The same could be asked of Bradford’s supporters following an enthralling final day across the EFL, but at the Select Car Leasing Stadium on Saturday it wasn’t promotion or even a play-off place Reading fans were celebrating.
“Reading Football Club is pleased to announce the sale in principle of the club to Redwood Holdings Limited,” the club’s statement began on Saturday morning, news fans had waited for with bated breath but were not exactly holding out for.
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This agreement with Redwood Holdings Limited, who are owned by Rob Couhig – the former Wycombe Wanderers majority shareholder – and Todd Trosclair, has afforded Reading more time to complete the sale.
In the meantime, though, and with those formalities out the way, back to the people who matter: the fans, who were doing cartwheels at the prospect of this takeover and cared little for the 4-2 defeat to Barnsley that played out, given Leyton Orient had won themselves to earn the final play-off place in League One.
Reading fans cared little about the result on Saturday (Photo: Craig Richard)
“It’s nice. We can think about football without having to worry about what’s going to happen off the pitch,” Reading fan Craig Richard tells The i Paper.
“Before it was so loud, people were very happy. It’s a sense of relief. No matter what happens now we’re on a normal footing, we’re not looking over our shoulder.
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Then there are those fans who campaigned relentlessly and admirably, who deserve high praise, who threw tennis balls and protested far beyond their own pitch in a bid to get rid of Dai, their owner who had overseen years of financial mismanagement which led to points deductions for the men’s team and the withdrawal of the women’s team from the Championship.
“Today is a day for celebration and that starts by welcoming Rob Couhig. Thank you for not giving up on us, thank you for saving our 153-year-old club from oblivion.”
Sell Before We Dai therefore added that they were grateful for Couhig remaining “determined, dogged and incredibly savvy” during what the American businessman had called himself an “exhausting” process.
“We are under no illusions that steps will need to be taken to undo the damage Dai has done to this football club, but we hope Couhig runs Reading transparently, prudently, in collaboration with Reading fans and with regard for the club’s identity.”
Thank heavens for bank holiday Monday, then (for some at least), with supporters able to toast this takeover news a little longer.
They might not be going up, but that is besides the point. Never has finishing the season in seventh with a 4-2 defeat ever tasted so sweet.
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