{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Patrick Reading |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Patrick James Reading<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2018-19.pdf|title=Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Middlesbrough|publisher=English Football League|page=19|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|5|29}} |birth_place = |height = |position = Left-back |currentclub = Partick Thistle |clubnumber = 3 |youthyears1 = 2012–2020 |youthclubs1 = Middlesbrough |years1 = 2020 |clubs1 = Stevenage |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2020–2025 |clubs2 = Ayr United |caps2 = 144 |goals2 = 3 |years3 = 2025– |clubs3 = Partick Thistle |caps3 = 34 |goals3 = 2 |nationalyears1 = 2019–2020 |nationalteam1 = Scotland U21 |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 13:41, 2 May 2026 (UTC) |ntupdate = 23:53, 8 February 2020 (UTC) }} '''Patrick James Reading''' (born 29 May 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Partick Thistle.

==Club career==

===Stevenage=== Reading spent his youth career at Middlesbrough, before he joined Stevenage on 31 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51332475|title=Stevenage: Ben Folami, Canice Carroll & Patrick Reading join League Two strugglers|work=BBC Sport |date=31 January 2020}}</ref> Reading made his Stevenage debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 loss to Exeter City in League Two.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/545323/stevenage-exeter-city|title=Exeter 2-1 Stevenage (8 Feb, 2020) Final Score - ESPN (UK)|website=ESPN}}</ref>

He was released by Stevenage at the end of the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2020/june/stevenage-football-club-retained-released-list-202021-sky-bet-league-two-efl-english-football-league-thursday-18th-june-2020/|title=Stevenage 2020/21 Retained & Released List|website=www.stevenagefc.com}}</ref>

===Ayr United=== In July 2020 he signed a two-year deal with Ayr United.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ayrunitedfc.co.uk/patrick-reading-signs-for-united/|title=Patrick Reading signs for United|publisher=Ayr United F.C.|accessdate=21 July 2020|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809180906/https://ayrunitedfc.co.uk/patrick-reading-signs-for-united/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reading scored his first goal for Ayr United in January 2021, in a 3–2 away defeat to Queen of the South.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55450497|title=Queen of the South 3-2 Ayr United: Dramatic finish as home side earn back-to-back wins|work=BBC Sport |date=2 January 2021}}</ref>

In May 2022 Reading signed a two year extension to his deal with Ayr United.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/paddy-reading-ayr-uniteds-long-27011830|title=Paddy Reading: Ayr United's vision sold me on new deal|first=Stuart|last=Wilson|date=19 May 2022|website=Daily Record}}</ref>

On 24 May 2024, Reading signed a further two year extension to his Ayr United contract, extending his deal until 2026.<ref>{{Cite tweet | user=ayrunitedfc | number=1793945040215331303 | title=The Club are delighted to announce that Paddy Reading has signed a 2-year contract extension and continues his stay at Somerset Park until June 2026...}}</ref>

===Partick Thistle=== After five years with Ayr United, Reading joined fellow Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle on a free transfer in June 2025, signing a two year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/partick-thistle-sign-paddy-reading-from-ayr-united/|title=Partick Thistle sign Paddy Reading from Ayr United.|website=Partick Thistle FC}}</ref> Reading made his Thistle debut in a 4–1 away victory over Edinburgh City in the Scottish League Cup group stages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cx24yx2krgnt|title=Edinburgh City vs Partick Thistle: League Cup stats & head-to-head|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Reading scored his first Thistle goal on the opening day of the 2025–26 Scottish Championship season, in an away defeat to St Johnstone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c3r4l08jjl7t|title=St Johnstone vs Partick Thistle: Scottish Championship updates & match report, BBC Sport|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==International career== He has represented Scotland at under-21 level.<ref>{{SFA Profile|id=530106}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 4 March 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|423977|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Middlesbrough U21 |2017–18<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2017|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name="EFT"|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}||1||2||1 |- |Stevenage |2019–20<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2019|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |League Two |1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |rowspan="6"|Ayr United |2020–21<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2020|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |21||1||2||0||1||0||0||0||24||1 |- |2021–22<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2021|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |35||2||2||0||4||0||0||0||41||2 |- |2022–23<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2022|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |36||0||4||0||3||0||3{{efn|One appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup, Two appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs}}||0||46||0 |- |2023–24<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2023|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |24||0||3||0||5||0||0||0||32||0 |- |2024–25<ref>{{Soccerbase season|108085|2024|access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |22||0||3||0||4||0||3{{efn|name=SCC|Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup}}||0||32||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !138!!3!!14!!0!!17!!0!!6!!0!!175!!3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !139!!3!!14!!0!!17!!0!!8!!1!!178!!4 |} {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Ayr United F.C. squad}}

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