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Reading’s Mister Garbutt - “The most important man in the history of Italian football”
06.11.26, 12:26 Updated 07.11.26, 10:21 7 Minute Read
Football’s corner of social media often reaches new levels of unhinged during international breaks, but the first extended September/October window seemed to be taking its toll on some more than others, as among the usual “slow news day” stories and recycles memes, Italian giants Juventus released a video titled “Average match in Reading”, which used AI to show their players holding books while out on the pitch, with a Google Maps screenshot of Reading shoved in the bottom corner.
The big joke being that “Reading” and “reading” are spelt the same. Brilliant… Commedia dell’arte is alive and well. Credit to the club’s in-form admin, Reading responded with some first-rate 2006 banter, celebrating our promotion to the Premier League and mocking Juve’s demotion to Serie B after the Calciopoli scandal.
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Anthony Tomas
Editorhas been supporting Reading since he was first taken to Elm Park in 1997 and has worked as a sports writer for five years. He covers European football for Flashscore and has written for World Soccer Magazine and MUNDIAL, but owes it all to writing Reading Handball Club's match reports in the Reading Chronicle many years ago.