Double red rout – just a bad day

By Russell Kempson

STAR MAN JOHN SWIFT Reading

HELPFUL: Reading celebrate Forest’s Jack Robinson scored an own goal
PICTURE: PA Image

CARETAKER manager Simon Ireland believes that Nottingham Forest can still reach the Championship play-offs despite losing – and finishing with nine men – at struggling Reading.
Forest offered little going forward in a scrappy first half and went behind in the 23rd minute, when Reading midfielder John Swift tucked home Mo Barrow’s low cross.
Danny Fox, the Forest skipper, was sent off in the 62nd...

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