Chairman needs to address problems

16^th April 1999
Reading Evening Post (Letters section)

FIRSTLY I must confess I am one of Mike Lewis’ original moaning minnies.
But upon the appointment of Tommy Burns I decided it was a positive move by the directors and that at last we had a manager capable of re-building the team and getting us back into division one and perhaps in a couple of years even into the premiership.
I am afraid I have been very disappointed. The soccer served up has been extremely poor and to be honest, despite 20 plus new faces, we are nothing more than an average division two team.
I feel it is time for the chairman to return and sort things out – it is the least the fans deserve.
If he is no longer interested then I suggest he steps down and let someone like Uri Geller take over the club.
He should be made aware that there is a lot more to Reading Football Club than a new stadium.

Harold Armstrong (address supplied)

NEIL REPLIES:Expectations for the season
were very high indeed and at times RFC
reached them, but not often enough and the
season could end up like a damp squib.

We need to see how the team is to perform next season in the last four games to give us all hope and optimism for the next campaign.