sentences:  Church made his full first team debut for Reading in the play-off semi-final second leg defeat to Burnley on 12 May 2009.With the departures of Doyle and Kitson, he became more of a regular in the first team and soon claimed a starting place at the expense of Long.On 19 September, he scored his first league goal in only his fourth start in a 3–2 defeat to Peterborough United and dedicated it to his father who died earlier that month.