It’s a busy week for our Under 18s as they play two games within 48 hours.
Monday evening will see us head to Oxfordshire to face North Leigh in the Subsidiary Cup and on Wednesday we face Wokingham Town at home in an RGClásico, where a win will put us top of the Allied Counties Central Division North with two games to go.
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Wokingham Town, founded in 1875, moved to Finchampstead Road in 1906. They joined the Metropolitan League in 1954 and later played in the Delphian, Corinthian, and Athenian Leagues before entering the Isthmian League in 1973. Promoted to the Premier Division in 1982, they reached the FA Cup first round in 1982–83 and the FA Trophy semi-finals in 1987–88. Financial troubles in the 1990s led to relegations and the sale of their ground, resulting in ground shares with Windsor & Eton, Flackwell Heath, and Egham Town. They dropped to the Hellenic League to return to Wokingham at Emmbrook Sports’ ground.
In 2004, they merged with Emmbrook Sports, becoming Wokingham & Emmbrook, and competed in the Hellenic Football League. They won the Reading Senior Cup in 2009 and secured multiple wins through 2015. After sharing grounds with Bracknell Town in 2009, they moved to the Hellenic League Premier Division. The club made its FA Cup debut in 2011–12 and explored a merger with Woodley Town in 2011.
Promoted to the Combined Counties League Premier Division North in 2021, they reverted to the name Wokingham Town in May 2024.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Our youngsters have only faced Wokingham on one occasion competitively, having only joined the Allied Counties Youth Football League this season, following the switch from the Combined Counties Football League Tony Ford Under 18 Division West.
That first competitive meeting was earlier this year when we travelled to Lowther Road on Thursday 6th February, where we came away with a 0-3 win. Our youngsters will be hoping to do the double over our local rivals on Wednesday evening as they know a win will put them on top with just two games left to play!
Johno’s side come into this game on the back of a 0-3 win against North Leigh on Monday 24th March in an Allied Counties Youth Football League Subsidiary Cup Group Stage clash.
Wokingham Town travel to Reading on the back of a defeat having lost 2-1 on the road to Binfield on Thursday 20th March in Allied Counties Youth Football League Central Division Action.
Our youngsters will be keen to return to league action as a win will put them top with two games to go. Our last league game was in fact away to Wokingham Town on Thursday 6th February in which we won 0-3. We’ll be hoping to do the double when we welcome them to RG30 for another RGClásico this Wednesday.
TICKETS
Admission for our Under 18s fixtures is:
Adults £5
Under 16s £2
Reading City Football Club Season Ticket Holders and Club Members get 50% off admission for our Under 18s League matches, just show your season ticket or membership at the turnstiles.
Cash only at the turnstiles!
THE RIVERMOOR STADIUM
Address: The Rivermoor Stadium, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 6AY
GETTING HERE
By Car: Take the A3290 until you Merge onto A329(M) then Continue onto A3290.
Take the A4 slip road to Reading/Suttons Business Park.
At Sutton Seeds Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto London Rd/A4
Continue on A4 London Road passing the Royal Berkshire Hospital on your left, until you turn right onto Sidmouth Street, then Turn right onto Queens Rd/A329
Continue to follow A329, before continuing straight onto Forbury Rd/A329.
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Forbury Rd/A329. Continue until you come to another roundabout and then take the 2nd exit onto Vastern Rd/A329.
Continue until you get to another roundabout then take the 2nd exit and stay on Vastern Rd/A329.
Continue past Reading Railway Station and at next roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Caversham Rd/A4155.
Continue until you get to the Caversham Bridge Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Richfield Avenue. A BP Petrol Station will be on your left-hand side.
Go through the roundabout with Kwik-Fit on your left-hand side and continue straight on to Cow Lane. When you get to the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Portman Road, before continuing to Wigmore Lane. There will be a Shell Petrol Station on your left hand-side.
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Oxford Rd/A329 before turning right on to Scours Lane. Reading City Football Club will be signposted.
Once you’ve turned on to Scours Lane continue straight on under the railway bridge and then take a right to enter The Rivermoor which is clearly signed.
Parking: Parking is available on site here at The Rivermoor at no extra cost on a first come first served basis, there are 80 spaces available to park in the ground. In the event that the club car park is full, then additional car parking is available at the Reading Retail Park, where you are permitted to a maximum stay of 3 hours.
Postcode for Additional Parking: RG30 1PR
Leave the Rivermoor and drive back up Scours Lane until you reach the junction with the A329, then turn left. Continue straight on at the roundabout before turning right to enter Reading Retail Park.
It’s roughly a 5-10 minute walk back to the Rivermoor.
Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway stations to The Rivermoor are Reading West & Tilehurst, both of which are served by regular services operated by Great Western Railway from the much larger Reading Station and are in walking distance from the Rivermoor.
Reading West is also served by services from destinations including Basingstoke & Newbury whilst Tilehurst is also served by services from destinations including Didcot & Oxford.
Bus: The nearest bus stop to the ground is Norcot Junction and is served by the 16 and 17 Reading Bus service which travel between Central Reading and Tilehurst every 10 minutes. More details on the bus route/s here.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
For any of our visitors using the M4 please note that National Highways will have an overnight closure in place at Junction 12 Westbound from 21:00hrs on Wednesday 26th March until 06:00hrs on Thursday 27th March.
FACILITIES
The Rivermoor has some of the best facilities for a non-league football ground with parking on site, disabled access and more including:
- Licensed bar
- Kitchen serving hot and cold food
- Disabled access to pitch side
- Toilets
- Standing and seated covered areas to watch the match
- Card payments in the bar
