Reading Fixture on date of birth

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Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Berry » 03 Mar 2010 19:44

I was 40 on Sunday and amongst pressies lavished on me, my mum got me a cracking present which was the Reading programme of the day I was born, luckily I was born on a Saturday , anyway the programme is for the 28th Feb 1970 Home to Rochdale and we were top of the table, although we had played 2 more games than 2nd place.
Fantastic present to recieve, even a little press cutting inside saying we won 1-0.
What fixture corresponds with your DOB?

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Terminal Boardom » 03 Mar 2010 19:53

Well, having a birthday in the middle of the cricket season rules me out :oops:

Now, I wonder if Ark Royal will contribute to this thread? He famously said in 1996 that Reading never lose on his birthday. Apart from getting totally vvankered with him the night before, and me jumping out of a moving car, the game was a complete disaster. Reading 1 Palace 6

What a pcunt!

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Berry » 03 Mar 2010 19:58

LOL remember that game with Kenny "Turncoat" Brown tosser.

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by AndyRFC » 03 Mar 2010 20:05

29/12/1984 away defeat at Brentford :(

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Slinky » 03 Mar 2010 20:06

Closest i can get to my birth date is 2 days later when we beat Pompey 2-0 at home, i remember that game like it was yesterday :wink:


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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Arch » 03 Mar 2010 20:10

Bristol Rovers 1 Reading 0.

Avoided relegation that season on goal average over Bradford Park Avenue.

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Maquisard » 03 Mar 2010 20:13

Happy birthday (retrospectively)!

Without wanting to give my age away, because ladies don't age we just... umm, something or other,... we appear to have beaten Oldham 3-1 the day I was born.

In later years, we have beaten Doncaster 3-0, drawn against Oxford U and Maidstone in the FA cup (separate games, obviously), drawn against Portsmouth, and thrashed Brighton 5-1... so we never lose on my birthday!

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by PEARCEY » 03 Mar 2010 20:16

Maquisard Happy birthday (retrospectively)!

Without wanting to give my age away, because ladies don't age we just... umm, something or other,... we appear to have beaten Oldham 3-1 the day I was born.

In later years, we have beaten Doncaster 3-0, drawn against Oxford U and Maidstone in the FA cup (separate games, obviously), drawn against Portsmouth, and thrashed Brighton 5-1... so we never lose on my birthday!



Christ I didn't know Reading FC were formed when you were born :?

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by poohs pure » 03 Mar 2010 20:17

Berry I was 40 on Sunday and amongst pressies lavished on me, my mum got me a cracking present which was the Reading programme of the day I was born, luckily I was born on a Saturday , anyway the programme is for the 28th Feb 1970 Home to Rochdale and we were top of the table, although we had played 2 more games than 2nd place.
Fantastic present to recieve, even a little press cutting inside saying we won 1-0.
What fixture corresponds with your DOB?


beat tranmere the day after 3 0 at elm park 23.12.67


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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Toon Toon Blue army » 03 Mar 2010 20:18

English Division 3 (old)
Preston 1 (0) - 0(0) Reading

on 02-12-1989

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Maria Kr. » 03 Mar 2010 20:24

Just out of interest, where can one look this up?

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by From Despair To Where? » 03 Mar 2010 20:30

Nearest game to my birthday, a 1-1 draw at home to Rochdale, May 1st 1971, second last game of the season. We got relegated to the 4th Division for the first time at Villa Park a week later. They finished 4th that season behind amongst others, Halifax.

Unbelieveable to think Villa were European champions a mere eleven years later. Would be a bit like Charlton winning the Champions League in 2021.
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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Maquisard » 03 Mar 2010 20:32

Maria Kr. Just out of interest, where can one look this up?


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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Wycombe Royal » 03 Mar 2010 20:33

Maria Kr. Just out of interest, where can one look this up?

Soccerbase.


The 73/74 season finished the week before I was born so the closest match was a 0-0 draw away to Chester in Division 4. We finished 6th that season missing out on promotion by two places and 8 points.

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Bowman's Quiver » 03 Mar 2010 20:34

Closest for me is 2 days after. On Saturday April 11th 1964 we beat Bournemouth 2-0 at Elm Park.

Not bad I suppose but better if it'd had been Swindon.....

Good thread by the way.

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by wolsey » 03 Mar 2010 20:44

Arch Bristol Rovers 1 Reading 0.

Avoided relegation that season on goal average over Bradford Park Avenue.


Mine was the same season, same result, different opponents (Palace at home)

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by savage 4 england » 03 Mar 2010 20:50

England v Ireland :|

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Friday's Child » 03 Mar 2010 21:01

The second of three 3-1 defeats in a row in 1980/1981 season. Bucks Fizz won Eurovision that night.

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by Row Z Royal » 03 Mar 2010 21:01

The day after I was born:

English Division 3 (old) Reading 0-0 Derby 22-09-1984

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Re: Reading Fixture on date of birth

by moo » 03 Mar 2010 21:11

Well my birthdays during the off-season. I occasionally get a Didcot friendly near it if lucky.

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