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<title><![CDATA[Nolan hammers final nails into Royals' Premier League coffin]]></title>
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Reading's Premier League season ended with a whimper as they lost 4-2 to West Ham at the Boleyn Ground on Sunday.  Despite the fact that over recent ...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 19, 2013 09:07:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed feelings over McCarthy call-up]]></title>
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One of the few bright sparks of a pretty dismal season for Loyal Royals was given official confirmation today with the announcement that England manag...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 08:15:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Damp squib as City too strong for Royals]]></title>
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With Reading already relegated and Manchester City now managerless, licking their wounds from the FA Cup final defeat to Wigan, and no doubt waiting f...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 12:20:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fun to be a Royal again as Adkins claims first win]]></title>
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A fellow supporter likened Saturday's match to a round of golf - in the same way that it's a nice walk spoiled by all the golf, Saturday was likely to...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 04, 2013 06:26:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The impact of relegation - fatal or recoverable?]]></title>
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Previously, I looked at whether Reading's relegation was inevitable - now I'll discuss what it means to the club in the short-term. There are two key ...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 01, 2013 10:01:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reading relegation inevitable - or just bad transfers?]]></title>
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Two days after Reading's relegation back to the Championship was finally confirmed, there are three main subjects on the lips of Loyal Royals.   The...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 05:27:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wooden spoon shared as Royals relegated]]></title>
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So the day that was long expected has come at last. The lack of quality on show from Reading and QPR put them both out of their misery and saw the duo...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 28, 2013 05:40:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Relegation a step closer for Royals after second-half sucker punches]]></title>
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Reading's relegation moved one step closer to reality today as they lost 2-1 to Norwich at Carrow Road, a defeat made so much more painful as they had...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 20, 2013 08:31:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[McCarthy saves the game, but can't save the season]]></title>
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Amid all the controversy about minutes of silence, the return of former manager Brendan Rodgers, sacked by Reading in December 2009, went largely unme...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 13, 2013 08:54:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Player of the Season quandary for Loyal Royals]]></title>
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One of the sure signs that the end of the league campaign is getting closer and closer is the player of the season vote, and Loyal Royals will be voti...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 11, 2013 13:20:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Farce as Madejski muddies pre-match silence waters]]></title>
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Reading chairman and ex-owner Sir John Madejski has caused controversy by muddying the waters over the minute's silence to be held before the match ag...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 10, 2013 07:30:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Season summed up in a single game as Reading fail again]]></title>
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Anyone wanting to see everything that's gone wrong with Reading's season, all bundled up into a single 90-minute package, would just have to watch thi...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 06, 2013 06:34:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Painful watching as Royals outdone by Arsenal]]></title>
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When new Reading manager Nigel Adkins told his players to pass the ball with confidence and without fear of losing it this week he probably had Arsena...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 30, 2013 08:41:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wait for Royals manager ends with sideways move for Adkins]]></title>
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So, the wait is over. After 14 days of limbo, Reading have announced the appointment of Nigel Adkins as manager, to replace the sacked Brian McDermott...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 26, 2013 04:23:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The latest news is that there's still no news on Reading's new manager]]></title>
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To mis-quote the Muppet show: "Today we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that there's no good news. The good news is that that's all the b...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 22, 2013 02:55:38 PDT</pubDate>
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