Bikey scored the winning kick on a very late night at the Madejski.
During the 90 mins Leroy Lita scored twice for Reading who looked like going out when it was 3 - 2 to Darlington with 5 mins to go. Then controversy. Peter Mate, on his debut, appeared to score using his arm, the goal was given and the match went into extra time.
Match report from The Times
READING (4-4-2): G Stack — J Halls (sub: J Harper, 102min), A Bikey, P Mate, U de la Cruz — G Little, B Gunnarsson, J Oster, S Hunt — S Long, L Lita (sub: K Doyle, 70). Substitutes not used: M Hahnemann, J Harper, J Hayes, C Osano. Booked: Bikey.
DARLINGTON (4-5-1): D Stockdale — D Duke, J Hutchinson (sub: B Close, 89), D Holloway, C James — J Joachim, K Ngoma, D Rowson, M McLeod (sub: M Cummins, 60), C Logan (sub: N Wainwright, 65) — S Johnson. Substitutes not used: A Armstrong, S Russell. Sent off: Duke.