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Post by sabailand on May 30, 2017 10:23:33 GMT 1
Drink and being stuck in a time warp is to blame,embarrassing,pricks will be pricks though!
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 10:35:27 GMT 1
I thought this deserved its own thread. On the way back our coach passed a pub garden full of reading fans. As we passed, they all made an effort to applaud us sincerely, which was a magnificent show of class. I can only hope I would have been able to do the same in their shoes. I for one will be hoping they can do it next season, just for that moment alone. Spoke to a couple of reading fans as I was leaving Wembley they wished town well and said over the game we deserved to win.What a great day for everyone connected to our club and a dream come true.utt |
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Post by cheesyhtfc on May 30, 2017 10:39:52 GMT 1
I think a special shout out to Steve from Reading is in order. He must be the coolest person on the planet. Heart rate barely got above 75bpm during the match, and even in the penalty shootout only got to 89bpm. I didn't spot the deck chairs at Wembley but he must have been on one!
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Post by gorre on May 30, 2017 10:45:57 GMT 1
I think a special shout out to Steve from Reading is in order. He must be the coolest person on the planet. Heart rate barely got above 75bpm during the match, and even in the penalty shootout only got to 89bpm. I didn't spot the deck chairs at Wembley but he must have been on one! Ha ha me and my mates noticed that too.....I checked my Fitbit watch and mine was at 137bpm...! |
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Post by AndySk on May 30, 2017 10:56:49 GMT 1
Def hope they go up next season, a very good bunch. We'll no doubt play them in the FA cup next year anyway
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Post by AndySk on May 30, 2017 10:58:33 GMT 1
I think a special shout out to Steve from Reading is in order. He must be the coolest person on the planet. Heart rate barely got above 75bpm during the match, and even in the penalty shootout only got to 89bpm. I didn't spot the deck chairs at Wembley but he must have been on one! Ha yeah i noticed the guys at about 85bpm during the pens just as i was suffering my second heart attack in as many minutes |
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Post by galpharm2400 on May 30, 2017 11:15:16 GMT 1
To the young Huddersfield fans who thought it hilarious to drop a near full can of beer from 40ft missing my 5 year old's head by inches, and the Huddersfield fan outside after we left, getting in Reading fans faces (with families) and goading them because we lost - Congratulations you have now in in a child's mind put yourselves on a level worse than Leeds! To the rest of you well done, I hope you have a great first season in the premier league and can teach the minority of your fans more grace in defeat than they showed in victory. Who ever did that are just idiots. Always some that have to try ruin a good day 40,000 at a big football match on a warm day in London with all that comes with it and you expect to go the whole day without coming into contact with a, or some dickheads??? good luck with that one.. by the way, you clearly have never 'shared' a good or bad day with Leeds United supporters, the result is immaterial and the grief would have been from start to finish and in much, much higher numbers and bile.. the 'experience' of playing us, win or lose, is considerably better....you will have 'dickheads in drink' who will have upset someone yesterday, by and large it was a very, very 'friendly' final... I do not apologise for our arseholes, we all have them and they get 'bigger and smellier' when you add ale.. When he who is without sin casts a stone , I might.. When we came out there were groups of both sets of fans sat chatting all over the place, I saw and heard nothing that concerned or annoyed me. If that had been Leeds it wouldnt have happened.. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 11:15:40 GMT 1
Said to the missus during that I didn't realise Mo Farrah was a reading fan. 85bpm through the penalties is unreal!
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Post by leroy212 on May 30, 2017 11:17:26 GMT 1
Said to the missus during that I didn't realise Mo Farrah was a reading fan. 85bpm through the penalties is unreal! Was it mo Farrah hooked up to one of them? |
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on May 30, 2017 12:20:06 GMT 1
Saw a woman in a town shirt chanting wankers at an innocent reading family coming out the stadium, couldn't believe my ears, what have they done to cause such animosity after we'd just won? Told the stupid cow to shut the fuck up, embarrassing. Without wishing to hijack this thread,I wonder if this is the same female fan that managed to get the 20:05 out of Kings Cross stopped at Newark as we awaited the transport police to remove her from the train? As for the Reading fans, I think they came across as genuine, level headed fans of a team that didn't have pretentions of being more than that. I know Tog was getting a little dig at our near neighbours with the "Class, respect and humility" line but in the end it actually fit rather well with the Reading fans. I said before the game that unfortunately one set of fans would love the day, the other hate it, there was no inbetween. We just happened to be on the right side of that kick of the ball. Funny you should mention that, I assume BTP just had a word and sent her on her merry way... because I was on the 2035 and a rowdy woman (and her equally rowdy and p!ssed elderly dad!) got on at, you guessed it, Newark. Though the biggest annoyance was the guard who announced that "anybody singing will be removed from the train". Miserable cow!  |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 12:55:07 GMT 1
To any Reading fan that reads this, all the best for next season, your fans earned our respect yesterday. Things will feel pretty dark for you at the moment, but just take a minute to read 'If...' by Rudyard Kipling, you'll get the gist from this small excerpt:-
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
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Post by Boaty McBoatface on May 30, 2017 18:16:52 GMT 1
My one story of note with Reading fans was when me and my wife (both wearing full Town strips) had stopped on the side of Olympic Way (the walk between the tube and the stadium), we'd stopped at the side as my wife wanted to eat something. It was a bit weird as it was all Reading fans going past, no Town at all.
Then a scrawny bloke pointed at us as he walked by singing "Who the f**king hell are you etc" then his two "women" started singing the same thing. They were a bit worse for wear and I just laughed at them, more out of pity than anything, it was an odd choice of insult to come from Reading fans, pretty pathetic and surreal really. Apart from that though, no problems.
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Post by Is It Eidur Gudjohnsen on May 30, 2017 18:26:40 GMT 1
My one story of note with Reading fans was when me and my wife (both wearing full Town strips) had stopped on the side of Olympic Way (the walk between the tube and the stadium), we'd stopped at the side as my wife wanted to eat something. It was a bit weird as it was all Reading fans going past, no Town at all. Then a scrawny bloke pointed at us as he walked by singing "Who the f**king hell are you etc" then his two "women" started singing the same thing. They were a bit worse for wear and I just laughed at them, more out of pity than anything, it was an odd choice of insult to come from Reading fans, pretty pathetic and surreal really. Apart from that though, no problems. Full strip? Shorts and socks?? |
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Post by Boaty McBoatface on May 30, 2017 18:30:25 GMT 1
My one story of note with Reading fans was when me and my wife (both wearing full Town strips) had stopped on the side of Olympic Way (the walk between the tube and the stadium), we'd stopped at the side as my wife wanted to eat something. It was a bit weird as it was all Reading fans going past, no Town at all. Then a scrawny bloke pointed at us as he walked by singing "Who the f**king hell are you etc" then his two "women" started singing the same thing. They were a bit worse for wear and I just laughed at them, more out of pity than anything, it was an odd choice of insult to come from Reading fans, pretty pathetic and surreal really. Apart from that though, no problems. Full strip? Shorts and socks?? Sorry, no just the top. |
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Post by Carl2291 on May 30, 2017 19:34:21 GMT 1
A lot of respect between both sets of fans, before and after the game.
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Post by theroyal on May 30, 2017 19:46:21 GMT 1
Thanks all for the kind words. You were the better side on the day and deserved the win, although I'd rather you had done it in normal time and not put me through that penalty shootout.  Hurting a lot today, more than I thought I would. My only consolation is this: 00/01 Play Off Final Defeat 01/02 Automatic Promotion 10/11 Play Off Final Defeat 11/12 Champions 16/17 Play Off Final Defeat 17/18  ? |
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Post by htfc1984 on May 30, 2017 19:59:55 GMT 1
After the game walking back to the car a town fan said to a young Chinese couple 'take that fucking  of you c..ts' (reading ) I just said leave it out you fucking fool we've won!! As has been noted a couple of times throughout the season that sadly success will attract part time fans full time cocks. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 20:03:19 GMT 1
I thought the game was played by two teams who were glad to be there. i didn't see any animosity between the fans at all. in general the reading fans were a level headed lot who couldn't believe they were there.... pretty much like us really. They were a credit to their club and I for one hope they are successful next season and join us up in the premier league.
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Post by steve65 on May 30, 2017 20:39:43 GMT 1
Thanks all for the kind words. You were the better side on the day and deserved the win, although I'd rather you had done it in normal time and not put me through that penalty shootout. Hurting a lot today, more than I thought I would. My only consolation is this: 00/01 Play Off Final Defeat 01/02 Automatic Promotion 10/11 Play Off Final Defeat 11/12 Champions 16/17 Play Off Final Defeat 17/18 ? Remember....there is always dark before there is light ! All the best for next season  |
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Post by royalgav on May 31, 2017 10:13:40 GMT 1
Hello Terriers, another Reading fan here. It has been really refreshing to see the mutual respect shown between both sets of fans on forums and in person on Monday. I shared a tube journey before the game with plenty of Town fans who I got chatting to and they were really friendly, knowledgeable and a good laugh. It was a shame I didn't get to chat with any Terriers after the game but at the time I had my head down and wanted to get home ASAP! I'm sure your much longer journey home wasn't a bad one haha  Despite going through the play-off heartbreak yet again (and still hurting a bit), I genuinely am really pleased for you lot. Your fans are a credit to your club, and I'm hoping the next time we face each other it'll be a Premier League fixture! You've got every chance of defying the odds and staying up, many of us down in Berkshire will be hoping you do so. Enjoy your journey next season whatever it may bring - it will at least end with being the highest placed Yorkshire team! |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 10:24:09 GMT 1
I think a special shout out to Steve from Reading is in order. He must be the coolest person on the planet. Heart rate barely got above 75bpm during the match, and even in the penalty shootout only got to 89bpm. I didn't spot the deck chairs at Wembley but he must have been on one! Pretty high rate since he was just sitting there statically in silence watching a game of football. I peaked at 90bpm...which I think was in the final minute before the normal 90 was up....it did slowly increase throughout the game, but eased back during the 30 minutes and was around 60bpm throughout the penalties. (I'm as low as 45bpm during sleep, and average on a day when not skewed by running/cycling is around 52-55bpm)....a tough run I max out around 175bpm, although generally average around 145bpm). |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 10:32:29 GMT 1
no sympathy me,, serves em right for cheering when Heff fluffed his pen
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Post by kennyk2 on May 31, 2017 10:37:31 GMT 1
I don't know what my pulse or BP were, but I couldn't stop shaking after Schindler's penalty went in - wife thought I was ill.
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Post by Tinpot on May 31, 2017 10:40:08 GMT 1
An apology from me. I was hugging complete strangers outside the ground after the game & as I was letting go of one group of them I realised they had a southern accent. It might have come across that I was taking the piss but I wasn't, it was a genuine mistake. They were totally sound about it though. Thanks all for the kind words. You were the better side on the day and deserved the win, although I'd rather you had done it in normal time and not put me through that penalty shootout. Hurting a lot today, more than I thought I would. My only consolation is this: 00/01 Play Off Final Defeat 01/02 Automatic Promotion 10/11 Play Off Final Defeat 11/12 Champions 16/17 Play Off Final Defeat 17/18 ? & I genuinely hope it follows the same pattern. The Reading fans I spoke to before & after the game were class. Properly friendly bunch & genuinely my favourite set of opposition supporters. |
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Post by space hardware on May 31, 2017 10:42:42 GMT 1
Spoke to a few Reading fans throughout the day and have got nothing but respect for them.
I can't imagine what it would have been like if we'd have been playing Leeds though, probably a horrible day whatever the result.
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Post by terriers321 on May 31, 2017 10:47:30 GMT 1
Spoke to a few Reading fans throughout the day and have got nothing but respect for them. I can't imagine what it would have been like if we'd have been playing Leeds though, probably a horrible day whatever the result. Leeds or Wednesday in final would of been a pain. Would of been little kick offs everywhere. |
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