In the first of three consecutive home games, Simon Johnson will be looking to build on home advantage this November.

Saturday sees us welcome North Leigh to the Rivermoor Stadium, for only the second competitive tie between the two sides following the West Oxfordshire based side experiencing a fall from grace, having been promoted to Step 3 for the first time in their history at the end of the 2021/22 Season, they immediately returned to Step 4 at the end of the 2022/23 Season. The 2024/25 Season brought more woe for the Millers as they faced relegation to Step 5 for the first time in 17 years.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION

North Leigh Football Club, founded in 1908, gained prominence after World War II, winning the Witney and District League Premier Division seven times in the 1950s and excelling in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. In the 1980s, they secured five consecutive Witney League titles, earning promotion to the Hellenic League. The club enjoyed strong performances, winning the Premier Division title in 2001/02 and retaining it in 2002/03. Despite ground limitations preventing promotion, they had notable FA Vase and FA Cup runs, including reaching the FA Vase last 32 in 2003/04 and a memorable FA Cup run in 2004/05.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Cityzens are no strangers to the Millers, having faced-off in Friendlies in recent years. However, Saturday is only the second time the two clubs have met competively, the first of which was during our Highmoor Ibis era, when we welcomed North Leigh to the Rivermoor in the 2017/18 Emirates FA Cup campaign in a Preliminary Round clash with the Millers progressing with a 1-3 win.

Coming into this game, the Cityzens have returned to winning ways and come into this game full of confidence having secured back-to-back wins against Holyport, 0-3 and 5-1. Tuesday’s win at home not only marked the first time we’d done the double over a side this season, but also our highest scoring game of the campaign and with Jay Herbert and Ousman Darboe opening their goalscoring account for the season, there was plenty to celebrate.

City have only lost one game in fourteen and are steadily climbing the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division North table.

North Leigh however are not enjoying the same level of form and come into this weekend’s game on the back of two consecutive defeats, the most recent of which was on Tuesday evening when they narrowly lost 3-2 on the road to Harefield United, they’ll therefore be looking to get back to winning ways as November gets underway.

TICKETS

Prices are:

Families (X2 Adults, X2 Children): £16
Adults: £8
Concession: £4
Under 16: £4
Under 5:  Go FREE with paying adult

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For our Combined Counties Football League Premier Division North games, we are delighted to be able to offer the following discounts on admission to the Rivermoor:

Free Entry

Reading City Football Club is proud to work with Tickets for Troops and the Defence Discount Service to offer free entry to our brave Armed Forces Veterans & active Armed Forces Service Personnel along with their families.

We are also proud to work with Blue Light Tickets and Blue Light Card to offer free entry to supporters who work in the emergency services, NHS, social care sector along with their families.

Our Armed Forces, Emergency Services, NHS & Social Care Sector Heroes do so much for us both at home and around the world, we wanted to do our bit to say thank you for their service.

Discounted Entry

With so many Premier League and English Football League clubs, located in or around the Thames Valley Region we’re offering anyone with a Season Ticket for a club competing in the 2024/25 Premier League or English Football League, 50% admission for our First Team Games.

Reading City Football Club is proudly partnered with Her Game Too, as we believe that football should be for all. To celebrate our partnership with Her Game Too we offer anyone with a Season Ticket for a Women’s Super League or Women’s Championship club 50% off entry.

To redeem our free or discounted entry offers just show your Blue Light Card or Season Ticket for a Premier League or English Football League club to our turnstile operators.

THE RIVERMOOR

Address: The Rivermoor Stadium, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AY

GETTING HERE

By Car: Take the A4074 towards Reading.

Turn right onto Bridge Street/A4155 and continue to follow the A4155.

At Caversham Bridge Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Richfield Avenue and continue straight on.

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 Atrium at no extra cost on a first come first served basis. 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 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

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 taken on the gate and in the bar