Reading Roars!

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The FA Cup replay between Reading and Man United promised to be an exciting affair. And so it proved.
Reading roared into life after just 30 seconds, searing up the pitch as a thrilling wave of noise cascaded from the Madejski stands. Mark Lawrenson, commentating on BBC1 alongside John Motson, reminded us that the Royals will [...]

And now for something completely unrelated to football.
A new Latin American night is to be launched on Saturday 24 March at the LV Lounge, a rather swish venue opposite The Oracle’s HMV/Waterstones entrance and next to the George Hotel.
Offering rhythms and music such as salsa, reggaeton, bachata, rumba and more, the party begins at 8pm [...]

The possibility of Steve Sidwell departing Reading FC at the end of the season persists. The midfielder, whose contract expires in the summer, has been offered £25k a week, but has yet to put pen to paper.
Manager Steve Coppell said:
He respects our position and I respect his. It’s an exciting time for him and if [...]

In today’s Guardian, Richard Williams poses the exciting question: “Could a new Manchester United or Arsenal be arising in Royal Berkshire?”.
Williams points out certain advantages that the club possesses: a catchment area to be envied, which includes wealthy parts of the South; plans to increase the stadium capacity to 38,000; and Madejski’s desire to sell [...]

Reading will be rewarded with either Middlesbrough or West Bromwich Albion, far from difficult opponents, if they overcome Man United at home.
Royals boss John Madejski said:
There’s just the small business of Manchester United before we get too excited about the Quarter-Final, but we’re confident we can take any side on.
We’re delighted United are coming back [...]

With Reading successfully holding Man United to a 1-1 draw this afternoon in the FA Cup, ensuring a replay at the Madejski, let’s remind ourselves of the Royals damage inflicted last time on the Red Devils, thanks to fans’ video action:

Kevin Doyle’s penalty puts Reading ahead, videoed by a spectator - Watch the video
Doyle penalty, [...]

“The Reading fairy story goes on”, said Gary Lineker (actually, Gary, it’s fairy tale), “With scripts like this, it’s more Coppola than Coppell.” I’m assuming he didn’t mean Sofia-directed Lost in Translation. Actually, I’m not sure what he meant exactly, but it sounded good.
Gary’s words followed this afternoon’s televised FA Cup encounter between Reading and [...]

So Reading lost to Man United, who scored the only goal of the game through Louis Saha. The slender scoreline was surprising, as the Royals had three players sent off (Sonko, Sidwell and Kitson) for seemingly no apparent reason (the Konami Difference, perhaps?).
Of course, it was difficult to argue with the ref when the players [...]

So the big story of the day, splashed on the front page of both the Reading Chronicle and Evening Post, is Reading’s gleaming new Station Hill skyline planned by football boss John Madejski.
Madejski commented on the project:
I am a great believer in the future of Reading and its desire to be recognised as a European [...]

I have been toying with new Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 recently. One of the things I like best about it is that it supports RSS (Really Simple Syndication), a way of having news from sites such as this one conveniently delivered to you, pretty useful if you like your news from more than one source.
With [...]