Reading hit by second points deduction of season after failing to deposit funds

Reading have been deducted 16 points in under two years.

Reading FC warm-up at Select Car Leasing Stadium. Pic: Warren Little/Getty Images

Reading have been hit with a second points deduction of the season, meaning the crisis club have been docked an alarming 16 points in less than two years. A suspended three-point penalty was triggered after Reading failed to comply with an order to deposit funds by the deadline on Tuesday.

The English Football League took a dim view when Reading were hit with an immediate one-point deduction and a suspended penalty by an independent disciplinary panel in August, after the late payment of wages on three occasions last season. It means Reading, who have now been docked four points this season, drop into the League One relegation zone.