LATEST NEWS ON 'The Royals'
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.