A win and heavy defeat got Paul Ince off to a mixed start in his first week as Reading FC boss.
Marc Mayo and Alan West reconvene for The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 291, with the games against Birmingham and Blackpool on the Recap, your Mailbag questions, the club finances discussed in Newsbites, and a look ahead to Millwall in the Big Match Preview.
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Show Order
Recap - 01:25
Mailbag - 15:56
Newsbites - 20:44
Big Match Preview - 33:09

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 291: The Bottom Line

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Soccer

The average age of the Iconic XI miniseries is brought down a few years as Ryan comes into the studio with his team!
With limited memories of anything prior to Marek Matejovsky, Ryan draws upon the last decade for much of his team: and throws tactics to the wolves!
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The Tilehurst End Miniseries: Iconic XIs #3

Ben and Ross get an excellent listener email and stumble into accidentally recording a full pod to go around it.
Graeme Murty is back in town to deliver Reading's U21s an agonizing defeat in the PL2 Semi Final. 
Then the boys mull over the excellent email from the Royal exile.
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The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 380: Graeme Murty turns Heel

Ben and Ross are still stuck down memory lane, continuing their series of iconic XIs. What defines a cult legend or favorite player, and what are the stories behind those connections? 
Today, Ben and Ross switch seats and make Ben the guest of honor: allowing him to take us through his team involving a rapper, an academy mapper, and a whole host of attackers...
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The Tilehurst End Miniseries: Iconic XIs #2

In a new series, Ben and Ross build their own teams made up of iconic or favorite Reading players from any era. What defines a cult legend or favorite player, and what are the stories behind those connections? 
Ross kicks us off with an XI of his favorite featuring a few nods to the Jose Gomes era, plenty of pace on the wings, and even a former Balon d'Or nominee...
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The Tilehurst End Miniseries: Iconic XIs #1

Reading FC's retained list is released just minutes after Ben puts the agenda for the pod together, and he's very upset about his upturned show order.
The boys discuss the players who are staying and going at Reading FC, and answer a bumper mailbag, proving it's not just the two of them that are going mad without any football to watch...
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The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 291: The Bottom Line

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