Match report
Reading looked set to be taught a harsh lesson in the realities of top-flight football after Adam Federici's mistake gave Michael Kightly a debut goal for Stoke. But new signing Garath McCleary came off the bench to turn the game, winning the penalty that earned Dean Whitehead a second yellow card.
Le Fondre dispatched the spot-kick to spark joy at the Madejski Stadium, which was almost repeated when Stoke's Robert Huth gave away a stoppage-time free-kick that Harte curled inches over the top.
In the end, Reading fans went home happy from what was their first Barclays Premier League outing for four years.
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| 22 Aug 2012 | v Chelsea (A) |
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| 16 Sep 2012 | v Tottenham (H) |
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| 22 Sep 2012 | v West Brom (A) |
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| 29 Sep 2012 | v Newcastle (H) |
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| 06 Oct 2012 | v Swansea (A) |
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| 20 Oct 2012 | v Liverpool (A) |
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| 26 Aug 2012 | v Arsenal (H) |
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| 01 Sep 2012 | v Wigan (A) |
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| 15 Sep 2012 | v Man City (H) |
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| 22 Sep 2012 | v Chelsea (A) |
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| 29 Sep 2012 | v Swansea (H) |
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| 07 Oct 2012 | v Liverpool (A) |
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