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Reading broke the record for most wins from the start of a season in 1985-86, when they won their first 13 games. We look back on the record breaking run and some memorable games that season, including the 4-3 win against Plymouth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian McDermott's 2012 side came out on top with an 8-5 win in today's 150th anniversary game - here's what some of the fans made of the game and the occasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There were plenty of goals in the 150th anniversary game, with Steve Coppell's 106 side taking on Brian McDermott's 2012 title winners. We bring you a post match report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We bring you an update from the first half of the legends game between Steve Coppell's 106 side and Brian McDermott's 2012 Championship title winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We continue our build up to the 150th anniversary game between Steve Coppell's 2005-6 record breaking side and Brian McDermott's 2011-12 title winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pat 1 of our build up to the Steve Coppell v Brian McDermott legends game at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We preview Saturday's 150th anniversary legends game between a Steve Coppell side representing the 106 team that won the Championship in 2006 and a Brian McDermott side representing the 2012 title winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blackpool's Jake Daniels announced on Monday that he is gay. We are joined by Tom Williams, from Proud Royals, who talks about what the organisation stands for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Simon Cox came through the youth ranks at Reading and was at the club during the 106 season, then returned as a senior player and was part of the side that reached the FA Cup semi-final in 2015. He talks about his time at Reading, the appointment of Paul Ince as manager and Mark Bowen as Director of Football, and the possibility of him playing for Steve Coppell's side in Saturday's legends game. L...

Nicky Forster joined Reading in 1999 and went on to make more than 200 appearances, scoring 67 goals. He was part of the promotion side in 2002 but left Reading just before the Royals' 2005-6 Championship winning season. He talks about his time at Reading, Alan Pardew, Martin Allen, recovering from injury and goal setting - and gives his views on the current situation at the club. Learn more about...

Reading FC Women finished eighth in the WSL last season, with the highlight of the campaign a victory against the WSL champions Chelsea. We look back at the 2021-22 campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We choose our greatest Reading FC manager from the last 50 years. We also look at the two club owners who played a significant role in the club's history over the last five decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy Halls, a Royals fan and Sun journalist, gives us some inside information about Paul Ince and the legends game next Saturday. He also talks about supporting Reading and gives his views on the current state of affairs at the club - and what needs to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robin Friday is a Royals legend - and is also the name of a song by Reading band Mirror Pictures that you might have heard at home games. Mark and Olly chat about music and being Royals fans - and Mark gives us a blast of the band's tribute to a true Reading FC legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Chronicle Sports Editor Roger Ware, who has supported the Royals since 1950, returns for a chat about the Record Breaking Royals, the Simod Cup triumph, the John Madejski era, Uri Geller and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike and Grace Kearney have been familiar faces at Reading FC for more than 40 years. Mike had two spells with the Royals as a striker and Grace has been involved with Reading in various roles over the years. The couple are well known for their time running the Royals Rendezvous. They talk about their time with the club and how it has changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Kevin Doyle had a whirlwind first two seasons at Reading. He was part of the 106 side that won the Championship title and finished eighth in the Royals' first season in the Premiership. He talks about joining Reading from Cork City, his time at the Madejski Stadium - and the upcoming legends game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reading FC's season has been a turbulent one, with plenty of lows and not much to lift the spirits of the fans. Mark and Johnny look back at Saturday's final game at Luton and the season as a whole - including the managerial change, notable moments and a Happy Easter for Tom McIntyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After selecting our greatest Reading XI from the last 50 years, we focus on choosing the greatest Royals captain and player from the past five decades. Will Martin Hicks, Ady Williams, Phil Parkinson or Graeme Murty claim the crown as greatest Reading captain from the last five decades? And will Michael Gilkes, Steve Death, Robin Friday or another player be chosen as greatest Royal from the last 5...

John Salako had already played for Crystal Palace, Coventry, Fulham, Charlton and England before joining Reading in 2001. He talks about how the move to the Madejski Stadium came about, his time with the Royals, Phil Parkinson, Graeme Murty, Alan Pardew, John Madejski, Michael Olise and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Injuries meant that John Mackie missed the 2001 play-off final defeat and the dramatic final game of the season at Brentford that secured promotion a year later, but he did line up in Reading's League Cup clash with Chelsea in 2003, against the likes of Hernan Crespo and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. He chats about his time at Reading, his injuries and some of Martin Allen's infamous antics. Learn more...

Roger Ware first watched Reading in 1950 and has been a fan ever since. He went on to become sports editor of the Berkshire Chronicle, which became the Reading Chronicle. Roger talks about some of the memorable events in Reading's history over the last seven decades, including the title win in 1979, the proposed merger with Oxford United in 1983 and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Mark Nicholls joined Reading on loan from Chelsea the day before New Year's Eve in 1999. He played seven games for the Royals, scoring three goals. Reading wanted to sign him and he wanted the move, but Chelsea refused to budge on the transfer fee they wanted for him - and promptly sent him out on loan to Grimsby. Mark recalls his time at Reading with fond memories and reveals what Martin Allen wa...

Tony Rougier is one of the unluckiest players in play-off final history, scoring an own goal in the 2001 final as Reading missed out on promotion. Tony talks about that game and the own goal - and also discusses winning promotion the following season and how much he enjoyed his time at Reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeff Hopkins joined Reading in 1992 and went on to make more than 150 appearances for the Royals. He joins us for a chat about his time at Elm Park - including the 1993-94 season and just missing out on promotion to the Premiership in 1995. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices