Reading 3 (Murty og pen 34, Robson-Kanu 40, Davies 66)
Murty's '106' team 2 (Murty pen 57, pen 61)

Graeme Murty scored a hat-trick from the spot in a testimonial game full of familiar faces and fun.

The former Royals skipper bizarrely opened his account for the opposing side, when Simon Church was tripped by Nicky Shorey inside the area.

Murty made no mistake from the spot and soon got the chance to prove that again...and again.

Hal Robson-Kanu and Scott Davies got on the scoresheet either side of half time, but this was a night for one man.

And twice more he scored from the penalty spot, the third and final time ending in a mobbing of Kingsley - rekindling memories of his spotkick in the same goal here against QPR in 2006.

Reading: Federici (Hamer HT); Rosenior (Davies HT), Bertrand (Taylor 55), Cisse (Bikey HT), Pearce (Armstrong HT); Karacan (Mills 55), Sigurdsson (Matejovsky HT), Tabb (Bryant HT (N Hunt 60)); Robson-Kanu (Antonio HT), Henry (Bignall HT), Church (Long HT)
Subs: O Kelly

Murty's '106' team: Hahnemann (Howie 23); Murty, Shorey (Hunter 52), Duberry (Brown HT), Halls (Hateley HT), Gunnarsson (Polston 59), Sidwell (Watson 51), Little (Parkinson 59), Salako (Butler 51); Cureton (Igoe 64), Lita.

Attendance: 7,332

Referee: M Rowley

Full report 

First half
After a host of pre-match presentations had taken place, the action soon got underway and both sides were looking to play passing football instilled in them by their respective Reading FC managers.

Admittedly the tempo wasn't matching the normal pre-season levels as the game understandbly took on a 'testimonial' pace.

The first chance fell to one of Reading's newest faces - James Henry's cross from the left was stabbed just wide by the outstretched leg of Simon Church in the sixth minute.

Two minutes later, Murty's '106' men enjoyed their first effort on goal. Steve Sidwell won a header on the edge of the area and Leroy Lita held off his marker to allow it to drop for Jamie Cureton on the edge of the area. He hammered it goalwards but it flew over the crossbar without troubling Adam Federici.

With almost a quarter of an hour gone, Jem Karacan tried his luck from distance and Marcus Hahnemann could only watch as the ball whistled inches wide of the top right corner.

A glorious chance fell Jamie Cureton's way soon after. Glen Little's tempting ball over the top dropped to Cureton 10 yards out who tried to direct a first time effort into the bottom right corner with a deft touch with the outside of his boot. It dribbled just wide of the right post though with the floored Federici glad to see it roll wide.

Hal Robson-Kanu brought an excellent save from Hahnemann with a well-placed left footed effort that seemed destined for the bottom left corner until the Wolves stopper pushed it wide.

And Brendan Rodgers' boys were starting to find their groove as the game approached the half hour mark. Alex Pearce saw a free header float just wide after the '106' team had deployed the Sunday League charge to ill effect to a Henry free kick.

Simon Church then saw a left-footed strike saved by the legs of Scott Howie and the game took a bizarre turn when the linesman beckoned the referee over to report a show of petulance from Lita, only for the linesman to see yellow from referee Rowley for some over-officious officiating!

If that wasn't odd enough, Gylfi Sigurdsson slid Church through and Shorey clumsily bundled the Royals striker over before he could pull the trigger. Penalty! Well it couldn't be given to anyone else could it! Graeme Murty, despite playing for the other team, stepped up and placed the 12-yarder past Howie, his own goalkeeper, to score from the spot. In the same goal that his famous 2006 penalty flew in, Murty had scored from the spot to break the deadlock.

Reading soon had a second, Robson-Kanu chesting down a long ball forward from Ryan Bertrand and the ball ran kindly for him to stroke home through Howie's legs for 2-0.

Some tomfoolery saw Liam Rosenior give Steve Sidwell a fireman's lift before the half time whistle sounded.

Second half
Brendan Rodgers made nine changes to the Reading side and Kevin Dillon introduced Aaron Brown and Tom Hateley for the '106' side.

The Royals were making the pace once again as the second half got underway, Scott Davies arcing an excellent effort just wide of the top right corner from 20 yards and then glancing Michail Antonio's cross just wide of the same post soon after.

But the '106 side' pulled one back just short of the hour. Some off-the-ball theatrics from Barry Hunter won the visitors a spot kick although few barring the referee saw any infringement. Murty sheepishly placed the ball on the spot and made amends for his own goal penalty with a powerful strike inside the right post and beyond the dive of Ben Hamer.

Cureton came close with a rasping volley from Little's corner but soon after the '106' team had their equaliser.

And four minutes later Murty had another from the spot. Leroy Lita was tripped by Chris Armstrong who certainly seemed to get something of the ball, and graciously Lita allowed Murty to complete his hat-trick! On smashing his third penalty home, Murty recreated the moment against QPR and mobbed Kingsley on the sidelines to the crowd's delight.

The Royals were back into the lead soon after though. Michail Antonio slid a nice ball into the feet of Scott Davies and the midfielder curled a great right-footed effort wide of the diving Howie and into the bottom right corner for 3-2.

With 73 minutes played, the '106' side came close to bringing the scores level again. Sammy Igoe's thunderbolt shot from distance was expertly tipped onto the post by Hamer, who pulled off a great double save to deny Butler from the rebound.

And, taking some old legs into account, the game was ended early by referee Rowley with the final scored 3-2 to the Royals.

A teary Murty said thanks to the players and to the fans who gave him a superb reception and a famous rendition of his song M-U-R-T-Y to round off his great night.