2 quiz questions

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Today marked our first win over Reading after 12 games without a win against them.

1. Who are the only 4 City managers since WW2 to have managed 2 wins against Reading?

2. Against which 4 sides have we suffered our longest winless runs?

[Alfresco]

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When you say longest winless is it games or years

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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When you say longest winless is it games or years

Good point. Games.

[Alfresco]

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I'm going to say Arsenal, Brighton, Aston Villa and Crewe:hehe:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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I'm going to say Arsenal, Brighton, Aston Villa and Crewe:hehe:

1/4 ain't bad! We haven't won in our last 15 against Arsenal.

We failed to win any of our first 11 against Brighton. The longest run without a win against Villa is only 5 games, half the number of winless games we suffered against Barnet! We did go 10 without a win against Crewe until Earnie's late winner against them in 2002.

[MOZZER2]

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Today marked our first win over Reading after 12 games without a win against them.

1. Who are the only 4 City managers since WW2 to have managed 2 wins against Reading?

2. Against which 4 sides have we suffered our longest winless runs?

jimmy schooler , jimmy andrews , Len Ashurst , lennie lawrence ?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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jimmy schooler , jimmy andrews , Len Ashurst , lennie lawrence ?

You're right with Len Ashurst - his side did the double over Reading in a matter of 17 days at the end of the 1989/90 season.

[Alfresco]

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Malky, Norwich

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Malky, Norwich

Spot on with Malky. Only ever City manager to have a 100% record against Reading (and Swansea).

While we've got a crap record against Norwich, we've never gone more than 5 games without a win against them.

[MOZZER2]

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You're right with Len Ashurst - his side did the double over Reading in a matter of 17 days at the end of the 1989/90 season.

Richie Morgan ?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Richie Morgan ?

Never managed us against Reading. Think more recent.

[MOZZER2]

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well i was going to say cyril spiers well in that case

neil warnock , russell slade or even DJ yes i know clutching at straws here :hehe:

[Alfresco]

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Warnock, Plymouth

[The Bloop]

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Russell Slade ?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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well i was going to say cyril spiers well in that case

neil warnock , russell slade or even DJ yes i know clutching at straws here :hehe:

Slade and Jones both managed 2 wins against Reading, incredible as the Slade stat sounds! Pre war, only Fred Stewart managed the same.

Spiers never managed against Reading. We played them in the league in 1947 and not again until 1982, though did manage 2 5-1 wins in the league cup against them.