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Know we haven't played them for ages but do people still see them as a local rival or has time apart dulled it?
Personally, I have never thought of them as anything other than just another club and would probably be the model to follow if possible.
Saying that, I enjoyed immensely Kuffour's best ever game for us at the Madjeski in that 3-0 win (or was it 3-1 - I had been on the beer)
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 13:33:34 » |
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Its another where they see us a rivals more than us them, or used to be. Guess they have new higher league rivals now we have been left in their wake  Admire the way Madjeski took them forward tho, not so sure about the russian in there too now |
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 13:41:14 » |
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Our oldest derby
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:22:03 » |
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The Reading rivalry has never enthused me. It's almost certainly due to lack of competitive fixtures over the last 20 years.
I acknowledge Oxford as the 'big one' but having been raised in West Wilts, marrying in to a City supporting family and living in Bedminster, Bristol City is the 'big one' for me.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:26:19 » |
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I'm probably on the same page as you Rich. Coming from 'nam which at the time have had bristol and Swindon split pox and reading was never really a big thing for me.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:26:57 » |
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A lot needs to change for the better in our case and the worse in their case, for this to be a regular fixture again. in the years since we last played them, they've become a Prem/Championship yo-yo team us more of a Div3/4 yo-yo team.
I suppose the best chance of meeting them is in the LC....especially as it's a comp we've never been drawn together in.
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:40:44 » |
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Couldn't care less about them. They're in the same ball park as Forfar or Colchester in my give a toss-ometer.
They hate Aldershot anyway so no need for them to hate anyone else.
They tried a few years ago to invent a hatred between themselves and us or Scum and there's not many things us and the Scummers agree on but Reading being irrelevant is one.
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:47:14 » |
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Kerry probably too new on the forum, but this has been done several times. It all depends where you were born. I was born in Reading so it's them I hate, as all of my reading supporting mates could confirm with conviction. I couldn't give a hoot about the bristol's, oxford a bit meh tbh.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 14:50:10 » |
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Means and has always meant only slightly more to me than an average fixture. And I think thats only because I used to live in the area.
To me the rivalry is a bit like with Cheltenham.
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:00:46 » |
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Means and has always meant only slightly more to me than an average fixture. And I think thats only because I used to live in the area.
To me the rivalry is a bit like with Cheltenham.
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 16:16:20 » |
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Reading just about registers on the rivalry scale, but barely. Oxford and City top the list for me, in that order. Them I guess Rovers. Reading really would be on a par with Gillingham and Cheltenham - I don't much care, but it's nice to beat them purely because it winds them up.
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:06:14 » |
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Know we haven't played them for ages but do people still see them as a local rival or has time apart dulled it?
Personally, I have never thought of them as anything other than just another club and would probably be the model to follow if possible.
Saying that, I enjoyed immensely Kuffour's best ever game for us at the Madjeski in that 3-0 win (or was it 3-1 - I had been on the beer)
3-1 is how I remember it. I come from Newbury so Reading will always be the local derby for me. I don't dislike them like I dislike Oxford mind...... |
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:21:56 » |
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They all suppory Chelsea every other weekend anyway
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:51:10 » |
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3-1 is how I remember it. I come from Newbury so Reading will always be the local derby for me. I don't dislike them like I dislike Oxford mind......
Yep, it was 3-1. Invincibile got one, Graz another. http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=20020112 |
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:52:53 » |
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Ruddock wound their fans up a right treat after the final whistle, probably his most valuable contribution for us
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