| Competition | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| Testimonial pre-game Match | Monday, 13th May (7.15pm) | Celebrity Team | Home | Won 7-6? |
Match facts:
Reading Legends goals: Neil
Smillie (1 minute), ? (4 minutes), ? (10 minutes), Stuart Beavon
(12 minutes), Trevor Senior (16 minutes), Trevor Senior (19
minutes), Steve Richardson (33 minutes)
Celebrity Team goals: Brian McDermott (5 minutes), Kevin Bremner
(12 minutes), Kevin Bremner (13 minutes), Brian McDermott (16
minutes), ?, Louis Attrill (35 minutes)
Half-time: Reading Legends 6 Celebrity Team 4 (or 5)
Weather: Light rain, chilly
Referee:
Reading Legends line-up: 3 Steve Richardson, 4 Stuart Beavon, 5 Martin Hicks, 6 Steve Wood, 7 Neil Smillie (13 Kevin Dix, half-time), 8 Steve Hetzke, 9 Trevor Senior, 10 Mark White. Roary the Lion played in goal in the second half.
Celebrity Team line-up: 2 Steve Davis, 4 Louis Attrill, 5 Simon Dennis, 6 Nicky Hammond, 7 Stephen Beckett, 8 Brian McDermott, 9 Kevin Bremner, 10 Jimmy "Five Bellies" Gardner. Kingsley Royal played in goal in the second half.
Match report:
None.
Match notes:
The first half lasted 25 minutes and was played as eight-a-side. The second half lasted 10 minutes and was played as nine-a-side, with each side gaining a lion as a goalkeeper. The goals were placed on the 18-yard line with the D of the penalty area used as a goal area which players were not allowed to enter.
Louis Attrill and Simon Dennis are two of the gold medal-winning Great Britain men's eight from the 2000 Olympic Games. I have guessed which was which based on two-year-old photos!
Stephen Beckett is an actor is some television programme.
Steve Davis used to play snooker at a reasonably high level.
Jimmy "Five Bellies" Gardner was in town acting as Paul Gascoigne's chaperone.
Kevin Dix is a Reading supporter who won a competition to be part of the Reading squad for the main game and presumably only got press-ganged into action in this game.
Kingsley Royal is an impostor. The real Kingsley Royal (last seen at the start of the season) would have known which team he should have been playing for.
Roary the Lion is a fake lion who acts as mascot for the Evening Post.
The other eleven players are all genuine celebrities and legends who need no introduction.
At half-time I thought the score was 6-4 and when the second half began so did the scoreboard. However the MC said it was 6-5 and the scoreboard changed. If the Celebrity Team did get a fifth goal just before half-time, I didn't see it.
Match preview:
Before the main Phil Parkinson testimonial game, and during half-time, there will be a five-a-side match between a "Reading Legends" team and a Celebrity Team.
Ticket information:
Tickets went on sale on 31st January. Season ticket holders will have their seats held until 9am on Monday, 1st April - after that date any unsold season ticket seats will go on general sale.
Obviously the bulk of the proceeds will go to the Phil Parkinson Testimonial Fund, but he will donate 10% of the proceeds to the Bobby Moore Fund for Imperial Cancer Research.
| Stand | Seating | Adult, In advance |
Adult, On the day |
Concession, In advance |
Concession, On the day |
Young Royal, In advance |
Young Royal, On the day |
| West, Upper | £16 | £18 | £10 | £12 | £10 | £12 | |
| Other | £11 | £13 | £6 | £7 | £5 | £7 |
To purchase tickets:
(a) Visit the Madejski Stadium ticket office in person between 9am and 5.30pm on Mondays to Fridays, 9am and 4pm on Saturdays, or 9am and half-time on match days (note that it is closed on Sundays).
(b) Ring 0118 968 1000 between 9am and 9pm on Mondays to Saturdays, or 10am to 8pm on Sundays.
(c) Use the on-line booking service to be found on the official Reading FC website. It's in the section called "Ticket News". This operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but you can only use it if you have previously purchased tickets from the club by some other means.
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