It goes without saying that the 2005/06 season is probably the greatest year to be a fan of Reading FC.
The Royals won the Championship title with a record 106 points (which still stands today) as they secured a place in the top-flight for the first time in their history.
Many doubted that their inaugural campaign as a Premier League outfit would go as well swimmingly as the year prior, but they managed to prove all of their doubters wrong as they secured an eighth-place finish in the 2006/07 campaign.
In fact, they finished just one place and one point off the European spots which to date is their highest ever position in English football.
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So, for this week’s Reading Nostalgia, we are looking back to when they defeated a certain team from the North West of the country to secure their second Premier League win.
This Sunday (September 11) will mark the 16th anniversary of when the Royals defeated Manchester City 1-0 at the then Madjeski Stadium.
City were not the outfit that they are today, but to seal a victory over the one of the founding members of the Premier League will no doubt be one of the proudest moments in the club’s history.
Taking place on a Monday night under the TV cameras, the Royals scored after 23 minutes through the Icelandic international Ivar Ingimarsson.
His brave header came at some cost for the centre back, as he took a big blow to the head from Sylvain Distin’s shoulder when connecting with the ball.
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However, after some treatment, he was able to continue.
In what was a frustrating match for the away side, Man City ended up having five of their 11 players in the book which included defensive midfielder Ousmane Dabo, who was shown a straight red card in the final 10 minutes of the contest.
His dismissal was for a flaying elbow on Steve Sidwell, which referee Howard Webb deemed as dangerous.
The victory was the second of 16 they accumulated that league season, and it was also their first-ever top-flight clean sheet.
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In terms of the attendance, 24,092 fans visited the Mad Stad that evening which is one of the highest turnouts the club have had at the ground since they moved into the premises in August 1998.
Speaking on the win, then manager Steve Coppell said: "The back four have been terrific and with Marcus Hahnemann in goal too, they are a unit of five.
"Once a group of players are together for this long there's a certain amount of telepathy between them and they were really tested by City tonight.
"We've still got an awful lot to work on and it's hard to know where we are really, but we're certainly competing."
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