things you have seen in your time supporting Reading

[Ian Royal]

"Rufus is a dog's name!" V QPR

Shame he scored and they won really.

[PEARCEY]

Being at the Simod Cup semi final against Coventry when the game finished so late it was the latest finish ever to a game in this country at the time
The Simod final itself
The Millennium play off final defeat to Walsall
The game, I think it was against Hull when we drew 0-0 and got relegated in 1988
The Thames Valleys Royals merger game when we won 2-1 at the Manor Ground and King Kerry scored from the spot in 1983
The 14th league game in 85-86 which we didn't win...it was 2-2 with Wolves. We had won the previous 13 (none of which I had attended).
Will add on the the game Archie scored twice deep in injury time against Wolves but it wasn't exactly historic
The 4-2 League Cup win over Wolves...that was certainly historic because Parky scored with a screamer which was rare in itself
Our first ever point against Everton at Goodison in January 2007.....oh and Sylvester Stallone was on the pitch that day!!
Probably our worst ever result against Walsall losing 6-0 at Fellowes Park back in Feb 1986

[Kevin Doyles Right Foot]

can always remember the game against WARSAWWW in the play off final, felt sick afterwards, aand can remember Murty jumping into crowd to get the ball quicker to get the game going.

[BobKnows]

A bunch of rough-as-fuck Ipswich fans chasing me and my friend down the Tilehurst Rd outside Elm Park, circa 1997. We'd had to stay late to retrieve a confiscated Michael Jackson CD

[dean horrix legend]

Although the 6-4 at Exeter resulted in a win,the 7-5 at Doncaster was funnier even though we lost

[Chaney]

the one legged fan getting carried out of the southbank with a guy behind carrying his artificial leg..there was a picture in the paper of it at the time

[dean horrix legend]

the one legged fan getting carried out of the southbank with a guy behind carrying his artificial leg..there was a picture in the paper of it at the time

Southampton,League Cup,1978

[ankeny]

Jimmy Neighbour laying out Percy Freeman in a reserve match with Spurs.A packed house against Bishop Stortford on a weekday afternoon(we won 6-1).Coming back 3-3 after being 3-0 down against Port Vale.Losing 2-1 to Arsenal and we scores all the goals.Me making a citizens arrest after an opposing fan(I forget which team)got on to the pitch during the game!

[Chaney]

.A packed house against Bishop Stortford on a weekday afternoon(we won 6-1).Coming back 3-3 after being 3-0 down against Port Vale.

it was Blyth spartans,Bishop stortford scored a last minute winner against us once at elm park, and we were 3-0 UP against port vale before drawing 3-3, Milwall did the same coming back from 3-0 down against us

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Going to Wolves in the playoff semi final.
Simod Cup Final
Watching Man Utd for the first time at Elm Park
Going to Brentford to see us getting promoted
Getting promoted to the Premier League
Seeing Reading trounce Liverpool 3-1
Seeing Reading at Stamford Bridge,Anfield,Old Trafford.
First ever game at the Mad Stad.

[Royal & Ancient]

The Dagenham Girl Pipers!!!

[nicky's left foot]

Mark '30 pieces of silver' Mcghee being attacked with an inflatable frog with his face cellotaped to it on his return elm park! The game was called off and about 50 or so royals fans waited outside the back of the ground just to smash his car up!

[Richard]

Memory's a bit hazy on this one but ... sometime in the late 70s/early 80s ... an evening cup match against ??? ... 0-3 down with about 20 minutes left ... winning 5-3 in extra time. Anybody fill in the blanks?

[The 17 Bus]

Dec 82 we beat Watford 5-3 in the FL Trophy, no idea how the goals rattled in tho.

[Royal Lady]

Dec 82 we beat Watford 5-3 in the FL Trophy, no idea how the goals rattled in tho.

That must be the one I also remember!! I'm sure Kerry Dixon got a couple in that game. If it's the game I remember.

[Dirk Gently]

Gary Donnellan's finest hour!

[Silver Fox]

So, from the looks of this thread I'm not the only person who missed the 4-3 against Plymouth then?

Anyway, on topic

Frank Richardson coming on to the pitch before possibly the last game of the (original) record breaking season
The ridiculous 3-3 against Crewe in the pissing rain where Asaba scored a hat-trick (I think) in the only decent performance he put in as far as I remember
The Sunderland fan scoring their only "goal" in the 4-0 demolition the season they completely bossed the league
Ian Richardson attempting to score a spectacular og every time we played Notts County at the mad stad

[Hugo Boss]

To be fair, Asaba played a blinder in said Sunderland game too IIRC.

[The 17 Bus]

82/83

The group cup quarter final had paired reading at home to watford, who were second in Division One when they came to elm Park. A virtually full strength watford took the lead through luther Blissett after only 3 minutes and although gary donnellan equalised, John Barns scored two second half goals. With 4 minutes to go reading were still two goals behind when first peter Sullivan(who) and then Donnellan scored to mtake the game into a most unexpected 30 minutes.
Donnellan and Dixon scored in extra time to make a 5-3 victory for the Royals.

Bits from Heaven on Earth there.

[Royal Lady]

YES!!!!!! That's the game that I remember and that nobody else seemed to remember!