21. 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.

22. Cocktail of booze and drugs killed family man

A family man died after taking a lethal cocktail of booze and drugs in a ‘24-hour drinking den’, an inquest heard this morning.

23. NFU president confident in ‘great’ farming industry

The Royal County of Berkshire Show Dinner featured a special guest speaker at the recent event in Bradfield.

24. 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.

25. The Tudors

26. Young guns are firing

Kevin Dillon believes Reading’s youngsters are finally coming of age.

27. Didcot Town 0 Royals 9

More than 2,000 fans turned out to watch Reading cruise to victory over part-timers Didcot at Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday.

28. Bracknell AC leave Ealing reeling

Bracknell AC returned to winning ways on Saturday, as they defeated Ealing, the side sitting second in Division 3 South of the Southern League at Bracknell Leisure Centre.

29. Bobby joins the big wigs at Bulgarian FA

Back in September 1995, the Royals caused a bit of a stir when they signed Bulgarian international goalkeeper, Borislav ‘Bobby’ Mihaylov, from Botev Plovdiv for a then record fee of £300,000.

30. 'Average so far', says Coppell

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