Beating Bradford might not seem like the biggest event in a team’s season, but for Reading fans it was worth a pitch invasion.
— Mark Bryans (@MarkyBryans) March 16, 2015
To be fair to them, it wasn’t any old win over the Bantams – the 3-0 victory took them through to a Wembley FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal.
Of course, this is not the first pitch invasion of the FA Cup quarter-finals – a similar event following Aston Villa’s win over West Brom led to host of overblown stop-the-madness back-to-the-bad-old-days chat.
Reading's pitch invasion. For some strange reason @BBCMOTD didn't find this one as offensive as Villa's. pic.twitter.com/1C4EEZakxP
— The Away Fans (@theawayfans) March 16, 2015
Ours was a much better pitch invasion by the way 👠#avfc
— Steve (@HoldenioVilla) March 16, 2015
That was all pretty good-natured stuff though, in truth – and it was a similar story at the Madejski Stadium tonight.
'Que sera, sera' pumping through the PA system here. Good-natured pitch 'invasion'. Wembley beckons. Steve Clarke and his players delighted.
— Mark Bryans (@MarkyBryans) March 16, 2015
Fans of rival clubs were not impressed.
Worst pitch invasion ever #avfc #readingfc pic.twitter.com/T8fnZ7cvUu
— David (@ItsDaveeeee) March 16, 2015
Reading if you want to do a pitch invasion at least do it properly #saintsfc #readingfc pic.twitter.com/xJo5MB6QOx
— Tyler (@TylerLewis23) March 16, 2015
Embarrassing pitch invasion after beating Bradford!!
— Andy House (@house_andy) March 16, 2015
It’s a consequence of holding the last-four matches at Wembley that winning a quarter-final seems like a bigger thing than it really is. Should a quarter-final victory really be worth one?
Either way, it’s official – pitch invasions are back in fashion. But these are the cuddly, friendly descendants of the ones from the past – so don’t worry.
Reading pitch invasion to celebrate. Weird…😠#berkshireultras 😠pic.twitter.com/kfJLMhlZi4
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) March 16, 2015
Is that a pitch invasion at #ReadingFC, or an unsupervised after school detention in the art room? #rfcvbcfc pic.twitter.com/jVMGJUtfs5
— Andy Goddard (@iamandygoddard) March 16, 2015
Source: SNAPPA
