It’s been a goaltastic start to the campaign for Martin O’Neill’s men, with thirteen goals notched in their first five matches. OK, so four of those have been against FH Hafnarfjordur, although it’s clear that the Irishman has been sending out his team with the express intention of getting stuck into the opposition, even at […]

Reading are among the favourites to win next season’s Championship, although their hopes of making an immediate return to the Premier League have been seriously dented today. While Steve Coppell was hopeful of keeping hold of one of his star players, the lure of playing in the top flight has proved too much for this […]

Harry Redknapp is probably the Premier League manager who most likes to bang on about how small his squad is. While others are probably equally, if not more, concerned by the need to strengthen in certain areas of the pitch, they don’t rabbit on about it like the Portsmouth gaffer. Thankfully, it appears that two […]

FA Cup-winning manager Harry Redknapp has admitted he is looking to sign Reading’s England international left-back.
Nicky Shorey, who won his first England cap against Brazil last year, is high on Pompey’s shopping list and, following Reading’s relegation to the Championship, could be close to a cut-price move to Fratton Park.
The move would be good for […]

Reading have been suffering a tormenting season in the Premiership and are yet to assure themselves of not dowing down the gutter into the Championship at the end of the season.
Their best player this season has been Nicky Shorey and even then he was out of sorts in the early weeks of the season. But […]

The jewel in Reading’s crown, full back Nicky Shorey, has postponed contract negotiations with the club until the summer prompting speculation that Shorey is waiting to see if Reading get relegated or not. Director of football at Reading Nick Hammond reckons that Shorey will sign eventually, telling the Reading Evening Post:
“In all honesty […]