Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick James Reading [1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1999 | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Partick Thistle | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2020 | Middlesbrough | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020 | Stevenage | 1 | (0) |
2020–2025 | Ayr United | 144 | (3) |
2025– | Partick Thistle | 4 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Scotland U21 | 4 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:20, 30 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 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.
Reading spent his youth career at Middlesbrough, before he joined Stevenage on 31 January 2020. [2] Reading made his Stevenage debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 loss to Exeter City in League Two. [3]
He was released by Stevenage at the end of the 2019–20 season. [4]
In July 2020 he signed a two-year deal with Ayr United. [5] Reading scored his first goal for Ayr United in January 2021, in a 3–2 away defeat to Queen of the South. [6]
In May 2022 Reading signed a two year extension to his deal with Ayr United. [7]
On 24 May 2024, Reading signed a further two year extension to his Ayr United contract, extending his deal until 2026. [8]
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. [9] Reading made his Thistle debut in a 4–1 away victory over Edinburgh City in the Scottish League Cup group stages. [10]
Reading scored his first Thistle goal on the opening day of the 2025–26 Scottish Championship season, in an away defeat to St Johnstone. [11]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Middlesbrough U21 | 2017–18 [14] | — | — | — | 2 [c] | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Stevenage | 2019–20 [15] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Ayr United | 2020–21 [16] | Scottish Championship | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
2021–22 [17] | Scottish Championship | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
2022–23 [18] | Scottish Championship | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [d] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
2023–24 [19] | Scottish Championship | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
2024–25 [20] | Scottish Championship | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 [e] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Total | 138 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 3 | ||
Career total | 139 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 178 | 4 |