Simon Sheppard was best known as Shaka Hislop's understudy during his time at Reading, although he did make more than 20 appearances for the Royals. He recalls his time at Elm Park with his former team-mate Dylan Kerr.

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Ibrahima Sonko was known to Royals fans as 'Superman'. He talks about his struggle to find a club after moving to England from France and his time at Reading FC. He'll be back again soon for part 2 - when he will be talking about Reading's amazing first ever season in the Premier League.

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Brighton & Hove Albion CEO Paul Barber discusses how to run a successful football club. We make some comparisons with the situation Reading FC currently find themselves in and what Brighton have done to progress from a club at League 2 level at the beginning of the 2000s to an established Premier League club.

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Ivar Ingimarsson joins us for a chat about his successful time at Reading FC, including the record-breaking 106 season and the Royals' first season in the Premier League.

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Wally Downes was unable to join us for this episode, so Mark and Johnny discuss the contribution he made to Reading and also chat about Paul Ince and the current Reading side.

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We start our countdown to choosing the greatest Reading XI from the last 50 years by choosing the greatest Reading goalkeeper from the last 5 decades.

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Jamie Cureton chats about his time at Reading, including THAT goal at Brentford to clinch promotion.

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Dave Beasant talks about his time as goalkeeping coach at Reading FC.

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Martyn Ware of Heaven 17 fame joins his old pal Dylan Kerr for a chat about Reading FC, Lucas Joao, Sheffield Wednesday, music and what Dylan was really like as a young lad growing up in Yorkshire!

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Seven-year-old Heidi Barker reveals why Paul Ince ducked out of being 'egged' - and talks about football and her fundraising efforts for Alzheimer's Research.

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