Every time a Wrexham player turned on the ball, it seemed Savage was there to greet them - I’m sure they wouldn’t be surprised if they looked out the window of the coach on the way home and saw him running alongside them on the M4.

Both of Reading’s last two home games in League One have ended goalless; only two of their previous 109 home league matches had finished 0-0 before this. After beating Reading 3-0 in the reverse fixture in August,

A glimmer of hope is that Reading are unbeaten in eight games now, although five of them have been draws. Although it’s a good record - sixth-best in League One at the moment - the draws are becoming a slight problem,