Nathan Dougherty

[Nathan Dougherty @NathDougherty]

@lukeroyal1871 @ramy_abousetta Paste the article link into https://t.co/iOq4dq9c3H and you'll be able to get around the paywall. Sometimes takes a few mins to load the article

[Ed Ryding @EdRyding]

Kevin Doyle x Shane Long 🇮🇪

Over 150 goals and assists combined for just £78,000 from Cork City. The best double signing of all time.

#readingfc

[Sky Bet League One @SkyBetLeagueOne]

🎩🪄 Magic Marriott.

#EFL | @ReadingFC

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

Evening Royals… 🛎️

[The72 - We Love the #EFL @_The72]

Reading’s Lewis Wing might have the best goal catalogue in football 🚀

[The Ding Archive @dingarchive]

A stunning equaliser from Charlie Savage @charliesavage84 earned Reading a 1-1 draw against Rotherham. @RobbieSavage8 #ReadingFC 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️

[Talk Reading @TalkReading]

Paddy Lane is running down the wing
Scoring goals makes the Reading sing 🎵

😍 #readingfc

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

The Lost Files 🗂️

Kevin Doyle promoting the release of Fifa 08 back in 2007.

[HERIOT @heriotmetal]

'Heriot have rightfully ascended to become one of British metal’s most vital bands' - @MetalHammer

Pick up a copy of the latest Metal Hammer for the full review of our sold out Underworld show, available in stores and online now

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[Nathan Dougherty @NathDougherty]

@TheOnlyLuke__ @MenInBlazers Readings not your strong suit is it

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

Don't post the picture, don't post the picture... 😏

[Ji-Min Lee @JmlJourno]

Indeed 💙 #readingfc

[Talk Reading @TalkReading]

It is mental that just three years ago this guy was playing for Reading 🤣 #readingfc

[Mo B @MoB31629658]

@ReadingFC Just WOW!!!!
@winglewy
#Readingfc

[CPD Llanilltud Fawr/Llantwit Major AFC ⭐ @LlantwitMajorFC]

Think again

[Ellis Platten - AwayDays @ellis_platten]

Not enough noise is being made about this Reading situation.

Should be national news this, why does it feel so quiet everywhere about it?

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Dispiriting events at Reading should concern everyone in English football. Fans are lied to, players and an impressive manager are let down, and so are staff. A thoughtless, heartless owner damages a historic club. It’s another warning to all in football. If we tolerate this, then your club could be next.

Fans at some other clubs fear similar pain or just feel relief to have escaped danger. Many will simply focus on their own form and fortunes. Football’s tribal. Most headlines revolve around the big names, the big games like Manchester City versus Arsenal. But Reading embody the pyramid, a local beacon and hub for nurturing talent. Neil Webb started there. The windfall from the Michael Olise deal helps sustain the club currently. Ted Drake learned his managerial trade at Reading before guiding Chelsea to their first title.

Football clubs are community assets and have to be protected from individuals like Dai Yongge wreaking such misery at Reading. He has his motives and his methods but none seem aligned to the club’s future wellbeing. He doesn’t communicate with fans. Reading FC Women withdrew from the Championship because of financial difficulties. Sustained mismanagement of the club has seen a failure to pay men’s players and HMRC lead to points deductions.

A proposed takeover by Rob Couhig, an American businessman welcomed by the fanbase, collapsed, leaving Yongge still in charge and supporters still in torment and again asking questions. Does Yongge really want to sell? If the club goes under is it then all about valuable real estate? Would administration and another points deduction actually be better than this shambles?

And so Reading fans rally again, fighting for their club’s life. But Yongge doesn’t listen. He doesn’t appear to care about the negativity his ownership brings to the door of the dressing-room. Ruben Selles and his whole-hearted squad give everything they can on the field, and sit a defiant 12th in League One, but they aren’t detached from the mess. It must be dismaying and distracting.

Losing Selles would be a disaster. He’s doing a good job in trying circumstances. If he left, Selles would be picked up swiftly by a better run club. Reading fans post messages of support to Selles and his squad. They will back them loudly at Bolton Wanderers today. It’s about finding the balance between demonstrating support for the team while demonstrating against the owner.

Much is right about Reading: committed fanbase, stadium, training ground, the attitude of manager, squad and club staff. It’s just the owner. It’s a nightmare that Reading are living through. And it’s a cautionary tale all football needs to heed. #ReadingFC #EFL

[Talk Reading @TalkReading]

A goal on his Champions League debut to become the first ever Reading Academy graduate to score in the competition.

𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆 💎 #readingfc

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

Goal of the Day! ⚽🗓️

@LeroyLita8 scores the first of his two goals to put the Royals ahead at the Etihad Stadium in 2007!

No prizes for guessing what tomorrow's goal will be...!🔮

#RFCGoalOfTheDay

[Nathan Dougherty @NathDougherty]

@Cam_Fisher17 Oashit am I right?