The Giant Killers
Reading
Formed: 1878
F A Cup & First Round debut: 1878
Semi Finalists: 1927 & 2015
Football Pyramid
4th tier debut: 1910 [most recent 1984]
3rd tier debut: 1894 [most recent 2002]
2nd tier debut: 1926 [most recent 2012]
1st tier debut 2006 [most recent 2013]
Honours:
Second Tier Champions: 2006, 2012
Full Members Cup: 1988
3-1 vs West Bromwich Albion
Fifth Round: Saturday February 20th 2016
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 19,566
Team: 26:Ali Al Habsi, 2:Chris Gunter, 5:Paul McShane, 35:Jake Cooper, 11:Jordan Obita, 9:Hal Robson-Kanu, 6:Oliver Norwood, 8:Michael Hector, 21:Stephen Quinn {replaced by 17:Lucas Piazon-90+3}, 10:Deniss Rakels {replaced by 20:Ola John-59}, 31: Simo Cox {replaced by 7:Matej Vydra-59}. Manager: Brian McDermott
1-0 @ Bolton Wanderers
Second round: 23rd February 1901
Scorers: A. Sharp
Attendance: 10,000
Ranked at the time: 8
Today: outside the top 200
2-1 @ Notts County
First round: January 25th 1902
Scorers: Allison, Alec Davidson
Attendance: 20,000
Ranked at the time: 17
Today: outside the top 300
1-0 vs Aston Villa
Second round replay: 7th February 1912
Attendance:15,000
Scorer: James Foster
Ranked at the time: 20
Today: Outside the top 100
Team: 1:James Caldwell, 2:Jack Smith, 3:Fred Bartholomew, 4:Smart, 5:Ted Hanney, 6:Jimmy Bradley, 7:Harry Lee, 8:G W Bailey, 9:Alan Foster, 10:Len Andrews, 11:Haydn Green
1-0 vs Tottenham Hostpur
Second round: 1st February 1913
Attendance: 20,000
Scorer: Reggie Pinfield
Ranked at the time: 64
Today: Outside the top 300
Team: 1:Rab Bernard, 2:Jack Smith, 3:Charlie Stevens, 4:?, 5:?, 6:Ted Hanney, 7:J Morris, 8:Joe Bailey, 9:Reggie Pinfield, 10:Max Seeburg, 11:A Burton
2-1 vs Manchester United
Third round second replay: Monday January 17th 1927
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 16,500
Scorers: Frank Richardson {pen}, Bill Johnstone
Ranked at the time: 124
Team: 1:Joe Duckworth, 2:Bert Eggo, 3:Pat McConnell, 4:Bill Inglis, 5:Alf Messer, 6:Dai Evans, 7:Murdo McDonald, 8:Ted Braithwaite, 9:Bill Johnstone, 10:Frank Richardson, 11:Jack Robson
Fourth round: Saturday January 26th 1929
Attendance: 25,248
Scorer Bill Johnstone
Ranked at the time: 12
Today: Inside the top 70
Team: 1:Joe Duckworth, 2:Ted Smith, 3:Alf Messer, 4:Sid Chandler, 5:Bill Inglis, 6:Tommy Meads, 7:Harry Goodwin, 8:Murdo McDonald, 9:Bill Johnstone, 10:John Hunter, 11:Bert Oswald
2-1 @ Liverpool
Third round replay {After Extra Time}: Wednesday January 13th 2010
Attendance: 31,063
Scorers: Gylfi Sigurdsson, Shane Long
Ranked at the time: 198
Today: Outside the top 100
Team: 1:Adam Federici, 5:Matthew Mills {cautioned}, 16:Ivar Ingimarsson {cautioned}, 24:Ryan Bertrand, 4:Kalifa Cisse {replaced by 34:Brian Howard 59}, 6:Brynjar Gunnarsson {cautioned}, 11:Jobi McAnuff, 20:Jem Karacan {cautioned-replaced by 9:Shane Long 81}, 25:Gylfi Sigurdsson, 18:Simon Church, 23:Grzegorz Rasiak {replaced by 14:Jimmy Kebe 65}
1-0 vs Burnley
Fourth round: Saturday January 23rd 2010
Attendance: 12,910
Scorer: Gylfi Sigurdsson
Ranked at the time: 435
Team: 1:Adam Federici, 5:Matthew Mills {cautioned}, 16:Ivar Ingimarsson {cautioned}, 24:Ryan Bertrand, 40:Andy Griffin, 6:Brynjar Gunnarsson {replaced by 14:Jimmy Kebe 75},11:Jobi McAnuff, 20:Jem Karacan, 25:Gylfi Sigurdsson, 18:Simon Church {replaced by 9:Shane Long 74}, 23:Grzegorz Rasiak {replaced by 36 Gunnar Thorvaldsson 83}

Third Round: Saturday January 8th 2011
Attendance: 13,005
Scorer: Shane Long {image left}
Ranked at the time: 663
Team: 1:Adam Federici, 5:Matthew Mills, 23:Ian Harte, 24:Shane Cummings, 26:Alex Pearce, 4:Jem Karacan, 8:Mikele Leigertwood, 11:Jobi McAnuff, 14: Jimmy Kebe, 9:Shane Long {replaced by 18:Simon Church-75}: 10:Noel Hunt {Replaced by 19:Hal Robson-Kanu-85}