Reading fan Chat - Reading v West Ham (29/12/2012)

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Jiggs wrote:Ok

Hey fantastic, we're covered till March time (got Man Utd & Liverpool forums on!), but I'll PM you say in february with a few ideas for questions, just pick the ones (a dozen or so) that you like the best. Can be one sentence replies or go into a bit more detail about any one that interests you more (great from our side). Guaranteed full respect and lots of viewings and publicity for both you and the site!

Its been good having you here dude , stay in touch , your more than welcome on here

Admin wrote:Its been good having you here dude , stay in touch , your more than welcome on here

Cheers, well it's easy, this is the best Hammers site around by a mile.
I'd love to do the FA Cup Upsets Game again for the Third Round this week for next weekend as we had about twenty forums intermixing in the second round; takes a fair bit of time organizing but well worth it for a fun and clean family game! Now there's no BBC 606 like before it's great to see forums together without getting narked out .. !

Mr Daibo,
A little snippet of info for you - I posted it on another thread here that you probably never saw. Back in November I went to Taiwan on business. The guy I was with had been there before, and the first night he took us to a bar in Taipei that was showing Premier League games from the weekend. I was well chuffed to be able to watch West Ham - Man City, then QPR - Reading came on. When Reading scored, a little Chinese bloke leapt out of his seat shouting " Yess!". I was well impressed to find Reading supporters in Taiwan. Unless of course , it was a little Chinese bloke with a really big grudge against QPR ....
Anyway, you no doubt realise that you were bloody lucky to take three points on Saturday - we will just have to redress that at the end of the season, but I for one will be sorry if it sends you down as others deserve it more.

Admin wrote:Good post Owlish ,sensible , very rare on here So waht part of the states are you in and why Reading ?

I'm from Odessa, Texas (home of the _real_ Friday Night Lights team, and was in a shot the movie) in the western part of the state - near the 'square corner' New Mexico makes in Texas. As for 'Why Reading?', while I’d love to provide some exotic and inspirational story, the fact is that an American football writer chose to follow Reading in his on-line columns, so I started to follow the Royals because he did. After about a year, he dropped the team, but I continued, as I found the team fascinating and really enjoyed the Royals Rendezvous website. This is the fourth year I would say I have really followed Reading, and I do listen to the games regularly and catch them on cable TV here or on streams as I can. Unlike the fans with a ‘blood tie’ to the Royals, they are an ‘adopted’ team for me – but ‘adopted’ means taken by choice, and that sums up my feelings about Reading and the Royals! I do hope to get 'across the Pond' again, with my prior visit in the spring/summer of 1978.

awwww...I was hoping you wuz from Reading, PA.

westhamonkey wrote:

awwww...I was hoping you wuz from Reading, PA.

I've been in touch with their team, and the Vice-president, but although nice guys they have little fan base, and no real forum to talk of ..

We support our local team !!!

Tony P wrote:We support our local team !!!

You're right, I was just thinking of Reading USA for a bit of a publicity stunt with the Yanks !!

Where did our 'yank' supporters all go? We d a fair few in the past, just went orf I suppose? I like this Mr Diabo bloke, he said we were the best West Ham site by a mile! fair play matey! either that or he hasn't been on any others.

mottinghammer wrote:Where did our 'yank' supporters all go? We d a fair few in the past, just went orf I suppose? I like this Mr Diabo bloke, he said we were the best West Ham site by a mile! fair play matey! either that or he hasn't been on any others.

I have, on FAH, and don't ever remember a reply without four letter words. Never even got accepted for KUMB though a couple of my mates were half-murdered on there!!! But I mean it, it's a cracking site you have, wouldn't go anywhere else for the Hammers opinion now, really good vibrations on here ...

daib0 wrote: really good vibrations on here ...

It is indeed a friedly place! p.s. Daughter and son-in-law are Reading season holders and son is a good mate of Alex McCarthy's (used to share ahouse with him) so I keep an eye on your lot.