Welcome to all Exiled Royals Supporters

For those Reading supporters who live away from the town, whether North or South, UK or abroad, then STAR Exiles is for you. We cater for all exiled Royals fans, wherever you are and whatever the reason for being away. Whether you’ve permanently upped sticks or you’re temporarily away from home at University or College – you may just be on holiday and want to meet up on your travels?

Our main aim is to put fellow Royals supporters in touch with each other primarily through our regional branches in the UK and Overseas. We have an exclusive online Exiles Forum for members to contact each other, so even if there’s not yet a branch where you live, you can still get involved with STAR Exiles.

We hope you take advantage of the opportunity to join STAR Exiles. With hundreds of exiled members and many others who’ve contacted us, you may not be far from another Royals fan. You’ll find a warm welcome amongst our members, and we’re sure membership will be worthwhile.

Members will have the full benefits of STAR membership and if you’re able to get to the UK we can help you with matchday tickets to watch the Royals play. Despite the distances, we want you to feel involved with the Club and as much part of STAR as our UK based fans. For your convenience there are a number of ways of joining STAR Exiles.

STAR Exiles can join in discussions on our Exiles Forum
Join for 2011/12 to win a £20 RFC Megastore voucher

STAR Exiles Forum is dedicated to RFC fans living outside the Reading area (NOT postcodes RG, OX, GU, SL)

The Yahoo! Group Reading_FC_STAR_Exiles was setup in 2008 to help exiled STAR members get in touch with each other. For those not living near to one of our regional branches the Forum gives exiled Royals supporters the chance to be involved regardless of their location in the UK or around the world. 

We want to expand the use of the Forum and encourage more members to use the facility. For the 2011/12 season, every STAR Exiles member who joins the Forum will be entered into a FREE DRAW to win a £20 RFC megastore voucher. 

To join in the fun, visit our Group home page on Yahoo and click on “Join This Group!”. You will need to create a Yahoo! ID if you don’t already have one, and be sure to quote your STAR membership number for us to approve your application. 

There are many features on the Forum, and as well as the ability to post messages you can check our calendar for STAR Exiles events, upload photos, download ticket request forms and even add your location on our “People Map” to see where everyone lives. The Forum is EXCLUSIVE to STAR Exiles members so you can rest assured you are amongst like minded Royals fans. 

If you’re not already signed up to the Exiles Forum, give it a try and you might win that £20 voucher – what have you got to lose?!!

STAR UK Exiles

NORTHERN & SCOTLAND BRANCH -STAR Northern Royals began as the Yorkshire Royals in the 1995/6 season to cater for northern based fans. Renamed to reflect our wider membership the group has grown steadily to around 80 members.

Many of us meet up before local games and at the Mad Stad whenever possible, travelling to games together and enjoying the occasional social event. Phil Parkinson attended one of our evenings in his testimonial year and we often welcome fans from STAR coaches to our Buxton hotel venue.

For a number of years, we have arranged block seat bookings for home and away games, now including a "Northern Away Season Ticket". If you live in the north (or know someone who does), contact us at northern.royals@star-reading.org for more details.

MIDLANDS BRANCH - STAR Midland Royals have been in existence since 2003 serving fans from the central counties of England – “Putting Reading at the heart of English football”.

Members enjoy meeting up at local games and the group organises match tickets through the RFC & STAR Exiles arrangements. We hold social evenings (particularly around Christmas) and persuaded John Madejski to join us at one event a couple of years ago! For more information contact us at midlands.royals@star-reading.org  

SOUTH-WEST BRANCH -STAR South-West Royals was re-launched for the 2009/10 season slightly later than planned with a good number of Royals fans based in the region.

We aim to bring together the dozens of supporters who travel up the M4 to the Mad Stad every fortnight, and like other exiled groups we also hope to encourage more travel to away games. We look forward to many of you joining us, so please get in touch with us at southwest.royals@star-reading.org 

What's Involved in running a STAR Exiles Branch?

STAR Exiles Branches are run by members for members so we need a volunteer to act as “Chairman”, co-ordinating the group and liaising with STAR. STAR Board needs to approve setting up a new branch, so if you’re keen and there are a few other Royals fans interested, let us know and we’ll get things started.

We have established some basic rules and procedures  to help you run the branch, which also ensures everyone follows the same ideas and maintains our benefits with RFC. If you organise any events or otherwise handle any money on behalf of the group you’ll need to keep accounts and agree them annually with the branch members.

Most UK branch members will appreciate the match ticket arrangements, which take a bit of time and effort, but otherwise it is up to the group to do whatever you want – within reason!! Overseas members can also get tickets but mainly try to meet up and watch live TV matches whenever they can and depending how close they are.

Everyone has different ideas what they want from a branch, but the main factor for people joining is often getting together and sharing their interest in following the Royals, meeting up at games, sharing travelling and watching live TV matches together.

Don’t worry if you’re not sure about anything, our Exiles Co-ordinator is here to help you with any questions you might have, either before you start or when your branch is up and running. We appreciate that everyone is a volunteer so you can choose to do as much or as little as you can manage.