The Mount Rushmore of Reading Strikers

Let’s go through the greatest Royal finishes of all time, especially because Jahmari Clarke has recently emerged as a

new option for Reading’s striking corps.

The best players a team has ever had are sometimes referred to as their “Mount Rushmore” by both fans and

journalists here in the United States. There are countless modified images of the North Dakota monument if you

search for “Mount Rushmore of sports.” Welcome to the Mount Rushmore of Reading FC strikers! Jahmari Clarke’s

well-taken brace against Birmingham City has inspired me to talk about the team’s prolific players from the past and

present. We have some time before the next Reading match.

I’ll display my age with this list. I will limit it to the twenty-first century. I have chosen one player who might be

contentious so that we aren’t just going through the regular suspects. Additionally, I’ve added G+A-Pk per 90. Pay

attention because there will be an exam. This essentially comes down to the number of non-penalty-kick goal

involvements per ninety minutes. Today’s statistics are from FBref.com. After that, let’s relax, take in some fantastic

Reading FC goal highlights, and admire the greatness of the Mount Rushmore of Reading strikers.

154 games / 55 goals / 18 assists / 0.49 G+A-Pk per 90

Kevin Doyle is, in my opinion, the best place to start when evaluating Reading strikers. That probably has a lot to do

with the seasons when he was at his best.

Most Reading supporters could have been forgiven for being more thrilled with our new £1,000,000 investment in

Leroy Lita when he arrived in June 2005 for the princely sum of £78,000. However, Doyle proved himself

unstoppable right away, starting 41 games en route to 106.

Doyle was one of the first names on the teamsheet during our first Premier League season and was a real sensation

that year. During the promotion year, Doyle and Kitson split the majority of the striking responsibilities, scoring 18

goals apiece in the league. However, in the Premier League, Doyle really took off, leading the team with 13 league

goals—the most Premier League goals ever scored by a Reading player in a single campaign—and scoring a number

of memorable goals, some of which are shown in this club video.