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Reading FC Results Reading 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest (0-0 HT) Leigertwood 81' Reading 2 - 2 Crystal Palace (1-1 HT) Zaha 14' Gorkss 20' Le Fondre 53' Murray 76' Npower Championship Table
Reading FC & Neighbouring Teams Form Most Reading fans, in the business end of the season, were dreading having to travel to Birmingham needing points, a cruel sense of deja vu returning from the final day of the 2008/2009 season, when City dropped us into the playoffs with a final day defeat. But two games this week removed any fear of a disappointing end to a fantastic season, with the Royals sealing automatic promotion on Tuesday, and sealing the championship on Saturday, with thanks to Middlesborough for defeating second placed Southampton. The game against Nottingham Forest wasn't the best game, especially looking at league placings alone. But the "extra man" really counted that night - of course I am referring to number 13, the fans. Even listening to the commentary on the radio, you could hear from the fans how the West Ham game at Ashton Gate was going, a game which we were dependant on, hoping we could get more points than the Hammers. Whether the players could hear it or not was debatable, up until the last ten minutes. Due to our match starting slightly later, news that West Ham had only drawn echoed around the stands and, within minutes, a Reading team full of ambition managed to score through our hard working ball winner Mikele Leigertwood. A larger scoreline would have been nice, but the three points was enough to secure promotion. The Saturday game, against Palace, seemed like a bit of an anti-climax, even more so because, even if we won, we would need to wait until later on to see how Southampton did to confirm the title. A good game nonetheless, we were undone by the pacey Wilfried Zaha, before equalising and overtaking with Gorkss winning a game of heading tennis and Le Fondre continuing his saviour act, before a late second goal from Palace meant we shared the points. However, a shock loss for the Saints meant that, last evening, Reading FC could celebrate a second Championship title in six years. Below the top spot, Southampton could only manage three points out of a possible six this week, keeping them in second place, and having to rely on West Ham United to drop points against Leicester City on Monday to secure their automatic promotion before the final day of the season. Blackpool, on the other hand, have taken maximum points from their week, securing their play-off spot this season. Birmingham City and Cardiff City face a battle with Middlesborough to get those last two places in the playoffs, and a chance to join the top two in the Premiership next season. With Coventry City losing to bottom placed, and already relegated Doncaster Rovers, and Portsmouth dropping points to Derby County, the other two relegation places were confirmed yesterday, with Barnsley and Nottingham Forest able to breath a sigh of relief for the final day of the season, knowing they will stay up for next season. Not much to say now for the end of the season. A trip to Birmingham will be a nice day out for us, although we can be sure City will be chasing a win to secure their play-off spot. Middlesborough and Cardiff will also be battling hard but, for other teams, there is nothing else to play for. I hope we can give the Championship a good send off. Most of our players have come from the Football League, and we have used their experience to get where we are. Now we need to see how that experience does us at a higher level. See you next week! Important Upcoming Fixtures 23.04.12 Leicester City vs West Ham United 28.04.12 Birmingham City vs Reading 28.04.12 Crystal Palace vs Cardiff City 28.04.12 Watford vs Middlesborough 28.04.12 West Ham United vs Hull City |
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Very well done, Number_13 - and quite the week to record! Thank you! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I think Crystal Palace were helped by an extra player and another 'extra man', the referee. Still, was funny booing John Parr every time he touched the ball, crowd were rocking after Alfie scored the second, though we were silenced by Murray's wonder goal. And Pompey finally go down, many years of happiness in League's One and Two await them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A thousand miles away, but just round the corner in spirit
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Fantastic!!! Important Upcoming Fixtures 23.04.12 Leicester City vs West Ham United 28.04.12 Birmingham City vs Reading 28.04.12 Crystal Palace vs Cardiff City 28.04.12 Watford vs Middlesborough 28.04.12 West Ham United vs Hull City also perhaps should add: 28.04.12 Southampton v Coventry City (might affect auto places still!) Also that ALL games next weekend kick off at 12.30 ... |
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Yeah about that I am relying on West Ham United to lose tomorrow night, but it could go to the last day. I'm sure Coventry could use some comic relief given they will be playing in L1 next season. |
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