Reading FC welcome thousands of school kids for Crawley win

For the past few years, tens of thousands of youngsters have gone through the turnstiles at a discounted rate to try and get their juices flowing for competitive football action in the town.

The first scheduled initiative of the season, over 13,000 turned out in total as a ruthless Royals performance put four past struggling Crawley Town, with the final score ending 4-1.

Seated in the North-East corner of the ground, and given plastic clappers to assist with making noise, hundreds of families went home happy and hopefully with a new-found passion for the club.

Take a look below at 20 of the best pictures, all of which are courtesy of club photographer JasonPIX.

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