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Reading Football Club hold the record for the number of successive league wins at the start of a season, with a total of 13 wins at the start of the 1985–86 Third Division campaign[1] and also the record for the number of points gained in a professional league season with 106 points in the 2005–06 Football League Championship campaign.[2] Reading finished champions of their division on both of these occasions.[1][3]
The club's largest win was a 10–0 victory over Gibraltar on 10 July 2019 in a pre-season friendly. Their biggest league win was a 10–2 victory over Crystal Palace on 4 September 1946 in the Third Division South.[1] Reading's heaviest loss was an 18–0 defeat against Preston North End in the FA Cup 1st round on 27 January 1894.[1]
The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks with a total of 500 from 1978 to 1991.[1] The most capped player is Kevin Doyle, who earned 26 for Ireland while at the club.[1][4] The most league goals in total and in a season is Ronnie Blackman with 158 from 1947 to 1954 and 39 in 1951–52 respectively.[1] The player with the most league goals in a game is Arthur Bacon with six against Stoke City in 1930–31.[1] The first Reading-based player to play in the World Cup is Bobby Convey at the 2006 World Cup with the United States.[1] The record time for a goalkeeper not conceding a goal is Steve Death at 1,103 minutes in 1978–79, which is a former English league record.[5]
Reading's highest attendance at Elm Park was in 1927, when 33,042 spectators watched Reading beat Brentford 1–0.[6] The highest attendance at the Madejski Stadium is 24,160 for the Premier League game with Tottenham Hotspur on 16 September 2012.[7]
The highest transfer fee received for a Reading player is the £8 million received from Crystal Palace for Michael Olise in July 2021, beating the £7 million fee that 1899 Hoffenheim paid for Gylfi Sigurðsson in August 2010.[8][1][9] The most expensive player Reading have ever bought is George Pușcaș, for an estimated £8,000,000 from Internazionale on 7 August 2019.[10]
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The following players have played more than 398 times for Reading, in all competitions.[13]
Pos. | Player | App. |
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1 | Martin Hicks | 603 |
2 | Steve Death | 537 |
3 | Dick Spiers | 505 |
4 | Michael Gilkes | 487 |
5 | Stuart Beavon | 481 |
6 | Maurice Evans | 459 |
7 | Steve Richardson | 457 |
8 | Jimmy Wheeler | 453 |
9 | Phil Parkinson | 426 |
10 | Ady Williams | 398 |
The following players have scored more than 85 times for Reading, in all competitions.[14]
Pos. | Player | Gls |
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1 | Trevor Senior | 191 |
2 | Jimmy Wheeler | 168 |
3 | Ronnie Blackman | 167 |
4 | Tony MacPhee | 104 |
5 | Tommy Tait | 103 |
6 | Denis Allen | 95 |
7 | Jimmy Quinn | 94 |
8 | Douggie Webb | 93 |
9 | Les Chappell | 90 |
10 | Pat Earles | 85 |
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