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Reading FC News: 2025

Below is all the Hob Nob Anyone? Reading FC news stories for 2025.
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Doyle In After Knibbs Departure

05 August 2025
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Reading have completed the loan signing of Kamari Doyle from Premier League Brighton and Hove Albion.

Reading Start Season With Defeat At Lincoln

02 August 2025
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Reading started the new 2025/2026 League One season with a disappointing 0-2 away defeat at Lincoln City: Fan Opinion: Lincoln 2 Reading 0 - Read More

Hunt's Plan Continues As Reading Welcome Another New Face With Potential

31 July 2025
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Having come in as Ruben Selles' replacement back in early December of last year, manager Noel Hunt continues his own preparations for the 2025/26 League One campaign that lies ahead and after a pretty good end to last season where we narrowly saw the Royals miss out on a possible Play Off run, the 42 year old former professional striker will be looking to hopefully go one step further at this time of asking and show further small improvements that boost our consistency so we can all achieve the success that we want.

Reading Back On The Hunt For Promotion In 2025/26

04 July 2025
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It has been a difficult few years for loyal Reading fans as football and the semblance of sports entertainment sharply took a backseat as owner Dai Yongge lurched from one unmitigated disaster to the next in what felt like his own bizarre and personal soap opera.

Pre-Season Fixtures Begin At Hungerford Town

03 July 2025
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Reading's pre-season fixtures kick off this Saturday 5 July as the Royals make the short trip down the A4 to play Hungerford Town at Bulpit Lane.

Mbengue And Wareham Leave After Turning Down Contracts

01 July 2025
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Two key first team players have turned down new contract offers to stay at Reading, presumably to accept better offers elsewhere.

New Season Fixture List In Full

26 June 2025
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Reading will kick off the new League One 2025/2026 season with a visit to Lincoln City on 2 August 2025.

Six First Team Players Not Offered Contracts

16 May 2025
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With a new owner in place, Reading have offered new contracts to players who are out of contract this summer - with the exception of six players from the first team who will now be allowed to leave the club.

Reading Have New Owners - Takeover Finally Completes

14 May 2025
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Reading's long running ownership saga is finally at an end with the official announcement today that the club have new owners.

Near Sell Out As Reading Aim For Sixth

01 May 2025
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Reading are expecting a near sell out crowd for the final league game of the season as Barnsley visit the Select Car Leasing Stadium this Saturday (3pm kick-off).

Reading Lose Control Of Play-Off Finish

18 April 2025
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Reading slipped out of the top six with a disappointing home defeat in front of a good Easter Bank Holiday crowd.

Five of the Best Reading Players of the 21st Century

17 April 2025
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There’s a particular stillness around Madejski on a winter morning, when the floodlights are off and the matchday vans have gone.

Back In Top Six As Unbeaten Run Continues

29 March 2025
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A goal of remarkable quality gave Reading an early lead, setting the tone for what turned out to be a highly entertaining match.

Points Dropped But Undefeated Run Continues

15 March 2025
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Reading extended their unbeaten run to ten games with a draw in a scrappy, and at times chaotic, match.

Now Nine Game Undefeated After Win Against Wrexham

11 March 2025
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Apart from a stunning second half goal scored by Lewis Wing, two significant moments stood out for me on a night of some excellent individual performances by this young Reading side.

Another Goalless Draw

04 March 2025
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At the final whistle a scuffle broke out on the halfway line which pretty much summed the evening up.

Knibbs Double As Reading Get Late Win

15 February 2025
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A dramatic climax to a match, which Reading should have wrapped up by half time, was provided by a stoppage time penalty converted by the ever-reliable Harvey Knibbs, giving Reading the three points they deserved in a lively and entertaining match, slightly marred by some abysmal refereeing.

Points Shared In Scrappy Draw With Shrewsbury

11 February 2025
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Shrewsbury Town came to town scrapping for points to climb out of the bottom four, so this fixture was never likely to provide great entertainment.

Can The Royals Finish In The Top 6?

10 February 2025
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League One continues to be one of the most competitive football divisions in Europe.

Late Penalty Gives Reading Win After Run Of Defeats

01 February 2025
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A last-minute penalty, the first awarded at home for Reading in over a year, gave Reading a much needed, and thoroughly deserved three points in this highly entertaining game.

Reading Drop Out Of Top Six

18 January 2025
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The outcome of a football matches is, to a greater or lesser extent, determined by overall team performances or, more often than not, by specific lapses in concentration and basic errors.

Reading Exit FA Cup After Extra Time

11 January 2025
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A team looking likely to be playing in the Premier League next season, having only lost two league games conceding only a miserly nine goals in twenty-six matches, was bound to prove difficult to overcome.