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Ladies and Mens 1st XI -  Weekend Preview

Ladies and Mens 1st XI - Weekend Preview

Liz Spencer10 Oct 2014 - 15:29
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Ladies v Bowden and Men v Wimbledon Away games

Men 1st update
READING will be without Dan Shingles for their NOW: Pensions League match at Wimbledon (6pm).
The England international midfielder suffered a hand injury during Blues’ 1-1 draw with Southgate last Sunday.
John Jackson, Timmy Lewis and Jonty Clarke were also nursing knocks after the game, but all three are expected to face Wimbledon.
Another absentee is forward Ben Boom, who is playing for England under-21s in a six-nation tournament in Malaysia.
Will Carter-Keall, Peter Scott and Max Heaver are added to the squad.
Coach Andy Watts will be looking for his team to produce a better performance tomorrow than they did against Southgate.
“We made too many basic errors,” he said.
“But we still created enough chances to have won the game despite not being at our best.
“We are capable of playing a lot better than we did on Sunday.”
Men: Alexander, Springham, R Mantell, Jackson, Carter-Keall, Lewis, Newman, Clee, Clarke, Atkins, Carson, Codling, S Mantell, Scott, Whelan, Heaver.

Ladies 1ST update
Reading Women will be hoping for three more points when they travel to Cheshire to play Bowdon Hightown (1.45pm).
They secured their first win in four Investec League matches when defeating Buckingham 3-1 last Sunday.
“It was a good team effort, with 16 girls coming together and doing the right things together, which was great,” said head coach Merijn van Willigen.
“If we show the same sort of form then we can go up to Bowdon and win.”
Blues will again be without Wales central defender Leah Wilkinson due to her broken left wrist, but skipper Emma Thomas is hoping to play despite breaking a finger in training last week.
Elie Barnes is not available and Maz Downer returns to the squad.
Reading squads
Women: Ellis, Harper, Thomas, Evans, Maguire, Downer, Caddick Gilbert, Jones, Daly, Halle, Cockburn, Danson, Saligoi, Martin.

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