1994–95 Reading F.C. season

Reading
1994–95 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Mark McGhee ; (until 14 December); Mick Gooding & Jimmy Quinn; (player-managers from 4 January)
Stadium	Elm Park
First Division	2nd (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Stuart Lovell 12; All: Stuart Lovell 15

Coordinates: 51°27′10″N 1°0′8.7″W / 51.45278°N 1.002417°W / 51.45278; -1.002417

During the 1994–95 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division the previous season.

Season summary

Manager Mark McGhee left Reading in December to take over at Premiership strugglers Leicester City. Players Jimmy Quinn, Mick Gooding, Adrian Williams and Jeff Hopkins acted as caretakers until January, when Quinn and Gooding were named as full-time player-managers. The inexperienced duo surprised many to lead Reading to second in the First Division. In any other season this would have been enough for promotion to the Premier League, but, due to restructuring of the league, only two teams would be awarded promotion, and therefore Reading entered the play-offs. After beating Tranmere Rovers 3-1 on aggregate (3-1 and 0-0 over two legs) they travelled to Wembley to face Bolton Wanderers. Reading were 2-0 up within 12 minutes and appeared certain to be playing top-flight football for the first time in their history next season, but Bolton fought back to score twice in the last 15 minutes to take the game to extra time. To the horror of Reading fans, Bolton scored twice more in extra time to lead 4-2. Although player-manager Jimmy Quinn, on as a second-half substitute, pulled one back in the 119th minute, Bolton held on to win and sealed promotion to the Premier League at Reading's expense. Following the final defeat, it would be 11 years before Reading finally experienced top-flight football.

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	Shaka Hislop^[1]
		GK	Simon Sheppard
		DF	Darren Barnard (loan from Chelsea)^[2]
		DF	Andy Bernal
		DF	Jeff Hopkins
		DF	Dylan Kerr
		DF	Keith McPherson
		DF	Adi Viveash (loan from Swindon Town)
		DF	Dariusz Wdowczyk
		DF	Adrian Williams^[3]
		MF	Michael Gilkes^[4]
		MF	Mick Gooding (player-manager)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Holsgrove
		MF	Tom Jones
		MF	Jamie Lambert
		MF	Simon Osborn
		MF	Phil Parkinson
		MF	Scott Taylor
		FW	Alan Carey
		FW	Stuart Lovell
		FW	Michael Murphy
		FW	Lee Nogan
		FW	Jimmy Quinn (player-manager)
		FW	Uwe Hartenberger

Transfers

In

Position	Name	From
GK	Simon Sheppard	Watford
DF	Andy Bernal	Sydney Olympic
DF	Dariusz Wdowczyk	Celtic

Loans In

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
		DF		Darren Barnard	Chelsea

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 July 1995	DF		Ray Ranson	Retired

Competitions

Division two

Results

13 August 1994 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Reading	Molineux
	Froggatt

20 August 1994 2	Reading	0 – 0	Portsmouth	Elm Park

27 August 1994 3	Barnsley	0 – 2	Reading	Oakwell
			Osborn Taylor

30 August 1994 4	Reading	4 – 0	Stoke	Elm Park
	Lovell Kerr Taylor Gilkes

3 September 1994 5	Reading	0 – 0	Millwall	Elm Park

10 September 1994 6	Oldham Athletic	1 – 3	Reading	Boundary Park
	Richardson		Lovell ?', ?' Osborn

14 September 1994 7	Swindon Town	1 – 0	Reading	County Ground
	Scott

17 September 1994 8	Reading	1 – 0	Sheffield United	Elm Park
	Quinn

24 September 1994 9	Watford	2 – 2	Reading	Vicarage Road
	Johnson Moralee		Lovell Osborn

1 October 1994 10	Reading	2 – 0	Notts County	Elm Park
	Lovell Hartenberger

8 October 1994 11	Charlton Athletic	1 – 2	Reading	The Valley
	Robson		Osborn Gilkes

15 October 1994 12	Reading	1 – 0	Bristol City	Elm Park
	Gilkes

22 October 1994 13	Reading	0 – 2	Sunderland	Elm Park
			Melville Gray

29 October 1994 14	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 0	Reading	The Hawthorns
	Hunt Ashcroft

2 November 1994 15	Derby County	1 – 2	Reading	Pride Park
	Gabbiadini		Taylor Gilkes

5 November 1994 16	Reading	0 – 0	Burnley	Elm Park

19 November 1994 17	Southend United	4 – 1	Reading	Roots Hall
	Jones ?', ?' Bressington ?' (pen.) Thomson		Quinn

26 November 1994 18	Reading	1 – 3	Tranmere Rovers	Elm Park
	Tom Jones		Brannan Muir ?', ?'

3 December 1994 19	Sunderland	0 – 1	Reading	Roker Park
			Taylor

6 December 1994 20	Reading	1 – 1	Middlesbrough	Elm Park
	Taylor		Wilkinson ?' (pen.)

10 December 1994 21	Portsmouth	1 – 1	Reading	Fratton Park
	Creaney		Quinn

18 December 1994 22	Reading	4 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elm Park
	Quinn Osborn Gilkes ?', ?'		Quinn ?' (o.g.) Bull

26 December 1994 23	Reading	0 – 0	Millwall	Elm Park

28 December 1994 24	Port Vale	0 – 2	Reading	Vale Park
			Quinn Taylor

31 December 1994 25	Reading	1 – 1	Grimsby Town	Elm Park
	Lambert		Shakespeare

2 January 1995 26	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Reading	Burnden Park
	Coleman

14 January 1995 27	Reading	0 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Elm Park
			Hunt Donovan

21 January 1995 28	Burnley	1 – 2	Reading	Turf Moor
	Parkinson		Nogan Taylor

4 February 1995 29	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Reading	Ayresome Park
			Holsgrove

11 February 1995 30	Reading	1 – 0	Derby County	Elm Park
	Kavanagh ?' (o.g.)

18 February 1995 31	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Reading	Prenton Park
	Muir

21 February 1995 32	Reading	2 – 0	Southend United	Elm Park
	Nogan Holsgrove

25 February 1995 33	Notts County	1 – 0	Reading	Meadow Lane
	Agana

4 March 1995 34	Reading	4 – 1	Millwall	Elm Park
	Gilkes ?', ?' Holsgrove Hartenberger		Phillips

8 March 1995 35	Millwall	2 – 0	Reading	The Den
	Oldfield Williams ?' (o.g.)

11 March 1995 36	Reading	0 – 3	Barnsley	Elm Park
			O'Connell Taggart Payton

18 March 1995 37	Stoke City	0 – 1	Reading	Victoria Ground
			Taylor

21 March 1995 38	Reading	2 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Elm Park
	Nogan Lovell		Halle

25 March 1995 39	Sheffield United	1 – 1	Reading	Bramall Lane
	Blake		Nogan

1 April 1995 40	Reading	3 – 0	Swindon Town	Elm Park
	Lovell ?' (pen.), ?', ?'

8 April 1995 41	Grimsby Town	1 – 0	Reading	Blundell Park
	Livingstone

15 April 1995 42	Reading	3 – 3	Port Vale	Elm Park
	Nogan ?', ?', ?'		Naylor Porter Bogier ?' (pen.)

17 April 1995 43	Luton Town	0 – 1	Reading	Kenilworth Road
			Taylor ?' (o.g.)

21 April 1995 44	Reading	2 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Elm Park
	Lovell Nogan		Lee

29 April 1995 45	Bristol City	1 – 2	Reading	Ashton Gate
	Tinnion		Lovell Nogan

7 May 1995 46	Reading	2 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Elm Park
	Nogan Williams		Chandler

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	46	15	4	4	41	19	8	9	6	26	21	67	40	+ 27	82
2	Reading	46	12	7	4	34	21	11	3	9	24	23	58	44	+ 14	79
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	6	1	43	13	5	8	10	24	32	67	45	+ 22	77
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	5	3	39	18	6	8	9	38	43	77	61	+ 16	76
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	4	2	51	23	5	6	12	16	35	67	58	+ 9	76
6	Barnsley	46	15	6	2	42	19	5	6	12	21	33	63	52	+ 11	72
7	Watford	46	14	6	3	33	17	5	7	11	19	29	52	46	+ 6	70
8	Sheffield United	46	12	9	2	41	21	5	8	10	33	34	74	55	+ 19	68
9	Derby County	46	12	6	5	44	23	6	6	11	22	28	66	51	+ 15	66
10	Grimsby Town	46	12	7	4	36	19	5	7	11	26	37	62	56	+ 6	65
11	Stoke City	46	10	7	6	31	21	6	8	9	19	32	50	53	– 3	63
12	Millwall	46	11	8	4	36	22	5	6	12	24	38	60	60	± 0	62
13	Southend United	46	13	2	8	33	25	5	6	12	21	48	54	73	– 19	62
14	Oldham Athletic	46	12	7	4	34	21	4	6	13	26	39	60	60	± 0	61
15	Charlton Athletic	46	11	6	6	33	25	5	5	13	25	41	58	66	– 8	59
16	Luton Town	46	8	6	9	35	30	7	7	9	26	34	61	64	– 3	58
17	Port Vale	46	11	5	7	30	24	4	8	11	28	40	58	64	– 6	58
18	Portsmouth	46	9	8	6	31	28	6	5	12	22	35	53	63	– 10	58
19	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	3	7	33	24	3	7	13	18	33	51	57	– 6	58
20	Sunderland	46	5	12	6	22	22	7	6	10	19	23	41	45	– 6	54
21	Swindon Town	46	9	6	8	28	27	3	6	14	26	46	54	73	– 19	48
22	Burnley	46	8	7	8	36	33	3	6	14	13	41	49	74	– 25	46
23	Bristol City	46	8	8	7	26	28	3	4	16	16	35	42	63	– 21	45
24	Notts County	46	7	8	8	26	28	2	5	16	19	38	45	66	– 21	40

Play-offs

14 May 1995 First Leg	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Reading	Birkenhead
14:55 BST (UTC+1)	Malkin ?'	[ Report]	Lovell ?', ?' Nogan ?'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 12,207 Referee: John Kirkby

17 May 1995 Second Leg	Reading	0–0 (3–1 agg.)	Tranmere Rovers	Reading
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]		Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 13,245 Referee: Paul Alcock

Final

29 May 1995	Bolton	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Reading	London
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Coyle 75' de Freitas 86', 118' Paatelainen 105'	(Report)	Nogan 4' Williams 12' Quinn 119'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 64,107 Referee: Peter Foakes

Bolton Wanderers

Reading


Bolton Wanderers:
GK	1	Keith Branagan
DF	2	Scott Green
DF	3	Jimmy Phillips
DF	5	Guðni Bergsson
DF	6	Alan Stubbs
MF	7	Neil McDonald	46'
MF	4	Jason McAteer
MF	10	Mixu Paatelainen
MF	11	Alan Thompson
FW	8	Owen Coyle
FW	9	John McGinlay
Substitutes:
GK	12	Peter Shilton
DF	14	John Dreyer
FW	15	Fabian de Freitas	46'
Manager:
Bruce Rioch


Reading:
GK	1	Shaka Hislop
RWB	2	Andy Bernal	67'
DF	4	Keith McPherson
DF	6	Dariusz Wdowczyk
DF	5	Adrian Williams
LWB	3	Simon Osborn
MF	8	Mick Gooding
MF	7	Michael Gilkes
MF	11	Scott Taylor
FW	9	Lee Nogan	62'
FW	10	Stuart Lovell
Substitutes:
GK	15	Simon Sheppard
DF	14	Jeff Hopkins	67'
FW	12	Jimmy Quinn	62'
Manager:
Jimmy Quinn & Mick Gooding

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shootout if scores still level.
3 named substitutes.
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

FA Cup

7 January 1995 Third Round	Reading	1–3	Oldham Athletic	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Taylor	[ Report]	Sharp Halle Richardson	Stadium: Elm Park

League Cup

16 August 1994 First Round 1st Leg	Gillingham	0–1	Reading	Gillingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]	Hopkins	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

23 August 1994 First Round 2nd Leg	Reading	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Gillingham	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Quinn ?', ?' Lovell	[ Report]		Stadium: Elm Park

20 September 1994 Second Round 1st Leg	Reading	3–1	Derby County	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Quinn ?', ?' Holsgrove	[ Report]	Gabbiadini	Stadium: Elm Park

28 September 1994 Second Round 2nd Leg	Derby County	2–0 ((a)3–3 agg.)	Reading	Derby
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gabbiadini Williams	[ Report]		Stadium: Pride Park

Top scorers

Place	Position	Name	First Division	Playoffs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Stuart Lovell	12	2	0	1	15
2	FW	Lee Nogan	9	2	0	0	11
3	MF	Scott Taylor	8	0	1	0	9
3	FW	Jimmy Quinn	4	1	0	4	9
5	MF	Michael Gilkes	8	0	0	0	8
6	MF	Simon Osborn	5	0	0	0	5
7	MF	Paul Holsgrove	3	0	0	1	4
8	DF	Adrian Williams	1	1	0	0	2
		Own Goal	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	Uwe Hartenberger	2	0	0	0	2
11	DF	Jeff Hopkins	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Tom Jones	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Jamie Lambert	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Dylan Kerr	1	0	0	0	1
		TOTALS	58	6	1	7	72

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1994–95 was manufactured by Pelada, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.

1994–95 home colours

1994–95 away colours

References

↑ Hislop was born in Hackney, England and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
↑ Barnard was born in Rinteln, Germany but represented England at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would make his international debut for Wales in 1998.
↑ Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and made 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.

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[1] Hislop was born in Hackney, England and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.

[2] Barnard was born in Rinteln, Germany but represented England at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and would make his international debut for Wales in 1998.

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

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