Most ecstatic moment as a Reading fan

[M-U-R-T-Y]

Come on, let's cheer up

I see the Promotion vs. thread, but there have been other moments of pure joy as a Reading fan, surely! Moments where you just completely lost your head out of the sheer ecstasy!

My picks would be:

Henderson's last minute winner at Peterborough
Doyle's goal at Leicester
Curo's goal at Brentford (can't find a link )
Forster's goal at Wolves '03
Taking the lead against Derby on last day of relegation season (bit empty now, but at the time...)

Edit: Can't believe I forgot this!

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Lee Nogan's late winner v Bolton in 95. Southbank Carnage.

[shaka's shorts]

Jimmy Quinn's last minute header v Brighton at elm park to confirm promotion to what is now the Championship - then mass pitch invasion

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Jimmy Quinn's last minute header v Brighton at elm park to confirm promotion to what is now the Championship - then mass pitch invasion

"Take it to the corner Archie, IN THE CORNER!...NO! DONT CROSS IT!......."

Next thing i knew i was on the pitch

[Archie's penalty]

Lee Nogan's late winner v Bolton in 95. Southbank Carnage.

I so so so so wish that someone would put 'year of the royals' onto Youtube. We played some wonderful stuff that season...

As for my best moments.

Weird ones stick in my head:

Martin Williams equalising at Gillingham with a last minute penalty in 2001. We left the ground feeling esctatic.

Sheffield Weds away last year - finally turning a match around where we were losing. Doyle scoring and everyone going ballistic.

Slaughtering Cardiff 5-1 in the promotion season - we hammered them.

The 1-1 draw which practically confirmed promotion at Stockport in 1994. I couldn't see a thing but what a result!

[rhroyal]

No mention of Lovell v Wolves?

[Maguire]

Getting rid of Harper.

[M-U-R-T-Y]

Actually I was pretty pleased when Mills scored the other week

[Baines]

In addition to those mentioned, penalty shoot-out vs Cov.

[papereyes]

Lee Nogan's late winner v Bolton in 95. Southbank Carnage.

This.

Was it a Friday game? I remember the crowd being huge and people jumping in over the old programme shop in the corner.

I remember getting treated to Chinese afterwards and being a wreck at school the next day.

I so so so so wish that someone would put 'year of the royals' onto Youtube. We played some wonderful stuff that season...

If you know anyone with a video-->DVD converted, then I'll lend you it tomorrow. I've got 93-94, 94-95 (which stops at the last game of the proper season) and the playoff final itself.

Sheffield Weds away last year - finally turning a match around where we were losing. Doyle scoring and everyone going ballistic.

I really did think we'd seen the turnaround that day. LOL.

[M-U-R-T-Y]

Oh yeah, and this.

+ Shane Long scoring against Norwich at the tail end of last season. I was at Uni and freaked out my housemates. If only we'd have won the following Sunday... bah.

[Archie's penalty]

As to the Bolton game wasn't it on Good Friday? It was definitely at Easter as I had come back from visiting my mum in the States and I had terrible jetlag - but also great excitement as we won - the crowd was over 14,000.

And as to the tape - hmm we need to find someone to do that. I think I have the video as well but no player.

Oh and am back up in Manc from Wednesday - if you fancy meeting up for a pint soon let me know...

[Alivey]

in recent years, promotion to the premier league and coppell leaving

[Readingfc50]

Federici against Cardiff,

Ingimarsson against Ipswich at home in the last minute after Bent had scored,

Harper against 'boro away.

[BarryWhiteRFC]

Any victory over Preston. Also the Playoff semi against Wigan was pretty special, certainly up there with Preston NE 0-3 Reading.

[royalsmudge]

For some reason, Sidwell's last minute winner against WBA in 2004, to keep us in with a chance of play offs
And some years before Reading 3-0 Fulham on a Friday night I think, Gilkes scored a pearler and danced to the South Bank, I ruffled his hair, me.

[CMRoyal]

Getting rid of Harper.

Harper's goal against Liverpool takes some beating - cue absolute pandemonium amongst people who I know have been to most home matches in each of the last 20-30 years. My son's reaction when listening to the radio when Harps scored against Boro away later in the season also has to go down as a great personal moment for me.

There was a point in 2005 - beating, no thrashing, an admittedly weak Brighton team perhaps - that I really began to believe we wouldn't "do a Reading" and cock up the season. It was just a general feeling of all-round fantasticness leading up to Xmas, rather than a specific moment. We had become unplayable and the town had a different vibe about it altogether. I even think many of the glory-hunters put their Man Utd shirts away in shame that holiday.

[cmonurz]

Forster slamming home Cureton's saved penalty.

[M-U-R-T-Y]

Steve Stone's miss during the 3-3 draw. Probably disbelief more than anything.

[CMRoyal]

in recent years, promotion to the premier league and coppell leaving

Thanks for reminding me - hearing that Coppell was staying was another great moment. Probably the greatest manager this club will ever have.