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Team news: Doyle & Little available

Posted on: Fri 02 May 2008

Kevin Doyle and Glen Little will both be available for this weekend's final home game of the season when we take on Tottenham Hotspur at Madejski Stadium.

Doyle suffered a family bereavement last weekend, but trained with the team as normal on Thursday morning. The funeral takes place on Friday, meaning he is able to return in time for the fixture with Juande Ramos' men.

Little picked up a minor calf strain in Saturday's 0-0 draw with Wigan Athletic, but he is expected to be available.

Steve Coppell told Reading World, "It's a slight calf strain he has, we don't think it'll be a problem. He's chomping at the bit, he's desperate to go and this could be his time.

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"As regards Kevin, the date of the funeral has changed but he is training and will be available for selection."

With the exception of Emerse Fae and Ibrahima Sonko, Steve has a full squad to choose from, and faces some tough selection decisions as a result.

He said, "It's probably the biggest squad I've had since I've been here. With the transfer window nowadays you need to have too big a squad, just to cover for injuries.

"We don't have any injuries, so the squad looks big at the moment and they're all there raring to go. The ones who are here are fully committed to the cause."

Brynjar Gunnarsson came through a full 90 minutes for the reserves on Monday evening, as did Jimmy Kebe.

Spurs report no new injury worries at this stage. Gareth Bale, Ledley King and Benoit Assou-Ekotto are long term absentees.

Howard Webb is this weekend's referee.

Saturday's game is completely sold out, as is our final away match when we travel to Derby County a week on Sunday.

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