Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Me whakarere te puehu i a Reading, me tahuri hoki ki ngā take o te riiki ina pō mai rātou ki a Brighton i te whakataetae Npower Championship i te pō o te Rātū. Ko te tukinga a nga Royals i te whiringa toa o te FA Cup ki a Bradford i te wiki e whai ake nei whai muri i te toenga kore-whaainga o te Rahoroi i Yorkshire. Engari i mua i tērā me whakamātau te kapa a Steve Clarke ki te whakawātea i ngā wehi o te hīkoi atu ki te pakanga o te whakataetae Championship me ngā tukinga uaua e rua, te haerenga o waenganui wiki o ngā Seagulls i whai ake i te haerenga ki te whai i te whakatairanga ki Watford i te Rāhoroi. E mātakitaki ana te kaiwhakahaere o Reading a Steve Clarke mai i te wharenui i te tukinga 0-0 a Reading ki a Bradford i te Rāhoroi. I whati te ihu o te rangatira o Reading, a Alex Pearce i te tukinga o te kapa FA i te whiringa toa whakamutunga. 'I waenganui i tēnei wā me te tukinga anō, e rua ngā kēmu hira mō ngā taha e rua,' e ai ki a Clarke. 'Kei te hiahia mātou ki te whakatau me te hiahia ōrite i te pō o te Rātū, me te tūmanako kia rua ngā whāinga me ngā tohu e toru.' Me whakatau a Clarke mēnā ka tūpono ia ki te tākaro i a Alex Pearce, i whati i te ihu i te tukinga i Valley Parade. 'I tino harikoa ahau ki te whakaaro o nga kaitākaro, he tino taumata,' ka tāpiri a Clarke. 'I whakaaro ahau i whakaahuatia e to tatou rangatira hoki i runga i ki te ihu whati, e kore tetahi mea e haere ki te mutu ia. Kei te tawhiti tōna ihu i konei. Engari i hoki ia ki runga, he pokapū pokapū tika. He mea ngawari noa iho te ki atu "E kore au e hoki ki runga", engari kaore, ka mea a Alex "whakaputahia ahau, whakatikahia a muri ake" a ka hoki tonu ia ki runga i te papa. I purei tonu te kaitiaki pokapū i muri i tana whakatikatika i te paepae i Valley Parade. I kii a Clarke ko te ahua o Pearce e whakaatu ana i tana taha me te akiaki kia nui ake te rite ki a Brighton i te Turei. Ko Brighton, kotahi te tohu me te waahi i raro i te Pānui i te 19th, ka kore he kaiwhaiwhai a Sam Baldock e ahua nei ka ngaro i te toenga o te wa ki te whara o te turi. Ka uru pea a Kazenga LuaLua ki roto i te rarangi timatanga i te korenga o Baldock ana kei te tumanako te winger ki te whakamatautau pakeke ki nga Royals. 'He kēmu uaua tēnei mō mātou, engari he uaua ngā tukinga katoa ināianei,' i kī ia ki te karapu...
I tohe a Reading 0-0 ki a Bradford i te hauwhā whakamutunga o te FA Cup i te Rāhoroi. I purei tonu a Alex Pearce i muri i tana whati i tona ihu i te tukinga o Valley Parade. I kii a Steve Clarke ko te ahua o ana kaitakaro i whakaahuatia e Pearce. Ka hoki mai a Reading ki te whakataetae Championship ki a Brighton hei te Rātū.