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Brian McDermott
Ady Williams chats to former Reading manager Brian McDermott.
Ady Williams chats to former Reading manager Brian McDermott, who was in charge of the club in two spells from 2009-2013, and once again from 2015-2016.
He became only the second man to lead them to the Premier League following their Championship title win in 2012, and oversaw a historic FA Cup win over Liverpool at Anfield in 2010.
McDermott reflects on how hard he found coping with the 2011 play-off final defeat, that promotion to the Premier League, and the meeting which led to his sacking in 2013.