Editing Reading, Berkshire (section)

===Football===
[[File:Madejski Stadium aerial, August 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[Select Car Leasing Stadium]], home of [[Reading FC|Reading Football Club]]]] 
[[File:Millenium Madejski Hotel.jpg|thumb|right|The Voco Reading Hotel, pictured when still known as the Millennium Madejski]]
[[File:Reading Half Marathon in 2004.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Reading Half Marathon|Reading Half Marathon 2004]] climbing Russell Street in [[West Reading, Berkshire|West Reading]]]]
Reading is the home of [[Reading F.C.|Reading Football Club]], an [[association football]] club nicknamed ''The Royals'', formed in 1871.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Reading Football Club|url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10306~122791,00.html|publisher=Reading Football Club|access-date=13 June 2011|date=2 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204044927/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10306~122791%2C00.html|archive-date=4 February 2010}}</ref> Formerly nicknamed 'The Biscuitmen'<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Biscuitmen Nickname|url=https://www.vintagefootballers.com/biscuits-royals-reading-football-club/|access-date=1 February 2021|website=|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122192406/https://www.vintagefootballers.com/biscuits-royals-reading-football-club/|url-status=live}}</ref> and based at [[Elm Park (stadium)|Elm Park]], the club plays at the 24,161 capacity<ref>{{cite web|title=Madejski Stadium information|url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/Stadium/0,,10306~418118,00.html|publisher=Reading Football Club|access-date=14 April 2011|date=4 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507041941/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/Stadium/0%2C%2C10306~418118%2C00.html|archive-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> [[Select Car Leasing Stadium]], first named after chairman Sir [[John Madejski]] which opened in 1998, and later renamed "Select Car Leasing Stadium"<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 2021 |title=Reading's Madejski Stadium renamed Select Car Leasing Stadium |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-57860294 |access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref> in 2021, after a sponsor. After winning the [[2005–06 Football League|2005–06 Football League Championship]] with a record of 106 points, Reading spent two seasons in the [[Premier League]] before being relegated to [[Football League Championship|The Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicky Shorey doubts Reading FC's '106' record will be beaten|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2053830_nicky_shorey_doubts_reading_fcs_106_record_will_be_beaten|work=[[Reading Post]]|publisher=Surrey & Berkshire Media|access-date=10 June 2011|date=8 July 2009|first=Jonny|last=Fordham|archive-date=25 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125174039/http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2053830_nicky_shorey_doubts_reading_fcs_106_record_will_be_beaten|url-status=live}}</ref> For the 2012–2013 season, the club again competed in the Premier League, after securing first place in the Championship in the 2011–2012 season, but were relegated back down to the Championship at season's end.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reading promotion meant to be, says Brian McDermott|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17751181|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=BBC|location=London|access-date=1 June 2012|date=17 April 2012|archive-date=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420045055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17751181|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Reading Town FC|Reading Town Football Club]], formed in 1966,<ref>{{cite web|title=Reading Town News Season 2010/11|url=http://www.hellenicleague.co.uk/archive/10_11/reading.html|publisher=Uhlsport Hellenic Football League|access-date=11 January 2012|date=14 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107023344/http://hellenicleague.co.uk/archive/10_11/reading.html|archive-date=7 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> played at Scours Lane and were playing in the [[Hellenic Football League|Hellenic League]] Premier Division but were dissolved in 2016, while fellow [[non-league football]] club [[Reading City F.C.|Reading City Football Club]] now play at Scours Lane after moving from [[Palmer Park Stadium]] at the end of the 2015–16 season. Scours Lane was also renamed to Rivermoor Stadium in 2016.