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Reading FC: The Perfect Pictures

With no football to watch for the time being, here is a look back at some of the best photos to come out of Reading in recent years.

By Jacobhawley and BucksRoyal Mar 20, 2020, 11:00am GMT

Reading v Fulham - Sky Bet Championship Play Off: Second Leg

With football postponed for the immediate future, many of us are sat around twiddling our thumbs with next to nothing to do. If that is the case for you, here are some photos that may just make you smile; a look into some of the very best Reading FC moments to be captured over the past few decades or so.

Lets get started by taking a look back at some photos that may just jog the memory for Reading fans.

1970 - 2005/06

Soccer - FA Cup - Fourth Round - Reading v Arsenal - Elm Park — Steve Death in FA Cup action against Arsenal at Elm Park

Reading v Swindon, 1980 — Reading 4-1 Swindon Town in the old Division Three

Reading Football 1985 — Reading 1-0 Bolton, the 11th straight victory (and last home victory) in a record-breaking 13-match winning streak at the start of the 1985/86 season

Soccer - Friendly - Reading v Genoa - Elm Park — Keith McPherson lifts the Division 2 trophy in 1994

Soccer - Nationwide League Division One - Reading v Bolton Wanderers - Elm Park — Reading head out onto the Wembley pitch ahead of the Bolton play-off final

Reading celebrate... — A 3-0 win over Luton Town in Reading’s first Mad Stad game

Soccer - Nationwide League Division Two - Play Off - 2nd Leg - Reading v Wigan Athletic - Madejski Stadium — Martin Butler celebrates a crucial play-off semi-final goal against Wigan Athletic

Soccer - Nationwide League Division Two - Swindon Town v Reading — Reading’s Sammy Igoe is sent off for shoving Swindon Town’s Bobby Howe to the ground; a game which saw 3 red cards

Soccer - Nationwide League Division Two - Brentford v Reading — Goalscorer Cureton celebrates an equaliser at Griffin Park that returned Reading to the second tier

2005/06 - 2015/16

Leicester City v Reading — Kevin Doyle celebrates his goal against Leicester at the Walkers Stadium in 2005

Soccer - FA Barclays Premiership - Reading v Middlesbrough - Madejski Stadium — Ibrahima Sonko leaps higher than anyone to beat Boro’s Yakubu in the air

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Reading v Queens Park Rangers - Madejski Stadium — Graeme Murty scores the record-breaking goal from the penalty spot

Reading v Queens Park Rangers — Murty hugs the trophy after winning the Championship with a record 106 points

Reading v West Ham United — Leroy Lita celebrates Reading’s fifth goal in a 6-0 demolition of West Ham on New Year’s Day 2007

Southampton v Reading - npower Championship — No words needed for this one

Soccer - npower Football League Championship - Reading v Nottingham Forest - Madejski Stadium — Pandemonium at the Mad Stad as Reading’s promotion to the Premier League is confirmed against Forest

FBL-ENG-LCUP-READING-ARSENAL — Noel Hunt celebrates scoring Reading’s fourth against Arsenal in the most bizarre of cup games, which finished 5-7 AET

Reading v Chelsea - Premier League — “AND IT’S IN! IT’S 2-2, HE’S SCORED AGAIN!”

Soccer - The FA Cup Quarter Round Six replay - Reading v Bradford City — “Que sera, sera” - Jamie Mackie seals Reading’s place at Wembley under the Madejski lights

Soccer - FA Cup - Semi Final - Reading v Arsenal - Wembley Stadium — Royals fans at Wembley in 2015

Arsenal v Reading - FA Cup Semi-Final — McCleary is mobbed by teammates as he scores Reading’s equaliser against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi final

Soccer - Sky Bet Championship - Norwich City v Reading - Carrow Road — A surreal moment for Reading FC fan Jake Cooper who scores a brace for his boyhood club in a 2-1 win at Carrow Road

Soccer - Sky Bet Championship - Reading v Ipswich Town - Madejski Stadium — Orlando Sa completes his hat-trick in an emphatic 5-1 win against Ipswich

Reading v Blackburn Rovers - Sky Bet Championship - Madejski Stadium — Brian McDermott returns and Danny Williams hits Reading’s goal of the season; a venomous volley from the impossible angle

Reading v Crystal Palace - The Emirates FA Cup Sixth Round — Heartache for the Royals in front of a sold-out Madejski; one game away from Wembley for a second successive season, they are knocked out of the FA Cup in controversial fashion

Charlton Athletic v Reading - Sky Bet Championship - The Valley — Deniss Rakels celebrates in front of travelling Reading fans after cementing his status as a cult hero with an injury time winner against Charlton

2016/17 - Present

Aston Villa v Reading - Sky Bet Championship — Joseph Mendes announces himself to the Reading fans with a brace in a 3-1 win at Villa Park

Bristol City v Reading - Sky Bet Championship — Yann Kermorgant falls to his knees after completing Reading’s 3-2 comeback at Ashton Gate in 2017

Fulham v Reading - Sky Bet Championship - Play off - First Leg - Craven Cottage — Jordan Obita celebrates after opening the scoring in the play-off first leg match at Craven Cottage

Reading v Huddersfield Town - Sky Bet Championship Play Off Final — Reading and Huddersfield hold a moment of silence for the Manchester attack victims, prior to the 2017 Championship play-off final

Leeds United v Reading - Sky Bet Championship - Elland Road — Barrow celebrates extravagantly after scoring the only goal against his former side in a 1-0 win at Elland Road

Reading v West Bromwich Albion - Sky Bet Championship - Madejski Stadium — Jose Gomes applauds the Royals fans at full time after the West Brom game at the Madejski

Plymouth Argyle v Reading - Carabao Cup Second Round — The Yakou Meite show: Reading come back late on to win the game 4-2 at Home Park

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Reading - Carabao Cup - Third Round - Molineux — Lucas Boye equalises for Reading in the 9th minute of stoppage time to send the game to ET against Premier League side Wolves

Reading v Leeds United - Sky Bet Championship — There’s a new man in charge. Mark Bowen introduces himself to the doubtful Royals faithful with a win against Preston

Fulham v Reading - Sky Bet Championship — Veteran Charlie Adam knee slides his way towards the travelling Reading fans after scoring in a 2-1 win at Craven Cottage

Blackpool FC v Reading FC - FA Cup Third Round: Replay — Reading’s Michael Olise runs the show against Blackpool in the FA Cup

Reading FC v Cardiff City - FA Cup Fourth Round — Yakou Meite dedicates his equaliser against Cardiff City to his late father in an emotional celebration

Cardiff City v Reading FC - FA Cup Fourth Round: Replay — Reading prevail against on penalties against Cardiff City in the FA Cup

Reading v Sheffield United - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Madejski Stadium — George Puscas celebrates in front of Club 1871 after scoring an equaliser against Champions League-chasing Sheffield United in the FA Cup

Birmingham City v Reading - Sky Bet Championship — Pele’s late goal seals the three points on the road as Reading get back to winning ways at Birmingham’s expense

Haven't read the piece yet, but this recreation by The Times of the Pele/Puskas photo, with #Readingfc's own Pele and Puscas, is wonderful. pic.twitter.com/uIRQDdcH1Y
— The Tilehurst End (@TheTilehurstEnd) March 2, 2020

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1970 - 2005/06

2005/06 - 2015/16

2016/17 - Present

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