Reading FC Receives Suspended Penalty, Owner Charged with Misconduct

The English Football League imposes sanctions following pitch invasion and financial breaches; abandoned match against Port Vale to be replayed.

Reading Football Club has been handed a suspended three-point penalty by the English Football League (EFL) due to a pitch invasion by their fans which caused their League One fixture against Port Vale to be abandoned.
The club's owner, Dai Yongge, has been charged with misconduct and bringing Reading and the EFL into disrepute due to repeated financial breaches, including failing to deposit funds in a designated bank account for the past four months.
The suspended penalty will be activated if Reading's fans cause another fixture to be abandoned during this season or the next.
The match against Port Vale, which was abandoned due to the pitch invasion, will be replayed in full on February 20.
Reading has been docked points in each of the last three seasons by the EFL, with their six-point deduction in the 2022-23 campaign resulting in relegation to League One for the first time since 2002.