Reading - Bouncing Back To The Big Time.

February.
Bit of a dip in the league form.
Eventually manage to get anyone who's following this a picture of the league table!

Npower Championship.
Reading 3 - 1 Middlesborough.
Van Aanholt (44) Pogrebnyak (77) Guthrie (84)
Routine victory.

Npower Championship.
Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Reading.
We just didn't show up and we deserved to lose.

Npower Championship.
Reading 1 - 1 Ipswich.
McAnuff (20)
We dominated, 63% possession and 15 shots, sadly we only had 1 shot on target.

Npower Championship.
Leeds 1 - 1 Reading.
Pogrebnyak (5 pen)
Should have pushed on after Pogrebnyak's early goal but we just couldn't get a foothold in the game.

LEAGUE TABLE!
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Top quite convincingly to be honest, thought it would be tougher than this..

Player of the Month.
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Jem Karacan - Dominated and dictated the midfield again, been by far the best player of the year so far.

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March.
Ended the poor run in style.
Kadlec still can't score!
Youth intake!
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Had a good youth intake, 1 stand out player was Jon Cross.

Jon Cross.
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Looks like he could be a top class attacking midfielder in the future.

Npower Championship.
Reading 3 - 1 Derby.
McAnuff (7) Mariappa (21, 79)
McAnuff scored a cheeky chip early on and we just pushed on for the win from there.

Npower Championship.
Reading 1 - 2 Burnley.
Kelly s/o (7 ) Drenthe (79)
We played terribly, the early sending off didn't help.

Npower Championship.
QPR 0 - 1 Reading.
Drenthe (43)
He just can't stop scoring!

Npower Championship.
Bolton 0 - 1 Reading.
Drenthe (36)
That man has done it again, also earned ourselves a play off spot here.

Npower Championship.
Reading 3 - 0 Charlton.
McAnuff (14) Kebe (33) Carrico (90+3)
Had to play a rotated squad as we had 2 games in 3 days, still managed a convincing win though.

March Stats.
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Karacan doing well, second for assists.

League Table.
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Top by eleven points, been a breeze :p

Player of the Month.
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Royston Drenthe has been immense, won us 2 games this month almost on his own.​
 
April.
We couldn't let the title slip at this stage could we?
Kadlec eventually scores! Could it prove to be the biggest goal of the season?
Drenthe was missed this month.

Npower Championship.
Barnsley 1 - 2 Reading.
Pogrebnyak (2) Pearce (26)
2 first half goals gave us what felt like a comfortable victory.

Npower Championship.
Huddersfield 2 - 1 Reading.
Pearce (68)
We had nobody that could successfully play left wing back but that's no excuse to lose to the team bottom of the league.

Npower Championship.
Reading 2 - 1 Brighton.
Pogrebnyak (46) Kadlec (70)
Thisalmost certainly gave us the title, was a outstanding performance against the team second in the league.

Npower Championship.
Reading 0 - 2 Blackpool.
We lost.. but so did Brighton and we were crowned champions! Would have liked to have done it in style but either way, premier league here we come!
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Npower Championship.
Reading 3 - 3 Doncaster.
Le Fondre (13, 57) Kadlec (45+1)
We really should have won this, Federici had a nightmare.

Npower Championship.
Watford 0 - 2 Reading.
Mariappa (27) McAnuff (29)
2 quick fire goals gave us a win over a strong Watford side.

League Table.
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CHAMPIONS!

Player of the month.
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Alex Pearce put in strong defensive displays and scored 2 goals this month, couldn't have given it to anyone else.​
 
May.
Ended the season in style.

Npower Championship.
Bournemouth 1 - 4 Reading.
McAnuff (9, 11) Kadlec (36) Karacan (76)
Routine solid victory to finish out the season.

Player of the month.
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Jobi McAnuff for his brace against Bournemouth.

Player of the year top 3:

3rd Place - Pavel Pogrebnyak.
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Had a good season scoring 18 goals in total with a average match rating of 7.42.

2nd Place - Alex Pearce.
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Had an amazing season at centre back had a average match rating of 7.67 which was the best at the club but he was second due to the difference that the first place man made when he played.

1st Place - Jem Karacan.
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Was dominant in the midfield, setup 19 of our goals for the season and had a average match rating of 7.60, he was just immense, couldn't have given player of the year to anyone else.

End of season stats.
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Karacan managed to get third in the assists chart.

Players team of the year.
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Had a good showing with Federici, Pearce and Karacan all making the first team and not forgetting Pogrebnyak on the bench.

Reading team of the year.
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End of season league table.
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Ended up winning the league by 17 points, quite convincing to be honest, the 3 relegated teams were Bournemouth, Yeovil and Huddersfield.

Other Competitions.
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Surprise to see Liverpool winning the premier league :s.

Onto the Premier League in the next update!​
 
Pre-Season.

Due to being recently promoted to the premier league i was hoping for a reasonable amount of cash to bring in some players, it turns out the board had a different idea and i ended up selling on a few players to make money.

To begin the pre-season i started a cup that would be hosted at the Madjeski stadium, it was not a difficult competition, it was just so the players got some match fitness going into the more difficult pre-season friendlies.

Semi-final results.
FC Bayern ll 0 - 3 Havre AC.

Reading 8 - 0 AFC Dunstable.

Third-place playoff.
FC Bayern ll 5 - 0 AFC Dunstable.

Final.
Reading 2 - 1 Havre AC.

Managed to win the trophy quite easily, pretty much what I expected.

Other pre-season friendlies.
Reading 4 - 0 Binfield.
Barnsley 1 - 3 Reading.
Luton 0 - 1 Reading.
Nottingham County 0 - 1 Reading.
Highmoor Ibis 0 - 4 Reading.

Convincing displays throughout pre-season, hopefully we can take the run into the league, the player of pre season was...
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One of the youngsters Craig Tanner.​
 
August.
The Return to the premier league.
Transfers:
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Both Ninos Gouriye and Marcelo Estigarribia completed their moves due to their contracts expiring at their current clubs.

Matt Phillips - Free.
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Let the former Blackpool mans contract expire so that I didn't have to pay compensation, he adds depth to the attacking midfield right role and he has great potential.

Tomas Kalas - Loan.
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Adds depth in the centre back role and he has been brilliant for me on previous saves.

Dani Pacheco - 375k from Liverpool.
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He was transfer listed and 375k was too good to pass up so I brought him in and loaned him out to Elche for first team experience straight away.

Etienne Benteke - £3.5 million from FC Lorient.
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He'll be spending the next few seasons in the under 18 squad to gain experience as he is a player for the future.

Anthony Peronin - £4 million from Olimpique Marseille.
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Looks like such a good prospect for the future, a 5* potential goalkeeper, he'll be playing in the under 18's also.

Could we manage to get revenge on Liverpool?
Chesterfield in the Capital One Cup.
Tough game against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Barclay's Premier League.
Newcastle 2 - 2 Reading.
Gouriye (51) Estigarribia (69)
Came back from 2 goals down with 2 new signings scoring.

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 2 - 0 Liverpool.
Guthrie (12) Gouriye (59)
We dominated the game against the reigning premier league champions.

Capital One Cup.
Chesterfield 0 - 3 Reading.
Pogrebnyak (31 pen, 34) McAnuff (48)
The reserves do the job to prevent cup upset.

Barclay's Premier League.
Manchester United 1 - 0 Reading.
We gave a good account of ourselves, was expecting to lose by more, we played well.

League Table.
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Started off the season well, hope we can continue like this.

Player of the month.
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Ninos Gouriye - Solid displays scoring goals, unfortunately picked up an injury in the united game :/
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September.
Good League Form.
Take on Swansea in the Capital One Cup.

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 2 - 2 Fulham.
Estigarribia (6.) Kadlec (17)
We dominated the game and let a 2 goal lead slip.

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 2 - 0 Brighton.
Kelly (8) Kadlec (26)
Good win against one of the teams that came up from the championship with us.

Capital One Cup.
Swansea 1 - 2 Reading.
Kadlec (69 pen) Gouriye (82)
Good win, Gouriye returned from injury in style with the winner.

Barclay's Premier League.
Hull 1 - 1 Reading.
Estigarribia (25 pen)
We should be winning games like this.

League Table.
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Enjoying life in the premier league at the moment sitting in fifth position.

Player of the Month.
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Vaclav Kadlec - 3 goals in 4 games this month, he also chipped in with a couple of assists.​
 
Awesome story as i reading fan myself its great to see other's doing the same save as myself do you have a link to face pack your using?
 
October.
Stringing some good results together.
Forest in the Capital One Cup.

Barclay's Premier League.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Reading.
Gouriye (25)
Bit of a nervy encounter but a win none the less.

Barclay's Premier League.
West Bromwich Albion 0 - 1 Reading.
Gouriye (11)
Gouriye's early goal gives us another win.

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 3 - 2 Southampton.
Karacan (35, 57) Drenthe (55)
Kept the unbeaten run going in a game where we had a total of 21 shots.

Capital One Cup.
Reading 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest.
Vukcevic (81)
A late Vukcevic goal sends us through to take on Manchester City in the quarter finals.

League Table.
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Sitting nicely in 4th spot, way better than I had expected. When we came up and couldn't sign anyone with bags of quality I expected the worst, how wrong I was..

Player of the Month.
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Jem Karacan - 2 goals and 2 assists this month, he is such a talent in the centre of midfield.​
 
November.
Tough month with games against Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City.
Probably my best win as Reading manager.

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 4 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur.
Pearce (7) Gouriye (13, 45+1) Estigarribia (90+1) Kelly s/o (90+3)
We dominated Spurs and that was probably my best win as manager of Reading.

Barclay's Premier League.
Sunderland 0 - 2 Reading.
Kalas (8) Drenthe (30)
Another strong and commanding display sees us come away with the spoils in this one.

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 1 - 2 Chelsea.
Pogrebnyak (74)
We dominated possession and did deserve a point, to make it worse after the match i got a message saying 'Chelsea given controversial penalty'

Barclay's Premier League.
Reading 0 - 0 Everton.
We dominated but just couldn't find a opening.

Barclay's Premier League.
Manchester City 4 - 2 Reading.
Karacan (37) Kelly (66)
From the start we knew it would be damage limitation but we did play well, they were just more clinical.

League Table.
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Can't complain, nicely positioned in fifth, way above my expectations, in my mind all I wanted the team to do was reach the magic 40 points.

Player of the month.
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Tomas Kalas - Strong defensive displays and he managed to bag a goal against Sunderland.
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