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« Reply #15 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:57:26 » |
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Actually could have be Gurney, fuck knows they hated it anyway, great afternoon that.
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Exiled Bob
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:57:43 » |
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Interesting the number of future (and ex) Swindon players were in Reading's team that day. |
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:01:11 » |
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Got to say I would have never remembered Paul Edwards Enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBk9gbpYeg |
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janaage
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« Reply #18 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:44:33 » |
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'And we'll never be royals,
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz'
Well said that girl.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:45:25 » |
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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.
We probably haven't played Reading in your time, but take it from me a Railwaymen v Biscuitmen game is infinitely more interesting than a game v Pikeys. |
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RedRag
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:57:41 » |
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I too was living in the Newbury area when I caught the Town fever but I can honestly say Reading was never about more than half-hearted local bragging rites.
I have walked casually right through pitched battles outside Elm Park in a way that I would never have dared outside the Manor or Ashton Gate. Gills was a pretty hot atmosphere back in the day but agree not really sustainable.
True Rivals for me are Pox followed closely by Shitty.
Thereafter take your pick according to where you live, how often we have played recently, any recent off-pitch incidents, history etc
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:58:08 » |
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Depends where you live I hate the plastic cunts far more than both Brizzle teams
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RedRag
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:05:30 » |
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I guess your moniker is a tad edgier and closer to the mark now than Reg's self-consciously traditional "biscuitmen".
I could never bring myself to truly hate a "biscuitman"
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:08:14 » |
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Too young. Couldn't really give a monkeys about 'em. Other than the next stop on the railway, I see no real connection.
I did enjoy giving them grief about losing to Swansea in that pre-season friendly in Di Canio's first year mind.
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:08:56 » |
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I could never bring myself to truly hate a "biscuitman"
Could you dunk one though? |
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janaage
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:11:20 » |
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Could you dunk one though?
That'd be 'Nice'. |
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:18:45 » |
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I stuck a Reading fans head down a toilet and flushed it once, does that count as dunking?
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:23:44 » |
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I stuck a Reading fans head down a toilet and flushed it once, does that count as dunking?
It is either that or a Royals Flush. Coat. |
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 20:12:24 » |
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I've lived in Reading for nearly 30years and have never hated them. Think its because a lot of my closest mates are big fans. I also remember standing on their old South Bank with my mates in my teens when they were only getting 3-4k at home.
It's annoying that they're doing better than us but no hatred from me. Still massive when we play them though. That 3-1 was superb and has been mentioned more than a few times since. Ruddock was a fucking god that day!!!
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Ardiles
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 20:40:47 » |
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I don't hate Reading at all. Even have a barely disguised admiration for what they have achieved, if I'm honest. But...I would love to get that fixture back on a regular basis - because, after a few years of regular encounters, I think it could dwarf anything we have currently in terms of rivalry. An exchange from another thread a couple of years ago, not long before the away game at Oxford, still sums up my thinking on this one... I'm getting bored of this game already, can't wait for it to be over.
I don't even care if we win, lose or draw, just as long as we get promoted out of this shithole of a division.
This is precisely why I want out of this division, and want Oxford to stay in it. As rivalries go, this is one is nasty, brutal and small time. I want the game out of the way and then to leave Oxford in our shadow once again. Hopefully, soon enough, we'll then get an opportunity to remind ourselves what big games vs City and Reading are like.
A ticket allocation of 1,250 for a game like this tells you everything you need to know about where Oxford and this rivalry sits in the pecking order. Once we have redeveloped, we'll be giving Reading, City or whoever allocations of 4,000 to 5,000 and expecting the same in return. Much more interesting.
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