Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tae atu ratou ki te FA Cup hauwhā whakamutunga i raro i te radar - e mawhiti ana i te aro me nga wikitoria ki Huddersfield, Cardiff me Derby County i nga rauna tuatahi. Hei te marama e haere ake nei ka haere ngā waka me ngā pahi i te haerenga 37-maero ki raro i te M4 ki te mātakitaki i te kapa a Steve Clarke e tākaro ana ki te kapa kaha o Arsenal i te whiringa toa o te FA Cup. Kua hoki mai te pānui ki te mahere inaianei. He whakangaromanga rawakore tēnei na The Royals, e tata ana ki te tino mātanga ā-rōpū i tēnei taumata o te kēmu. He rawakore rātau ki a Bradford. Ko Garath McCleary te kaitakaro whutupaoro o te kapa Reading i te wa o te wikitoria 3-0 o te kapa FA Cup mo te whakataetae whakamutunga mo Bradford. Ka kitea e Hal Robson-Kanu (matau) he wāhi i roto i te rohe whiu o Bradford City, ā, ka whakatū i tōna upoko ki te whāinga. Kei te whakareri te kaiwhawhai o Reading ki te rere atu ki te whakanui i muri i tana kitenga i tana upoko e rere ana i mua o te kaitiaki o Bradford a Ben Williams. Pānui (4-4-2): Federici 6.5; Gunter 7, Pearce 7, Hector 7, Obita 7; McCleary 8 (Norwood 86 '), Williams 7.5, Chalobah 7.5, Robson-Kanu 7.5 (Blackman 86'); Mackie 7.5, Pogrebnyak 7.5 (Yakubu 89 ') Kaore i whakamahia nga kupu: Cox, Karacan, Andersen, Cooper. Kua tohua: Williams. Ngā whāinga: Robson-Kanu 6', McCleary 9', Mackie 69. Kaiwhakahaere: Steve Clake 7.5. Bradford (4-2-3-1): Williams 6; Darby 6, McArdle 6, Sheehan 6, Meredith 6.5; Halliday 6 (Yeates 59, 5.5), Knott 6.5 (Dolan 73'); Hanson 6, Morais 5, Liddle 5; Hanson 6; Stead 5 (Clarke 59, 5.5). Kāore i whakamahia ngā ingoa: Clarke, Zoko, MacKenzie, Routis, Urwin. Kua whakaritea: ko Sheehan, ko Meredith, ko Knott. Ka tukuna atu e Morais. Kaiwhakahaere: Phil Parkinson 6.5. McCleary: He aha te take? Kaiwāhi: Mike Jones (Cheshire) Att: 22, 908. Ko ngā whakatauranga kaitākaro nā Neil Ashton i te taiwhanga o Madejski. He mea pai ki a Clarke me tana kaiawhina a Kevin Keen, nga tangata i whakarereke i nga kaitakaro 11 katoa mo to ratou hinganga 4-1 i Watford i te Rahoroi kua hipa. Ko wai ka mahara ki taua piro inaianei? "Kua ngaro atu mātou i raro i te mata, engari ka nui ake taku harikoa mō tētahi whiringa toa FA Cup i te wā e tata ana", i whakapuakina e Clarke. Ehara i te mea ko te waipiro e pupuhi ana, engari ko te āhua o Clarke...
Ka eke a Reading ki te whiringa toa o te FA Cup me te wikitoria 3-0 ki a Bradford City. Ko Hal Robson-Kanu e ārahi ana i te kapa a Steve Clarke i te ono o ngā meneti. E toru meneti i muri mai ka whakapirihia e Garath McCleary te painga o Reading. Ka whakaatuhia ki a Filipe Morais he kāri whero mo te wero nui i runga i a Nathaniel Chalobah. Ka whakaekea e Jamie Mackie te kapa kāinga ki te arahi 3-0 me te whiu o te haurua tuarua. Ka tū a Reading ki te whiringa toa o te FA Cup ki a Arsenal ki Wembley.