Reading v League

[Fox Talbot]

For the completionists out there, here's Reading's record against League sides in the FA Cup, before we were a League side (1920). We were in the Southern League and often got knocked out by another Southern League side.

1894 - Preston (Div1, 14th) away, L
1900 - Newcastle (Div 1, 5th) away L
1901 - Bolton (Div 1, 10th) away W
1902 - Chesterfield (Div 2, 16th) home W
1902 - Notts Co (Div 1, 13th) away W
1903 - Burnley (Div 2, 18th) home W
1903 - Nottm Forest (Div, 10th) away D replay home L
1904 - Bolton (Div 2, 7th) home D replay away L
1906 - Hull C (Div 2, 5th) away W
1907 - Bradford C (Div 2, 5th) away L
1910 - Wolves (Div 2, 8th) away L
1912 - Aston Villa (Div 1, 6th) away D replay home W
1912 - Man United (Div 1, 13th) home D replay away L
1913 - Tottenham (Div 1, 17th) home W
1913 - Blackburn (Div 1, 5th) home L
1914 - Braford (PA) (Div 2, 2nd) away L
1915 - Wolves (Div 2, 4th) home L

P21 W7 D4 L10 - not too shabby.

[From Despair To Where?]

Yeah, let's not look at goal difference though. I make it -18 and I've only got to 1899.

[AthleticoSpizz]

That’s a fair bit of travelling for any teams of those days (fans? lol)