It has not been the best of weeks for my home town team of Reading currently hovering in a precarious 21st place in the Championship.
To be more accurate, it has been disastrous especially as it is supposed to be a celebratory 150th anniversary year.
Last Saturday, the Royals were humiliated in the third round of the FA Cup when they were beaten 2-1 by non-league side Kidderminster Harriers, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, playing in the sixth tier National League North.
If that was not bad enough, on Tuesday night Reading were trounced 7-0 at home by Fulham in the Championship in a highly embarrassing result, putting huge pressure on manager Veljko Paunovic who admitted it was “another horrible night” for his team.
Strangely, Reading had beaten Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage earlier in the season. In a reference to that rare victory, Paunovic…
