1991–92 Reading F.C. season

Reading
1991–92 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Mark McGhee ; (Player Manager)
Stadium	Elm Park
Third Division	12th
FA Cup	R3
League Cup	R1
League Trophy	Southern Prilimary Group 3
Top goalscorer	Craig Maskell (16)

During the 1991–92 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. It was their first season with Mark McGhee as their player-manager and they finished in 12th place in the league. They also reached Round 3 of the FA Cup, Round 1 of the League Cup and the Southern Primarily Group of the League Trophy.

Players

First-team squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Steve Francis
		GK	Danny Honey
		GK	John Keeley (on loan from Oldham Athletic)
		GK	Jim Leighton (on loan from Manchester United)
		DF	Nathan Fealey
		DF	Linden Jones
		DF	David Lee (on loan from Chelsea)
		DF	Keith McPherson
		DF	Steve Richardson
		DF	Floyd Streete
		DF	Adrian Williams^{[notes 1]}
		MF	Danny Bailey
		MF	David Bass
		MF	Kevin Dillon
		MF	Michael Gilkes^{[notes 2]}

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Aaron Giamettei
		MF	Mick Gooding
		MF	Mark Holzman
		MF	Scott Taylor
		FW	Lea Barkus
		FW	Gerry Britton (on loan from Celtic)
		FW	Andy Gray
		FW	Dave Leworthy
		FW	Stuart Lovell
		FW	Craig Maskell
		FW	Mark McGhee (player-manager)
		FW	David Robinson
		FW	Trevor Senior
			Chris Seymour

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
	MF	Allan Cockram	Woking
10 May 1991	FW	Mark McGhee	IK Brage
1 July 1991^[1]	MF	Neale Cooper	Aberdeen
26 March 1992^[2]	FW	David Robinson	Newcastle United	Free
	FW	Steve Archibald	Clyde

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
	DF	Martin Hicks	Birmingham City
	FW	George Friel		^[3]
29 November 1991^[1]	MF	Neale Cooper	Dunfermline Athletic
	FW	Steve Archibald	Fulham
	MF	Allan Cockram

Loans In

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
29 November 1991	6 February 1992^[4]	GK	Jim Leighton	Manchester United
6 February 1992	4 March 1992^[5]	GK	John Keeley	Oldham Athletic
30 January 1992	25 March 1992^[6]	DF	David Lee	Swindon Town
30 October 1991	3 March 1992^[7]	DF	Steve Morrow	Arsenal
		MF	David Byrne	Watford
		FW	Gerry Britton	Celtic

Loans Out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
30 March 1991^[8]	30 April 1991^[8]	FW		Dave Leworthy	Colchester United^[9]

Competitions

Division Three

Results

17 August 1991 1	Reading	0 – 1	Hull City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

24 August 1991 2	Hartlepool United	0 – 2	Reading	Hartlepool
				Stadium: Victoria Park

31 August 1991 3	Reading	3 – 2	Bury	Reading
	Senior McPherson McGhee			Stadium: Elm Park

3 September 1991 4	Swansea City	1 – 2	Reading	Swansea
			D.Byrne Senior	Stadium: Vetch Field

7 September 1991 5	Reading	1 – 1	Birmingham City	Reading
	D.Byrne			Stadium: Elm Park

14 September 191 6	Brentford	1 – 0	Reading	Brentford
				Stadium: Griffin Park

17 September 1991 7	Torquay United	1 – 2	Reading	Torquay
			Senior M.Holzman	Stadium: Plainmoor

21 September 1991 8	Reading	1 – 2	Bradford City	Reading
	Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

28 September 1991 9	Exeter City	2 – 1	Reading	Exeter
			Lovell	Stadium: St James Park

5 October 1991 10	Reading	0 – 0	Bournemouth	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

11 October 1991 11	Wigan Athletic	1 – 1	Reading	Wigan
			Cockram	Stadium: Springfield Park

19 October 1991 12	Reading	1 – 1	Peterborough United	Reading
	Dillon .' (pen.)			Stadium: Elm Park

26 October 1991 13	Shrewsbury Town	1 – 2	Reading	Shrewsbury
			Dillon Taylor	Stadium: Gay Meadow

2 November 1991 14	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Reading	Bolton
			Gooding	Stadium: Burnden Park

5 November 1991 15	Reading	2 – 2	Darlington	Reading
	Maskell Williams			Stadium: Elm Park

9 November 1991 16	Reading	1 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Reading
	Taylor			Stadium: Elm Park

23 November 1991 17	Chester City	2 – 2	Reading	Macclesfield¹
			Maskell .' (pen.)	Stadium: Moss Rose

30 November 1991 18	Reading	1 – 1	Stockport County	Reading
	Maskell			Stadium: Elm Park

20 December 1991 19	Reading	0 – 1	Hartlepool United	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

26 December 1991 20	Bury	0 – 1	Reading	Bury
			Maskell	Stadium: Gigg Lane

28 December 1991 21	Hull City	0 – 1	Reading	Hull
			Senior	Stadium: Boothferry Park

1 January 1992 22	Reading	1 – 0	Swansea City	Reading
	Senior			Stadium: Elm Park

11 January 1992 23	Reading	1 – 0	Huddersfield Town	Reading
	Senior			Stadium: Elm Park

18 January 1992 24	Stoke City	3 – 0	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
				Stadium: Victoria Ground

1 February 1992 25	Peterborough United	5 – 3	Reading	Peterborough
			Richardson D.Lee Maskell .' (pen.)	Stadium: London Road Stadium

8 February 1992 26	Reading	2 – 1	Shrewsbury Town	Reading
	D.Lee Senior			Stadium: Elm Park

11 February 1992 27	Stockport County	1 – 0	Reading	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park

15 February 1992 28	Reading	0 – 2	Fulham	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

22 February 1992 29	Huddersfield Town	1 – 2	Reading	Huddersfield
			D.Lee Williams	Stadium: Leeds Road

29 February 1992 30	Reading	2 – 2	Preston North End	Reading
	D.Lee			Stadium: Elm Park

4 March 1992 31	Reading	3 – 4	Stoke City	Reading
	Lovell Williams Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

7 March 1992 32	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Reading	Leyton
			Maskell	Stadium: Brisbane Road

10 March 1992 33	Darlington	2 – 4	Reading	Darlington
			Maskell Cork .' (o.g.)	Stadium: Feethams

14 March 1992 34	Reading	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Reading
	Brown .' (o.g.)			Stadium: Elm Park

21 March 1992 35	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 0	Reading	West Bromwich
				Stadium: The Hawthorns

28 March 1992 36	Reading	0 – 0	Chester City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

1 April 1992 37	Reading	0 – 0	Brentford	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

4 April 1992 38	Birmingham City	2 – 0	Reading	Birmingham
				Stadium: St Andrew's

7 April 1992 39	Fulham	1 – 0	Reading	Fulham
				Stadium: Craven Cottage

11 April 1992 40	Reading	6 – 1	Torquay United	Reading
	Dillon Lovell Barkus McGhee Maskell			Stadium: Elm Park

14 April 1992 41	Preston North End	1 – 1	Reading	Preston
			Maskell	Stadium: Deepdale

18 April 1992 42	Bradford City	1 – 0	Reading	Bradford
				Stadium: Valley Parade

20 April 1992 43	Reading	1 – 0	Exeter City	Reading
	McGhee			Stadium: Elm Park

25 April 1992 44	Bournemouth	3 – 2	Reading	Bournemouth
			Watson .' (o.g.) Williams	Stadium: Dean Court

29 April 1992 45	Reading	3 – 2	Leyton Orient	Reading
	Maskell McGhee			Stadium: Elm Park

2 May 1992 46	Reading	3 – 2	Wigan Athletic	Reading
	Maskell McGhee Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Brentford	46	17	2	4	55	29	8	5	10	26	26	81	55	+26	82
2	Birmingham City	46	15	6	2	42	22	8	6	9	27	30	69	52	+17	81
3	Huddersfield Town	46	15	4	4	36	15	7	8	8	23	23	59	38	+21	78
4	Stoke City	46	14	5	4	45	24	7	9	7	24	25	69	59	+10	77
5	Stockport County	46	15	5	3	47	19	7	5	11	28	32	75	49	+26	76
6	Peterborough United	46	13	7	3	38	20	7	7	9	27	38	65	58	+13	74	^[10]
7	West Bromwich Albion	46	12	6	5	45	25	7	8	8	19	24	64	49	+15	71
8	Bournemouth	46	13	4	6	33	18	7	7	9	19	30	52	48	+4	71
9	Fulham	46	11	7	5	29	16	8	6	9	28	37	57	53	+4	70
10	Leyton Orient	46	12	7	4	36	18	6	4	13	26	34	62	52	+10	65
11	Hartlepool United	46	12	5	6	30	21	6	6	11	27	36	57	57	±0	65
12	Reading	46	9	8	6	33	27	7	5	11	26	35	59	62	– 3	61
13	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	9	4	26	19	4	8	11	31	37	57	56	+1	59
14	Hull City	46	9	4	10	28	23	7	7	9	26	31	54	54	±0	59
15	Wigan Athletic	46	11	6	6	33	21	4	8	11	25	43	58	64	– 6	59
16	Bradford City	46	8	10	5	36	30	5	9	9	26	31	62	61	+1	58
17	Preston North End	46	12	7	4	42	32	3	5	15	19	40	61	72	– 11	57
18	Chester City	46	10	6	7	34	29	4	8	11	22	30	56	59	– 3	56
19	Swansea City	46	10	9	4	35	24	4	5	14	20	41	55	65	– 10	56
20	Exeter City	46	11	7	5	34	25	3	4	16	23	55	57	80	– 23	53
21	Bury	46	8	7	8	31	31	5	5	13	24	43	55	74	– 19	51
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	7	9	30	31	5	4	14	23	37	53	68	– 15	47
23	Torquay United	46	13	3	7	29	19	0	5	18	13	49	42	68	– 26	47
24	Darlington	46	5	5	13	31	39	5	2	16	25	51	56	90	– 34	37

FA Cup

16 November 1991 1st Round	Slough Town	3 – 3	Reading	Slough
			Williams Gooding Taylor	Stadium: Holloways Park

27 November 1991 1st Round Replay	Reading	2 – 1	Slough Town	Reading
	Williams Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

7 December 1991 2nd Round	Peterborough United	0 – 0	Reading	Peterborough
				Stadium: London Road Stadium

17 December 1991 2nd Round Replay	Reading	1 – 0	Peterborough United	Reading
	Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

4 January 1992 3rd Round	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Reading	Bolton
	Philliskirk			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 7,301

League Cup

21 August 1991 1st Round 1st Leg	Cambridge United	1 – 0	Reading	Cambridge
				Stadium: Abbey Stadium

28 August 1991 1st Round 2nd Leg	Reading	0 – 3 (0 – 4 agg.)	Cambridge United	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Autoglass Trophy

22 October 1991 Southern Primarily Group 3	Leyton Orient	1 – 0	Reading	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,052^[11]

20 November 1991 Southern Primarily Group 3	Northampton Town	2 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Reading	Northampton
				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,151

Squad statistics

^[12]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Steve Francis	37	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	GK		Danny Honey	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Nathan Fealey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Linden Jones	32	0	28+1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Keith McPherson	53	1	44	1	5	0	2	0	2	0
	DF		Steve Richardson	46	1	38	1	5	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Floyd Streete	41	0	34	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Adrian Williams	48	6	40	4	5	2	2	0	1	0
	MF		Danny Bailey	27	0	23+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		David Bass	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Kevin Dillon	33	3	29	3	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF		Aaron Giamettei	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Michael Gilkes	27	0	19+1	0	4	0	1+1	0	1	0
	MF		Mick Gooding	49	4	39+1	3	5	1	2	0	2	0
	MF		Mark Holzman	22	1	11+5	1	2	0	2	0	2	0
	MF		Scott Taylor	34	3	22+7	2	1	1	1+1	0	2	0
	FW		Lea Barkus	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Gerry Britton	4	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy Gray	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Dave Leworthy	9	0	3+3	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
	FW		Stuart Lovell	30	6	16+8	4	2+2	2	0	0	1+1	0
	FW		Craig Maskell	40	16	29+5	16	5	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Mark McGhee	37	5	23+9	5	1	0	1+1	0	2	0
	FW		David Robinson	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trevor Senior	28	7	20+5	7	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
			Chris Seymour	6	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
	GK		John Keeley	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Jim Leighton	11	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		David Lee	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Steve Morrow	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		David Byrne	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Allan Cockram	8	1	2+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Neale Cooper	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Steve Archibald	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

^[12]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	Craig Maskell	16	0	16
2	FW	Trevor Senior	7	0	7
3	FW	Stuart Lovell	4	2	6
3	DF	Adrian Williams	4	2	6
5		David Lee	5	0	5
5	FW	Mark McGhee	5	0	5
7	MF	Mick Gooding	3	1	4
8	FW	Kevin Dillon	3	0	3
		Own goal	3	0	3
	MF	Scott Taylor	2	1	3
11	MF	David Byrne	2	0	2
12	FW	Lea Barkus	1	0	1
	MF	Allan Cockram	1	0	1
	MF	Mark Holzman	1	0	1
	DF	Keith McPherson	1	0	1
	DF	Steve Richardson	1	0	1
		TOTALS	59	6	68

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1991–92 was manufactured by Matchwinner, and the main sponsor was HAT Painting.

1991–92 home colours

1991–92 away colours

References

Chester City ground shared with Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose, after leaving The Stadium.

1 2 "Neale Cooper". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "David Robinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "George Friel". readingfcformerplayers. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "Jim Leighton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "John Keeley". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "David Lee". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "Steve Morrow". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
1 2 "Player profile – David Leworthy". coludata. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "David Leworthy". readingfcformerplayers. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ Peterborough United won the play-offs and were promoted.
↑ "Reading's results from season 1991/1992". Reading-Mad. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
1 2 "Season 1991-92". royalsrecord. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

Notes

↑ Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and would make his international debut for Wales in 1995.
↑ Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.

External links

Soccerbase.com

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[Neale_Cooper-3] 1 2 "Neale Cooper". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[4] "David Robinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[5] "George Friel". readingfcformerplayers. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[6] "Jim Leighton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[7] "John Keeley". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[8] "David Lee". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[9] "Steve Morrow". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[David_Leworthy-10] 1 2 "Player profile – David Leworthy". coludata. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[11] "David Leworthy". readingfcformerplayers. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[12] Peterborough United won the play-offs and were promoted.

[13] "Reading's results from season 1991/1992". Reading-Mad. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[Season_1991–92_Stats-14] 1 2 "Season 1991-92". royalsrecord. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[1] Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and would make his international debut for Wales in 1995.

[2] Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.