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Our guest is legendary former Royals midfielder Simon Osborn, who played for Reading during the 1994-95 season. The Royals finished second that season, but a restructure meant that only the champions went up to the Premiership. Reading played Bolton Wanderers in the play-off final at Wembley and went 2-0 up, but Stuart Lovell was unable to make it 3-0 as his penalty was saved - and Bolton came back to win 4-3 after extra-time to deny the Royals a place in the Premiership.

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Dylan Kerr was worshipped by Reading fans during his time at Elm Park for his exciting style of play and character. In our second Sunday Special episode, Dylan talks about his career as a player and manager, from being born in Malta and starting his playing days as a goalscoring midfielder, to entertaining the fans at Elm Park, partying with ABC, The Human League and Heaven 17 - and, of course, nights out at Utopia. He also discusses his relationship with Jimmy Quinn and Mick Gooding.

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Nigel Gibbs joins us for a chat about his two spells at Reading FC. He discusses his progression to assistant manager under Brian McDermott and his return to the Royals. He also gives his views on the current Royals side and management team.

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Stuart Lovell joined Reading as a 12 year old and went on to form a prolific goalscoring partnership with Jimmy Quinn that produced 62 goals in the 1993-94 promotion season. He looks back on his Royals career and talks about how he feels now about his penalty miss in the 1995 play-off final as Reading lost out on a place in the Premiership.

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Reading's new central defender Terell Thomas discusses what prompted his move to Reading, his thoughts about trying to secure a place in the starting XI and what the future might look like for him. No Dylan for this episode, so Mark and Johnny take an opportunity to catch up on the latest Reading FC news, including the 8-game run-in, injuries, players out of contract and the managerial situation.

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Martin Allen became Alan Pardew's assistant manager at Reading FC in January 2000 and turned a relegation-threatened side into promotion contenders - paving the way for the success that was to follow for the Royals. Martin talks about how he achieved that. He also talks about his Dad - former Reading player Dennis Allen - and how he trained at Reading Boxing Club to help him on his way to becoming a professional footballer. Martin also discusses his departure from Reading, after Alan Pardew decided he was surplus to requirements.

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Graham Nickless is the guest for our first Sunday Special episode. Royals fan Graham has reported on Reading FC for nearly 50 years, for Bracknell News, the Reading Evening Post and national media. He reveals his greatest ever Reading player and talks about the highs and lows of his time covering the club, from the 1970s until the present day. He remembers being thrown in the players bath when Reading won the league title in 1979, having a disagreement with Sir John Madejski over the naming of the current stadium and what current manager Paul Ince said to him during a recent conversation.

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Andy Bernal was David Beckham's personal manager. The former Royals defender talks about his time at Reading FC, taking cocaine, the experience of looking after one of the world's biggest icons and his new book, Riding Shotgun.

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Shaka Hislop, who was part of the Reading FC side that won promotion in 1994 then just missed out on a place in the Premiership in 1995, talks about his time with the Royals.

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Title-winning Royals midfielder Lawrie Sanchez - who went on to score Wimbledon's winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final - joins Mark, Dylan and Johnny for a chat about playing for his local club, Reading goalscoring legends David Crown, Kerry Dixon and Trevor Senior, Royals owners and managers, missing out on being Reading manager and the challenges the club is facing now.

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