Mark Bowen dramatically refreshed his Reading side once again on Saturday before hanging on for a second 1-1 draw in a week.
Marc Mayo and Jonny Williams return for The Tilehurst End Podcast discussing the FA Cup fourth round clash at the Madejski and the midweek draw of the same result at Nottingham Forest. Your mailbag questions, the club’s latest news and a preview to the game with Bristol City complete episode 218.
Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign.
Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.
Show Order
Recap - 01:54
Mailbag - 25:46
Newsbites - 49:11
Big Match Preview - 54:05
Millwall claimed a 2-0 win over Reading FC on Saturday in only a fourth defeat of Mark Bowen’s time in charge.
The manager’s new contract is discussed between Marc Mayo and Westy on this week’s Tilehurst End Podcast who also look back to the 2-0 win at Blackpool in the FA Cup third round replay. The rest of the news is also on the agenda, as are your questions and a look ahead to Nottingham Forest and Cardiff.
Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign.
Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.
Show Order
Recap - 02:05
Mailbag - 15:23
Newsbites - 23:20
Big Match Preview - 28:02
Any fan who left early on Saturday was left short-changed after Reading FC staged a stunning comeback to snatch a point after Nottingham Forest’s 95th minute almost-winner.
The Tilehurst End Podcast, sponsored by ZCZ Films, is back this week to dissect the dramatic 1-1 draw with Marc Mayo joined by Westy and Jonny Williams. They answer your Mailbag questions, consider the transfer market in Newsbites, and look to trips to Blackpool and Millwall in Big Match Preview.
The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign.
Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.
Show Order
Recap - 02:33
Mailbag - 16:35
Newsbites - 28:49
Big Match Preview - 41:42
In our first podcast of 2020, Olly Allen steps in to host and is joined by The Tilehurst End editor Simeon Pickup to look back on Reading’s 2-2 draw with Blackpool in the FA Cup, discuss the news that the Royals may have a new sporting director, answer your questions in the mailbag and preview a return to league action as Nottingham Forest visit the Madejski Stadium. There’s also a *live* reaction to the fourth round draw of the FA Cup...
The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign.
Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.
Show Order
Recap - 2:17
Mailbag - 31:49
Newsbites - 48:26
Big Match Preview - 58:33
Olly Allen is joined by Will Jones for this fourth and final podcast in our Decade in Review series, as our Team of the Decade is analysed alongside the definitive Reading moments from the last ten years. The show is then rounded off with a discussion on the next decade - covering the academy, ownership and whether the club will be in League One before they’re back in the Premier League...
As we move towards more recent times in our Decade in Review podcast series, it doesn’t become any easier to discuss. Regular podcast host Marc Mayo joins Olly Allen for this episode, looking at Reading’s fortunes after the play-off final defeat in 2017.
Jaap Stam’s demise, Paul Clement’s ill-fated spell in charge and Ron Gourlay’s dreadful impact behind the scenes are all covered, as are the last 12 months that have seen Jose Gomes come and go and Mark Bowen make a positive start to life at the club.
Part two of our decade in review is here, and it’s starting to get bumpy. Olly Allen is joined by Simeon Pickup to discuss the years 2013 to 2017 - covering life back in the Championship, Reading’s off the field problems, the club’s first FA Cup semi-final in 88 years, yet more play-off agony and the fortunes of no less than four different managers.
The 2010s are nearly over, so The Tilehurst End Podcast is running a mini-series looking back at all the highs, lows and talking points from the last decade.
In part one, Olly Allen is joined by Jonny Williams to review the first three years of the decade, or what we’re calling ‘The McDermott Years’. Starting when the Slough-born manager was appointed, the pair discuss that season’s FA Cup run, getting to the play-off final in 2011, winning promotion 12 months later and struggling in the top-fight the following season. Of course plenty more is covered in between, including the importance of key players and memorable moments such as away games in Cardiff, East London and Southampton.
Keep an eye out in your podcast feeds tomorrow when part two will be released.
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After 12 long months, Reading FC fans find ourselves supporting a rather different team than when 2019 began and yet hardly budged one way or the other in the lower depths of the Championship.
The Tilehurst End Podcast reviews the year with Marc Mayo joined by Dan Wimbush, Simeon Pickup and Adam Jones with our awards ceremony dishing out the gongs for the best player, most improved, the HRK underachiever as well as the golden, comedy and worst moments. Also, the guys preview what is to come in 2020.
The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign.
Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.
Show Order
The 2019 Recap - 01:55
Annual Awards Handout - 26:10
The 2020 Preview - 1:18:30
Reading drew 0-0 at Stoke on Saturday without either side registering a shot on target.
There’s not much else to say about that one. But The Tilehurst End Podcast is back with Marc Mayo and Simeon ‘BucksRoyal’ Pickup analysing the stalemate and a 1-1 draw with Barnsley in the week. The academy and tactics come up with your questions in Mailbag, a key injury is discussed in Newsbites and the visit of Derby is on the agenda in Big Match Preview.
The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign.
Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.
Show Order
Recap - 02:28
Mailbag - 22:15
Newsbites - 40:29
Big Match Preview - 46:22
