I met someone with a truly inspiring story at the third of my live events at Blue Collar Corner on Sunday.

I had a chat with my former team-mate Glen Little, who had some great stories to tell – but none quite as dramatic as the one that Reading season ticket holder Christina Sweeney told me.

Christina was in a 13-week coma after a serious car accident 20 years ago and was pronounced dead three times. She told me how, when she finally woke up from her coma, her Portsmouth-supporting brother tried to convince her that she was also a Pompey fan.

But she instantly remembered that she supported Reading and, despite not being able to remember much about the previous 17 years, she says she remembered me playing for the team and that my red hair had something to do that.

Reading fans worried about the future of their club might want to take some inspiration from Christina. She says her family didn’t give up on her and she is not giving up on the club she loves. Despite living in Fareham, she still travels to home games to support the team and remains positive that we have better times ahead.

Sunday capped a great run of three live events at Blue Collar Corner, which gave me the chance to recall some great memories of a fantastic time for the club.

We had a full house for all three events and we’ve already started talking about putting on some similar events at Blue Collar later this year.

I talked to Glen about the 106 season and I still think our points record is under serious threat from Leicester City, who won again on Tuesday to go 10 points clear at the top of the Championship.

Leicester now have 69 points, with 17 games remaining. I’m confident they won’t win all 17 games, but they still have a maximum of 51 points to play for. As things stand, they can get to 120 points.

I think it’s going to be close. They’ve lost four and drawn three of their 29 games so far and we need them to drop another 15 points from 17 games to keep our record safe for another season. They’ve dropped four points in their last three Championship games, so there is still hope.

I’ve heard Steve Coppell say that he has a celebratory drink every season when it becomes mathematically impossible for anyone to match our points record. He’s got a long wait to see if he will be having that drink again this season.

Meanwhile, the proposed sale of Reading Football Club continues to drag on and apparently, it could be at least another two months before we see any real progress.

On the pitch, it’s not all doom and gloom, with two wins and a draw from four League One games in January, but the sale of the club can’t come soon enough. Coaches are leaving and so are players. Tom Holmes, Nelson Abbey and Tom McIntyre have signed for other clubs, with Nesta Guinness-Walker joining Stevenage on loan.

I’m writing this with 48 hours remaining before the winter transfer window closes and although I hope we don’t, I won’t be surprised if we lose at least one more player by the time you read this.

We could see one or two more talented players emerge from Reading’s academy and make a name for themselves before the end of the season. If that happens, it is likely to be ahead of schedule, but there is nothing like being thrown in at the deep end to test a player’s character.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed that we have a new owner before the start of next season and, by the time the season starts, we are no longer a selling club.

We’ve got another problem to deal with. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, there is zero excuse for racism. Reading and Leyton Orient have condemned racist comments made towards Dan Agyei, Orient’s goalscorer in Saturday’s 1-1 draw.

Thames Valley Police are investigating and have said they will not tolerate any form of discrimination and are grateful to members of the public for reporting the matter to them. They also state that they have a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of discrimination. There simply is no excuse and I applaud those who reported the comments that they saw online.

I’d like to finish this week’s column on a positive note. I am delighted to announce that Gavin Cox has joined my growing coaching team at The Dave Kitson Academy.

Gavin is an excellent coach and is a great fit for the academy. James Harper and I are getting very busy with coaching sessions, so Gavin’s addition gives us more scope to offer one-to-one and group coaching sessions to anyone who wants high-quality coaching in the coming weeks and months.