11. Royals take Long, hard route to victory

Steve Coppell paid tribute to his players’ attitude but admitted Reading’s finishing was not good enough as they made hard work of beating a team of amateurs on Saturday.

12. Doyle vows to avenge debut defeat

Kevin Doyle can’t wait to face Plymouth Argyle tomorrow (3pm kick-off) to get the chance to avenge a memorable defeat.

13. 'Average so far', says Coppell

Steve Coppell admits he hasn’t been overly impressed with Reading’s pre-season so far.

14. Goal-king Noel bags a double

Noel Hunt grabbed his first two goals for his new club as Reading ended their tour of Sweden with a third successive victory.

15. Jem’s an instant hit

Reading 1 Aston Villa 1

Jem Karacan netted with his first touch of the game, but it wasn’t enough to earn Reading an eighth successive pre-season victory as Aston Villa came back to earn a draw.

16. Dolan urges stars to take their chance

Eamonn Dolan is hoping some of his young stars make the breakthrough into the Reading first
team this season.

17. Doyle comes to Royals’ rescue

Havant & Waterlooville 0 Reading 1

Kevin Doyle spared Reading's blushes with the only goal as Reading scraped a 1-0 over Blue Square South side Havant and Waterlooville last night.

18. Dolan: 'Academy is a success'...but Gooding's unconvinced

Eamonn Dolan insists Reading’s Academy is on the brink of producing results, but former Royals player and manager Micky Gooding believes the Royals youth set-up has been a flop.

19. Coppell will bring in new right winger

Reading are looking to sign a new right winger following the departure of Glen Little.

20. Henry is England’s goal hero

Reading’s James Henry scored as England Under-19s beat Serbia 1-0 in the European Championship Elite qualifying stage in Serbia yesterday, writes NICK IVE.