| Match date | Tuesday 12 September 2000, 7.45pm kick-off |
| Opposition | Oldham (Home,League) |
| Ticket information | 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, pubs, food | Home match - See away fans guide for travel, food and beer guide. |
| Team news | Expect Pardew to stick
to Saturday's successful side, although the return of Matt Robinson may
cause some changes at the back. Reading - from: Whitehead, Robinson, Viveash, Hunter, Mackie, Gurney, Parkinson, Smith, Caskey, McIntyre, Hodges, Butler, Cureton, Igoe, Mackie, Jones, Gamble, Newman. Oldham Athletic - from: Kelly, McNiven, Holt, Garnett, Duxbury, Rickers, Allott, Tipton, Corazzin, Hotte, Adams, Jones, Dudley, Miskelly, Innes, Prenderville. |
| Predictions | Reading
are in top form, playing at home, and are fifth in the table. Oldham, playing away, are in poor form lying just a few places from the foot of the table. Therefore, it's impossible to predict. Reading have probably never been such favourites to win a match! William Hill are offering the following returns for a 1 pound bet: Reading Win: £1.57 Draw: £3.40 Oldham Win: £5.50 Reading fans will be hoping for a follow up to Saturday's 4-0 demolition of Brentford at the Madesjki Stadium. If we repeat that performace we could be in for another big win against one of the division's more beatable sides. Jamie Cureton looks unstoppable up front, the defence is looking a bit more solid, and we should be on for another decent win. However, we all know how inconsistant Reading are - chance are we'll play totally different and struggle. Oldham were beaten 1-3 at Wrexham at the weekend and have managed just one win in the league all season - and that was on the opening day. Away from home they've lost twice in the league and got just the one point at Colchester last month. |
| Opposition Site | All the unofficial
sites seemed to be down! Oldham fans will be hoping their team don't follow that path this season... |
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