Reading’s leading goal scorer Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a late winner to send Reading marching into the last sixteen of the FA Cup. Yet again the Royals took a Premier League scalp as Burnley was sent packing from the Madejski Stadium. Reading’s caretaker manager Brian McDermott would have done his prospects of a permanent appointment no harm at all, as Reading make it into the Fifth Round of the FA Cup for only the sixth time in 85 years.
Reading’s hopes of a Wembley showdown with Sheffield United evaporated during the second half of their Championship Play Off Semi Final second leg, as two tremendous goals from Burnley broke Reading hearts. The first came from Martin Paterson and the second from Steven Thompson left Reading needing to find four goals to turn the game round with time running out. It wasn’t to be as Burnley proved too strong for Steve Coppell’s men.
A few minutes of madness from Andre Bikey mean that Reading have an uphill task on Tuesday night to overcome Burnley and a place in the Championship Play Off Final at Wembley.
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