Coppell: Booing from Reading fans starting to get to me

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The Royals' 2-0 defeat at home to Bolton was their sixth straight Barclays Premier League reverse and their fourth game without a goal in all competitions.

It left them teetering on the brink of the drop zone and had Derby not scored a late equaliser at Birmingham they would now be in the bottom three.

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Under pressure: Reading boss Coppell saw his side slump again

Coppell said: 'Does it give me sleepless nights? Of course it does. I always think of that Bill Shankly quote, something along the lines of 'losing is worse than death because you have to live with losing'.

'This is something you carry around. The only way out of it is to create a better working environment and bring more out of the players.

'If you want to sleep you don't become a football manager. Your mind is always racing. When you are watching a game from the sidelines your mind is racing, thinking what can you do to help. Then you go home and can't wait to get up so you can watch the tape and see how to put things right.

'The booing was hurtful, I must admit. I heard some comments which I didn't particularly like but I'm the manager. I'd prefer they are mad at me than the players.'

No Reading man played well but it was a particularly wretched day for left-back Nicky Shorey, who was then left out of Fabio Capello's first England squad having made the initial selection of 30.

Bolton's fans left Berkshire in good spirits however as goals from skipper Kevin Nolan and fit-again striker Heidar Helguson gave Wanderers their first away win in the league for 10 months.

It also lifted them above a number of other strugglers, including Reading, although they are still only four points clear of third-from-bottom Birmingham.