After ending his long Reading career, Holmes goes to Luton’s training facility to assess the level after leaving League One Royals.
Tom Holmes, the new defender for Luton, will train at Kenilworth Road for the final few weeks of the season with his new teammates to get a sense of how much of a step up from League One to his new surroundings.
After rising through the ranks of the Berkshire club, the 24-year-old ended his 16-year career with the Royals last month. He made the final of his 133 appearances for the team when he came off the bench during the 3-2 victory over Blackpool, his first game back after suffering a back injury.
After receiving a standing ovation from the Reading supporters for a player who had joined Town in January but had been loaned back to finish the season at Madejski Stadium, where he was only allowed to play in four more games, Holmes told the Reading Chronicle that he was excited about the new challenge and that he would be joining them right away to see how they would fare. I’ll prepare, spend a few weeks with them, and then prepare to go full steam ahead in the off-season.”
The boyhood Royals fan, who is excited to be a hit at Kenilworth Road regardless of whether Town plays in the Premier League or Championship next season, also acknowledged that he might eventually return to his now-formal team, saying, “I’ll always be a Reading fan—that’s all I know.” I will always have a special place in my heart for them, and I can’t say that I won’t return—ideally on the pitch.
“Given my passion for Reading and my love for the club, we can’t completely rule out me being in the stands. I’m really appreciative of that (the reception). We are the final generation to be influenced by Eamonn Dolan, so it was appropriate that we could have a moment at the end in front of his stand to honour all of his hard work over the years. You could say it’s the end of an era.”E
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