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Reading Football Club have a little light at the end of what has been a very dark tunnel with staff not being paid, players having to eat microwave meals and the obvious points deductions. However the club continue to fight against the odds and sit clear of the League One drop zone with 9 games to go. But what has it been like to experience one of the most turbulent regimes in Reading's history. W...

Profit and Sustainability Rules. It seems to be the dirty word at the moment. Why have the Premier League bought in these new rules which seem to be upsetting everyone bar the top teams (or so we think...) Are AFC Bournemouth in trouble? Why Everton, Nottingham Forest & Leicester City and not Manchester City and Chelsea? Sky Sports Presenter and avid Cherries fan Mark McAdam sat down with us t...

Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules to join the 6 points deducted from Everton earlier in the season (which was originally 10). However, we don't feel either side have been treated fairly at all. Hear us out, we are AFC Bournemouth fans so many would think we are relieved at two of our rivals getting points deductions. However we look at the compl...

Yesterday, we released a video off the back of the Mail Sport article about the £900 Million deal for the EFL which AFC Bournemouth was reported to have rejected along with 9 other clubs. Craig responds to the comments made off the back of the previous video and why the issues raised make sense. Let us know your thoughts! 🍒 Questions? Email us at utciadafcb@gmail.com 🍒 Remember to Like, Subscrib...

AFC Bournemouth according to the Mail Sport Online are one of the Terrible Ten who decided AGAINST a financial package for the EFL which was estimated to have been £900 Million and would have assisted clubs at a grassroots level. Here, we discuss why this decision STINKS mainly due to our history of dicing with financial troubles such as that in the Minus 17 season, the Winter Gardens and spending...

16th December 2023. 59 minutes on the clock. AFC Bournemouth are playing Luton Town at Dean Court. Football suddenly became irrelevant. The medical teams swung into action as Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer had collapsed. Cherries midfielder Philip Billing rushed over to Tom's aid. Dean Court was silent. A pin could drop and it could be hurt. No one in that stadium could care less about that scorel...

Sheffield United under the stewardship of Paul Heckingbottom climbed out of the Championship last term with the club bankrolled by a Saudi Prince with a squad who had a lot of shine in their ranks. What wasn't there to love. Well something was definitely up at Bramall Lane as the Blades sit on 13 points, with Chris Wilder back at the helm and despite his efforts struggling to turn the ship around...

Its time to make the trip to Lancashire, to a town which is the crème de la crème of the United Kingdom, a town which was high up on Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's list of things to do after their coronation and is the football club of choice for the King of England - King Charles III - I think you might have heard of him. It is also the club of choice for another King. One who can sell yo...

Following a strong performance against the juggernaut that is Manchester City in the Premier League, losing 1-0 in a game which we could have got a result from, we face Leicester City and the Foxes at Dean Court in the FA Cup - a cup their won only a few years ago. Leicester are flying high in the Championship and really, in all fairness, shouldn't be there. The quality Enzo Maresca and his side h...

Welcome to the 42nd Episode of Cherry Picking. In this episode we are discussing the mess in football at the moment. With the Everton points appeal results expected but not released, we ask the question - is it fair? Craig and Mani look at Richard Masters position at the Premier League and ask is it tenable after such as mess of the Toffees situation yet Manchester City and Chelsea wait for punish...

AFC Bournemouth travel somewhere special this weekend. That somewhere special is a place that contains Matt Ritchie, Callum Wilson, Sir Jason Tindall and God. Also known as Eddie Howe - the man who without, our football club might not exist, we wouldn't be in the Premier League and without we would have probably had to spend a bit longer in the company of Jimmy Quinn (shudder!) Eddie did a splendi...

Dai Yongge remains owner at Reading Football Club (unfortunately). The man who has ruined one of the staples of English football, a club founded back in 1871 continues to destroy the Royals. Reading FC were a well run football club under Sir John Madejski and Dai Yongge continues to destroy Sir John's legacy as well as those who did so much good at the football club. We welcomed on Dr Mike Gow - B...

AFC Bournemouth are on the road again and this weekend we visit one of our favourite away days - to Craven Cottage to face a Fulham side who have won 5-0 on two occasions and have been electric at times under Marco Silva - although its fair to say they weren't at Dean Court back in December. We had the pleasure of welcoming onto the show Russ Goldman from the excellent Cottage Talk to find out mor...

Welcome to Episode 41 of our regular podcast, Cherry Picking, as we dissect all the talking points at Dean Court. Mani is back with Craig as we look ahead to the weekends game with Fulham at Craven Cottage. We also talk about Luis Sinisterra and news thanks to Mark McAdam that he will be joining the club permanently from Leeds United - which obviously will delight all at Dean Court... but where do...

The Cherries are on the road but again we are playing on a Thursday night! Maybe this is something we might have to get use to next season as AFC Bournemouth are looking up at potential European trips in places like Moldova rather than what we were use to all those years ago... a Saturday in Aldershot! However our opponents are very use to playing on a Thursday. They have been doing so for a while...

Following our heavy defeat at home to Liverpool in the Premier League, we are back in cup action against another side from the Championship and this side need no introduction. The Cherries dispatched of Thursday's FA Cup opponents Swansea City in the Carabao Cup earlier this season but the side now managed by former Notts County manager Luke Williams could well be a different proposition. We welco...

Craig and Mani are back for another episode of Cherry Picking as we look forward to the game with Liverpool and if this is the best time to play the Merseyside club. The Reds are full of injuries and we look at if this really is the best time to play the current league leaders and if the Cherries with our own injury problems could struggle at Dean Court on Sunday. We also look at the problems with...

Back in 1983, a group of lads from Liverpool formed a band which will forever be synonymous with football. That band was called The Farm. We had the pleasure of interviewing frontman Peter Hooton about his life as a red, covering off the bands humble beginnings to the present day. In this interview find out: 🍒 How Peter began supporting Liverpool and his earliest memories... 🍒 How the band got i...

AFC Bournemouth face Liverpool at Dean Court on Sunday as they face Andoni Iraola's side aiming to prevent a repeat of the Cherries 1-0 win last season. Of course, Liverpool have already been down here once this season when Darwin Nunez's strike settled the Carabao Cup encounter on a wet and windy night down by the South Coast. We had the pleasure to welcome on The Farm frontman Peter Hooton, well...

In the Third Video regarding the desperate and awful times at Reading Football Club, we welcomed on Andy Preston from RDG.Today to discuss the deadlines, doomsday scenarios and way out of this mess for the Royals and why the fans must keep putting pressure on. We respond and look into the EFL statement and the statement by the club plus the talks STAR and Sell Before We Dai have had with Football'...

Events during the Reading v Port Vale game at the Select Car Leasing Stadium drew national attention this weekend as over 1000 Reading fans stormed the pitch on the 16th minute of the match. Craig spoke with STAR (Supporter Trust at Reading) Board Member and Sell Before We Dai Spokeperson Nick Houlton about the terrible reign of Dai Yongge and how it gets resolved. Let us know what you think... 🍒...

In 2017, just before Reading Football Club faced Huddersfield Town in the Championship Playoff Final, the purchase was completed of this once well ran club. It was the third time the football club changed hands since Sir John Madejski's steady and successful ownership. Fast forward to 2023 and Reading FC, the club which were once the staple of how to run a football club, are in absolute turmoil ha...

Back in January 2023, Bill Foley bought a 33% stake in Ligue 1 club FC Lorient. Lorient at the time were flying high in the league, reaching the dizzy heights of second. Its not been that great this season as they sit in 17th spot with a real risk of relegation. Craig spoke with Lorient fan Nicolas to find out more of their views on current owner and president Loïc Féry and the sale of part of the...

We take a break from the Premier League this weekend as we travel to Loftus Road to face Queens Park Rangers - now home of Steve Cook (who is unlikely to be playing) and Asmir Begovic who is likely to be in the Rangers line up. In the EFL Championship, its not been an easy season for QPR as they have had to compete with FFP restrictions as they battle to avoid the drop to League One. Now managed b...

AFC Bournemouth have continued their excellent form which has seen Nottingham Forest and Fulham disposed of during the Christmas period. However next up is a visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to take on Spurs - a side who we had joy against in the corresponding fixture last term when Burkina Faso International Dango Ouattara scored his first goal for the club which completed a memorable 3-2 v...