The Royals, who finished last season as champions, kick off their campaign with a home game against Stoke at the Madejski Stadium and finish with a trip to Upton Park
Brian McDermott's newly-promoted Reading side begin their top-flight campaign with a home fixture against Stoke and they face Martin O'Neill's Sunderland at the Stadium of Light the week after with their first away trip.They look as if they're going to face a difficult run of fixtures around the Christmas period, though, with games against Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City all in the space of a few weeks.
Their run-in includes away trips to Norwich and Fulham as well as a meeting with West Ham at Upton Park on the final day.
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READING
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| AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER |
| 18: Stoke (H) 25: Sunderland (A) |
1: Chelsea (A) 15: Tottenham (H) 22: West Brom (A) 29: Newcastle (H) |
6: Swansea (A) 20: Liverpool (A) 27: Fulham (H) |
3: QPR (A) 10: Norwich (H) 17: Everton (H) 24: Wigan (A) 27: Aston Villa (A) |
1: Man Utd (H) 8: Southampton (A) 15: Arsenal (H) 22: Man City (A) 26: Swansea (H) 29: West Ham (H) |
| JANUARY |
FEBRUARY |
MARCH |
APRIL |
MAY |
| 1: Tottenham (A) 12: West Brom (H) 19: Newcastle (A) 29: Chelsea (H) |
2: Sunderland (H) 9: Stoke (A) 23: Wigan (H) |
2: Everton (A) 9: Aston Villa (H) 16: Man Utd (A) 30: Arsenal (A) |
6: Southampton (H) 13: Liverpool (H) 20: Norwich (A) 27: QPR (H) |
4: Fulham (A) 12: Man City (H) 19: West Ham (A) |
