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Joe Royle could welcome back Chris Makin when Reading visit Portman Road on Tuesday night. The defender trained on Monday after suffering a hamstring problem in the match at Crystal Palace and will have a fitness test before the Royals game.

Dazzling at one end, decisive at the other.

Reading are reportedly eyeing Blues boss Mick McCarthy as a potential successor to Jaap Stam should the Dutchman lose his job at the Madejski Stadium, while Sheffield Wednesday and West Brom are also claimed to be potential suitors for the Town manager, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

For Reading Nostalgia this week, we are going back to the start of 2001 to focus on how the Royals were getting up to.

Alan Pardew managed Newcastle United from December 2010-December 2014 before leaving for Crystal Palace in January 2015. Pardew joined the Magpies from Southampton, after previously managing Reading, West Ham United and Charlton Athletic. He led Newcastle to a fifth place finish in the 2011/12 season, secured Europa League football for the 2012/13 campaign, and was named the LMA Premier League Manager of the Year.

Alan Pardew delivers verdict on Newcastle boss Eddie Howe after his first few months in charge, performing somewhat of a u-turn.

There’s seconds remaining in the 2001 playoff semi-final when Nicky Forster is hacked down in the box.

As 2021 turned to another new year, the 151st in Reading’s history, Royals manager Veljko Paunovic handed supporters an uncomfortable warning.

Coventry City manager Mark Robins was mentioned as a candidate for the West Brom job, according to a report by The Telegraph.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will join Barcelona on a free transfer after leaving Arsenal