Matthew Taylor's clumsy challenge on Freddie Ljungberg might have led to a penalty, but no foul was given and the Swede was booked for complaining to referee Uriah Rennie.
Stir in a high-minded wife (Marin Ireland), a sluttish but good-hearted starlet (Rachel Brosnahan), a school-of-Uriah-Heep agent (Chip Zien) and a thuggish studio fixer (Reg Rogers) and you get .
The rock emphasis of the final day is a nod to Reading's past in the late 1970s and 1980s - when bands like Uriah Heep, Whitesnake and Iron Maiden could be found on the festival's stages.
But Steve Coppell's side had referee Uriah Rennie to thank when he chose to book Johnson rather than award a penalty before the break when the midfielder seemed to be caught by Ivar Ingimarsson inside the area.