Patrick Reading
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Patrick Reading
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|fullname = Patrick James Reading{{cite web|url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2018-19.pdf|title=Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Middlesbrough|publisher=English Football League|page=19|accessdate=12 March 2020}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|5|29}}
|birth_place =
|height =
|position = Left-back
|currentclub = Partick Thistle
|clubnumber = 3
|youthyears1 = 2012–2020
|youthclubs1 = Middlesbrough
|years1 = 2020
|clubs1 = Stevenage
|caps1 = 1
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2020–2025
|clubs2 = Ayr United
|caps2 = 144
|goals2 = 3
|years3 = 2025–
|clubs3 = Partick Thistle
|caps3 = 0
|goals3 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2019–
|nationalteam1 = Scotland U21
|nationalcaps1 = 4
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 18:01, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
|ntupdate = 23:53, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
}}
Patrick James Reading (born 29 May 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Partick Thistle.
Club career
=Stevenage=
Reading spent his youth career at Middlesbrough, before he joined Stevenage on 31 January 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51332475|title=Stevenage: Ben Folami, Canice Carroll & Patrick Reading join League Two strugglers|date=31 January 2020|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} Reading made his Stevenage debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 loss to Exeter City in League Two.https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/545323/stevenage-exeter-city
He was released by Stevenage at the end of the 2019–20 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2020/june/stevenage-football-club-retained-released-list-202021-sky-bet-league-two-efl-english-football-league-thursday-18th-june-2020/|title=Stevenage 2020/21 Retained & Released List|website=www.stevenagefc.com}}
=Ayr United=
In July 2020 he signed a two-year deal with Ayr United.{{cite web|url=https://ayrunitedfc.co.uk/patrick-reading-signs-for-united/|title=Patrick Reading signs for United|publisher=Ayr United F.C.|accessdate=21 July 2020}}
Reading scored his first goal for Ayr United in January 2021, in a 3–2 away defeat to Queen of the South.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55450497|title=Queen of the South 3-2 Ayr United: Dramatic finish as home side earn back-to-back wins|date=2 January 2021|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}
In May 2022 Reading signed a two year extension to his deal with Ayr United.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/paddy-reading-ayr-uniteds-long-27011830|title=Paddy Reading: Ayr United's vision sold me on new deal|first=Stuart|last=Wilson|date=19 May 2022|website=Daily Record}}
On 24 May 2024, Reading signed a further two year extension to his Ayr United contract, extending his deal until 2026.https://x.com/ayrunitedfc/status/1793945040215331303?s=46&t=4F4JIh7SqgH4ETcXZ7u2Rg
=Partick Thistle=
After five years with Ayr United, Reading joined fellow Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle on a free transfer in June 2025, signing a two year deal.{{Cite web|url=https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/partick-thistle-sign-paddy-reading-from-ayr-united/|title=Partick Thistle sign Paddy Reading from Ayr United.|website=Partick Thistle FC}}
International career
He has represented Scotland at under-21 level.{{SFA Profile|id=530106}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 4 March 2025}}{{Soccerway|423977|access-date=7 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Middlesbrough U21
|2017–18{{Soccerbase season|108085|2017|access-date=7 March 2025}} |colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name="EFT"|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Stevenage
|2019–20{{Soccerbase season|108085|2019|access-date=7 March 2025}} |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="6"|Ayr United
|2020–21{{Soccerbase season|108085|2020|access-date=7 March 2025}} |21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| 2021–22{{Soccerbase season|108085|2021|access-date=7 March 2025}}
|Scottish Championship |35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 2022–23{{Soccerbase season|108085|2022|access-date=7 March 2025}}
|Scottish Championship |36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3{{efn|One appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup, Two appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs}} | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 2023–24{{Soccerbase season|108085|2023|access-date=7 March 2025}}
|Scottish Championship |24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2024–25{{Soccerbase season|108085|2024|access-date=7 March 2025}}
|Scottish Championship |22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=SCC|Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup}} | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!138 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 3 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!139 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 178 | 4 |
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References
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{{Ayr United F.C. squad}}
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players
Category:Stevenage F.C. players
Category:Ayr United F.C. players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:English Football League players
Category:Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
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