Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Tērā pea kua riro te taone o Reading i roto i te ahuareka o te Ipu FA, engari kua tohutohu a Steve Clarke ki ana kaitākaro kia whakatata atu ki te haurua whakamutunga o tēnei wiki pērā ki ētahi atu rā mahi. Kua 88 tau mai i te wā whakamutunga i eke ai ngā Royals ki te whā whakamutunga, ā, ka haere te kapa SkyBet Championship ki Wembley, e anga ana ki te mahi e kore e taea te hae ki te wikitōria i a Arsenal. Kei te kaha a Reading ki te eke ki te whiringa toa o te Ipu FA mo te wa tuatahi i roto i o raatau hitori, e arahi ana ki te whakaongaonga e maarama ana i Berkshire - mena kaore i te papa whakangungu a te karapu a Hogwood Park. I wikitoria a Reading i te kapa League One a Bradford me te wikitoria 3-0 ki te whakataetae anō kia eke ki te whiringa toa o te FA Cup. Ko Clarke, he toa hei kaitakaro me te kaiako i Chelsea, kua korero ki ana kaitakaro kia kaua e mau ki te kaupapa, me te ahunga whakamua anake te kaupapa. 'Ki taku whakaaro, ina tae koe ki te whiringa toa, ko te huarahi anake hei pai ki a koe ko te wikitoria i te keemu,' i kii te kaiwhakahaere o Reading. Kāore e taea e koe te haere ki Wembley ki te tākaro i te tūāhua. Ehara i te mea e pā ana ki te tākaro i te wā, kei te tākaro mātou ki a Arsenal. 'Mō mātou, he rā mahi tēnei. Me haere tātou ki reira e arotahi ana ki ngā mea e tupu ana i runga i te papa. Ka tūtaki te kapa Royal ki te kapa nui o te Pirimia League a Arsenal i te tukinga nui i te Rāhoroi i Wembley. 'Ka taea e ngā kaiwhaiwhai te haere, te pārekareka ki te rā, ko tā rātau utu iti mō te rerenga kapu. Ki a mātau, ko te haere ki reira me te hinengaro kei reira mātau ki te mahi i tētahi mahi, ā, ki te mahi tika mātau, ka taea e mātau te haere. E whakapono ana a Clarke ka taea e ana kaitakaro te hanga hitori i te Rahoroi, ahakoa he torutoru noa nga tangata o waho e whakapono ana ki a ia. Ko tētahi kaiwhakawhiwhi petipeti he 14/1 ki te wikitōria, ā, e whakaae ana te kaiwhakahaere o Reading me tākaro rātou i te 'kōwhiringa tino pai' hei wikitōria i tētahi kapa o Arsenal i muri i te wikitōria o te riiki e waru i te rārangi. Kua 88 tau mai i te putanga whakamutunga o Reading ki te whiringa toa o te FA Cup. 'Kei te kaha, kei te taurite,' i mea a Clarke. 'Kei te wikitoria rātau i ngā kēmu. He kaitākaro tino pai ō rātau. He raruraru nui hei whakaoti mātau. Tērā pea kua roa rawa te wā i mahue ai rātau i te oma ki te hopu i a Chelsea i runga, engari he tino tūponotanga pai ki te whakaoti i te tau...
Ka tūtaki a Reading ki a Arsenal i te whiringa toa o te FA Cup ā te Rāhoroi ki Wembley. Ko nga tino toa o te Pirimia League te mea nui ki nga kaituhituhi petipeti i a ratou e whai ana ki te pupuri i te kapu. Kua akiaki a Steve Clarke i tana taha ki te arotahi ki te mahi kei te ringa. I wikitoria te kapa Royals i a Bradford me te wikitoria 3-0 i te whiringa toa o te hauwhā.