Football League Cup (Second Round)- Wednesday 30 August 1978 at Elm Park (Att 13,107)

Reading (0) 1 (Earles 49): Death, Peters, White, Bowman, Hicks, Bennett, Earles, Hetzke, Kearns, Sanchez, Lewis; Sub Williams.
Wolves (0) 0: Bradshaw, Daniel, Palmer, Parkin, Berry, McAlle, Hibbitt, Carr, Rafferty, Eves (Bell 56), Daley.

Referee: Mr D Hutchinson (Bourn, Cams).
Booked: Daley, Hibbitt, Bell, Parkin, Peters.