LATEST NEWS ON 'The Royals'
June 2005
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  • 29th June 2005 - Two Sky Dates

    • The Royals game at Vicarage Road on Saturday 27th August has been moved to a 5:15pm kick-off and will be shown live on Sky Sports. The home match with Ipswich has also been selected for live coverage and will now kick off at 1:30pm on Sunday 16th October.

  • 29th June 2005 - Hunt Completes Move

    • As expected, Stephen Hunt has completed his move to Reading after passing a medical. Midfielder Hunt, 24, joins the Royals on a one year deal (which doesn't suggest that Coppell has an enormous amount of confidence in the player - but then he was released by Brentford because they didn't think he was good enough).

    With this calibre of signing, it looks like we could be in for a long hard season.

  • 28th June 2005 - Carling Cup Draw

    • Reading have been drawn at home to Swansea City in the 1st round of the Carling Cup. The Royals, of course, struggled to beat the Swans in last season's FA Cup, needing an extra time goal from the now departed Nicky Forster in a replay. Ties are to be played during the week commencing 22nd August. The full draw is as follow:

    Preston North End v Barnsley
    Chesterfield v Huddersfield Town
    Blackpool v Hull City
    Mansfield Town v Stoke City
    Rotherham United v Port Vale
    Nottingham Forest v Macclesfield Town
    Sheffield United v Boston United
    Derby County v Grimsby Town
    Leeds United v Oldham Athletic
    Wrexham v Doncaster Rovers
    Scunthorpe United v Tranmere Rovers
    Stockport County v Sheffield Wednesday
    Bury v Leicester City
    Rochdale v Bradford City
    Hartlepool United v Darlington
    Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chester City
    Lincoln City v Crewe Alexandra
    Burnley v Carlisle United
    Reading v Swansea City
    Gillingham v Oxford United
    Milton Keynes Dons v Norwich City
    Plymouth Argyle v Peterborough United
    Shrewsbury Town v Brighton & Hove Albion
    Cheltenham Town v Brentford
    Northampton Town v Queens Park Rangers
    Millwall v Bristol Rovers
    Watford v Notts County
    Rushden & Diamonds v Coventry City
    Bristol City v Barnet
    Colchester United v Cardiff City
    Torquay United v AFC Bournemouth
    Ipswich Town v Yeovil Town
    Southend United v Southampton
    Crystal Palace v Walsall
    Swindon Town v Wycombe Wanderers
    Leyton Orient v Luton Town

    Round Two of the competition will see the winners of Round One joined by the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in Europe:
    Manchester City; Tottenham Hotspur; Aston Villa; Charlton Athletic; Birmingham City; Fulham; Blackburn Rovers; Portsmouth; West Bromwich Albion; Sunderland; Wigan Athletic; West Ham United.

    Round Three will see the entry of the eight Premier League clubs participating in European Competition:
    Chelsea; Arsenal; Manchester United; Everton; Liverpool; Bolton Wanderers; Middlesbrough; Newcastle United (Inter Toto Cup).

  • 23rd June 2005 - Plymouth Opener

    • Reading will open the new campaign at home as they take on Plymouth Argyle in the first Championship game of the season. They will then face Brighton and Preston away.

    The fixture list has given the Royals festive fixtures away to Wolves on Boxing Day and Leicester at home 2 days later. The full fixture list is as follows:

    Sat-06-Aug-05 READING v Plymouth
    Tue-09-Aug-05 Brighton v Reading
    Sat-13-Aug-05 Preston v Reading
    Sat-20-Aug-05 READING v Millwall
    Sat-27-Aug-05 Watford v Reading
    Mon-29-Aug-05 READING v Burnley
    Sat-10-Sep-05 Coventry v Reading
    Tue-13-Sep-05 READING v Crystal Palace
    Sat-17-Sep-05 READING v Crewe
    Sat-24-Sep-05 Norwich v Reading
    Wed-28-Sep-05 Southampton v Reading
    Sat-01-Oct-05 READING v Sheffield Utd
    Sat-15-Oct-05 READING v Ipswich
    Tue-18-Oct-05 Hull v Reading
    Sat-22-Oct-05 Stoke v Reading
    Sat-29-Oct-05 READING v Leeds
    Tue-01-Nov-05 READING v Sheffield Weds
    Sat-05-Nov-05 QPR v Reading
    Sat-19-Nov-05 READING v Hull
    Tue-22-Nov-05 Ipswich v Reading
    Sat-26-Nov-05 Plymouth v Reading
    Sat-03-Dec-05 READING v Luton
    Sat-10-Dec-05 READING v Brighton
    Sat-17-Dec-05 Millwall v Reading
    Mon-26-Dec-05 Wolves v Reading
    Wed-28-Dec-05 READING v Leicester
    Sat-31-Dec-05 Derby v Reading
    Mon-02-Jan-06 READING v Cardiff
    Sat-14-Jan-06 READING v Coventry
    Sat-21-Jan-06 Crystal Palace v Reading
    Tue-31-Jan-06 READING v Norwich
    Sat-04-Feb-06 Crewe v Reading
    Sat-11-Feb-06 READING v Southampton
    Tue-14-Feb-06 Sheffield Utd v Reading
    Sat-18-Feb-06 Luton v Reading
    Sat-25-Feb-06 READING v Preston
    Sat-04-Mar-06 Burnley v Reading
    Sat-11-Mar-06 READING v Watford
    Sat-18-Mar-06 READING v Wolves
    Sat-25-Mar-06 Leicester v Reading
    Sat-01-Apr-06 READING v Derby
    Sat-08-Apr-06 Cardiff v Reading
    Sat-15-Apr-06 Leeds v Reading
    Mon-17-Apr-06 READING v Stoke
    Sat-22-Apr-06 Sheffield Weds v Reading
    Sun-30-Apr-06 READING v QPR


  • 19th June 2005 - ESC: Breaking News

    • In Austrian newspaper Kurier, national broadcaster ORF have announced that Austria would not be taking part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Greece.

  • 19th June 2005 - Pre-Season Itinery

    • date   opponents   venue   kick-off  
    wed 13th july   staines   wheatsheaf park   19:30  
    thu 14th july   didcot   loop meadow   19:30   (reserves)
    sat 16th july   farnborough   cherrywood road   15:00  
    thu 21st july   eneryda IF   idrottsförening, Eneryda   19:00  
    sat 23rd july   holmalunds IF   fotbollssektionen vintergatan, Alingsas   16:00  
    tue 26th july   ljungskile SK   skarsjövägen, Uddevalla   19:00  
    sat 30th july   tottenham   madejski stadium   15:00  
    tue 2nd aug   dorchester   avenue stadium   19:45