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BT To Show Royals Trip To Manchester United

08 December 2016
By Hob Nob Anyone?

Reading's FA Cup third round match against Manchester United will be screened live on BT Sport. The game's selection for TV coverage will see the game kick-off at 12:30pm on Saturday 7 January 2017. The game was always likely to be picked for live TV with Reading manager Jaap Stam making a return to his old club, who find themselves out of form and struggling in the Premier League.

The lunch time kick-off will mean an early start for the Reading fans that choose to make the trip up to Manchester. Ticket prices, allocation and sale dates are yet to be confirmed by the clubs.

 

Discussion On This Story:

 Sutekh

» 02 Dec 2016 20:21

On Monday the draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup will be with us (live on BBC 2 at 7pm)

Reading will be number 32

For the last 3 years Reading have been give cr@p ties away at fellow Division 2 sides (Huddersfield twice and little tiny tinpot Brighton) and while you may feel a change should be on the cards my expectation is for something equally cr@p like Leeds, Norwich, Barnsley or some other game against a familiar old face

Personally I'd like a game against a non league team e.g. Woking or Brackley but looking at the 2nd round it seems that there aren't too many of those left (only one guaranteed to make the draw - Eastleigh or Halifax)

So failing that a game against Carlisle would be nice as I believe they are the team the we have gone the longest without playing (35 years?) plus who wouldnt want to go to Cumbria in January?

Anyway stick your guesses for the draw below...

 AthleticoSpizz

» 02 Dec 2016 20:29

Fleetwood....our first meeting against a team that I once watched as a "park team"

Eastleigh....Jamie Cureton is cup-tied unfortunately.....would be a decent crowd home or away

 bobby1413

» 02 Dec 2016 20:37

Millwall at home

 AthleticoSpizz

» 02 Dec 2016 20:43

yeah....would be nice to see Shaun Cummings again

 Royal Ginger

» 02 Dec 2016 21:50

I'll take Huddersfield, if it ain't broke...

 royalp-we

» 02 Dec 2016 22:10

Hoping Woking go through and we draw them tbh when was the last time we played them competitively? Would be a good big money draw for the 'cards'.

 Whitley Hoops

» 02 Dec 2016 22:27

Oxford or wycombe away if not then a localish lower league away trip will be nice.

 Muskrat

» 02 Dec 2016 23:11

Away to Barrow.

 CountryRoyal

» 02 Dec 2016 23:44

Sutton united or Cheltenham away

 Harpers So Solid Crew

» 03 Dec 2016 06:38

Home to the smallest local team left, a day out for their fans.
We have had plenty over the last few years.
4k Woking fans in the stand would be great

 Squelchy2507

» 03 Dec 2016 09:38

Halifax away please. It's been a long long time since we last played there.

 Ian Royal

» 03 Dec 2016 14:59

Cambridge Utd away please.

 Sutekh

» 03 Dec 2016 16:59

Its going to be a trip to Fulham isnt it.

 Davezk

» 03 Dec 2016 17:37

Away either to a top Prem club or lower league opposition.

Provided it's not another championship side though!

 George_

» 03 Dec 2016 18:48

Anyone but a local premiership away.

Non league/league 1 or 2 away would be great though.

 Gunny Fishcake

» 03 Dec 2016 19:06

Probably another shite draw like Leeds away

 Gunny Fishcake

» 03 Dec 2016 19:07



I went there one Tuesday night donkey years ago in the FA Cup it was pissing down and we beat them 1-0 at the Shay . There was only about a 1000 there

 genome

» 05 Dec 2016 09:46

Nailed on Fulham Away

 Kitsondinho

» 05 Dec 2016 13:41


:shock: :shock: :shock:

 Kitsondinho

» 05 Dec 2016 13:43


At least if it was Leeds, they wouldn't be charging us £36 for it......hopefully!!

 Kitsondinho

» 05 Dec 2016 13:44

And for the hat-trick....northern away game or a non-league team at home would be good......

 Sutekh

» 05 Dec 2016 13:54

Barrow away please.

 Ark Royal

» 05 Dec 2016 14:28



^This. Last time we played Barrow was January 1972, the week before the FA Cup 4th round tie against Arsenal. Crowd was boosted to 11,000+ by the handout of vouchers to buy cup tickets. Barrow lost their league status at the end of that season, losing re-election and replaced by Hereford Utd.

 genome

» 05 Dec 2016 18:35

According to Talk Reading the odds of drawing Huddersfield away three years in a row is 2,000,376/1 :?

 windermere_royal

» 05 Dec 2016 19:00

Number 32 . i got a feeling we will get Cambridge away.

 windermere_royal

» 05 Dec 2016 19:06

wow united away

 Royal Ginger

» 05 Dec 2016 19:07

Manchester United. Oh well, cup over. Might get on telly....

 genome

» 05 Dec 2016 19:07

Get in! Jaap's return!

 wingnut

» 05 Dec 2016 19:07

Arse. No cup run this year then

 genome

» 05 Dec 2016 19:08



Nailed on, the BBC'll wet themselves over Stam going back


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