Premier Group Recruitment will take to the Madejski Stadium pitch to defend their Royals Cup title on Sunday 18th May.

Reading Football Club's popular six-a-side tournament will be sponsored by ITS Construction and Director Paul Knight made this year's draw with Steve Coppell last week, along with Marketing Executive Sara Jacob and Marketing Assistant Dara Thomas.

Eight groups of five teams will see 40 sides compete for the trophy in three week's time, the winners of each group progressing to the knockout stages in the afternoon.

Sara said, "This event offers the employees of local companies the unique chance to play on Madejski Stadium's turf and every year it is hotly contested. It should be another fantastic day for all involved, and of course all friends and family are invited to come along to cheer the players on from the stands."

GROUP A
1. Hewlett Packard
2. Goodman
3. John Smiths
4. Premier Group Recruitment
5. Fosters

GROUP B
1. Millennium Madejski Hotel
2. Hindle Campbell Law Firm
3. Redstor
4. F1 Consultancy
5. A1 Group Wokingham (1)

GROUP C
1. AXA
2. 3663 Reading Depot
3. SEGRO
4. Kyocera
5. Global Knowledge

GROUP D
1. Focus 21 Visual Communications
2. Gravity Personnel
3. WStore UK
4. QA-IQ (2)
5. Ericsson

GROUP E
1. Kensington Mortgages (1)
2. Compass Group
3. Motability Operations
4. Ward Consultancy
5. ITS Construction

GROUP F
1. Evening Post
2. Friends Provident Life & Pensions
3. QA-IQ (1)
4. RPS Planning & Development
5. DediPower Managed Hosting

GROUP G
1. Ultima
2. A1 Group Wokingham (2)
3. Semplice Energy
4. S & N UK West
5. Fencing Products

GROUP H
1. AB Walker & Son
2. Westcoast
3. Kensington Mortgages (2)
4. K & N Drinks Distribution (Thatcham)
5. Jelf Group