The Reading Chronicle
Squad4 Dec 2028
Seny Dieng keeps Reading in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market4 Dec 2028
Benn Ward puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Reading, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom4 Dec 2028
Pressure builds in the Reading boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Adam Smith 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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Derrick Williams signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Derrick Williams and Reading agree another 2 years.
Match2 Dec 2028
Reading come up short against Leeds United
Leeds United left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings4 Dec 2028
A masterclass from Daniel James
Marked 8.86 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad4 Dec 2028
No hiding place for Jack Marriott
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jack Marriott, and the manager let it.
Player ratings4 Dec 2028
Dominic Sadi's mistake decides it
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Reading needed to.
In brief
- Market Reading and Haydon Roberts are talking past each other
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Randell Williams
- Market Reading shop where it costs nothing