Absolutely freezing and absolutely abysmal. So much so that I left after 88 minutes. Simply couldn't see it getting any better. Missed our equaliser unfortunately.

A single shot on target in each half (before leaving) and it was simply atrocious. We managed to force them into three substitutions in the first half, and the possibility of wearing them down in the second seemed great. Unfortunately this wasn't to be.

Officials were also shocking, although the match wasn't dirty in my eyes. Mills and Norwood having their usual ranting at the officials. Was quite funny when the referee signalled a Bolton throw and the assistant signalled a Reading throw. Neither conceded so we took it. I think the assistants got equally annoyed at the man in the middles feeble attempts to control the game.

The first half was spent pretty much in our own half, although nothing clinical from either team, six shots with three on target for the home side, compared with our three shots to one on target. Feds kept us in it with three world class saves in the first half, and a few more in the second.

Second half we cam out strong for the first five minutes and thought we were going to change the game, wasn't to be though. Subs at 70 minutes and Blackman made an immediate impact, with Cox running around like a dog chasing a ball.

Both sets of supporters were dismal, although neither really had anything to cheer about - 150 tickets purchased according to the staff on the single gate that was open.
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ANYTHING that could go wrong did go wrong for Wanderers, right up until the last kick of the game against Reading. Having battled bravely to overcome the loss of THREE players to injury inside the first half, Eidur Gudjohnsen’s 60th-minute strike looked to have settled the contest. But two minutes into stoppage time Jamie Mackie broke the Whites’ resistance to snatch a thoroughly undeserved equaliser for the Royals, who had scored just once in their previous five games.

Wanderers should have gone into a weekend of inaction sitting comfortably in mid-table but Mackie’s late strike was just another in a long line of painful blows on the night.

The Royals didn’t create too many clear cut chances, Mackie going closest with an angled shot after he had got the better of Ream.

Wanderers recovered their poise and should have been ahead by half time. Heaven knows how Reading kept the ball out of the net when Matt Mills got his head to Feeney’s cross, blocked on the line.

As if to emphasise what luck Wanderers are having with injuries, even one of the half time Zorb competitors ended up going off on a stretcher.
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