Home Competitions

Highest Match Scores

Biggest Wins

This list gives Reading's biggest wins in major competitions:

1900-01 FA Chesham Generals H 11-0
1946-47 D3S Crystal Palace H 10-2
2023-24 FLT Exeter City A 9-0
1899-1900 FA Wycombe Wanderers A 8-0
1901-02 S1 Wellingborough H 8-0
1969-70 D3 Southport H 8-0
1910-11 S2 Chesham Town A 8-1
1894-95 FAAC Old Westminster A 8-2
1896-97 S1 Royal Ordnance F A 8-31
1935-36 FA Corinthians H 8-3
1950-51 D3S Brighton & Hove A H 7-0
1957-58 D3S Colchester United H 7-0
1968-69 D3 Hartlepool H 7-0
1979-80 D3 Barnsley H 7-0
1899-1900 FA Chesham Town H 7-1
1901-02 S1 Queens Park Rangers H 7-1
1908-09 S1 Norwich City H 7-1
1911-12 FA Southall H 7-1
1925-26 D3S Brentford H 7-1
1926-27 D2 Notts County H 7-1
1931-32 D3S Mansfield Town A 7-1
1932-33 D3S Swindon Town H 7-1
1950-51 D3S Aldershot H 7-1
2013-14 FLC Bolton Wanderers H 7-1
1 result expunged

Heaviest Defeats

This list gives Reading's heaviest defeats in major competitions:

1893-94 FA Preston North End A 0-18
1909-10 S1 Swindon Town A 1-9
1882-83 FA Royal Engineers A 0-8
1930-31 D2 Burnley A 1-8
1891-92 FA Clifton Association A 2-8
1956-57 D3S Brighton & Hove A A 3-8
1891-92 FA Southampton St Mary A 0-7
1909-10 S1 New Brompton A 0-7
1911-12 S1 Northampton Town A 0-7
1928-29 D2 Preston North End A 0-7
1928-29 D2 Blackpool A 0-7
1967-68 FA Manchester City H 0-7
2021-22 FLC Fulham H 0-7
1896-97 S1 Millwall Athletic H 1-7
1911-12 S1 Luton Town A 1-7
1930-31 D2 Tottenham Hotspur A 1-7
1979-80 D3 Chesterfield A 1-7
2016-17 FLC Norwich City A 1-7

High-Scoring Draws

This list gives Reading's highest scoring draws in major competitions:

1896-97 S1 Tottenham Hotspur A 4-4
1922-23 D3S Swansea Town H 4-4
1926-27 FA Weymouth H 4-4
1932-33 D3S Aldershot A 4-4
1934-35 D3S Brighton & Hove A H 4-4
1936-37 D3S Newport County H 4-4
1953-54 D3S Norwich City H 4-4
1955-56 D3S Aldershot A 4-4
1959-60 D3 Mansfield Town A 4-4
2021-22 FLC Swansea City H 4-4

Other High-Scoring Games

This list gives other high-scoring games in major competitions:

1982-83 D3 Doncaster Rovers A 5-7
2012-13 LC Arsenal H 5-71
1903-04 S1 Tottenham Hotspur A 4-7
2007-08 PL Portsmouth A 4-7
1894-95 FA Clifton Association A 7-3
1930-31 D2 Stoke City H 7-3
1993-94 D2* Exeter City A 6-4
1938-39 D3SC Crystal Palace A 4-6
2007-08 PL Tottenham Hotspur A 4-6
1945-46 FA Aldershot A 3-72
1895-96 FA Bristol St George H 7-2
1906-07 S1 Luton Town H 7-2
1936-37 FA Newport County H 7-2
1946-47 D3S Southend United H 7-2
1911-12 S1 Watford H 6-3
1959-60 D3 Chesterfield H 6-3
1961-62 D3 Queens Park Rangers A 6-3
1969-70 D3 Barrow H 6-3
1934-35 D3S Aldershot H 5-4
1935-36 D3S Exeter City A 5-4
1959-60 D3 Tranmere Rovers H 5-4
1962-63 D3 Brighton & Hove A H 4-5
1965-66 D3 Swansea Town A 4-5
1902-03 FA Nottingham Forest H 3-61
1895-96 S1 Luton Town A 2-7
1947-48 D3S Bristol City H 2-7
1 after extra time
2 lost 6-8 on aggregate