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2000/01 Reports

Competition Date Opponent Venue Result
Friendly (behind closed doors) Tuesday, 25th July (1pm) Crystal Palace Away Won 4-0

Reading goals: Parkinson, Igoe, Caskey, McIntyre
Attendance: Officially zero but it appears that a few Palace fans got to see the game.

Reading line-up according to the official website: Whitehead (Gosby), Polston, Robinson, Viveash (Evers), A. Williams (Mackie), Parkinson, Newman, Gurney (Igoe), Caskey (Tyson), Forster (McIntyre), Hodges (Henderson)

Reading line-up according to Evening Post: Whitehead (Gosby), Polston, Robinson, Viveash, A. Williams, Parkinson (Jones), Newman (Evers), Gurney (Igoe), Caskey (Tyson), Forster (McIntyre), Hodges (Henderson)

Report based on details posted to a Crystal Palace messageboard: Reading played better than their opponents for the whole game, and only failed to score in the first half due to poor finishing. In the second, the floodgates opened - the first goal was a defensive error, the second from good wingplay. Then a 25-yard Darren Caskey free-kick special made it three before the keeper gifted us a fourth.

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