Reading City Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Rivermoor Stadium in the

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area of Reading.

History

The club was established in 2001 as Highmoor Ibis by a merger of Highmoor and Ibis, both of which were playing in the Reading Senior League, Highmoor in the Senior Division and Ibis in the Premier Division. Ibis had also previously played in the

Chiltonian League The Chiltonian League was an English football league, existing from 1984 until its merger with the Hellenic League in 2000. While never having a defined place in the English football league system The English football league system, al ...

. The new club took Highmoor's place in the Senior Division and were league champions in 2003–04 without losing a match. They won the Reading Senior Cup in 2005–06, beating Woodley Town 4–1 in the final at the Madjeski Stadium. After finishing as runners-up in 2006–07 and 2008–09, Highmoor were champions again in 2010–11, earning promotion to Division One East of the Hellenic League. In their first season in Division One East they finished as runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division. They were Premier Division runners-up in 2014–15. In June 2018 the club were renamed Reading City. At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division North of the

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. In 2023–24 they finished fourth in the Premier Division North, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. They subsequently lost 5–2 to Bedfont Sports in the semi-finals.

Ground

The club played at Scours Lane until 2011 when they were forced to leave to take promotion to the Hellenic League as the ground did not have a stand or floodlights. Instead, the club moved to the

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, a general use stadium including a 780-seat stand and an athletics track around the pitch. However, in 2016 the club returned to Scours Lane as the ground had been upgraded to the required standards. The ground was also renamed the Rivermoor Stadium.Updates around the club .........
Reading City F.C.

Honours

*Reading League **Senior Division champions 2003–04, 2010–11 *Reading Senior Cup **Winners 2006–07

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2023–24 *Best

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performance: First round, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2023–24

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