The Daily Drool: Jón Dadi Bödvarsson

Right winger/forward Jón currently plays for Reading. He has represented Iceland at the U19, U21 and senior levels.

The Daily Drool: John Swift

Midfielder John just joined Reading. He has represented England at the U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 levels.

The Daily Drool: Rowan Liburd

22 year old Rowan just signed a two year development deal with Reading, joining them from Billericay Town. Before joining Billericay Town, he spent 4 years studying and playing in the USA.

The Daily Drool: Sean Morrison

6’4″ center back Sean plays for Reading. He is eligible to represent both England and the Republic of Ireland internatonally, but has not featured for either team yet.

Some Sunday Bits & Bobs

Ah, Sunday. Hope everyone enjoyed their day. Mesut seemed to be enjoying his curled up on the couch with puppies Rocky & Balboa. Adorbs!

The Daily Drool – Coaches: Alan Pardew

Another silver fox, Alan has been coaching Newcastle United since 2010. Prior to that he coached at Reading, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic and Southampton.

The Daily Drool: Pavel Pogrebnyak

Striker Pavel plays for Reading in the EPL. He has represented Russia internationally since 2006.

 

The Daily Drool: Petr Čech

Goalkeeper Petr has been minding the net for Chelsea since 2004. You’re probably used to seeing him in his trademark rugby scrum cap. He wears that after one hell of a head injury. 20 seconds into a match in 2006,  Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt’s knee collided with his head.  He ended up with a depressed skull fracture and nearly died. Carlos Cudcini ended up replacing Čech in the match and was later knocked unconscious himself! Captain John Terry ended up in goal. Now you know why Sergio and Sami have to train as back up goalkeepers. Obviously, this sort of shit can happen. Anyhow, he recovered and that hasn’t stopped him from having a great career. He holds the record for getting to 100 clean sheets in the least amount of matches (180) in the Premier League. He was also recognized (along with Iker) as one of the 5 Best Goalkeepers in the World in 2010 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.  He has been a member of the senior Czech Republic National Team since 2002, representing his country 81 times. Interesting fact: he’s a triplet! He was born on May 20, 1982 along with his sister Sarka and his brother Michal (sadly, his brother passed away at age 2).