Reading Express

Reading Express
Established 2006
Folded 2012
Played in Sovereign Center
in Reading, Pennsylvania
ExpressIndoorFootball.com
League/conference affiliations
American Indoor Football League/Association (2006–2010)
  • Northern Conference (2006)
    • Northern Division (2007)
  • Eastern Conference (2008)
    • North Division (2008–2010)

Indoor Football League (20112012)

  • United Conference (2011–2012)
    • Atlantic Division (2011)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlue, silver, white
     
MascotCaboose
CheerleadersSmokin' Hot Steam Team
Personnel
Owner(s)Ted Lavender
Lisa Lavender
Head coachMark Steinmeyer
Team history
  • Reading Express (2006–2012)
Championships
League championships (1)
2009
Conference championships (1)
2006
Division championships (4)
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Playoff appearances (5)
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Home arena(s)

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.[1] The owners of the Express were Ted & Lisa Lavender. They played their home games at the Sovereign Center.

  1. ^ Shawn Liotta (August 18, 2010). "Reading Express Moving to IFL". www.shawnliotta.com. The Twenty Eleven Theme. Retrieved March 27, 2015.