Reading fans to be immortalised in new mural on Madejski Stadium

  • Full report by ITV News Meridian's Sarah Gomme

Next year Reading Football Club will celebrate their 150th anniversary.

And to mark the occasion fans can - quite literally - make their mark on the Madejski Stadium. A huge mural , featuring around 800 fans, is currently being painted by a Scottish mural artist.

Artist Chris Rutterford is painting the mural on the island of Papa Westray Credit: ITV News Meridian

The mural will become a permanent feature on the exterior walls of the stadium - with the club describing it as a 'reminder of how important the supporters have been in creating the journey we have enjoyed since 1871'.