Tag Archives: Reading
English Football Fan Chat: Reading FC
“Fan Chats” is our series of videos in which we meet supporters of English football clubs. This episode features Dave, a longtime supporter of Reading FC. The Royals have played in the Championship in 12 of the last 13 seasons, having reached the Premier League for one season in 2012-13. Dave tells us about the…
Seeing a Game at Reading FC
Update: This post was written in May, 2014, and is largely unchanged. Leicester City are in the Championship, and Reading are in League One for the 2023-24 season. I have always referred to the first day of any trip to England or Europe as my Zombie Day. That’s because I arrive at about 7 a.m.,…
Hull City vs Reading:
I Guess We Have To Do This
(Note: This post was written in January, 2018, when Hull were in the Championship. As of the 2020-21 season, they are in League One.) By the time I rolled into Hull, everything was pretty much falling apart. The night before in Sheffield, the local derby had been a passionate, loud … nil-nil. Then an alarm in…
Forget the Premier League: Check Out These London-Area Lower League Teams
Seems everybody in the world is trying to get tickets to a Premier League game, but here is some advice I wish more people would follow: Forget the Premier League and check out the lower leagues. Why? Here are some starters: Tickets are a whole lot easier, as in "Walk up to the ticket office…
