Reading v Donny 1950

[daib0]

As if proof were needed that the magic and romance of the cup has gone - 25,000 turned up at the old Reading Elm Park in 1950 for a first round tie against Doncaster! There was never a finer site in football than Elm Park packed to the rafters! A wonderful photo which is taken from the 1949-50 RFC Handbook ...



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[roversam]

Great pic thanks daibO we won 3-2 that day Todd 2 and the late great Peter Doherty getting the other one.

[BobG]

Bloody hell! We actually won at Reading? Ye Gods. That makes it twice then 'cos I saw lightning strike sometime in the 70's when Les Chappell (ex Reading stalwart of many years standing) scored for us in a 1-0 win.

BobG

[Askern_reds]

that's 9 years befor I was born, can anyone on here say they were there or remember the game amazing pic

[RedRover45]

I've got the programme for that game.
And Bob G.....I've also seen lightning strike twice at Elm Park in the 80's when an Alan Brown hat trick saw us turn a 1-0 deficit into a crushing 4-1 win for the mighty Rovers !

[The Red Baron]

I was there for the 4-1. IIRC we went behind in that game and we all thought  "here we go again." Once we levelled it up there was only one team in it. I think Alan Brown did his ACL in the next game and hardly ever played again.

[Branton Rover]

I remember the injury do clearly like it was yesterday, Browny received the ball about 20 yards outside the area at the Rosso end he was more towards the pop side than central, as he received the ball he turned with it & the next thing he was in agony on the grass clutching his knee.

It was so sad as it was early in the season I think he'd scored something like 5 goals in the first 4 games & that was that, he never fully recovered & although he did make a brief comeback after he'd had a bit of cow bone grafted into his knee. That as they say was it!! Had he remained fit I think we'd definitely gone up