Whatever happened tp?

[paddy20]

Not sure if this has been done before but it would be good to know what happened to the Reading players from any era after they left

We all know the Robin Friday story but what about some of the rest. When I started watching Reading most of the players left to become trades or run a pub. I think Arthur Wilkie ( one of the best Reading goalkeepers ) became a painter and decorator I think. Maurice Evans became our manager. Any other stories might be interesting.

[JamieY26]

I think Chris Makie now has a fruit and veg stall somewhere in London

Caskey is assistant manager at Gateshead

Grant Brebner is still playing in Austrailia... I think he might be a manager too.

Andy Bernal went on to be David Beckhams agent and assistant for a bit!

Keith Scott was manager at Windsor and Eton until reently

[SPARTA]

I think Chris Makie now has a fruit and veg stall somewhere in London

John Mackie, and he went back to running a fruit and veg stall just as he did before we gave him his chance signing from Sutton I think it was.

[Nameless]

A few random ones, which may now be out of date !

Gary Westwood was running a print business in Wargrave
Neil Smillie was working for Nike scouting for the 'next big thing' and signing them up on sponsorship deals
Peter Silvester was in insurance in Norwich
Mark White was a physio at the Royal Berks
Gordon Cummings was a painter and decorator, as was Stuart Beavon
Colin Baillie was a police officer in Cumbria
Andy Rodgers was a probation officer
Billy Whitehurst was running a pub

[Royal Lady]

Colin Duncan - painter and decorator
Trevor Senior - Manager of Bridport FC and works in a school and also does Soccer Schools in Dorchester during school holidays
Martin Hicks - was a postman, not sure if still is
Jerry Williams - Independent Financial Adviser apparently!

[RoyalBlue]

I think Chris Makie now has a fruit and veg stall somewhere in London

John Mackie, and he went back to running a fruit and veg stall just as he did before we gave him his chance signing from Sutton I think it was.

Now has a stall and a shop so business is doing well. Still follows what happens at RFC and one of my kids is chuffed to have him as a follower and quite regular communicator on twitter.

[North Somerset Royal]

Colin Duncan - painter and decorator
Trevor Senior - Manager of Bridport FC and works in a school and also does Soccer Schools in Dorchester during school holidays
Martin Hicks - was a postman, not sure if still is
Jerry Williams - Independent Financial Adviser apparently!

Still is a postman in Stratford upon Avon according to the Brum programme on Sat
Also Kevin Bremner is a self employed handyman in Kent

[East Stand Ste]

Sammy Igoe - Gosport Borough

[dizzynewheights]

Tom Jones

Didn't he quit/retire to take a job filling vending machines

[Reading4eva]

Neil Webb was a postie round Tilehurst back in the early 00's. Don't know if he still is

[SPARTA]

Tom Jones

Didn't he quit/retire to take a job filling vending machines

It's not unusual.

[liamobey]

Steve Swales runs his own aquatic centre in Florida, specialising in the training of porpoises and the domestication of orcas and narwhals

It's just ouside Tampa and called Steve's Whales

[Scutterbucketz]

I met a chap called Alan something or other the other day who played 200 odd games for RFC in the late 70s before moving to Derby. He was a painter and decorator now and a massive pisshead. Also a bit of a sex case. He was telling me a story about getting through 13 prostitutes in 24 hours in Amsterdam. And banging Robin Fridays ex missus.

Good laugh though.

[melonhead]

Steve Swales runs his own aquatic centre in Florida, specialising in the training of porpoises and the domestication of orcas and narwhals

It's just ouside Tampa and called Steve's Whales

[dizzynewheights]

It's just ouside Tampa and called Steve's Whales

BOOM BOOM BOOM

[Norfolk Royal]

Leon Trotsky.

[SHORT AND CURLY]

I met a chap called Alan something or other the other day who played 200 odd games for RFC in the late 70s before moving to Derby. He was a painter and decorator now and a massive pisshead. Also a bit of a sex case. He was telling me a story about getting through 13 prostitutes in 24 hours in Amsterdam. And banging Robin Fridays ex missus.

Good laugh though.

Probs Alan Lewis

[Big Ern]

Matt Stowell, was on our books in the mid 90's but never made an appearance before going on to play for Rushden and Diamonds, now owns and runs a gym in Friar Street.

[RepressedRoyal]

Leon Trotsky.

If I'm not mistaken, he got an ice pick that made his ears burn...Though I am not certain what happened to dear old Lenny, the great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza?

[No Fixed Abode]

Sammy Igoe - Gosport Borough

Former Reading FC trainee Andy Forbes plays for Gosport too. Played at Wembley yesterday.

Mike Dixon, ex goalkeeper (R.I.P) Ran Overdown Road Post Office until he died. His wife still runs it.

Stuart Beavon Snr - was a painter and decorator.

Brendan Rodgers - Manager of Liverpool FC