| Competition | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| U-19 League | Saturday, 10th November (11am) | Arsenal | Home | Lost 0-5 |
Match facts:
Reading goals: None
Assists: None
Opposition goals: After 14, 34, 57, 78 and 87 minutes
Half-time: Reading 0 Arsenal 2
Gamebreaker: Arsenal's second goal
Attendance: Approximately 100
Weather: Cold but sunny
Referee: P Yeo
Linesmen: L Williams and ? (C Pinn was scheduled as the other but
had to go home)
Reading line-up: 1 Simon Cox
senior, 2 Nathan Stamp (12 Steven Laidler, 70 minutes), 3 Callum
Earl, 4 Matt Birnie, 5 Ricky Allaway, 6 Declan O'Hara, 7 Adam
Campion (15 Gary Middleton, 85 minutes), 8 Ryan Maxwell, 9 Joey
Alcott, 10 Louie Soares (14 Jason Awbery, 59 minutes), 11 Scott
Williams
Subs not used: None
Reading yellow cards:
Reading red cards: Declan O'Hara (handball to stop a goalscoring
opportunity, 78 minutes)
Match report:
This was my first sight of our Under-19 side this season, and to be honest I was not expecting Reading to get much out of this game. Arsenal are clear leaders in our group, and Reading are near the foot of the table. Unlike Chelsea, Arsenal really do have a strong Academy set-up and fielded several players in this game who are on professional contracts.
However, the opening moments of the game showed that I was wrong to be so sure of the outcome. In the first ten minutes, Reading had three really good chances to score - unfortunately, however it was still 0-0 at the end of that spell.
Match notes:
The game started 20 minutes late because one of the linesman "had to go home"!
Match preview:
None.
Ticket information:
None.
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