1871

On April 16th, 1983, news emerged that Reading FC would be merged with Oxford United to a form a new club called Thames Valley Royals, that would play their home games in Didcot. Former Reading player Roger Smee was drafted in to block the merger and succeeded. We look back at how events unfolded with some of the Reading fans who remember what happened.

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This is the 1871 podcast's 106th episode - so Johnny and Mark take a look back at Reading's 106 season with three Reading fans, who talk about their memories of that season and what it meant to them as Royals fans.

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Paul Ince has gone, Noel Hunt has taken the reins - and next up for Reading is the small matter of a home game against Championship champions elect Burnley. Can the new interim manager inspire the Royals to a shock victory? We look ahead to the next two games for Reading and relegation rivals Cardiff and QPR. Then, in part two of the episode, Mark and Johnny complete their countdown of their all time favourite Reading players by revealing their top 5.

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Mark McGhee and Colin Lee transformed Reading's fortunes in the mid 90s. Jimmy Quinn scored 40 goals in 1993-94 as Reading went up as champions into what is now the Championship - and went close to promotion to the Premier League the following season. The Royals finished second in 1994-95, but the league was being restructured and meant that Reading were denied automatic promotion. They missed out against Bolton in the play-off final after being 2-0 up at Wembley. Dylan Kerr, who was player of the season in 1993-94, and author Alan Clements look back on a magical time for Reading fans.

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Reading FC have sacked Paul Ince and replaced him with former Royals striker Noel Hunt. We assess what the change could mean to Reading's survival hopes.

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Mark, Johnny and special guest Matthew Batten give their verdict on Reading's two Easter games. We also look ahead to the Royals' remaining five games and announce our 1871 podcast quiz champion.

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In part 2 of our Reading FC Top 100 series, Mark and Johnny continue their countdown of their all time favourite Reading players.

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This is the 1871 podcast's 100th episode. To celebrate, Mark and Johnny select a Reading FC Top 100, including their favourite 25 Royals players each, 10 memorable Reading games, 5 memorable Reading season, 5 great Reading managers and 5 influential people in the history of Reading FC. In this episode, Mark and Johnny begin their countdown of their 25 favourite Reading players, starting with their 25-16 choices on their lists of favourite Royals.

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Marcus Hahnemann was part of the record breaking 106 Reading team that secured promotion to the Premier League. He discusses his time at Reading and gives his thoughts about the six point deduction.

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We discuss Reading's 6 point deduction and look ahead to the Royals' remaining 7 games. We are joined by Dylan Kerr, who has transformed the fortunes of Marumo Gallants in South Africa and gives his views on how Paul Ince should motivate the Reading players for their upcoming games.

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