This is a list of seasons played by

Reading F.C. Reading Football Club ( ) is a professional football club based in Reading, Berkshire, England. They compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. They play their home matches at the Select Car Leasing Sta ...

in the

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. The team, established in 1871, competes in the

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, the second football league in England. Established in 1871, the club first entered the

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in 1878–79 but did not play league football until the 1920–21 season. The club has competed in all four tiers of the English Football League and has won the

twice, the

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three times, the

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once, reached the

semi-finals twice, reached the

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quarter-finals twice, won the

London War Cup The London War Cup was an English football (soccer), football competition held during the Second World War. It was established to be a wartime replacement for the FA Cup, which had been suspended for the duration of the conflict. Although calle ...

, won the

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, won the Football League Third Division South Cup and won the

Berks & Bucks Senior Cup The Berks & Bucks FA County Senior Cup is the Senior County Cup competition of the Berks & Bucks FA. History The competition first took place in 1878–79 – a time when the FA Cup had only been going for seven years, there was no Football Lea ...

five times.

Key

* Pld = Matches played * W = Matches won * D = Matches drawn * L = Matches lost * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position * Premier League =

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* Championship =

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* Division 1 =

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was the top division of the Football League in England from 1888 until the end of the 1991–92 season, when its teams broke away to form the Premier League. From 1992 to 2004, the name First Division was g ...

* Division 2 =

* Division 3 =

* Division 3 South =

Football League Third Division South The Third Division South of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division North with clubs elected to the League or relegated from Division Two allocated to ...

* Division 4 =

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* Southern 1 =

Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...

Division 1 * Southern 2 = Southern Football League Division 2 * Western Pro =

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Professional Section * Western 1 (A/B) = Western Football League Division One (Section A/B) * United = United League * Group = Group stage * QR1/2/3 = First/Second/Third qualifying round etc. * RInt = Intermediate round * R1/2/3 = First/Second/Third round etc. * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals * F = Final * W = Winners

Seasons

Notes

References

{{Lists of English football seasons

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