Reading Roars!

Walking up a steep hill the other day in Istanbul, towards Galata tower, I was drawn to a window display at an electronics store.  A widescreen set was showing the latest Premiership results.  And lo and behold, Reading had beaten West Ham by a goal to nil!

I punched the air with excitement.  No one noticed (or cared).  True, in this noisy football-passionate city,  a “yeah!” exclamation and fist-clenching will turn no heads.  But no matter.  As I scanned Istanbul’s breathtaking skyline from the top of Galata tower, I knew that our football club were revelling in a similarly lofty position - and smiled.  And who knows, maybe, just maybe, Reading will one day be making a visit of their own to this glorious city, by playing in Europe.