Why You Should Watch Reading: Who Are The Royals' Rivals?

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03/14/2025 09:24 AM

Who even are our rivals anyway? Join Ross for an exploration of that topic in video format.

Think you know who Reading's rivals are? Quick question: when did you start watching the team?

Ross ponders the odd state of Reading's rivalries and notes that the teams you dislike really seems to depend on the generation you're from. With the Royals slumming it in League One, they're behind Oxford United for the first time in the lifetimes of many Reading fans, and closer to Wycombe Wanderers and Swindon Town than ever before.

Is that finally heating up the rivalries? And is there still a middle-class derby with Fulham?

Edited by Ryan Jefferiss

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