| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD 09:59 - Apr 16 with 18752 views | NotLoyal |
The Reading isn’t a library, it isn’t even a bookshop, they are on form, Swansea could be, what will we learn ? Are Swansea still tired ? Are you ? Is it the same but faster or then slower ?
This game is not on the red button of SKY 🔴
The officials
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Scott Ledger and Matthew Wilkes
Fourth Official : Declan Bourne
Having had a dose of the Andy Woolmer’s on Friday, it’s the friendly Kevin’s for this game.
Reading fans are hard as flex. They blocked a bus once. All of them.
Reading fans voted ‘on the buses’ their favourite sit com of the ever times.
A draw ?
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Reading: Orjan Nyland, Michael Morrison (captain), Tom McIntyre, Tom Ince, Danny Drinkwater, Andy Yiadom, Lucas Joao, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Baba Rahman, Junior Hoilett, Josh Laurent.
Substitutes: Luke Southwood, Alen Halilovic, Yakou Meite, Terrell Thomas, Femi Azeez, Brandon Baker, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan.
Swansea City: Andy Fisher; Ben Cabango, Kyle Naughton, Joel Latibeaudiere; Cyrus Christie, Flynn Downes, Matt Grimes (captain), Hannes Wolf; Joel Piroe, Jamie Paterson, Michael Obafemi.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Ryan Manning, Jay Fulton, Korey Smith, Olivier Ntcham, Kyle Joseph, Cameron Congreve.
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 21:39 - Apr 16 with 4567 views | cadleigh |
I like Reading a lot. Very intelligent supporters, with whom you can have a drink and a chat outside the ground. Much like Charlton in that respect. However, it's not that long since the Reading/Oxford derby was one of the most notorious in football and Reading was a very unpleasant place for away supporters. Also they made Martin and his players look like dicks not that long ago. Respect is due. |  |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 00:54 - Apr 17 with 4492 views | NotLoyal |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 21:39 - Apr 16 by cadleigh |
I like Reading a lot. Very intelligent supporters, with whom you can have a drink and a chat outside the ground. Much like Charlton in that respect. However, it's not that long since the Reading/Oxford derby was one of the most notorious in football and Reading was a very unpleasant place for away supporters. Also they made Martin and his players look like dicks not that long ago. Respect is due. |
I’ve always found Reading a very simple and non confrontational place to go, even as a young man. | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 08:59 - Apr 17 with 4394 views | cadleigh |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 00:54 - Apr 17 by NotLoyal |
I’ve always found Reading a very simple and non confrontational place to go, even as a young man. |
Well there was that troubled match at Elm Park in 1993, but largely our visits to Reading have been smooth enough, despite the best efforts of some our supporters to goad the home fans.
I lived in Oxford in the '80s and when I couldn't get to Swans games I'd go and see United play at the Manor Ground. Reading and Swindon were particularly unpleasant matches, although now I think about it maybe the Oxford supporters were the worst. Wasn't there a documentary about their firms? This was the period when Maxwell proposed merging the two clubs... | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 12:03 - Apr 17 with 4258 views | 73__73 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 21:39 - Apr 16 by cadleigh |
I like Reading a lot. Very intelligent supporters, with whom you can have a drink and a chat outside the ground. Much like Charlton in that respect. However, it's not that long since the Reading/Oxford derby was one of the most notorious in football and Reading was a very unpleasant place for away supporters. Also they made Martin and his players look like dicks not that long ago. Respect is due. |
Reading an unpleasant place for away supporters ?
I’ve been to reading many times and that’s certainly not an impression I have.
The trouble at the old Elm Park when Swansea went there back in the 90’s was the worst hooliganism that I’ve ever witnessed at a football match.
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 12:04 - Apr 17 with 4257 views | 73__73 |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 12:06 - Apr 17 with 4299 views | Whiterockin |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 13:14 - Apr 17 with 4249 views | cadleigh |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 12:03 - Apr 17 by 73__73 |
Reading an unpleasant place for away supporters ?
I’ve been to reading many times and that’s certainly not an impression I have.
The trouble at the old Elm Park when Swansea went there back in the 90’s was the worst hooliganism that I’ve ever witnessed at a football match.
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I was referring to Reading in the ‘70s and ‘80s in my original post, and did say that today, it’s a pleasant place to visit.
No disrespect, but don’t you contradict yourself in your post? | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 13:16 - Apr 17 with 4247 views | cadleigh |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 00:54 - Apr 17 by NotLoyal |
I’ve always found Reading a very simple and non confrontational place to go, even as a young man. |
I guess ‘not that long ago’ is relative to your age… | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 17:55 - Apr 17 with 4157 views | KeithHaynes |
Not on the red button. |  |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 18:12 - Apr 17 with 4125 views | STID2017 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 17:55 - Apr 17 by KeithHaynes |
Not on the red button. |
Another day abroad it is then  |  |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 20:28 - Apr 17 with 4079 views | swan_si |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 18:12 - Apr 17 by STID2017 |
Another day abroad it is then |
I find Ireland is a good place to watch games when unable to attend.  |  | | |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 22:38 - Apr 17 with 4019 views | KeithHaynes |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 08:59 - Apr 17 by cadleigh |
Well there was that troubled match at Elm Park in 1993, but largely our visits to Reading have been smooth enough, despite the best efforts of some our supporters to goad the home fans.
I lived in Oxford in the '80s and when I couldn't get to Swans games I'd go and see United play at the Manor Ground. Reading and Swindon were particularly unpleasant matches, although now I think about it maybe the Oxford supporters were the worst. Wasn't there a documentary about their firms? This was the period when Maxwell proposed merging the two clubs... |
I always viewed these clubs as small fry as a younger man, never really felt any intimidation and always seemed to be places that really didn’t register regards problematic. | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 06:26 - Apr 18 with 3936 views | 1983 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 22:38 - Apr 17 by KeithHaynes |
I always viewed these clubs as small fry as a younger man, never really felt any intimidation and always seemed to be places that really didn’t register regards problematic. |
Exactly
To me Reading is just a sign on the M4 and when I see it I think "oh yeah...Reading they have a nice big new railway station" and then totally forget about the place until the next time I pass that sign on the M4
Funny old world |  |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 08:15 - Apr 18 with 3877 views | Whiterockin |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 06:26 - Apr 18 by 1983 |
Exactly
To me Reading is just a sign on the M4 and when I see it I think "oh yeah...Reading they have a nice big new railway station" and then totally forget about the place until the next time I pass that sign on the M4
Funny old world |
To me mention Reading and the first thing to come to mind is music festival, but I am old. | | | |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 09:59 - Apr 18 with 3807 views | cadleigh |
Reading is England's largest town and a perennial candidate for city status (they'll probably get it when Charles ascends to the throne). Built their prosperity on a massive abbey with royal patronage (unlike those fools up the Thames with their stupid university!) only to watch it go up in smoke when Henry VIII got bored of monks. Venue for the only battle on British soil in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. Nice dining quarter and the largest statue of a lion I've ever seen (some people say it's actually modelled on a cat but others insist it is anatomically correct). The locals have an insatiable appetite for demolishing any building more than 5 years old and erecting new ones. Labour council and parliamentary seat in a sea of blue. Embarassingly-branded stadium (but who are we to talk?). Decent shopping mall at The Oracle.
While I wouldn't actually recommend going there for a day trip, if you do find yourself in Reading for a football match it is worth a potter about. | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 10:03 - Apr 18 with 3776 views | STID2017 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 09:59 - Apr 18 by cadleigh |
Reading is England's largest town and a perennial candidate for city status (they'll probably get it when Charles ascends to the throne). Built their prosperity on a massive abbey with royal patronage (unlike those fools up the Thames with their stupid university!) only to watch it go up in smoke when Henry VIII got bored of monks. Venue for the only battle on British soil in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. Nice dining quarter and the largest statue of a lion I've ever seen (some people say it's actually modelled on a cat but others insist it is anatomically correct). The locals have an insatiable appetite for demolishing any building more than 5 years old and erecting new ones. Labour council and parliamentary seat in a sea of blue. Embarassingly-branded stadium (but who are we to talk?). Decent shopping mall at The Oracle.
While I wouldn't actually recommend going there for a day trip, if you do find yourself in Reading for a football match it is worth a potter about. |
Always wondered what the Oracle was ( never thought to Ask Google) 
Another one of life's mysteries solved.
Went to the cup match in August and thought it was a tidy stadium, albeit with a silly name.
Who does that ...  | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 10:41 - Apr 18 with 3742 views | 1983 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SUN AM on 09:59 - Apr 18 by cadleigh |
Reading is England's largest town and a perennial candidate for city status (they'll probably get it when Charles ascends to the throne). Built their prosperity on a massive abbey with royal patronage (unlike those fools up the Thames with their stupid university!) only to watch it go up in smoke when Henry VIII got bored of monks. Venue for the only battle on British soil in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. Nice dining quarter and the largest statue of a lion I've ever seen (some people say it's actually modelled on a cat but others insist it is anatomically correct). The locals have an insatiable appetite for demolishing any building more than 5 years old and erecting new ones. Labour council and parliamentary seat in a sea of blue. Embarassingly-branded stadium (but who are we to talk?). Decent shopping mall at The Oracle.
While I wouldn't actually recommend going there for a day trip, if you do find yourself in Reading for a football match it is worth a potter about. |
As I thought naff all there | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 12:54 - Apr 18 with 3613 views | Badlands |
In the top two divisions since 1986 but alway bottom 2or 3 before that.
Far larger population than Swansea 246,217 Reading 342,117.
Strange how places are perceived. |  |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 13:03 - Apr 18 with 3580 views | onehunglow |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 12:54 - Apr 18 by Badlands |
In the top two divisions since 1986 but alway bottom 2or 3 before that.
Far larger population than Swansea 246,217 Reading 342,117.
Strange how places are perceived. |
That's wider urban area though .Isn't Swansea well over 300,000.
Ive always though Reading a place to drive out of or away from or to avoid completely. | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 13:46 - Apr 18 with 3459 views | 73__73 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 UPDATED SAT evening on 13:14 - Apr 17 by cadleigh |
I was referring to Reading in the ‘70s and ‘80s in my original post, and did say that today, it’s a pleasant place to visit.
No disrespect, but don’t you contradict yourself in your post? |
Not at all. The trouble before, during and after the match was the doing of Swansea fans.
As I said been to reading many times and I’ve never see any trouble from their fans. [Post edited 18 Apr 2022 13:52]
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 13:50 - Apr 18 with 3453 views | 73__73 |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 12:54 - Apr 18 by Badlands |
In the top two divisions since 1986 but alway bottom 2or 3 before that.
Far larger population than Swansea 246,217 Reading 342,117.
Strange how places are perceived. |
No not at all. Reading is to close to London. A very unspectacular place. | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 14:02 - Apr 18 with 3458 views | jasper_T |
What happened to the changes he was on about? Strange time or mindgames. | | | |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 14:07 - Apr 18 with 3432 views | KeithHaynes |
Reading: Orjan Nyland, Michael Morrison (captain), Tom McIntyre, Tom Ince, Danny Drinkwater, Andy Yiadom, Lucas Joao, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Baba Rahman, Junior Hoilett, Josh Laurent.
Substitutes: Luke Southwood, Alen Halilovic, Yakou Meite, Terrell Thomas, Femi Azeez, Brandon Baker, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan.
Swansea City: Andy Fisher; Ben Cabango, Kyle Naughton, Joel Latibeaudiere; Cyrus Christie, Flynn Downes, Matt Grimes (captain), Hannes Wolf; Joel Piroe, Jamie Paterson, Michael Obafemi.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Ryan Manning, Jay Fulton, Korey Smith, Olivier Ntcham, Kyle Joseph, Cameron Congreve. | |
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| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 14:08 - Apr 18 with 3424 views | KeithHaynes |
| Reading v Swansea City : Sky Bet Championship 21/22 MATCHDAY THREAD on 14:02 - Apr 18 by jasper_T |
What happened to the changes he was on about? Strange time or mindgames. |
Good to see Downes back and it’s clear Martin is still keen to get as many points as he can.
After today the next three games are really difficult. | |
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