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Adam Le Fondre smashed a 20 minute hat-trick as a rampant Reading crushed Bolton Wanderers 7-1 at Madejski Stadium this afternoon.

Pavel Pogrebnyak, Kaspars Gorkss, Hope Akpan and Nick Blackman also found the net as Royals sent Bolton to their worst defeat in 31 years.

It was wonderful, mesmeric stuff from Nigel Adkins' side who had scored just six goals in their previous six home games.

But from the moment Le Fondre put them in front after 13 minutes, they ripped Wanderers to shreds with a stunning display of attacking football.

Goals followed on 28 and 33 minutes for Le Fondre as he became the first Reading player to score a hat-trick since Kevin Doyle did it in 2008.

Pogrebnyak then rifled home a penalty just before half-time to cap a glorious opening 45 minutes for the hosts.

Any suggestion they would ease up after the interval was soon put to bed when Gorkss prodded home his second goal in as many games on the hour mark.

Akpan then smashed home a sixth before substitute Blackman rounded off a day to remember with a seventh 12 minutes from time.

Bolton did pull a late goal back through Sanmi Odelusi but by then most of their fans were well on their way back home.

The win, Royals' biggest ever at Madejski Stadium, moved them above Brighton into sixth in the Championship table.

For only the second time this season Nigel Adkins named an unchanged side, keeping faith with the team that won at 1-0 Watford last weekend.

That meant Jordan Obita continued at left back while Akpan started his first home game of the season alongside Danny Williams in central midfield.

In the build up to the game both Adkins and Williams had spoken about the importance of a quick start from the hosts.

They got one last week at Vicarage Road, grabbing an early lead which they held onto the claim a first win in six.

And they repeated the trick this afternoon by taking under a quarter of an hour to get themselves in front.

Garath McCleary was the architect, racing down the right before slipping a ball into the path of Adam Le Fondre who thumped an effort past Andy Lonergan.

It was a wonderful finish from the frontman who had not scored since his late strike against Bournemouth on December 7.

Boosted by the early goal, Reading went in search of a second and went close through a long range effort from Akpan.

They were well on top but almost got caught out by a Bolton sucker-punch just moments later but Alex McCarthy stood up well to deny David Ngog.

Despite that scare, Royals were bossing things and they doubled their lead on 28 minutes with a classic route one goal.

McCleary's long ball was flicked on by Pogrebnyak, sending Le Fondre clear. He had a long time to think about his finish but he kept his nerve and drilled home his ninth of the season.

And he didn't have to wait long for number 10, just five minutes in fact as he completed his hat-trick to leave the visitors stunned.

Tim Ream dallied on the ball and was robbed by a rampaging McCleary who bore down on Lonergan.

He could have shot but instead chose to roll the ball into the path of Le Fondre who tapped home his third goal in a blistering 20 minute spell.

It was stunning stuff from the home side and things got even better four minutes before half-time when they scored a fourth from the penalty spot.

Jordan Obita's cross was blocked by Alex Baptiste's arm right on the edge of the box and referee Andy Davies pointed to the spot.

It was maybe a bit harsh on the visitors but Pogrebnyak made no mistake, drilling low into the bottom right hand corner to complete a wonderful opening 45 minutes from the hosts.

And they showed no signs of easing up after the interval as they raced out of the blocks once again.

And Le Fondre really should have added to his tally within five minutes of the restart but he blazed a close range volley over having been set up by Pogrebnyak.

The fifth goal did arrive soon after, however, when Kaspars Gorkss got in on the act.

Fresh from his winning strike at Watford last weekend, the big Latvian defender slotted home McCleary's cross after Alex Pearce's shot had been blocked.

McCleary was replaced by Nick Blackman soon after and while Le Fondre will get the headlines for his goals, the Jamaican winger was superb once again.

His three assists have taken his tally to 12 for the season now, that's eight more than any other Reading player.

It was now party time at Madejski Stadium with Bolton being ripped apart by every attack.

Reading were rampant and they made it six when Akpan bagged his first goal for the club.

Seizing on a loose ball in the box, he rifled a powerful right foot shot into the top corner from 12 yards.

It was wonderful stuff from the home side. They sensed blood with every attack and, having been on for just 12 minutes, Blackman made it seven.

Racing clear down the left the substitute drilled a shot over Lonergan with the help of a slight deflection.

The visitors were shell-shocked but they did raise themselves to grab a late consolation to complete the scoring through Sanmi Odelusi's late strike.

Reading : McCarthy, Gunter, Pearce, Gorkss (Hector, 79), Williams, Obita, Akpan, McCleary (Blackman, 67), McAnuff (C), Pogrebnyak, Le Fondre (J.Taylor, 76).

Subs not used: Federici, Kelly, Cummings, Drenthe, J.Taylor.

Bolton : Lonergan; Baptiste, Ream, Mills, Knight; Spearing (c), Pratley, M Davies (Odelusi, 67), Danns, Chung, Ngog .

Subs not used : Bogdan, White, Hall, Eagles, Kamara, C Davies.

Attendance : 18,629.

Referee : Andy Davies