The Reading Chronicle
Match15 Aug 2026
A hiding for Reading
Beaten 0‑3 by Huddersfield Town, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market17 Aug 2026
Reading turn down Swindon Town for Michael Stickland
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Reading go back to the board over Raphael Borges Rodrigues
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $240.0K — a club that wants Raphael Borges Rodrigues enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $230.0K for Raphael Borges Rodrigues
Reading have gone to Coventry City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Reading
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniel Kyerewaa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Dan Agyei
Reading asked and Kocaelispor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Reading
Will Keane and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Lewis Wing
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lewis Wing, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Luke Hill joins the Reading first team
- Market Stephen Cunningham steps up from the Reading academy
- Market Reading promote Steven Barnes from within