Thames Valley Royals 1983

The Greatest Football Merger That Never Was?In this week's episode of *By Far The Greatest Team*, hosts Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney dive deep into one of football's most controversial what-ifs—the proposed merger between Oxford United and Reading FC in 1983, masterminded by the notorious media mogul Robert Maxwell. Maxwell's audacious plan to unite the two rival clubs under the name *Thames Valley Royals* sparked outrage among fans, who saw the proposal as an attack on their footballing...