Reading FC

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Reading FC
Reading FC club crest
Basic data
Surname Reading Football Club
Seat Reading
founding December 25, 1871
Website readingfc.co.uk
First soccer team
Head coach Mark Bowen
Venue Madejski Stadium
Places 24,161
league EFL Championship
2019/20 14th place
home
Away

The Reading FC (officially: Reading Football Club ), also known as The Royals ( "The Royal"), is an English football club based in Reading . Reading FC was founded in 1871 and played in the Premier League from 2006 to 2008 and in the 2012/13 season . Since 1998, Reading FC's home games have been played in the Madejski Stadium, which has a capacity of 24,161 .

History of the club

After it was founded in 1871, the association became known colloquially as "The Biscuitmen". This name has its origins in the settlement of the biscuit manufacturer Huntley & Palmers in Reading. After the factory was closed in 1976, a new nickname was sought in a public competition, with "Royals" prevailing on the basis of Reading's capital city status in the Royal County of Berkshire .

Reading FC was admitted to the Third Division in 1920 and spent most of the club's existence there. From time to time the club was able to rise to the Second Division . In 1971 the club even had to relegate to fourth division for the first time. Reading was another mediocre 1976-77 , 1979 - 1983 , 1984 - 1986 and 1988 - 1994 . In the 1986 - 1988 seasons and from 1994 onwards they were even in second class.

Reading FC never played in the top English division until 2006. In the 1994/95 season , the club was runner-up in the First Division. Since the number of clubs in the Premier League was reduced for the new season, the runner-up also had to go to the promotion play-offs as an exception. The play-off final was lost to the Bolton Wanderers ; this makes Reading FC the only club from the first or second division that came second and still did not rise. In the 2002/03 season , the club again had a chance of promotion to the Premier League. Reading finished the season in fourth, but then lost in the play-off semifinals to Wolverhampton Wanderers .

On March 25, 2006 , the first promotion to the Premier League was achieved early - in a season dominated by the team. After 40 games, there were only two defeats at this point. In the first Premier League season Reading finished a respectable 8th place and missed the UEFA Cup participation by only one place and one point. In the following season 2007/08 Reading came only to 18th place in the table and thus missed relegation due to the goal difference against Fulham FC by three goals .

On April 17, 2012 , the club prematurely managed the second promotion to the Premier League. After 44 match days, Reading FC was in first place with 88 points and was eight points ahead of the third-placed team. Thus, the club returned to the top division after four years in the second division. Reading has been playing second class again since 2014 .

Reading FC's best season in the FA Cup was 1926/27, when the club lost in the semi-finals to eventual cup winners Cardiff City . This success was also reflected in the interest of the spectators: On February 19, 1927, 33,042 spectators came to what was then Elm Park in the cup game against Brentford FC (1-0) ; a value that should never be reached again. In the FA Cup 2014/15 Reading reached the semi-finals again.

In the League Cup , the club never made it past the quarter-finals. Reading FC achieved this in the 1995/96 and 1997/98 seasons.

Reading FC is the English record holder of games won at the beginning of the season. In the 1985/86 season the first 13 games were won. In 1979 goalkeeper Steve D'Ath did not concede a goal for 1103 minutes. This was the English record until 2009, when it was replaced by Edwin van der Sar at Manchester United .

Current squad 2018/19

Status: February 26, 2019

No. position Surname
2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg FROM Chris Gunter
3 GhanaGhana FROM Andy Yiadom
4th IrelandIreland FROM John O'Shea
5 IrelandIreland FROM Paul McShane
6th EnglandEngland FROM Liam Moore
9 EnglandEngland ST Sam Baldock
10 EnglandEngland MF John Swift
11 EnglandEngland FROM Jordan Obita
12 JamaicaJamaica MF Garath McCleary
15th EnglandEngland MF Callum Harriott
16 EnglandEngland MF Lewis Baker
17th GambiaGambia MF Modou Barrow
18th EnglandEngland MF Ovie Ejaria
19th United StatesUnited States FROM Matt Miazga
No. position Surname
21st Ivory CoastIvory Coast ST Yakou Méïté
22nd PortugalPortugal ST Nélson Oliveira
23 IcelandIceland ST Jón Daði Böðvarsson
24 EnglandEngland FROM Tyler Blackett
26th ArgentinaArgentina TW Emiliano Martínez
27 EnglandEngland FROM Omar Richards
28 EnglandEngland TW Sam Walker
31 FinlandFinland TW Anssi Jaakkola
32 IranIran MF Saeid Ezatolahi
35 EnglandEngland MF Andy Rinomhota
38 IrelandIreland MF Liam Kelly
43 EnglandEngland ST Danny Loader
46 ScotlandScotland FROM Tom McIntyre

Well-known former players

League affiliation

  • 1920–1926: Football League Third Division
  • 1926–1931: Football League Second Division
  • 1931-1971: Football League Third Division
  • 1971–1976: Football League Fourth Division
  • 1976–1977: Football League Third Division
  • 1977–1979: Football League Fourth Division
  • 1979–1983: Football League Third Division
  • 1983–1984: Football League Fourth Division
  • 1984–1986: Football League Third Division
  • 1986–1988: Football League Second Division
  • 1988–1992: Football League Third Division
  • 1992–1994: Football League Second Division
  • 1994–1998: Football League First Division
  • 1998–2002: Football League Second Division
  • 2002-2004: Football League First Division
  • 2004–2006: Football League Championship
  • 2006-2008: Premier League
  • 2008–2012: Football League Championship
  • 2012-2013: Premier League
  • 2013– 0000: Football League Championship / EFL Championship

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Shaun Tyas: The Dictionary of Football Club Nicknames in Britain and Ireland . Paul Watkins Publishing, Donington 2013, ISBN 978-1-907730-25-2 , pp. 283 .

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