Following defeat to Derby in midweek, Reading bounced back with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon. The Tilehurst End Podcast is back to discuss victory in the Welsh capital, with Olly Allen being joined by Adam Jones and Ben Thomas. There’s praise for Veljko Paunovic, praise for the impact of the summer signings and, er... constructive criticism for George Puscas. Plus, the boys answer your questions in the mailbag, get the latest from STAR in newsbites and take a brief glance ahead to home fixtures against Barnsley and Blackpool after the international break. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 3:39 Mailbag - 32:50 Newsbites - 44:06 Big Match Preview - 52:10

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The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 274: Digging Deep

Alen Halilovic’s unorthodox finish provided Reading FC with some much-needed good news and three points that pushes the Royals close to early play-off contention. However, much of the week has been dominated by financial penalties and The Tilehurst End Episode 273 gets into the match and news of a possible point deduction, with Marc Mayo joined by Harry Chafer, Marco Bader and Ross Webber. The guys also review the club Newsbites, answer your Mailbag questions and preview the clash with Derby. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:30 Mailbag - 11:49 Newsbites - 29:11 Big Match Preview - 39:48

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 273: Three Up, Six Down?

Ovie Ejaria stunned Craven Cottage with two stunners to down Fulham and deliver a second straight win for Reading FC. Marc Mayo and Olly Allen review the clash as well as the 3-1 win over Peterborough for the latest episode of The Tilehurst End Podcast. With both games reviewed in the Recap, we also answer your Mailbag questions, run through the injury situation in Newsbites and look ahead to a game on the tele in Big Match Preview. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:14 Mailbag - 23:00 Newsbites - 41:17 Big Match Preview - 45:40

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 272: Craven A Win

In what is becoming a far too familiar occurrence, Reading conceded late on to drop points on Saturday in a 3-3 draw with Queens Park Rangers, increasing the pressure on Veljko Paunovic. On The Tilehurst End Podcast, Olly Allen, Ben Thomas and Dave ‘Handbags’ Harris discuss a sour afternoon both on and off the pitch, answer your questions in the mailbag and look ahead to a ‘must win’ game against fellow strugglers Peterborough United on Tuesday evening. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 03:23 Mailbag - 31:00 Newsbites - 57:04 Big Match Preview - 1:02:05

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 271: Another Late Collapse

Huddersfield put four past Reading FC on Saturday to send the Royals into the international break with serious doubts over the squad and manager. Back to review the action, The Tilehurst End Podcast of Marc Mayo, Olly Allen and Ben Thomas give their take on the 4-0 defeat in the Recap. The guys also answer your questions in the Mailbag, look ahead to the transfer deadline in Newsbites, and preview the coming fortnight off. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:58 Mailbag - 15:32 Newsbites - 46:07 Big Match Preview - 01:00:45

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 270: The Indefensibles

Bristol City and Coventry City both claimed Championship wins over Reading FC as Veljko Paunovic’s defensive woes continued in the early weeks of the 2021-22 season. Marc Mayo and Alan West discuss the defeats in the latest podcast for The Tilehurst End; slating the zonal marking on display in the Recap, answering your questions in Mailbag, reviewing the transfers in Newsbites, and looking ahead to Huddersfield in Big Match Preview. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 01:49 Mailbag - 17:46 Newsbites - 26:32 Big Match Preview - 31:52

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 269: Danger Zone

Femi Azeez and John Swift delivered a joyous return to Saturday league football for Reading FC fans at the Select Car Leasing Stadium with a 2-1 win over Preston. Back to discuss the Championship action are Marc Mayo and Ben Thomas with the match analysed in the Recap, your Mailbag questions answered, the transfer Newsbites chewed over, and Tuesday’s clash looked at in Big Match Preview. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 03:26 Mailbag - 28:35 Newsbites - 39:37 Big Match Preview - 48:38

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 268: Swift Response

The first match of Reading FC’s new season finished in a 3-2 defeat to Stoke - and with a fair amount of social media anger at the result and the club. Marc Mayo is joined by Simeon Pickup to discuss whether the performance justified the emotion, and where it left our hopes for the new season. In Episode 267, we analyse the match action, answer your mailbag questions, review the transfer situation in Newsbites, and look ahead to two matches at the SCLS. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:01 Mailbag - 20:13 Newsbites - 33:22 Big Match Preview - 37:19

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 267: An Apocalyptic Defeat?

Veljko Paunovic leads Reading FC into their 150th anniversary year with a sense of worry around the newly-rebranded Select Car Leasing Stadium. Will a thin squad and thinner budget send the Royals tumbling down the league, or will the often ludicrous nature of the Championship allow Reading the chance of a shock success. To work out where the club is heading, Marc Mayo is joined by Ben Thomas for the latest episode of The Tilehurst End podcast to preview the 2021-22 season. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:45 Mailbag - 19:47 Newsbites - 37:41 Big Match Preview - 50:43

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 266: 2021-22 Season Preview

Jose Gomes spent just over nine months in charge of Reading FC, from the final days 2018 to October 2019 - but it is fair to say that there was never a dull moment. From early troubles and the arrival of the famous five loanees, to a relegation-busting set of memorable wins and a Portugal Day celebration, a lot happened on the pitch as well as of it. The Tilehurst End Podcast sat down with the Portuguese boss to discuss his time at the club, on the pitch and off it. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. 

The Tilehurst End Podcast: Jose Gomes Interview

It’s been just over 60 days since Reading last stepped onto a football pitch and a flurry of news has awoken us from our slumber to remind us that the new season is just a month away... Marc Mayo, Simeon Pickup and Olly Allen are back to discuss Michael Olise’s exit, the latest transfer gossip, the new kit and how 2021-22 is shaping up for Episode 265 of The Tilehurst End Podcast. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome.

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 265: Olise Exit & Summer Update

The 2020-21 season did not begin with intrepid fans chuntering up the hill to the Madejski Stadium filled with the boisterous optimism of a new football season. Instead, we sat huddled around our laptops and televisions, desperate for an escape from the outside world. Cause for optimism was in short supply but Veljko Paunovic’s Reading FC delivered from the off, a ray of glorious sunshine from the dark clouds that hung over us all. Suddenly the fans had a team to adore, to enjoy, and to be proud of once again. All season long we tuned in, eager for another glimpse into our footballing dreamland. Alas, just as spring had sprung, Reading’s season died down into familiar, sullen, reality. What we are left with is not an exhilarating play-off period, or the ecstasy of a promotion parade, but the elegant calm of reflection, on a season that charmed, churned and captivated us, when we needed football the most. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 03:12 Mailbag - 48:54 Newsbites - 1:05:41 Big Match Preview - 1:10:54

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 264: Season Review (It’s The Hope That Kills You)

It was the first chance for Reading FC to show that their plunge out of the play-off zone was all due to the pressure of the big occasion, but Veljko Paunovic’s men fell to a 4-1 defeat at Norwich as even seventh place began to slip away. To review the penultimate game of the season, Marc Mayo is joined by Simeon Pickup for Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 263. After the Recap, a couple of Mailbag questions were on the agenda before an award for Michael Olise in Newsbites and one last time around the maypole in Big Match Preview. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:21 Mailbag - 11:20 Newsbites - 23:30 Big Match Preview - 29:35

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 263: Deflated

The disappointing decline of Reading FC’s season led to the sad conclusion that play-off football was out of the club’s reach with two games left to go. Draws with Luton and Swansea are the focus of The Tilehurst End Podcast number 262 as Marc Mayo and Ben Thomas reflect on the missed opportunity; reviewing the games in Recap, answering your Mailbag questions, checking in on the club Newsbites, and looking ahead to Norwich in Big Match Preview. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 02:04 Mailbag - 21:44 Newsbites - 49:37 Big Match Preview - 53:46

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 262: Dashed

Veljko Paunovic watched his Reading FC side came up short in a must-win game with Cardiff to leave their Championship play-off hopes hanging by a thread. To review the match and the fallout, Marc Mayo is joined by Dave ‘Handbags’ Harris for Episode 261 of The Tilehurst End Podcast, answering your Mailbag questions, discussing the club finances in Newsbites and looking ahead to Luton away in Big Match Preview. Sponsored by ZCZ Films, The Tilehurst End Podcast can be taken in via PodBean, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or iTunes. Furthermore, thanks to all listeners who continue to pledge to our Patreon campaign. Listeners can always get in touch with the podcast via our Twitter and Facebook pages as well as our email, thetilehurstend@gmail.com, with thoughts on the show, opinions on the team, and potential topics to sink our teeth into always welcome. Show Order Recap - 01:45 Mailbag - 22:09 Newsbites - 37:22 Big Match Preview - 46:08 

The Tilehurst End Podcast Episode 261: Mission Impossible

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