After the final day of the season saw Reading relegated, the recriminations have been coming thick and fast. Labour have been quick to blame the Lib Dems. Lifelong Brentford Reading fan Martin Salter told us: "When we took over the town, Reading was a washed up third division team and we took them single handedly to the Premier League. Reading FC's success was all thanks to Labour - it must be true, John Howarth said so on all our pre-election leaflets. No one will ever forget David Sutton's superb headed goal which clinched promotion for them us. It is no co-incidence that this season saw Reading lose its talismanic leader on a free transfer, only to be replaced by an unknown Lib Dem. It was an accident waiting to happen."

Reading FC owner John Madejski has denied that his backing of another team caused problems for the football club. "It's true that I've been paying for the Tories' offices for the last few years, but I don't see why I should be blamed for Labour getting relegated to no overall control on the council. However, clearly the Conservative results were not quite good enough given David Cameron's pre-election visit to the stadium and the vast amount of resources we poured into the campaign. It is quite obvious that to bounce right back after this set back that more investment is required. How much do you want the cheque made out for Mr. Cumpsty?"