What do you know about Reading?

[black'n'yellow]

amen to that. I can't exactly call myself a 'fan' - living 250 miles away from the place these days. But the result last night really brought a smile to my face. Premiership football and a Russian billionaire backer - what could go wrong...

 

[Manonabike]

I know that their football team has just won promotion to the Premier League.

 

[Norm]

I know that their football team has just won promotion to the Premier League.

Do you know that from reading the two posts above yours?

 

[Kwacka]

We are Premier League come on urzzzz!!!

 

[defy-one]

you forgot to add Palmer Park Velodrome...and the fact that Hillingdon circuit is just up the M4..

Hillingdon circuit???

 

[black'n'yellow]

http://hillingdoncyclecircuit.org.uk/

 

[defy-one]

OMG - I have used this track when I used to live in Hayes!!!!

It's 7 miles from Iver and a good reason to go visit my parents by bike - excellent - I will be there soon. Anybody else use this place on a regular basis?

 

[defy-one]

I have a few colleagues that live on the outskirts of Reading and they are all into cycling in a big way. It's the UK's version of silicon valley, and good if your in the I.T game

 

[black'n'yellow]

[QUOTE 1814779, member: 76"]When I was based in Aldershot we went to the Sigue Sigue Sputnik concert when the lead singer threw a bottle back into the audience and knocked a student out, or cut them or something. To be fair, I think we went because of the usual crowd trouble.[/quote]

crikey - that takes me back - I was there that night. The university rugby team usually caused most of the trouble at gigs there, as I recall...

 

[Norm]

I might know someone who was in the Reading Uni rugby team, for a couple of years around 1981/2/3.

 

[black'n'yellow]

I might know someone who was in the Reading Uni rugby team, for a couple of years around 1981/2/3.

you're off the hook Norm, I think the Sputnik gig was around 86...

 

[Norm]

you're off the hook Norm, I think the Sputnik gig was around 86...

Don't you mean my, ahem, friend-who-was-in-the-rugby-team-but-wasn't-necessarily-me is off the hook.

 

[black'n'yellow]

yep, your 'friend' is in the clear...

 

[Marky-boy]

Evening all, born and bred in Reading so 39 years, dont know any different but not sure if this is a good or bad thing......

 

[Moonlight]

Good news, I move to Reading in the first week of August. :-)