Reading's Football League record for the most points gained in a single season is no longer under threat after Leicester were beaten at Tranmere on Tuesday evening.

The Foxes are top of League One on 78 points, and with nine games left to play they can now only reach 105 at best.

Tranmere's 2-0 victory was helped by ex-Reading man Bas Savage, who won a penalty and set up the other goal.

In 2005/6 we won 106 points, and further details are below.

Historian Alan Sedunary on our record
As we all know, we set the Football League record by winning 106 points - and even converting the best totals in the two-points-for-a-win days no club has bettered that.

The 60 points we won at home is another League best, whilst our 19 home wins are a second tier record.

As well as shattering our previous best, 'only' 19 in 1973 and 1974, our 33-match unbeaten run also includes our best away sequence, pushing that up to 17 unbeaten matches from the 12-match sequence enjoyed in 2000/1.

Including League Cup matches we also set our club record for all competitions of 23.

But where does that 33-match run stand in terms of League records? Certainly no club outside the top tier can beat it, in fact the only longer runs were by Arsenal (49 in 2002/3), Nottingham Forest (42 during 1977 to 1978), Chelsea (40 over the last couple of years) and Leeds (34, 1968 to 1969).

What about Liverpool's claim to share our record of the longest League run outside the top tier? Their run was spread over two seasons, interrupted by a First Division relegation that saw them lose 15 times, so the record is Reading's!

Our run also saw us go 17 away games in the League without defeat, equalling the record outside the first tier set by Bristol Rovers in 1973.

Another League record is that no club has ever lost as few as two games in a 46 match League season. Similarly, our one away defeat also set a new record.

One other League record concerns our goal difference of 67, the highest total since this method replaced goal average in 1975.

We became the earliest team to clinch promotion in a 46 match season (and since three points for a win was introduced), beating Plymouth by one day and Notts County by three.

By coincidence, the Argyle win that clinched promotion for them included a goal by former Royal, Lee Hodges, while ex-Reading loan player Mark Robson scored the goal that earned County their promotion.

These are all fairly well known records so how about a few that could only come from the depths of Nigel 'Strap' Meek's computer?!

-From our 3-0 win over Hull to our 2-0 triumph over Leicester we went eight consecutive League games with a winning margin of at least two goals. Either side of that run was another five games in which we netted at least twice to give us a two-goal or more run of 13 games. Both of these sequences beat club records set in 1951/2. On a similar, but opposite, tack we only conceded more than one goal on a club record six occasions.

-We haven't ignored the cup competitions. The 36,167 at Highbury was a League Cup record for us, smashing the previous best by 8,000 in October 1967, also at Arsenal. Talking of record attendances, the 23,845 that watched us beat Southampton was our highest League attendance at Madejski Stadium.

While the season was very much a squad effort, there were also several individual club records. So, in no particular order:

-Bobby Convey and Stephen Hunt was the most used substitution in our history, Hunty coming on for the American 25 times. In total Hunty made 35 sub appearances, a club record for the second tier, whilst at the end of the season Glen Little had been replaced 36 times in his Reading career, another club record. Talking of subs, seven different players came off the bench to score for us this season, another record.

-When Dave Kitson netted his penalty against Cardiff he became our highest ever second tier goalscorer, overtaking Bill Johnston's 34 set in the late 20s.

-Nicky Shorey, Sonks, Marcus, Steve and Kevin set a club record by all being named in the PFA Divisional team, beating our previous best of three in 1978/9 and 1993/4.

-Brynjar Gunnarsson was one of a club-best seven current full internationals to play for us last season. Flying the Royals flag were Ivar, Sonks, Kevin, Murts plus our World Cup stars Bobby and Marcus, the first Reading players to feature in the World Cup finals.

-Despite his curtailed season Glen Little still had the most assists to his credit, creating 14 League goals. Nicky Shorey, Bobby Convey and Kevin Doyle were also in double figures, making Reading the only club with four players in double figures for assists.

-Similarly, when Steve Sidwell netted his 10th League goal, against Stoke, he joined Kits, Kevin and Leroy on double figures and, you've guessed, made Reading the only club with four scorers in double figures.

-Sekou Baradji became the first Frenchman to play for us in a season that saw our squad feature 11 different nationalities - 12 if you count 'Jock' Murty!

-Kevin Doyle became the first Reading substitute to score a penalty in a cup-tie when he netted our equaliser at West Brom. As the home side had just taken the lead through a penalty, also scored by their sub, we reckon this must also be some sort of record! Kevin can definitely claim our quickest-ever away goal when he scored after 18 seconds at Luton. He is also the highest scoring Reading player in a League debut season

-Believe it or not John Halls set a record when he made his first appearance for us in our FA Cup tie against Birmingham. Watched by 23,762 fans, this was the highest attendance ever to watch a Reading player make his home debut, and was also the highest for a player making his first appearance for us in a cup game.

-Graeme Murty won't like this, despite his long-awaited penalty v QPR, he still holds the record for the most games in the second tier without a goal - beating the legendary Bert Eggo.

-Shane Long's last gasp equaliser at Derby made him our youngest scorer in the second tier, beating Leroy's record set on his debut. He certainly enjoyed playing the Rams because in the home game he became our youngest two-goal sub - the real reason everyone ran on the pitch at the final whistle!

-That Derby game also saw John Oster's goal become one of three by substitutes in that match, another club record. That goal was scored within a minute of John coming on, making it the quickest by a sub in the Championship that season, just beating Shane Long's first goal in the same game.

-Leroy still has a few records to himself. As well as setting our record transfer fee, his hat-trick against West Brom also made him our youngest scorer of a cup hat-trick. But this pales into insignificance when compared with Strap's Ultimate Stat?Leroy is the youngest-ever Reading player to score on his debut and still finish on the losing side!

-As well as being the League Manager of the Year with a highest-ever 153 points in the Tissot ratings, Steve Coppell is also (as if you didn't know) our most popular manager. Since joining us, Steve's games in charge have attracted an average attendance higher than any former Reading manager. This pushes Ted Drake down to second and Terry Bullivant into third place!

- And last but by no means least, our multi-record breaker is ?you, Number 13, 'Royals fans everywhere'. As well as setting that League Cup high and John Halls' debut attendance, Reading fans have set our highest-ever average attendance of 20,225 (compared to our previous best of 17,169 in the previous year).

-Our wonderful away fans also did their stuff, helping to set our highest away average as well and pushing our season's total up to 1,012,841, more fans than ever before.

-After Christmas we enjoyed 11 consecutive home League games with attendances that exceeded 20,000. And even three weeks after our season ended, Reading fans were setting the highest attendance for an England B international since 1957.

But how about some far more important club League records that our fantastic squad set in 2005-06?

Fewest goals conceded: 32 (previous best 35 in 1978/9)

Most wins: 31 (beating 29 in 1951/2 and 1978/9).

Fewest non-scoring games: only Southampton and Watford, twice, prevented us from scoring.

Most doubles: 10 (beating our previous best of 9, set in 1951/2 and 2000/1).

Longest run of consecutive away wins: 6.

Most home wins (19) and MOST away wins (12).

Highest number of away goals: 41.

Most League goals in 2005/6 (99), only the second time we have finished as top scorers in the League.

And finally, how about some more obscure records to finish off with?

Out of the 4,140 minutes that made up the League season, Reading were behind for just 238 minutes, that's a mere 5.2% of our 46 games. On the other hand, we led for 42.2% of the season or 1,747 minutes.