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CARROLL SINGING FOR THE ROYALS!

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The LeaguePaper Team
28 November 2021

By John Lyons

FLAG HAPPY: Andy Carroll celebrates his first Reading goal with John Swift
PICTURE: Alamy

FORMER England pair Andy Carroll and Danny Drinkwater rolled back the years with their first goals for Reading to earn victory at Swansea – and earned the praise of boss Veljko Paunovic.
Carroll, 32, who joined Reading just two weeks ago after a career that has attracted £50m of transfer fees, struck after Tom Dele-Bashiru had cancelled out Jamie Paterson’s quick-fire Swansea opener.
Ryan Manning equalised at the start of the second half, but Drinkwater notched t...

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