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When Monday 1 January 2001, 3.00pm kick-off
Who and Where Northampton Town (Home, Madejski Stadium, League Division Two)
Ticket Info

Pay in advance or on the day, normal home match prices apply.
Upper West Stand: Adults: £18 in advance, £20 on the day. Concessions: £12 in advance, £14 on the day.
Lower West, East and North Stands:
Adults: £12 in advance, £14 on the day. Concessions: £7 in advance, £8 on the day.
(These prices also apply for visitors in the South stand)
North and East Stands are unreserved seating.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the ticket office on 0118 968 1000.

Travel,
Food and Beer.

Home match - See away fans guide for travel, food and beer guide.

Team news

Reading - from: Whitehead, Newman, Viveash, Hunter, Robinson, Caskey, Smith, Parkinson, Cureton, Rougier, Butler, Hodges, Igoe, Howie, Gurney, Mackie, Jones.

Northampton Town - from: Welch, Green, Sampson, Chilvers, Crooks, Savage, Hughes, Hunt, Hargreaves, Spedding, Forrester, Howard, Gabbiadini, Sollitt, Hope, Gould.

Form Guide

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Previous Meetings 

Reading have had by far the best record through the years against Nothampton with almost double the number of wins:
Reading wins: 47
Draws: 17
Northampton Town wins: 26

Earlier this season Northampton beat the Royals 0-2 at their place:
26 August 2000: Northampton Town 2 Reading 0

Two seasons ago we shared the points in our league Division Two meetings with two 1-0 away wins for each side. Grant Brebner scored the winner at Northampton in November 1998 which made it four straight away wins at the time:
17 April 1999: Reading 0 Nothampton Town 1
21 November 1998: Northampton Town 0 Reading 1
Click on the result for match reports.

Match Odds

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