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Patrick Reading

Patrick James Reading is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Partick Thistle.

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Patrick Reading
Personal information
Full name Patrick James Reading1
Date of birth (1999-05-29) 29 May 1999
Position 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 34 (2)
International career‡
2019–2020 Scotland U21 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:41, 2 May 2026 (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.

Club career

Stevenage

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

Ayr United

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

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.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

International career

He has represented Scotland at under-21 level.12

Career statistics

As of match played 4 March 202513
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cupa League cupb Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough U21 2017–1814 — — — 2c 1 2 1
Stevenage 2019–2015 League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Ayr United 2020–2116 Scottish Championship 21 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 24 1
2021–2217 Scottish Championship 35 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 2
2022–2318 Scottish Championship 36 0 4 0 3 0 3d 0 46 0
2023–2419 Scottish Championship 24 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 32 0
2024–2520 Scottish Championship 22 0 3 0 4 0 3e 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
  1. Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. One appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup, Two appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs
  5. Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup
References

References

  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Middlesbrough" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Stevenage: Ben Folami, Canice Carroll & Patrick Reading join League Two strugglers". BBC Sport. 31 January 2020.
  3. "Exeter 2-1 Stevenage (8 Feb, 2020) Final Score - ESPN (UK)". ESPN.
  4. "Stevenage 2020/21 Retained & Released List". www.stevenagefc.com.
  5. "Patrick Reading signs for United". Ayr United F.C. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. "Queen of the South 3-2 Ayr United: Dramatic finish as home side earn back-to-back wins". BBC Sport. 2 January 2021.
  7. Wilson, Stuart (19 May 2022). "Paddy Reading: Ayr United's vision sold me on new deal". Daily Record.
  8. @ayrunitedfc (24 May 2024). "The Club are delighted to announce that Paddy Reading has signed a 2-year contract extension and continues his stay at Somerset Park until June 2026..." (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  9. "Partick Thistle sign Paddy Reading from Ayr United". Partick Thistle FC.
  10. "Edinburgh City vs Partick Thistle: League Cup stats & head-to-head". BBC Sport.
  11. "St Johnstone vs Partick Thistle: Scottish Championship updates & match report, BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
  12. Patrick Reading at the Scottish Football Association
  13. Patrick Reading at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  14. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  15. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  16. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  17. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  18. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  19. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  20. "Games played by Patrick Reading in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2025.