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SHANE LONG’S extra-time winner for Reading at Liverpool back in 2010 represents a vivid memory for Jake Cooper. The towering centre back had not long signed on with the Academy...

RONNIE BLACKMAN, Reading's all-time leading goalscorer, died on Tuesday aged 90. Blackman rattled in 158 goals in the Football League - the most ever by a Royals player - 39...

SCOTT SPEARING fired Bracknell Bees to a dramatic victory over Hull Pirates at the Hive on Sunday night. The forward struck twice, including a late winner, on an evening where...

JOHNNY WILLIAMS replaces Aseli Tikoirotuma in the only change made to the London Irish side for Saturday's trip to Northampton Saints (3pm). The Fijian misses the game at Franklin's Gardens...

Emmbrook residents worried that plans to install floodlights at a football ground would cause light pollution were given assurances at a meeting held last week. The Emmbrook Sports and Social Club...

THE DREAM is over for Wokingham's Olympic hero Anna Watkins after the rower withdrew from the qualification process for this summer's games in Rio. The 32-year-old, who won gold with...

MATT FOORD was left "massively disappointed" after Bracknell Bees let slip of a two-goal lead against a Manchester Phoenix at The Hive on Sunday night. Through early strikes from Vanya...

READING'S winless run in the Championship stretched to five games this afternoon following a goalless draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Madejski Stadium. Although not really a contest for the purists,...

TOPSY OJO will lead London Irish out for Sunday's crunch clash with Worcester Warriors on what will be his 250th appearance for the club (1pm kick off). The winger has...

"WE ARE trying to build something special" said Brian McDermott after his side disposed of Walsall in the FA Cup on Saturday afternoon. Through the brace of goals scored by...