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4 unusual facts about Madejski Stadium


Foudry Brook

After passing under the M4 motorway, the stream passes between the Green Park Business Park and the Madejski Stadium and football centre west of Whitley, where it provides the water for the meadow-landscaped lakes.

Madejski Stadium

In 1994, the Taylor Report made all-seater stadiums compulsory in the top two divisions (the Premier League and the First Division).

Reading were champions of the Second Division in 1994, and were promoted to the first division.

Reading to Basingstoke Line

In July 2007, plans were agreed to build a station in Reading south of Southcot Junction in the Green Park business park, serving the southern suburbs of Reading and also the Madejski Stadium.



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