villain.

[readingbedding]

Simon Shepherd
Bobby Mihaylov
Michael Meaker
Mass Sarr
Ray Houghton
Tony Rougier
James Harper
Stephen Hunt
Paul Bodin
James Lambert
Martyn Booty
Chris Colgan
Tommy Wright
Steve Swailes
Taxi Driver Bullivant
Jimmy Crawford
Sean Evers
Petr Cech
John Terry
Frank Lampard
Andy Johnson
Keith Jones
Jim McIntyre
Andy Hughes
Keith Scott
Robert Fleck
Paul Brayson
Dean Morgan
Lloyd Owusu
Shaun Goater
Byron Glasgow
Dean Windass
Robert Maxwell
Trevor Brooking
Paul McClaren
Paul Brooker

Royalee - do you like anyone ?

Yep

Paul Jewell
Derby
Big Sam

For me, it would be Frank Waller.
Never liked Annie Bassett either...sorry ladies.

[Man Friday]

Tony Rougier for that horrible deflected goal off his bonce in the Play Off Final.

Arse, not head.

[shaka's shorts]

it has to be waller surely

[Skin]

Uri Gellar

[No Hoops]

Tony Rougier for that horrible deflected goal off his bonce in the Play Off Final.

Arse, not head.

You sure? I thought it was cleared straight onto the back of his bonce

[readingbedding]

Uri Gellar

Yep, spoonbender charlatan!

[Focher]

Elroy Kromheer (A.K.A 'The poor man's Ivan Drago'), total and utter w4nk.

[moo]

That Brazillian who played up from for Walsall.. Junior or sumat