Reading Express
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Established 2006 Folded 2012 Played in Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania ExpressIndoorFootball.com |
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American Indoor Football League/Association (2006–2010)
Indoor Football League (2011–2012)
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| Team colors | Blue, Silver, White |
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| Mascot | Caboose | ||
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| Owner(s) | Ted Lavender Lisa Lavender |
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| Head coach | Mark Steinmeyer | ||
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League championships (1) 2009 |
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Conference championships (1) 2006 |
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Division championships (4) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
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| Playoff appearances (5) | |||
| 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 | |||
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American Indoor Football League/Association (2006–2010)
Indoor Football League (2011–2012)
The Reading Express were a professional indoor football team based in Reading, Pennsylvania. They were most recently a member of the United Conference of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Express began play in 2006, as an expansion team of the American Indoor Football League. The team was originally going to be named the Reading RiverRats, but passed on that name in favor of the "Reading Express." The RiverRats name and logo was moved to an AIFA team in Pittsburgh in 2007. The owners of the Express were Ted & Lisa Lavender. They played their home games at the Sovereign Center.
On September 14, 2005, the Express were announced as an expansion team of the American Indoor Football League (AIFL). On November 6, 2005, the Express named Ollie Guidry the teams first ever head coach.
On Sunday, March 26, 2006, the Express won the AIFL's very first overtime game 41-38 against the Johnstown Riverhawks on the road, as kicker Erik Rockhold booted the game-winning 45-yard field goal.
On Friday, May 12, 2006, the Express managed to knock the Erie Freeze out of the #1 spot in the conference by getting revenge 59-48.
At the end of their inaugural year, the Express held the highest record in the AIFL's Northern Conference, at 12-2. This, however, was padded by two games against amateur outdoor franchises—the Cumberland Cardinals and a team known as the Philadelphia Scorpions, both of which were blowouts.
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