Derby Night
Match Preview | Thatcham Town U18s v Reading City/JMA Reading Under 18s
FA Youth Cup Second Round Qualifying
Kick-off: 19:45, Monday 2nd October 2023
Address: The Mettal Stadium, Waterside Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire,RG19 4PA
Admission: Admission this evening is £5 Adults, £3 Concessions and £2 Under 16.
Facts & Stats
Our Reading City/JMA Reading Under 18s side will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of our other Under 18s team who won 1-2 at The Mettal Stadium during their pre-season campaign when they take on the Kingfishers this evening.
Managers Thoughts
“We are really looking forward to heading over to Thatcham tonight as it is a club, we have a good connection with and there are many familiar faces both in the youth team and senior sides. Notably two former Reading City FA Youth Cup captains Nathan Jones and Sam Tanner are both in the first team.
We have come through the last two rounds relatively comfortably and with them coming into this off the back of a penalty shootout, we know their confidence will be high and with it also being a local derby, we cannot expect to get away with being anything but our best.
Both sides also know that a win puts you 1 game away from the first round proper and a chance to face a professional outfit.
It’s going to be an entertaining tie and we hope we can have a number of family, friends, ex-players and City supporters come along to back the boys!”.
- Michael Butcher. Director of Football at JMA Reading and Reading City First Team Assistant Manager
Getting to the game by Car
From Reading follow the A4 to Thatcham
Take the exit towards Newbury/A4/Oxford/Hexagon
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Castle St/A4155
Continue to follow A4155
Continue straight onto Bath Rd/A4155
Continue straight onto Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Bath Rd/A4
Continue to follow A4
Keep left to stay on A4
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Bath Rd/A4
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Pipers Way
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Station Rd
Continue onto Crookham Hill where you’ll see the Mettal Stadium.
Getting to the game by train.
£7.10 is the cheapest price for a standard class adult return ticket to the stadium’s nearest station, Thatcham. From here it’s around a minute’s walk to the Mettal Stadium.