The Reading Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Reading say no — this time
The offer from Cardiff City for Daniel Kyerewaa was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Joe Tomlinson gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Joe Tomlinson has just signed for Reading, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Reading get their man
The chase for Hamish Douglas ended with $2.2M changing hands and Rotherham United out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jack Marriott attracts admirers
The name of Jack Marriott has come up in conversations Reading were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Derrick Williams in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Reading this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
6 goals as Reading and Cardiff City go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Reading and Cardiff City, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Reading
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Derrick Williams
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Derrick Williams, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Wright joins the Reading first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Wright is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Andy Rinomhota falls out with a teammate over standards
- Match Honours even between Reading and Cardiff City
- Player ratings Josh Stokes runs at them all day