{"id":542617,"date":"2020-01-31T16:26:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T21:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=542617"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T21:26:43","slug":"stevenage-sign-defender-patrick-reading-on-a-permanent-deal-from-middlesbrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/31\/stevenage-sign-defender-patrick-reading-on-a-permanent-deal-from-middlesbrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevenage Sign Defender Patrick Reading on a Permanent Deal From Middlesbrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/league12\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stevenage<\/a> have signed defender Patrick Reading. The young defender arrives on a permanent deal from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middlesbrough<\/a> until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Stevenage Sign Defender Patrick Reading<\/h2>\n<h3>The Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Stevenage announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevenagefc.com\/news\/2020\/january\/new-signing-patrick-reading-stevenage-football-club-middlesbrough-fc-transfer-news-deadline-day-friday-31st-january-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via their website<\/a> they had signed the defender. Reading arrives on a permanent deal from Middlesbrough on a deal until the end of the season. He is Stevenage\u2019s final signing of the window, as stated on the club\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The full-back arrives from Middlesbrough seeking first-team football. He will arrive determined to help Stevenage escape relegation. Reading will fill the void left by Chris Stokes, who has departed for Forest Green Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster completes Stevenage\u2019s transfer business, which has been solely focused on improving their attack. A whole host of strikers and creative players have arrived with Graham Westley transforming the squad inherited from Dino Maamria.<\/p>\n<p>Westley has recruited a blend of youth, experience and non-league talent to get them out of trouble. Simeon Jackson is an excellent signing at this level. The Canadian brings plenty of experience. Non-league stars Joe Leesley and Jake Cassidy have points to prove and will want to showcase their abilities in the Football League.<\/p>\n<p>Youngsters Daniel Kemp and Patrick Reading arrive unproven but determined to showcase their skills and help Stevenage escape the drop. It\u2019s a huge risk to make this many signings so quickly. Westley needs to get them going and fast.<\/p>\n<p>Reading completes Westley\u2019s jigsaw as he plots survival in League Two. The full-back will look to make a good impression in his first move into senior football. He joins a difficult situation but, its certainly one he can thrive off. Westley clearly has faith in Reading to bring him to the club.<\/p>\n<p>He is ineligible for tomorrow\u2019s game against Leyton Orient but will be available for their next league game in eight days time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xFbS5_w9SWNr70E1gtmtEQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1157409542\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xFbS5_w9SWNr70E1gtmtEQ',sig:'X2bTcdXGfEd7uzHdHVojOc1Z_DdG0r1ok7N2MXvBsJo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1157409542',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevenage have signed defender Patrick Reading. The young defender arrives on a permanent deal from Middlesbrough until the end of the season. Stevenage Sign Defender Patrick Reading The Deal Stevenage announced via their website they had signed the defender. Reading arrives on a permanent deal from Middlesbrough on a deal until the end of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3241,"featured_media":542629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,19,30,28],"tags":[168,347,4849,3089,136],"class_list":["post-542617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-middlesborough","category-news","category-transfers","tag-efl","tag-middlesbrough","tag-patrick-reading","tag-stevenage","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}