Reading and Wycombe Wanderers supporters protested outside the latter’s Adams Park stadium on Friday evening [March 15].

The peaceful demonstration was conducted by the Sell Before We Dai group (a movement against the Royals’ inept and callous owner, Dai Yongge), following the news that the Chairboys had agreed to purchase the Royals' state-of-the-art Bearwood Park training ground.

The pending transaction has proven controversial, with the facility being labelled as the only asset the ex-Premier League club currently have amid their financial struggles.

It cost Reading roughly £50m to purchase Bearwood Park in 2019, whilst Wanderers are expected to land the building for a rumoured £25m.

Following the confirmation, over 200 Reading fans made the short trip from Berkshire to Buckinghamshire on Friday evening, where they held banners, flags, and posters outside Adams Park.

Flowers were also left at the main gates.

Incredibly, several Wycombe fans also arrived to show their support for the struggling club.

Reading were purchased by Chinese billionaire Yongge in May 2017, but his monetary mismanagement has caused the Royals to lose 18 points via deductions in that time.

This has been coupled with numerous winding-up orders, missed payments and unpaid tax bills.

Wycombe fan George Gutteridge said: “We’re here for solidarity.

“What the Reading fans have had to go through over the last few years has been awful and nothing short of a disgrace.

“I’m a Wycombe fan and want to celebrate the positives for Wycombe but first and foremost, Dai Yongge needs to leave Reading.

“It was a shock to hear that we were going to get the training ground - I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“Whilst we can sit here and say it’s great news for Wycombe if it goes through, there’s a fanbase and club on the other side that can’t comprehend it.

“Albeit it wasn’t as bad but this was us 10 years ago and it could happen to any club.

“Dai Yongge has done this to two clubs already so rivalry aside, this was about two sets of fans coming together to show solidarity.”

As the Reading supporters made their voices heard in the Chilterns, the first two Wanderers fans that appeared were greeted with a round of applause and handshakes.

One of them, Oscar, is still at school.

He told the Free Press: “As a Wycombe fan and as a fan of English football, it’s horrible to see a club like Reading crumble apart/get killed by their owner.

“I can see why the fans want to get rid of him."

On the training ground news, he added: "As a Wycombe fan, I’m not sure how I feel about the situation.

“If it means Reading gets torn apart then that’s not right.

“I have a lot of respect for the Reading fans who came.

“It’s about a 40-minute drive and the Sell Before We Dai campaign is great, and respect to those who came to Adams Park.”

Incredibly, as the protest was taking place, the Reading Chronicle broke the news that an American consortium has agreed in principle to purchase the club. 

The deal means they will purchase Reading and the stadium, whilst the training ground is expected to be sold to Wycombe.

However, nothing has officially been confirmed as of yet. 

Near the end of the evening, as fans started to leave, stickers and picket signs were left at the entrance of Adams Park, but these were cleared by some Wycombe supporters who stayed behind.

The Chairboys host Northampton Town on March 16, whilst Reading take on Cambridge United at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.