by Sutekh »
11 Dec 2025 14:59
South Coast Royal There have been many that were much worse than on Tuesday night.
3 that come to mind:-
THAT Oxford game already mentioned (my in-laws lived about 400 yards from the Manor Ground and were OTT sympathetic after the game).
Reading 0 Bristol Rovers 6 (the only good thing to come out of the game was the later signing of the original "What a bargain").
Reading 0 Huddersfield 0 (so much at stake but so little shown on the pitch in surely one of the dullest games that Wembley has ever witnessed )
The archetypal "how not to play football in a final", two sides with awful managers who just didn't want to lose and so absolutely zero ambition was ever shown on the pitch - particularly by Stam/Reading - it was a total travesty whoever won and a penalty shoot out lost in style about summed the whole ridiculous farce up. Afterwards I'd seriously have considered reprieving whoever finished 20th in the PL and keeping both finalists down for taking the **** or bringing the game into disrepute.