"It was 3-3 and it was a great experience. There were about 60,000 people there and it was one of the best days of my life because my wife told me she was pregnant with my first-born.
"It will be another one of the best days again if we can just get there."
Reading manager Steve Coppell will make changes following Andre Bikey's sending off in the first leg and Kevin Doyle's Achilles injury. Bikey yesterday apologised for his angry reaction to his red card and Coppell admitted the player had let himself down.
The manager said: "It shouldn't have happened. I think it just shows he's still a young man and has some way to go to develop that control in his game."