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June 2003
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29th June 2003 - City Accept Murray Offer
Bristol City have accepted a cash offer of £650,000 from Reading for
Scottish winger Scott Murray. The remaining details of the deal are expected
to be finalised over the next couple of days.
25th June 2003 - Boston Away in Carling Cup
Reading have been drawn away to Boston United in the first round of
the Carling cup (formerly the Worthington Cup). Although a regionalised draw,
the Royals (who were seeded) still face a 300 nile round trip for the game
which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 13th August.
19th June 2003 - Fixtures 2003 / 04
The Royals will kick off the new season with an AWAY game against
Ipswich on August 9th. Their first visitors to the MadStad will be
Nottm Forest on Saturday August 16th. The Xmas programme sees the Royals taking on Wimbledon
at HOME on Boxing Day and Walsall AWAY on Sunday 28th December. They are no fixtures on New Year's Day
and the first league fixture of 2004 will be at HOME to Ipswich on
10th January. The final run
in to what we all hope will be a successful season will include HOME
games against Norwich, Crewe and West Brom, and away trips to
Millwall and Watford in the final game.
The full fixture list is as follows:
|
Fixtures 2003 / 04 |
|
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
|
Sat-09-Aug-03 |
Ipswich |
Away |
|
Sat-16-Aug-03 |
NOTTM FOREST |
HOME |
|
Sat-23-Aug-03 |
Derby |
Away |
|
Mon-25-Aug-03 |
ROTHERHAM |
HOME |
|
Sat-30-Aug-03 |
Wimbledon |
Away |
|
Sat-06-Sep-03 |
WALSALL |
HOME |
|
Sat-13-Sep-03 |
West Ham |
Away |
|
Tue-16-Sep-03 |
CARDIFF |
HOME |
|
Sat-20-Sep-03 |
COVENTRY |
HOME |
|
Sat-27-Sep-03 |
Sunderland |
Away |
|
Tue-30-Sep-03 |
Norwich |
Away |
|
Sat-04-Oct-03 |
BRADFORD |
HOME |
|
Sat-11-Oct-03 |
Burnley |
Away |
|
Tue-14-Oct-03 |
GILLINGHAM |
HOME |
|
Sat-18-Oct-03 |
PRESTON |
HOME |
|
Sat-25-Oct-03 |
Sheffield Utd |
Away |
|
Sat-01-Nov-03 |
Crewe |
Away |
|
Sat-08-Nov-03 |
WIGAN |
HOME |
|
Sat-15-Nov-03 |
MILLWALL |
HOME |
|
Sat-22-Nov-03 |
West Brom |
Away |
|
Sat-29-Nov-03 |
WATFORD |
HOME |
|
Sat-06-Dec-03 |
Wigan |
Away |
|
Sat-13-Dec-03 |
Stoke |
Away |
|
Sat-20-Dec-03 |
CRYSTAL PALACE |
HOME |
|
Fri-26-Dec-03 |
WIMBLEDON |
HOME |
|
Sun-28-Dec-03 |
Walsall |
Away |
|
Sat-10-Jan-04 |
IPSWICH |
HOME |
|
Sat-17-Jan-04 |
Nottm Forest |
Away |
|
Sat-31-Jan-04 |
DERBY |
HOME |
|
Sat-07-Feb-04 |
Rotherham |
Away |
|
Sat-14-Feb-04 |
BURNLEY |
HOME |
|
Sat-21-Feb-04 |
Gillingham |
Away |
|
Sat-28-Feb-04 |
SHEFFIELD UTD |
HOME |
|
Tue-02-Mar-04 |
Preston |
Away |
|
Sat-06-Mar-04 |
Crystal Palace |
Away |
|
Sat-13-Mar-04 |
STOKE |
HOME |
|
Tue-16-Mar-04 |
Cardiff |
Away |
|
Sat-20-Mar-04 |
SUNDERLAND |
HOME |
|
Sat-27-Mar-04 |
Coventry |
Away |
|
Sat-03-Apr-04 |
WEST HAM |
HOME |
|
Sat-10-Apr-04 |
Bradford |
Away |
|
Mon-12-Apr-04 |
NORWICH |
HOME |
|
Sat-17-Apr-04 |
CREWE |
HOME |
|
Sat-24-Apr-04 |
Millwall |
Away |
|
Sat-01-May-04 |
WEST BROM |
HOME |
|
Sun-09-May-04 |
Watford |
Away |
18th June 2003 - Record Sales
Reading have already broken the all-time record for season ticket sales for
the next campaign. More than 7,000 Royals fans have snapped up their seats by the beginning of June -
just reward for the team's magnificent efforts.