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It's not often that a match against a team like Manchester United can be considered a bit of light relief, but in many ways this match will provide solace for Brian McDermott and his beleaguered Reading team. Because, barring major calamities, it's u...

Eleven matches into the Premier League season, and at last with a League victory under their belts, Reading move into the next round of matches with a renewed confidence and vigour. But there are still a number of unanswered questions hanging over th...

It's not really a case worthy of the likes of Morse or Sherlock Holmes, but Reading supporters have a mystery on their hands. For one of the club's centre-backs, Alex Pearce, seems to have vanished from the team. The season started so promisingly...

When Reading were relegated in 2008 after just two seasons in the Premier league, pundits put this down to "Second Season Syndrome". If they get relegated this season, almost certainly that will be down to "Second Half Syndrome". Because we're see...

Before this match the talk was about Danny Guthrie, apparently sent home from the training ground by Reading manager Brian McDermott at the tail end of last week. Although this was quite possibly a minor thing, with Guthrie on the managerial equival...

At the start of the season, most observers reckoned they had a pretty good idea of who would make up the bulk of Reading's starting XI. But over the opening games of the season, two players who many thought would spend this season mainly as bench-war...

This time seven days ago people were seriously talking of Reading as serious contenders for breaking the Premier League record for fewest points gained in a season. But the stirring Capital One Cup win over QPR in midweek reminded Reading just who...

In the space of a couple of hours in West London, the cloud of doom and gloom that had settled over Reading FC has suddenly lifted, replaced by a renewed sense of optimism. Yesterday I wrote about just how important the Capital One Cup game agains...

Reading's Capital One Cup match against QPR at Loftus Road on Wednesday night really is a critical one. That's not because they're particularly set on a run in this competition, although that would be nice. No, the one thing the Royals need more tha...