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Next Reading manager: the live picture
The dugout watch for Reading: how much pressure the current manager is under, who's being linked, and what this club's history says about how these things end.
0Pressure index (0-100)
11thIn the League One sack race (of 24)
Leam Richardson
Currently in post. Status: 0W 0D 0L. Full record on the Sack-o-Meter.
How it usually ends at Reading
Across the completed tenures in our records, a Reading manager lasts roughly 2.8 years. Recent occupants of the job:
| Manager | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Leam Richardson | 2025 | present |
| Paul Ince | 2022 | 2023 |
| Nigel Adkins | 2013 | 2014 |
| Brendan Rodgers | 2009 | 2009 |
| Steve Coppell | 2003 | 2009 |
| Alan Pardew | 1999 | 2003 |
| Mark McGhee | 1991 | 1994 |
| Joe Smith | 1931 | 1935 |
Year-level data from our manager career records — a guide, not a stopwatch.
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