The Reading Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
Reading count the cost of losing Andy Rinomhota
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jamie Gittens is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Reading training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lewis Wing is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Charlie Savage
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
Reading supporters have found a favourite in Jamie Gittens
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jamie Gittens has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market23 Aug 2027
Daniel White steps up from the Reading academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel White has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
Reading promote Alexander Hall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Hall has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Samuel Cook joins the Reading first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Cook is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Charles Price joins the Reading first team
- Match Reading see off Bristol City
- Player ratings One of those days for Jamie Gittens