Reading Football Club is a professional football club that is based within Reading, Berkshire, England. The club is part of the Championship which is the second division in English football. The club is run by Paul Ince.
Reading are known as The Royals due to Reading's location within The Royal County of Berkshire, although they were earlier called The Biscuitmen due to their association in the same area as Huntley as well as the Palmers. The club was founded in 1871. club is among the longest-running teams of England However, it didn't join The Football League until 1920 when they first joined the top division of the English football leagues during the season 2006/07. The club was a part of the 2012-13 Premier League season, having been promoted at the conclusion in the season 2011-12 following winning the Championship however, they were then dropped after just one season to the top tier.
Reading was the winner of the Full Member's Cup in 1987-88 in 1987 and was one of the only two Second Division clubs to lift the trophy. Reading's most impressive achievement in FA Cup was reaching the semi-finals, which they did twice one time in 1926-27, and then in 2014-15.
The club was in Elm Park for 102 years between 1896 and 1998. Since 1998, Elm Park has relocated to the brand new Madejski Stadium, which is named in honor of the former chairman of the club Sir John Madejski. In 2021 the club announced the stadium would be referred to in the title of the Stadium for Select Car Leasing over the next decade, due to reasons of sponsorship.
This club has the distinction of having the most number of consecutive league wins at the beginning of the season, having an impressive record of just 13 victories in the first week in the 85-86 Third Division campaign and also the record for the highest number of points earned during a professional league season with 106 points during the 2005-06 Football League Championship campaign. Reading was subsequently placed 8th on the table in 2006/07's Premier League, their first-ever season as a top-flight team.
