The Tilehurst End - A Reading FC Podcast

Following the most significant week in Reading's modern history, Ben and Ross sit down with Sell Before We Dai and Tilehurst End double agent Adam Jones to record a bumper pod. There's discussion of the huge fan protests culminating in a pitch invasi...

It's a new year, and we can't stop saying both the given names of our players, especially the strikers. Ross and Ben go over Exeter and some changes to Reading's gameplan; dig into the midseason redundancies of two of the coaching staff; and the sit...

A bumper pod today as Ben and Ross have an ample amount of stuff to chew through. First there's discussion of the 3 games so far over the festive period that have seen Reading pick up 5 points from 9.  Then, there's time to run through the TTE writer...

Reading dominated possession, controlled a game away from home, and yet saw two goals chalked off to only pick up a point against Lincoln. Ben and Ross dive into a lengthy recap of the game and debate whether Reading are improving, before getting int...

Ben's nowhere to be found this week so Ross brings in Tilehurst End Writer Bobbins to dissect two home games against promotion chasing opposition.  There's discussion of the small matter of a first league Thames Valley derby in 20 years, as well as B...

Reading go one for two in their two cup fixtures in the last week, losing to non league Eastleigh in the FA Cup before beating League One Charlton on penalties in the EFL Trophy.   With Joel Pereira starting both games, Ben and Ross discuss whether t...

Wimby, Andy Preston and Ji-Min Lee return to round up the latest news lines around Reading FC, as more off-field turmoil dampens the mood.We get into the latest struggles to pay wages, being back on the EFL naughty step and how takeover talks are pro...

Does Selles know Reading's best XI and is there a spine to this team building? After a week in which Reading take 6 points from 6 with their first away win in over a year and a 5 nil smashing of Carlisle, it almost seems like a positive answer to tho...

Nick Blackman joins the podcast today for an interview with Ross. The ex Reading man of 100 appearances for the Royals between 2013-2016 provides fascinating insight on his time at the club as well as life as a professional footballer. There's time t...

Ho Hum, another week in RG2, another loss on the road. Ross and Ben ponder whether Reading's contrasting form in the League and EFL Trophy is some sort of sick joke, and regretfully cast their eyes back on the late collapse in Shropshire.  As the wea...