Reading 2017 Newspaper Book Coverage

Total pages: 134

Date of PaperPagesEvent Covered (Daily Mirror unless stated)
8 Feb 1912Page 14Reading 1 Aston Villa 0 (FA Cup 2nd Round)
10 Jan 1921Back pagePictures of FA Cup 1st Round – including Reading 0 Chelsea 0
2 May 1926Page 22Reading 7 Brentford 1 (promoted to Div 2)
13 Jan 1927Page 19rd Manchester United 2 Reading 2 (FA Cup 3 Round replay)
18 Jan 1927Page 19Reading 2 Manchester United 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round 2nd replay)
30 Jan 1927Pages 22 and backReading 3 Portsmouth 1 (FA Cup 4th Round)
20 Feb 1927Pages 22 and backReading 1 Brentford 0 (FA Cup 5th Round)
6 Mar 1927Page 22th Swansea 1 Reading 3 (FA Cup 6 Round)
27 Mar 1927Pages 22 and backCardiff 3 Reading 0 (FA Cup semi-final)
13 Jan 1929Page 26Reading 2 Tottenham 0 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
5 Jan 1930Page 25Reading’s Diamond Jubilee Season – Look back on first 60 years
29 Mar 1931Page 30Reading 6 Barnsley 1
20 Dec 1932Page 22nd nd Reading 1 Coventry 0 (FA Cup 2 Round 2 replay)
17 Feb 1935Page 39Reading 0 Arsenal 1 (FA Cup 5th Round)
5 Sep 1946Page 7Reading 10 Crystal Palace 2
4 May 1952Page 18Reading 5 Bournemouth 0 (Ron Blackman scores 4 goals – 40 for the season)
9 Jan 1955Page 18Reading 1 Manchester United 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
13 Jan 1955Page 13rd Manchester United 4 Reading 1 (FA Cup 3 Round replay)
19 Sep 1957Page 21Reading 7 Colchester 0
6 Nov 1960Page 39Reading 6 Millwall 2 (FA Cup 1st Round)
22 Aug 1961Page 19QPR 3 Reading 6
1 Mar 1964Page 36Reading 6 Barnsley 1
22 Apr 1964Page 30Bristol Rovers 2 Reading 5
20 Oct 1964Page 31Fulham 1 Reading 3 (League Cup 3rd Round replay)
2 Oct 1966Page 37Oxford 1 Reading 3
17 Nov 1966Page 27Reading 6 Grimsby 0
5 Oct 1967Page 27Reading 2 Swindon 1
23 Apr 1970Page 27Reading 8 Southport 0
6 Feb 1972Page 46Reading 1 Arsenal 2 (FA Cup 4th Round)
20 Apr 1976Page 30Reading 1 Brentford 0 (promoted to Division 3)
3 Oct 1976Page 45Reading 4 Swindon 1
26 Apr 1979Page 31Reading 1 Darlington 0 (promoted to Division 3)
6 May 1979Page 45Port Vale 0 Reading 3 (Division 4 champions)
16 Aug 1979Page 27Reading beat Oxford 7-2 on aggregate (League Cup 1st Round)
19 Aug 1979Page 41Reading 2 Brentford 2 (keeper Steve Death concedes first goals in 12 league matches)
30 Dec 1979Page 45Reading 7 Barnsley 0
26 Sep 1982Page 41Doncaster Rovers 7 Reading 5
4 Sep 1983Page 37Reading 6 Stockport 2 (Trevor Senior scores a hat-trick in 4 mins 12 secs)
20 Oct 1985Page 44Lincoln 0 Reading 1 (13th consecutive win at start of season)
27 Apr 1986Page 45Reading 1 Derby 0
5 Oct 1986Page 45Reading 4 Blackburn 0
12 Jan 1987Page 24Reading 1 Arsenal 3 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
24 Sep 1987Page 31Reading 3 Chelsea 1 (Littlewoods Cup 2nd Round 1st leg)
8 Oct 1987Back pageChelsea 3 Reading 2 (Littlewoods Cup 2nd Round 2nd leg)
28 Mar 1988Pages 28, 29 and backLuton 1 Reading 4 (Simod Cup Final)
20 Sep 1989Page 34Reading 3 Newcastle 1 (Littlewoods Cup 2nd Round 1st leg)
24 Sep 1989Page 45Swansea 1 Reading 6
28 Jan 1990Page 41Reading 3 Newcastle 3 (FA Cup 4th Round)
12 Apr 1992Page 45Reading 6 Torquay 1
10 Oct 1993Page 65Exeter 4 Reading 6
2 May 1994Page 41Reading 2 Brighton 0 (Division 2 champions)
18 Apr 1995Page 24Luton 0 Reading 1
15 May 1995Page 35Tranmere 1 Reading 3 (Division 1 Playoff semi-final 1st leg)
18 May 1995Page 37nd Reading 0 Tranmere 0 (Division 1 Playoff semi-final 2 leg)
30 May 1995Pages 34 & 35Bolton 4 Reading 3 (Playoff Final)
6 Jan 1997Score pages 8 & 9Reading 3 Southampton 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
15 Oct 1997Page 35Reading 4 Wolves 2 (Coca-Cola Cup 3rd Round)
19 Nov 1997Page 34Leeds 2 Reading 3 (Coca-Cola Cup 4th Round)
4 May 1998Mania page 6Reading 0 Norwich 1 (last ever match at Elm Park)
23 Aug 1998Page 68Reading 3 Luton 0 (first match at Madejski Stadium)
25 Oct 1998Page 67Manchester City 0 Reading 1
14 Oct 1999Page 64Alan Pardew appointed Reading manager
20 Aug 2000Page 74Reading 2 Swindon 0
29 Oct 2000Page 82Reading 4 Oxford 3
24 Dec 2000Page 67Reading 4 Luton 1
18 Apr 2001Page 39Oxford 0 Reading 2
17 May 2001Page 60Reading 2 Wigan 1 (Division 2 Playoffs semi-final 2nd leg)
28 May 2001Page 41Reading 2 Walsall 3 (Division 2 Playoff Final)
22 Apr 2002Mania page 14Brentford 1 Reading 1 (promoted to Division 1)
16 Apr 2003Page 50Reading 5 Preston 1
27 Apr 2003Page 89Reading 2 Grimsby 1
1 May 2003Page 65Watford 0 Reading 3
15 May 2003Page 61Reading lose 3-1 to Wolves on aggregate (Division 1 Playoff semi-final)
25 Sep 2003Page 66Oxford 1 Reading 3
10 Oct 2003Page 67Steve Coppell becomes Reading manager
20 Sep 2004Mania page 15Reading 3 Gillingham 1
13 Mar 2005Premplus page 12Reading 3 West Ham 1
21 Aug 2005Premplus page 10Reading 5 Millwall 0
29 Dec 2005Page 57Reading 2 Leicester 0
16 Jan 2006Mania page 14Reading 2 Coventry 0
18 Jan 2006Page 53Reading 3 West Brom 2 (FA Cup 3rd Round replay)
5 Feb 2006Premplus page 11Crewe 3 Reading 4
26 Mar 2006Premplus pages 1 and 11Leicester 1 Reading 1 (promoted to Premiership)
3 Apr 2006Mania page 13Reading 5 Derby County 0 (Championship winners)
10 Apr 2006Mania page 13Cardiff 2 Reading 5
18 Apr 2006Mania page 14Reading 3 Stoke City 1
1 May 2006Mania page 17Reading 2 QPR 1 (finish the season with record-breaking 106 points total)
21 Aug 2006Mania page 4Reading 3 Middlesbrough 2
18 Sep 2006Mania page 13Sheffield United 1 Reading 2
13 Nov 2006Mania pages 2 & 3Reading 3 Spurs 1
2 Jan 2007Mania pages 2 &3Reading 6 West Ham 0
21 Jan 2007Premplus pages 6 & 7Reading 3 Sheffield United 1
1 May 2007Page 51Reading 1 Newcastle 0
9 Dec 2007Premplus page 5Reading 3 Liverpool 1
9 Mar 2008Premplus pages 10 & 11Reading 2 Manchester City 0
1 Sep 2008Mania page 15Reading 4 Crystal Palace 2
9 Nov 2008Premplus page 10Reading 3 Derby 0
4 Mar 2009Page 56Sheffield Wednesday 1 Reading 2
22 Apr 2009Page 58Derby 0 Reading 2
14 Jan 2010Pages 70 & 71Liverpool 1 Reading 2 (FA Cup 3rd Round replay)
25 Jan 2010Mania page 4Reading 1 Burnley 0 (FA Cup 4th Round)
1 Feb 2010Mania page 16Reading 1 Barnsley 0
19 Dec 2010Premplus page 10Derby 1 Reading 2
2 Mar 2011Page 67th Everton 0 Reading 1 (FA Cup 5 Round)
18 May 2011Page 58Cardiff 0 Reading 3 (Playoff semi-final 2nd leg)
11 Dec 2011Football page 15Reading 3 West Ham 0
7 Apr 2012Page 63Reading 2 Leeds 0
18 Apr 2012Page 66Reading 1 Nottingham Forest 0 (promoted to Premier League)
22 Apr 2012Football page 12Reading 2 Crystal Palace 2 (Championship winners)
3 Feb 2013Football page 6Reading 2 Sunderland 1
4 Aug 2013Football page 7Reading 2 Ipswich 1
19 Jan 2014Football page 12Reading 7 Bolton 1
15 Feb 2015Football page 7th Derby 1 Reading 2 (FA Cup 5 Round)
17 Mar 2015Page 52th Reading 3 Bradford 0 (FA Cup 6 Round replay)
21 Feb 2016Football pages 2 & 3Reading 3 West Bromwich Albion 1 (FA Cup 5th Round)
2 Apr 2017Football page 16Reading 1 Leeds 0
16 Apr 2017Football page 14Aston Villa 1 Reading 3
17 May 2017Page 50Reading beat Fulham 2-1 on aggregate (Championship Playoff semi-final)