1871

Our guest is legendary former Royals midfielder Simon Osborn, who played for Reading during the 1994-95 season. The Royals finished second that season, but a restructure meant that only the champions went up to the Premiership. Reading played Bolton Wanderers in the play-off final at Wembley and went 2-0 up, but Stuart Lovell was unable to make it 3-0 as his penalty was saved - and Bolton came bac...

Dylan Kerr was worshipped by Reading fans during his time at Elm Park for his exciting style of play and character. In our second Sunday Special episode, Dylan talks about his career as a player and manager, from being born in Malta and starting his playing days as a goalscoring midfielder, to entertaining the fans at Elm Park, partying with ABC, The Human League and Heaven 17 - and, of course, ni...

Nigel Gibbs joins us for a chat about his two spells at Reading FC. He discusses his progression to assistant manager under Brian McDermott and his return to the Royals. He also gives his views on the current Royals side and management team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stuart Lovell joined Reading as a 12 year old and went on to form a prolific goalscoring partnership with Jimmy Quinn that produced 62 goals in the 1993-94 promotion season. He looks back on his Royals career and talks about how he feels now about his penalty miss in the 1995 play-off final as Reading lost out on a place in the Premiership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

Reading's new central defender Terell Thomas discusses what prompted his move to Reading, his thoughts about trying to secure a place in the starting XI and what the future might look like for him. No Dylan for this episode, so Mark and Johnny take an opportunity to catch up on the latest Reading FC news, including the 8-game run-in, injuries, players out of contract and the managerial situation....

Martin Allen became Alan Pardew's assistant manager at Reading FC in January 2000 and turned a relegation-threatened side into promotion contenders - paving the way for the success that was to follow for the Royals. Martin talks about how he achieved that. He also talks about his Dad - former Reading player Dennis Allen - and how he trained at Reading Boxing Club to help him on his way to becoming...

Graham Nickless is the guest for our first Sunday Special episode. Royals fan Graham has reported on Reading FC for nearly 50 years, for Bracknell News, the Reading Evening Post and national media. He reveals his greatest ever Reading player and talks about the highs and lows of his time covering the club, from the 1970s until the present day. He remembers being thrown in the players bath when Rea...

Andy Bernal was David Beckham's personal manager. The former Royals defender talks about his time at Reading FC, taking cocaine, the experience of looking after one of the world's biggest icons and his new book, Riding Shotgun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shaka Hislop, who was part of the Reading FC side that won promotion in 1994 then just missed out on a place in the Premiership in 1995, talks about his time with the Royals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Title-winning Royals midfielder Lawrie Sanchez - who went on to score Wimbledon's winning goal in the 1988 FA Cup final - joins Mark, Dylan and Johnny for a chat about playing for his local club, Reading goalscoring legends David Crown, Kerry Dixon and Trevor Senior, Royals owners and managers, missing out on being Reading manager and the challenges the club is facing now. Learn more about your ad...

Royals legend Graeme Murty talks about his time at Reading, including his penalty that earned the Royals the record for most points in a season. He also discusses the current side's battle against relegation and what he thinks is needed for Reading to stay up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Natasha Dowie chats to Dylan, Mark and Johnny about her career to date and her season so far with Reading FC Women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin Bremner is a true Reading FC legend. He scored one of the goals as the Royals won 2-0 at Newport to break the record for most wins at the start of the season in the 1985-86 season and was a key member of that season's Division 3 title-winning squad. He was key to victory in one of the most famous Reading victories of all time, as they came from 3-0 down with 25 minutes remaining to win 4-3 a...

Adam Le Fondre was top scorer for Reading in all three of his seasons with the club, including the last time the Royals were in the Premier League in 2012-13. He joins us from Australia, where he plays as a striker for Sydney FC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our special guest is Reading FC goalscoring legend Trevor Senior - who scored 190 goals for the Royals in two spells with the club between 1983 and 1992 and was part of the 'Record Breaking Royals' side that won 13 games at the start of the 1985-86 season and went on to win the Canon League Division 3 title. This episode is dedicated to the father of 1871 podcast host Mark Roach - former Reading F...

Joining us this week is legendary former Royals manager Steve Coppell, who reflects on his hugely successful time at the club - including the record 106 point haul in Reading's 2005-6 Championship winning season - and gives his verdict on the Royals' current predicament. Steve also talks about signing Kevin Doyle, his relationship with Sir John Madejski and managing in India - and Johnny asks if h...

Welcome to the launch episode of 1871 - the podcast for Reading FC fans old and new! Host Mark Roach introduces your co-hosts, former Royals left back Dylan Kerr and Johnny Hunt, who has been a Royals fan for 40 years. Dylan looks back on some happy memories during his time at Elm Park - and Dylan and Johnny give their thoughts on what the club is missing now. For our first episode we are joined b...