Reading guide: official ticket route, Select Car Leasing Stadium, Whitley / Reading, food and drink options, hotel bases, supporter leads, videos, images and FanChants songbook hooks.
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Understand the club, get a ticket, pick a stand or route, plan food and a hotel, and find the fan culture around Reading.
Reading profile uses official, Wikidata/Wikipedia and local map sources for stable facts, with live checks before publishing volatile ticket or venue details.
| Competition | Result | Years / seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Second Division / Championship (level 2) | champions (2) | 2005–06, 2011–12 |
| Third Division South / Third Division / Second Division (level 3) | champions (3) | 1925–26, 1985–86, 1993–94 |
| Fourth Division (level 4) | champions (1) | 1978–79 |
| Full Members' Cup | winners (1) | 1987–88 |
| London War Cup | winners (1) | 1941 |
| Third Division South Cup | winners (1) | 1938 |
Select Car Leasing Stadium is the working matchday ground/ground-area for this guide; use live club and map sources for exact gates and routes.
Use the official ticket route first; membership, loyalty, resale and ID rules can change by fixture. General sale is not assumed. Check the live fixture page before promising availability, delivery method or away allocation.
| Stand / area | What to say | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Home end | home atmosphere | partly verified |
| Main stand | premium and mixed seating | partly verified |
| Opposite stand | mixed seating | partly verified |
| Away allocation | visiting supporters | partly verified |
161 chants in the FanChants catalogue.
Reading chants on FanChants [verified]
Option rows, not a single winner — different lanes for different fans.
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: The Jazz Cafe
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Deep Blue
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Fidget & Bob
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Ken's
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Shapla Tandoori
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Best Kebab House
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Pison Tandori
Whitley / Reading · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Pizza Hut Delivery
Area and fit, not prices. Prices and availability stay live-check fields.
| Hotel | Fit | Why it belongs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose's Bed & Breakfast | near ground · station access | Practical hotel option for a ground-first football trip. keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking. | Rose's Bed & Breakfast |
| Beech House | near ground · station access | Practical hotel option for a ground-first football trip. keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking. | Beech House |
| Parkside International Hotel | near ground · station access | Practical hotel option for a ground-first football trip. keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking. | Parkside International Hotel |
| Crown Lodge Guest House | near ground · station access | Practical hotel option for a ground-first football trip. keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking. | Crown Lodge Guest House |
| Group | Type | Geography | Public page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading official supporter information | official branch | official | Public page |
| Reading fan media and supporter-group search | fan media | public web | Public page |
Creator/research leads only — no embedding, cropping, transcription or clip extraction until permission and platform terms are cleared.
Reading matchday starts with Select Car Leasing Stadium and the surrounding Whitley / Reading area.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: stadium, Google Maps route search
Start with the official Reading ticket route before resale or fixture-day claims.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Official ticket route or club site, Official club/team site or Wikidata official URL
Build a Reading food card from several named options near the ground, not one ranked pick.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: The Jazz Cafe, Deep Blue
Use the city and stadium-area rows to split pre-match, post-match and late-night plans.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Fidget & Bob, Ken's
Show ground-first and night-out hotel options separately for Reading.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Rose's Bed & Breakfast, Beech House
Use the FanChants Reading songbook for chant-count, top-song and search hooks.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: FanChants team songbook
Treat Reading supporter groups as public organisation leads, not private fan data.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Fan videos can help check chants, routes and food, but stay lead-only until permission is cleared.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: YouTube public video search lead
| Image | Licence | Creator | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madejski Stadium, Reading.jpg | CC BY 2.0 | dantaylor from Reading | candidate cc |
| Madejski Stadium - Reading.jpg | CC BY 2.0 | Mark Hillary from São Paulo, Brazil | candidate cc |
| Madejski Stadium Exterior.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.0 | https://www.flickr.com/photos/umdrums/ | candidate cc |
FanChants is not affiliated with Reading. Songs are sent in by fans; FanChants does not claim to record inside stadiums.
