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The Royals |
Reading FC
Founded 25 December 1871 at Bridge Street Rooms
Turned professional 1895
Players provided 3
Total appearances
4
1875-2007 |
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Madejski Stadium |
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Domestic Honours |
FA Amateur Cup best:
Quarter-finals 1894-95;
Southern League Division One
runners-up 1902-03, 1904-05, 1914-15; Division Two winners
1910-11;
Football League Division Three (South) winners
1925-26, runners-up 1931-32, 1934-35, 1948-49, 1951-52;
Division Four winners 1978-79; Division Three winners
1985-86;
Football League Division Three (South) Cup winners 1937-38;
Southern Floodlit Cup runners-up 1956-57, 1957-58;
FA Cup best: semi-finals 1926-27 (beaten
by Cardifff City 0-3), 2014-15 (beaten by Arsenal 1-2 aet);
Football League Trophy
(original) best: semi-finals 1982-83;
Full
Members Cup winners 1987-88;
After League
restructure: Football League Division Two/League One winners 1993-94,
third place-play-off runners-up 2000-01, runners-up 2001-02; Division
One/Championship runners-up-play-off runners-up 1994-95,
fourth place-play-off semi-finalists 2002-03 & 2008-09,
fifth place-play-off runners-up 2010-11, winners 2005-06, 2011-12,
third place-play-off
runners-up 2016-17;
Football League Cup best: Quarter-finals 1995-96,
1997-98;
Football League
Trophy best: semi-finals 1999-2000;
FA Premier League
best: eighth place 2006-07; |
| Home
venue |
Madejski Stadium, since 1998; Elm
Park, 1896-1998; Caversham Cricket Ground,
1889-96; Coley Park, 1882-89; Reading Cricket
Ground, 1878-82; Began playing at Recreation Ground,
1871-78; |
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Home strip |
Blue and white
hooped shirts with white sleeves, blue shorts. |
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