2001–02 Reading F.C. season

Reading

2001–02 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Alan Pardew
Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	Second round vs York City
League Cup	Third round vs Aston Villa
League Trophy	Quarter-final vs Barnet
Top goalscorer	League: Nicky Forster (18) All: Nicky Forster (18)
Home colours

The 2001–02 season was Reading's fourth season in Division Two, following their relegation from the division One in 1998. It was Alan Pardew's third season as manager of the club. Reading finished the season in second place, earning promotion back to the First Division. In the FA Cup, Reading where knocked out by York City after the second round for the second year running, whilst in the League Cup, Aston Villa defeated Reading over in the third round. Reading also reached the Quarterfinals of the League Trophy, before defeat to Barnet.

Season review

See also Nationwide League Division Two

Squad

As of match played 20 April 2002

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age[a])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Phil Whitehead		GK	(1969-12-17)17 December 1969 (aged 32)	West Bromwich Albion	1999		104	0
21	Jamie Ashdown		GK	(1980-11-30)30 November 1980 (aged 21)	Academy	1998		5	0
30	Frank Talia		GK	(1972-07-20)20 July 1972 (aged 29)	Royal Antwerp	2002[1]	2002[1]	0	0
	Antony Malessa		GK	(1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 21)	Oxford United	2001[2]		0	0
Defenders
2	Graeme Murty	[b]	DF	(1974-11-13)13 November 1974 (aged 27)	York City	1998		107	1
3	Matthew Robinson		DF	(1974-12-23)23 December 1974 (aged 27)	Portsmouth	2000		75	0
5	Adi Viveash		DF	(1969-09-30)30 September 1969 (aged 32)	Walsall	2000[3]	2003[3]	86	4
8	Ady Williams	[c]	DF	(1971-09-16)16 September 1971 (aged 30)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2000[3]	2003[3]
18	Adrian Whitbread		DF	(1971-10-22)22 October 1971 (aged 30)	loan from Portsmouth	2001[4]	2003[4]	37	0
23	John Mackie		DF	(1976-07-05)5 July 1976 (aged 25)	Sutton United	1999		47	2
25	Ricky Newman		DF	(1970-08-05)5 August 1970 (aged 31)	Millwall	2000[5]		51	2
26	Alex Smith		DF	(1976-02-15)15 February 1976 (aged 26)	Port Vale	2001[6]	2003[6]	17	3
27	Ricky Allaway		DF	(1983-02-12)12 February 1983 (aged 19)	Academy	1999		0	0
28	Nicky Shorey		DF	(1981-02-19)19 February 1981 (aged 21)	Leyton Orient	2001[7]	2004[7]	38	0
32	Leo Roget		DF	(1977-08-01)1 August 1977 (aged 24)	loan from Stockport County	2002[8]	2002[9]	1	0
Midfielders
4	Keith Jones		MF	(1965-10-14)14 October 1965 (aged 36)	Charlton Athletic	2000[3]	2002[3]	45	1
6	Kevin Watson		MF	(1974-01-03)3 January 1974 (aged 28)	Rotherham United	2002		12	1
7	Tony Rougier		MF	(1971-07-17)17 July 1971 (aged 30)	Port Vale	2000[10]	2003[10]	77	3
11	Andrew Hughes		MF	(1978-01-02)2 January 1978 (aged 24)	Notts County	2001[4]	2004[4]	42	6
14	Sammy Igoe		MF	(1975-09-30)30 September 1975 (aged 26)	Portsmouth	2000		87	7
15	James Harper		MF	(1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 21)	Arsenal	200[11]	2005[11]	46	2
16	Phil Parkinson		MF	(1967-12-01)1 December 1967 (aged 34)	Bury	1992		419	24
17	Neil Smith		MF	(1971-09-30)30 September 1971 (aged 30)	Fulham	1999		77	4
19	Joe Gamble		MF	(1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 20)	Cork City	2000		13	0
29	John Salako	[d]	MF	(1969-02-11)11 February 1969 (aged 33)	Charlton Athletic	2001[12]	2003[12]	32	6
45	Adam Campion		MF	(1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (aged 19)	Academy	2001		0	0
	Steve Warren		MF	(1983-09-27)27 September 1983 (aged 18)	Crystal Palace	2002		0	0
Forwards
9	Martin Butler		FW	(1974-09-15)15 September 1974 (aged 27)	Cambridge United	2000		91	34
10	Nicky Forster		FW	(1973-09-08)8 September 1973 (aged 28)	Birmingham City	1999		103	30
12	Jamie Cureton		FW	(1975-08-28)28 August 1975 (aged 26)	Bristol Rovers	2000[13]	2003[13]	95	46
20	Bas Savage		FW	(1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 20)	Academy	2001		1	0
22	Nathan Tyson		FW	(1982-05-04)4 May 1982 (aged 19)	Academy	1999		5	0
24	Darius Henderson		FW	(1981-09-07)7 September 1981 (aged 20)	Academy	1999		57	11
31	Michael Branch		FW	(1978-10-18)18 October 1978 (aged 23)	loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers	2002[14]	2002[14]	2	0
Out on loan
Left during the season
6	Barry Hunter		DF	(1968-11-18)18 November 1968 (aged 33)	Wrexham	1996		100	6
20	Chris Casper		DF	(1975-04-28)28 April 1975 (aged 26)	Manchester United	1998		55	0
29	Adam Lockwood		DF	(1981-10-26)26 October 1981 (aged 20)	Academy	1999		0	0
31	Marcus Hahnemann		GK	(1972-06-15)15 June 1972 (aged 29)	loan from Fulham	2001[15]	2002[16]	6	0
31	Ben Roberts		GK	(1975-06-22)22 June 1975 (aged 26)	loan from Charlton Athletic	2002[17]	2002[17]	6	0

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  NIR Barry Hunter (to Rushden & Diamonds) 20 DF  ENG Chris Casper (Retired) 29 DF  ENG Adam Lockwood (to Yeovil Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  USA Marcus Hahnemann (loan return to Fulham) 31 GK  ENG Ben Roberts (loan return to Charlton Athletic)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2001	DF		Adrian Whitbread	Portsmouth	Free	[4]
5 July 2001	MF		Andy Hughes	Notts County	£250,000 (by a tribunal)	[4][18]
18 July 2001	DF		Alex Smith	Port Vale	Bosman	[6][19]
30 November 2001	GK		Antony Malessa	Oxford United	Free	[2]
28 January 2002	MF		John Salako	Charlton Athletic	£50,000	[12]
13 March 2002	GK		Frank Talia	Royal Antwerp	Free	[1][20]
15 March 2002	MF		Kevin Watson	Rotherham United	£150,000	[20]
10 April 2002	MF		Steve Warren	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	[21]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 November 2001	MF		John Salako	Charlton Athletic	27 January 2001	[22]
2 November 2001	MF		Kevin Watson	Rotherham United	2 December 2001	[22]
12 December 2001	GK		Marcus Hahnemann	Fulham	14 January 2002	[15][16]
17 January 2002	GK		Ben Roberts	Charlton Athletic	14 February 2002	[17]
13 February 2002	DF		Leo Roget	Stockport County	End of Season	[8][9]
21 March 2002	FW		Michael Branch	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of Season	[14][20]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
13 September 2001	DF		Barry Hunter	Rushden & Diamonds	Free
16 October 2001	DF		Adam Lockwood	Yeovil Town	Free

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
20 September 2001	DF		Adam Lockwood	Yeovil Town	One Month	[23]
11 January 2002	GK		Antony Malessa	Shrewsbury Town	11 February 2002

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 January 2002	DF		Chris Casper	Retired[24]
24 April 2002[25]	DF		Matthew Robinson	Oxford United
24 April 2002[25]	MF		Keith Jones	Retired
24 April 2002[25]	MF		Neil Smith	Stevenage
30 June 2002	GK		Antony Malessa

Trial

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name
21 November 2001[26]	28 November 2001[26]	GK		Chad Harpur

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division Two	—	—	2nd	11 August 2001	20 April 2002
FL Cup	1st round	—	3rd round	10 October 2001	21 August 2001
FA Cup	1st round	—	2R	17 November 2001	8 December 2001
FL Trophy	2nd round	—	QF	30 October 2001	4 December 2001

Updated to match played 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Division Two

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84	12	7	4	36	20	+16	11	8	4	34	23	+11

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D
Position	4	3	4	3	7	10	6	5	8	9	11	14	11	9	11	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

Source: Reading FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

Main article: 2001–02_in_English_football § Nationwide_League_Division_Two

Blackpool v Reading

11 August 2001	Blackpool	0–2	Reading	Bloomfield Road
15:00		Report	Parkinson 31' Forster 75'	Attendance: 5,613

Reading v Huddersfield Town

18 August 2001	Reading	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster 8'	Report		Attendance: 11,915

Queens Park Rangers v Reading

25 August 2001	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Reading	Loftus Road
15:00		Report		Attendance: 13,829

Port Vale v Reading

1 September 2001	Port Vale	0–2	Reading	Vale Park
15:00		Report	Cureton 45', 62'	Attendance: 5,196

Reading v Cardiff City

8 September 2001	Reading	1–2	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Smith 32' Parkinson  82'	Report	Fortune-West 13', 36'	Attendance: 13,017

Stoke City v Reading

15 September 2001	Stoke City	2–0	Reading	Britannia Stadium
15:00	Guðjónsson 25' Cooke 28'	Report		Attendance: 11,752

Reading v Cambridge United

18 September 2001	Reading	1–0	Cambridge United	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Harper 63'	Report		Attendance: 8,348

Reading v Wycombe Wanderers

22 September 2001	Reading	2–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Williams 16' Henderson 18'	Report	Holligan  1'  60'	Attendance: 13,565

Bournemouth v Reading

25 September 2001	Bournemouth	1–0	Reading	Dean Court
19:45	Hayter 71'	Report		Attendance: 3,691

Reading v Bury

29 September 2001	Reading	1–1	Bury	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Igoe 45+2'	Report	Lawson 90'	Attendance: 10,035

Colchester United v Reading

5 October 2001	Colchester United	2–0	Reading	Layer Road
19:45	Rapley 8' McGleish 26'	Report		Attendance: 3,691

Reading v Swindon Town

13 October 2001	Reading	1–3	Swindon Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Henderson 80'	Report	Grazioli 38' Invincibile 52' Kuffour 87'	Attendance: 14,389

Notts County v Reading

20 October 2001	Notts County	3–4	Reading	Meadow Lane
15:00	Allsopp 7', 68' (pen.) Grayson 84'	Report	Hughes 4' Cureton 13', 43' Smith 49'	Attendance: 5,604

Oldham Athletic v Reading

23 October 2001	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Reading	Boundary Park
19:45		Report	Cureton 19'	Attendance: 4,901

Reading v Brentford

27 October 2001	Reading	1–2	Brentford	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Butler 53' (pen.)	Report	Ingimarsson 69' Price 73'	Attendance: 14,680

Northampton Town v Reading

3 November 2001	Northampton Town	0–2	Reading	Sixfields Stadium
15:00		Report	Cureton 52' Butler 90'	Attendance: 5,162

Reading v Wrexham

6 November 2001	Reading	2–0	Wrexham	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Forster 69' Henderson 89'	Report		Attendance: 8,081

Reading v Bristol City

10 November 2001	Reading	3–2	Bristol City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Mackie 12' Lever 44' (o.g.) Salako 51'	Report	Murty 34' (o.g.) Thorpe 59'	Attendance: 14,060

Reading v Tranmere Rovers

20 November 2001	Reading	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Smith 25' Forster 38', 61' Henderson 90+2'	Report	N'Diaye  22' Price 77'	Attendance: 9,007

Peterborough United v Reading

24 November 2001	Peterborough United	1–2	Reading	London Road Stadium
15:00	Clarke 6' Edwards  57'  71'	Report	Henderson 83', 90+4'	Attendance: 5,695

Reading v Chesterfield

1 December 2001	Reading	0–1	Chesterfield	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report	Howard 10'	Attendance: 11,209

Reading v Wigan Athletic

22 December 2001	Reading	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Salako 6'	Report	Haworth 57'	Attendance: 15,808

Cardiff City v Reading

26 December 2001	Cardiff City	2–2	Reading	Ninian Park
12:00	Earnshaw 29', 67'	Report	Forster 56' Salako 78'	Attendance: 16,708

Wrexham v Reading

29 December 2001	Wrexham	0–2	Reading	Racecourse Ground
15:00		Report	Forster 30' Salako 66'	Attendance: 3,885

Reading v Port Vale

1 January 2002	Reading	2–0	Port Vale	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Cureton 83' (pen.), 89'	Report		Attendance: 10,743

Reading v Queens Park Rangers

5 January 2002	Reading	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Hughes 57'	Report		Attendance: 19,329

Huddersfield Town v Reading

12 January 2002	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Reading	McAlpine Stadium
15:00		Report	Forster 56'	Attendance: 10,775

Reading v Blackpool

19 January 2002	Reading	3–0	Blackpool	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster 20', 22', 50'	Report		Attendance: 13,732

Wigan Athletic v Reading

22 January 2002	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Reading	JJB Stadium
19:45		Report	Hughes 24' Forster 42'	Attendance: 5,536

Reading v Colchester United

26 January 2002	Reading	3–0	Colchester United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster 38' (pen.), 69' Hughes 48'	Report		Attendance: 12,743

Bury v Reading

2 February 2002	Bury	1–1	Reading	Gigg Lane
15:00	Newby 21'	Report	Salako 78'	Attendance: 3,667

Reading v Notts County

9 February 2002	Reading	2–1	Notts County	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Garden 23' (o.g.) Cureton 90+3'	Report	Liburd 18'	Attendance: 13,564

Brighton & Hove Albion v Reading

11 February 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Reading	Withdean Stadium
19:45	Zamora 60' Melton 64' Lewis 88'	Report	Cureton 90+1'	Attendance: 6,756

Swindon Town v Reading

14 February 2002	Swindon Town	0–0	Reading	The County Ground
19:45	McAreavey  88' Reeves  93'	Report	Igoe  20'  44'	Attendance: 9,264

Reading v Stoke City

23 February 2002	Reading	1–0	Stoke City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Cureton 51'	Report		Attendance: 21,032

Wycombe Wanderers v Reading

26 February 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Reading	Adams Park
20:00^1		Report	Cureton 67' Henderson 90+1'	Attendance: 9,250

Cambridge United v Reading

2 March 2002	Cambridge United	2–2	Reading	Abbey Stadium
15:00	Kitson 14' Youngs 32'	Report	Viveash 57' Forster 70'	Attendance: 3,841

Reading v Bournemouth

5 March 2002	Reading	2–2	Bournemouth	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Cureton 5' Hughes 80'	Report	Hayter 48' Holmes 71'	Attendance: 13,538

Reading v Brighton & Hove Albion

9 March 2002	Reading	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 22,009

Chesterfield v Reading

16 March 2002	Chesterfield	0–2	Reading	Recreation Ground
15:00		Report	Forster 30' Cureton 45'	Attendance: 5,145

Reading v Oldham Athletic

23 March 2002	Reading	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Mackie 8' Parkinson 46'	Report	Duxbury 31' Smart 75'	Attendance: 15,191

Bristol City v Reading

30 March 2002	Bristol City	3–3	Reading	Ashton Gate
15:00	Peacock 6' Bell 13' (pen.) Robinson 59'	Report	Hughes 2' Forster 5' (pen.) Watson 14'	Attendance: 15,609

Reading v Northampton Town

1 April 2002	Reading	0–0	Northampton Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 16,495

Tranmere Rovers v Reading

7 April 2002	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Reading	Prenton Park
	Barlow 41' Haworth 48'	Report	Rougier 49' Salako 72'	Attendance: 9,282

Reading v Peterborough United

13 April 2002	Reading	2–2	Peterborough United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster 72', 79'	Report	Matthew Gill 29' McKenzie 83'	Attendance: 22,151

Brentford v Reading

20 April 2002	Brentford	1–1	Reading	Griffin Park
15:00	Rowlands 51'	[1]	Cureton 77'	Attendance: 11,303

Notes

• Kick-off delayed until 20:00 from 19:45

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P)	46	25	15	6	66	42	+24	90	Promotion to Football League First Division
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City (O, P)	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80

Source: ^[27]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Reading v Welling United

17 November 2001 First round	Reading	1–0	Welling United	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cureton 61' N.Smith	Report	Overton  45' D.Powell Lindsey	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,338 Referee: G.Hegley

York City v Reading

8 December 2001 Second round	York City	2–0	Reading	York
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Richardson 3' Potter 42' Cooper Proctor	Report	Murty	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,161 Referee: B.Curson

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Reading v Luton Town

21 August 2001 First round	Reading	4–0	Luton Town	Reading
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Henderson 38', 90' Parkinson 45' A.Smith 51'	Report	Forbes Hughes	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,115 Referee: D.R.Crick

Reading v West Ham United

11 September 2001 Second round	Reading	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 p)	West Ham United	Reading
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Minto Song	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 21,173 Referee: Bill Jordan
	Penalties
	A.Smith Murty Rougier Harper Igoe Henderson Viveash		Hutchison Courtois Carrick Sinclair Defoe Dailly Minto

Aston Villa v Reading

10 October 2001 Third round	Aston Villa	1–0	Reading	Birmingham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Dublin 45' Wright Hadji Boateng	Report	Parkinson	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,431 Referee: Matt Messias

League Trophy South

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Trophy

Reading v Colchester United

30 October 2001 Second round	Reading	2–1	Colchester United	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)	N.Smith 50' Henderson 72'	Report	Stockwell 77'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,725 Referee: A.R.Hall

Barnet v Reading

4 December 2001 Quarterfinal	Barnet	4–1	Reading	Chipping Barnet
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Strevens 14', 78' Arber 29' Berkley 90' Gledhill	Report	Henderson 15'  44'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,171 Referee: Bill Jordan

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 April 2002^[28]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Phil Whitehead	37	0	33	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Graeme Murty	48	0	43	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Matthew Robinson	16	0	14	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Keith Jones	17	0	10+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Adi Viveash	24	1	18	1	2	0	1+1	0	2	0
6	MF	ENG	Kevin Watson	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	TRI	Tony Rougier	39	1	20+13	1	1	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
8	DF	WAL	Ady Williams	40	1	33+2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Martin Butler	19	2	14+3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Nicky Forster	47	18	36+6	18	1	0	2	0	2	0
11	MF	ENG	Andy Hughes	42	6	34+5	6	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	FW	ENG	Jamie Cureton	42	16	24+14	15	2	1	1+1	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Sammy Igoe	41	1	27+8	1	0+2	0	2	0	1+1	0
15	MF	ENG	James Harper	32	1	19+7	1	1	0	3	0	1+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Phil Parkinson	37	3	32+1	2	0	0	3	1	0+1	0
17	MF	ENG	Neil Smith	17	2	3+11	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
18	DF	ENG	Adrian Whitbread	18	0	14	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
19	MF	IRL	Joe Gamble	10	0	2+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	2	0
20	FW	ENG	Bas Savage	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Jamie Ashdown	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW	ENG	Nathan Tyson	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
23	DF	ENG	John Mackie	31	2	27	2	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	FW	ENG	Darius Henderson	45	11	2+36	7	1+1	0	1+2	2	2	2
26	DF	ENG	Alex Smith	17	3	12+1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
28	DF	ENG	Nicky Shorey	38	0	32	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
29	MF	ENG	John Salako	32	6	31	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW	ENG	Michael Branch	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Leo Roget	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading and left during the season:
31	GK	USA	Marcus Hahnemann	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Ben Roberts	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Division Two	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	FW		10	Nicky Forster	18	0	0	0	18
2	FW		12	Jamie Cureton	15	0	1	0	16
3	FW		24	Darius Henderson	7	0	2	2	11
4	MF		29	John Salako	6	0	0	0	6
	MF		11	Andrew Hughes	6	0	0	0	6
6	DF		26	Alex Smith	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		16	Phil Parkinson	2	0	1	0	3
				Own goal	3	0	0	0	3
9	FW		9	Martin Butler	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		23	John Mackie	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		17	Neil Smith	1	0	0	1	2
12	MF		15	James Harper	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		8	Ady Williams	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		14	Sammy Igoe	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Adi Viveash	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Kevin Watson	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		7	Tony Rougier	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					70	1	4	3	78

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Division Two	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	GK		1	Phil Whitehead	15	1	2	0	18
2	GK		31	Marcus Hahnemann	4	0	0	0	0
3	GK		31	Ben Roberts	3	0	0	0	0
TOTALS					22	1	2	0	18

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
2		DF	Graeme Murty	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Matthew Robinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		MF	Keith Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Adi Viveash	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Kevin Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Tony Rougier	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		DF	Ady Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Martin Butler	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Nicky Forster	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
11		MF	Andrew Hughes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
12		FW	Jamie Cureton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Sammy Igoe	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
15		MF	James Harper	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Phil Parkinson	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	1
17		MF	Neil Smith	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
18		DF	Adrian Whitbread	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Joe Gamble	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	John Mackie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24		FW	Darius Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
26		DF	Alex Smith	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
28		DF	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29		MF	John Salako	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				67	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	72	3

Notes

1. Age as of the end of the season
2. Graeme Murty was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father, going on to make his debut for Scotland in 2004.
3. Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and would make his international debut for Wales on 23 May 1994.
4. John Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally, making his international debut for England in 1991.

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