READING F.C : farewell my love & hope u will miss me

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 08:59 PM

MEMPERKENALKAN TEAM BARU DI EPL :love:

Bakal menyasurkan team tenuk , bangau , meriam hatta setan merah sekalipun..hehehe

atau mungkinkan mereka akan di sayurkan heheheh

marilah kita saksikan.. hrp2 menjadik mcm wigan dan west ham last season .. lagipun alan pardew pun bekas manager derang

inilah team aku sokonggg sejakkkk duluuuuu lagiiikkkk.......:pmuka:

[ Last edited by dollah_bedwi at 12-5-2008 10:11 PM ]

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:02 PM

Full name Reading Football Club
Nickname(s) The Royals
Founded 1871
Ground Madejski Stadium
Reading
Capacity 24,225
Chairman England John Madejski
Manager England Steve Coppell
League FA Premier League
2005-06 Championship, 1st (Champions

Reading Football Club is an association football club, based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. They currently play in the FA Premier League. When Reading gained promotion to the Premier League, on 25 March 2006, they achieved promotion to the top flight earlier in the season than any other post-war side. It was also the first time Reading had reached the top division in their history.[1]

They are nicknamed the Royals, due to Reading's location in the Royal County of Berkshire

ini kerana..

Berkshire (IPA: [ˈb?ːkʃə] or [ˈb?ːkʃɪə] ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which goes back to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming this in 1974.

. Reading's mascot is a lion called Kingsley Royal.

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:04 PM

Reading were formed in 1871. They were originally nicknamed the Biscuitmen after one of the main trades in the town, Huntley & Palmers biscuits, but changed to the Royals in the 1970s. The club played at Reading Recreation Ground until 1878, before moving on to Reading Cricket Ground (1878-1882), Coley Park (1882-1889) and Caversham Cricket Ground (1889-1896). The switch to professionalism in 1895 resulted in the need for a bigger ground and, to this end, the club moved again, to the purpose built Elm Park on 5 September 1896.

In 1913 Reading toured Italy and beat Pro Vercelli, the Italian champions, AC Milan (5-0) and then the full Italian national team. The leading sports newspaper Corriere della Sera wrote "without doubt, Reading FC are the finest foreign team seen in Italy." [1]

Reading were elected to the Third Division of the Football League in 1920, and have spent the majority of the time since then in the third tier of the league, with occasional flirtations with the second and fourth tiers. In season 1994-95, Reading's play-off defeat against Bolton Wanderers made them the only side to finish second in the First/Second Division and not receive promotion to the top level. This was due to the Premier League reducing its number of teams from 22 to 20.

Reading's best performance in the FA Cup came in 1926-27 when they lost to eventual winners Cardiff City in the semi-final. The side's moment of cup glory came in 1988 when they won the Simod Cup, beating a number of top flight sides en-route to their Wembley win over Luton Town.

Reading were promoted to the Second Division as champions in 1986 under the management of Ian Branfoot, but were relegated back to the Third Division in 1988. Branfoot left in October 1989, having failed to get the Royals back into the Second Division. His successor, Ian Porterfield, lasted just 18 months before further failures cost him his job.

The appointment of Mark McGhee as player-manager in June 1991 saw Reading move forward. They were crowned champions of the new Division Two in 1994 and, when McGhee moved to Leicester City halfway through the following season, Reading still appeared in with a chance of a second straight promotion. 35-year-old striker Jimmy Quinn was put in charge of the first team alongside midfielder Mick Gooding and guided Reading to runners-up in the final Division One table - only to be denied automatic promotion because of the streamlining of the Premiership. Reading had eased past Tranmere Rovers in the playoff semi-finals and looked to have booked their place in the Premiership after building up a 2-0 lead over Bolton Wanderers by half time in the final. Two late goals from Bolton forced extra time and the match ended 4-3 to Bolton. Quinn and Gooding's contracts were not renewed two years later after Reading had slid into the bottom half of Division One.

Their successor, Terry Bullivant, lasted less than one season before being sacked in March 1998. The Royals finished that season bottom of Division One and slipped into Division Two. Former Celtic boss, Tommy Burns lasted just 18 months before being replaced by Alan Pardew who had previously been reserve team manager before being released.

1998 also saw Reading move into the new 24,200-seat Madejski Stadium - named after chairman John Madejski - in the Smallmead area of the town.

Reading made it back to Division One in 2002 after finishing runners-up in Division Two. Good form the following season saw them finish fourth in Division One and qualify for the playoffs. Their promotion hopes were ended by a defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the semi-finals, Reading's third unsuccessful attempt to gain promotion via play-offs. Pardew moved to West Ham United the following October and was replaced at Reading by Brighton & Hove Albion's Steve Coppell.

In 2004-05, Reading finished seventh in the Football League Championship and just missed out in the playoffs.
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Reading in The Premiership

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:04 PM

On 25 March 2006, Reading won promotion to the Premiership for the first time in their history. A draw at Leicester, coupled with Watford's defeat against Millwall, and Leeds United only drawing with Stoke City, secured Reading one of the top two automatic promotion places in the Championship. MPs congratulated Reading's successful season with two early day motions shortly after Reading finally secured promotion.[2][3] The following week, they celebrated winning the Championship after defeating Derby County 5-0, while Stoke City held Sheffield United 1-1.[4] This sparked a pitch invasion and the players celebrated in front of the fans from the safety of the directors' box.

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:06 PM

Reading hold the English league record for the longest winning sequence at the start of a season with 13 victories in succession at the beginning of season 1985-86.

In 1979, Reading goalkeeper Steve Death went 1103 minutes without conceding a goal, also an English league record.

They also hold the embarrassing honour of having experienced more FA Cup defeats than any other team. This is due to Reading and Notts County being the first of the football clubs that exist today to enter the competition, in 1877-78. Both clubs have lost one tie per season since, apart from in 1894 when Notts County won the cup. Also in the 1893/94 FA Cup, Reading lost 18-0 to Preston North End, at least partly because the Preston players used studs on their quagmire of a pitch.

During their successful 2005-06 Premiership promotion campaign, Reading broke another record when they went 33 matches unbeaten, the longest in the history of England's second tier, from 9 August 2005 until they lost to Luton Town on 17 February 2006. They have also broken Sunderland's record for most points in English football history in 2005-06, finishing with 106 points, breaking the previous record by a single point.[5] Reading almost became the first team to finish a season with 100 goals and 100 points, but failed with only 99 goals.[6]
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Club records

* Best win: 10-2 v Crystal Palace 4 September 1946, Football League Third Division Also 11-0 v Chesham Generals 17 November 1901, FA Cup 4th qualifying round.
* Worst defeat: 18-0 v Preston North End 27 January 1894, FA Cup R1
* Most capped player (whilst at Reading): Jimmy Quinn (17 Northern Ireland caps)
* Most league appearances: Martin Hicks (500, 1978 to 1991)
* Most league goals: Ronnie Blackman (158, 1947 to 1954)
* Most league goals in a season: Ronnie Blackman (39, 1951-52)

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National records

* Longest winning sequence at the start of a season: 13 victories in 1985-86.
* Longest run in the football league without conceding a goal: 1103 minutes, over 11 matches between 24 March 1979 and 18 August 1979 (Steve Death was the goalkeeper throughout this run[7])
* The first of the clubs who joined the Football League in 1920-22 to score 5000 League goals. Adie Williams scored the 5000th against Wycombe in September 2000 but, due to a miscalculation, the framed certificate went to Darius Henderson who got the 5001st
* Longest unbeaten run in a single season of the 2nd tier of English Football: 33 games (2005-06)
* Most points in a single season in any English professional league: 106 points (2005-06)

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:12 PM

Current first team squad

As of 29 June 2006:
No. Position Player
1 United States GK Marcus Hahnemann
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty (captain)
3 England DF Nicky Shorey
4 England MF Steve Sidwell
5 Senegal DF Ibrahima Sonko
6 Iceland MF Brynjar Gunnarsson
7 England MF Glen Little

8 England FW Leroy Lita ( ini yg feymes , ramai nak beli dia nih )

9 Republic of Ireland FW Kevin Doyle
10 Republic of Ireland MF Stephen Hunt
11 Wales MF John Oster
12 England FW Dave Kitson

13 England Reading Fans [2] ( number khas utk reading fan , sebagai tanda sokong fan
bersama2 dlm team )

14 England DF John Halls
15 England MF James Harper

16 Iceland DF Ívar Ingimarsson
17 United States MF Bobby Convey
20 Republic of Ireland MF Jonathan Hayes
21 Republic of Ireland GK Graham Stack
23 England DF Chris Makin
24 Republic of Ireland FW Shane Long
26 England DF Curtis Osano
27 England DF Aaron Brown
31 England FW Simon Cox
32 Australia GK Adam Federici
33 England DF Scott Golbourne

P:S; derang tgh cari player power2 nak main epl nih , mungkin akan angkut player dari team sirie a yg kena tendang bawah ...

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:13 PM

Honours

* Football League Championship Champions 1
      o 2006, Runners-up 1995
* Full Members Cup (a.k.a. 'Simod Cup')
      o Winners 1988
* Football League Second Division Champions 1
      o 1994, runners-up 2002
* Football League Third Division (and Third Division South) Champions 2
      o 1926, 1986, runners-up 1932, 1935, 1949, 1952
* Football League Fourth Division Champions 1
      o 1979
* London War Cup Champions
      o 1941
* FA Cup Best Season Semi-final
      o 1927
* Football League Cup Best Season Quarter-final
      o 1996, 1998

Notable former players

* Ronnie Blackman
* Matt Busby - 40 wartime (non-league) appearances during 1942-1945[8]
* Steve Death
* Kerry Dixon - high scoring striker who was sold to Chelsea in 1983 and was later capped 8 times by England
* Maurice Evans - manager of Fourth Division championship side in 1979 and later managed Oxford United to League Cup glory
* Les Ferdinand
* Nicky Forster
* Robin Friday
* Michael Gilkes
* Martin Hicks
* Shaka Hislop - goalkeeper in 1995 playoff final who was then sold to Newcastle United for £1.575million
* Martin Keown
* Phil Parkinson
* Jimmy Quinn
* Lawrie Sanchez
* Trevor Senior
* Neil Webb

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Managerial History
Steve Coppell 9 October 2003 - present
Kevin Dillon* 10 September 2003 - 9 October 2003
Alan Pardew 16 September 1999 - 9 September 2003
Tommy Burns 25 March 1998 - 16 September 1999
Alan Pardew* 18 March 1998 - 25 March 1998
Terry Bullivant 30 June 1997 - 18 March 1998
Jimmy Quinn & Mick Gooding 5 January 1995 - 9 May 1997
Jimmy Quinn, Mick Gooding,
Adrian Williams, & Jeff Hopkins* 15 December 1994 - 4 January 1995
Mark McGhee 10 May 1991 - 14 December 1994
John Haselden* 30 April 1991 - 10 May 1991
Eddie Niedzwicki* 1 April 1991 - 30 April 1991
Ian Porterfield 14 November 1989 - 1 April 1991
Lew Chatterley* 23 October 1989 - 14 November 1989
Ian Branfoot 31 January 1984 - 23 October 1989
Maurice Evans 26 February 1977 - 31 January 1984
Charlie Hurley 13 January 1972 - 26 February 1977
Jimmy Wallbanks* 1 October 1971 - 13 January 1972
Jack Mansell 1 April 1969 - 1 October 1971
Ray Henderson* 1 February 1969 - 1 April 1969
Roy Bentley 1 January 1963 - 1 February 1969
Harry Johnston 1 November 1955 - 1 January 1963
Fred May & James Carter* 1 October 1955 - 1 November 1955
Arthur Smith 1 June 1952 - 1 October 1955
Ted Drake 1 June 1947 - 1 June 1952
Joe Edelston 13 April 1939 - 1 June 1947
Johnny Cochrane 1 March 1939 - 13 April 1939
Billy Butler 1 August 1935 - 1 March 1939
Joe Smith 1 June 1931 - 1 August 1935
Angus Wylie 1 July 1926 - 1 June 1931
Harold Bray 1 October 1925 - 1 June 1926
Arthur Chadwick 1 January 1923 - 1 October 1925
The Board* 11 May 1922 - 1 January 1923
Jack Smith 23 December 1920 - 11 May 1922
Harry Marshall 23 February 1920 - 23 December 1920

* Caretaker manager(s)

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:14 PM

* There is a persistent urban legend that as a "royal" club, Reading have the honour of being allowed to wear their home kit regardless of the opposition and venue. This has no basis in fact, and the legend's origin is unclear.[9]

* Reading Football Club were the first football club to register their own fans as an official member of their squad, in recognition of the fact that the supporters in the stadium on a match day can sometimes influence the match just as much as a player on the pitch. The idea came from supporter Andy Manson in the summer of 2001 when the number 13 was left vacant by then boss Alan Pardew after the departure of the club's number 13, Keith Scott. Since then the "player" has been registered with squad number 13, named 'Reading Fans'.

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:16 PM

satu lagi yg feymes tentang reading ialah festival music nya..

Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events both happen on the bank holiday weekend in August (on Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and share the same bill (usually with one or two exceptions.)

They used to be strongly folk-oriented festivals, now more alternative/indie/punk/metal. The festival will typically have the following stages:-

* Main stage - major rock/indie/rap acts
* NME/Radio 1 stage - less well known and breakthrough acts
* Carling stage - emerging acts
* Radio 1 Lock Up Stage - underground punk/hardcore acts. Due to demand, this will take up 2 days in 2006, as opposed to 1 day in previous years.
* Dance tent - dance music acts, on the day that the above stage does not run
* Comedy tent - comedy and cabaret acts

The festivals are run by Mean Fiddler Music Group and are currently sponsored by Carling. For promotional purposes they are known as the Carling Weekend Reading and the Carling Weekend Leeds.

In 2005 the capacity of the Reading site was 66,500 and the Leeds site was 57,500 but this year both sites have had increases in capacity with Reading now being at 80,000 and Leeds at 67,500. The Reading festival is held at Little John's Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading, near the Caversham Bridge. The Leeds event is held in Bramham Park, the grounds of a historic house. Campsites are available at both sites, weekend tickets include camping. Day tickets are also sold.

The line-up for the 2006 festivals was officially announced on BBC Radio 1 on 3 April 2006, with tickets going on sale on this date. Headliners are Muse, Franz Ferdinand, and Pearl Jam.

dollah_bedwi · Post time 5-7-2006 09:21 PM

The new official 2006/7 Reading FC away kit has been unveiled for the first time, and pre-orders can be made now from the Madejski Stadium Megastore.

( home kit akan di lancarkan kemudian )

3rd kit

epitome · Post time 5-7-2006 10:07 PM

maxomeara · Post time 5-7-2006 11:14 PM

Originally posted by epitome at 5-7-2006 10:07 PM

adehh ler epi.........aku try gak nak tahan gelak......:lol :lol aper kener plak Beras super cap rambutan ngan Reading FC nih? title sponsor ker? :lol

aper2 pon aku dgn rela hati mengangkat Reading sbg team gundik aku.... walaupon Watford pon cambest tp sbb diorg ader link ngan Elton John (eeeeeeee.....), aku ambik Reading ah...:lol

fairy_hobbit · Post time 6-7-2006 12:49 AM

Originally posted by maxomeara at 5-7-2006 11:14 PM

adehh ler epi.........aku try gak nak tahan gelak......:lol :lol aper kener plak Beras super cap rambutan ngan Reading FC nih? title sponsor ker? :lol

aper2 pon aku dgn rela hati mengang ...

Beras Nasional = bernas

idea yg BERNAS

stats · Post time 6-7-2006 09:09 AM

mari kite mambacaa...semuaa..:pmuka:

maxomeara · Post time 6-7-2006 09:23 AM

kalo ler geng2 Juve yg nk kener relegate tuh join Reading...pergh...meriah..meriah...

tanabe2287 · Post time 6-7-2006 10:43 AM

ko jangan bimbang.....ini club hangat2 taik ayam.....

(aku dah start bako dah....perassssssss welkap punya pasal...)

hasribus · Post time 7-7-2006 09:26 AM

ini betul punya hardcore enche dollah kiter...

conan · Post time 7-7-2006 10:47 AM

aku penyokong Reading dari 'dooooooooooollluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu' lagi

sebab aku suke membace :pmuka:

dollah_bedwi · Post time 7-7-2006 02:04 PM

mungkinlah nanti akan muncul lagi harcore kelab membaca ini.. aku dah dapat dari seorg ultras kelab membaca ni.. dullah_reader ... pergh.. berkobar tol mamamt nih.. tapi dia bagi tahu aku.. nak start musim baru ni baru dia aktip..

hasribus · Post time 7-7-2006 02:41 PM

Originally posted by dollah_bedwi at 7-7-2006 02:04 PM
mungkinlah nanti akan muncul lagi harcore kelab membaca ini.. aku dah dapat dari seorg ultras kelab membaca ni.. dullah_reader ... pergh.. ...

aku pon terperasan ada sorang lagi nama dia hasri_reading... saper yer? :hmm: