2004–05 Reading F.C. season

Reading F.C.
200405 season
Chairman John Madejski
Manager Steve Coppell
Football League Championship 7th
FA Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Kitson (19)
All: Kitson (19)
Highest home attendance 23,203 (vs Ipswich Town, 22 January 2005)
Lowest home attendance 8,429 (vs Watford, 21 September 2004)

Reading Football Club played the season 200405 in the Football League Championship.

Review and events

Reading started the season brightly. However, injury to the three strikers, Dave Kitson, Nicky Forster and Shaun Goater, meant that the goals dried up and they slipped down the league. For much of the season Ivar Ingimarsson, a centre back, was the club's main source of goals. However, Kitson's return, coupled with the signings of veterans and former England internationals Les Ferdinand and Martin Keown meant that the club broke a run of 11 league games without a win against West Ham. Reading won 3-1, with a Dave Kitson hat-trick. Reading just missed out on a playoff spot on the last day of the season, losing 3-1 to Wigan. Dave Kitson was the club's top scorer, with 19 goals.

Squad

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
1 United States GK Marcus Hahnemann
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty
3 England DF Nicky Shorey
4 England MF Steve Sidwell
5 England DF Martin Keown
6 Senegal DF Ibrahima Sonko
7 England MF Glen Little
9 Bermuda FW Shaun Goater
10 England FW Nicky Forster
11 England MF Andy Hughes
12 England FW Dave Kitson
No. Position Player
14 Ghana FW Lloyd Owusu
15 England MF James Harper
16 Iceland DF Ívar Ingimarsson
17 United States MF Bobby Convey
18 England MF Paul Brooker
20 England FW Bas Savage
21 England FW Les Ferdinand
23 England FW Dean Morgan
25 England MF Ricky Newman
26 England GK Jamie Young

Reserve/Academy squad

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

No. Position Player
19 Australia GK Adam Federici
22 England DF Peter Castle
24 England MF Louis Soares[1]
No. Position Player
27 Scotland MF Darren Campbell[2]
29 England MF Simieon Howell
30 Republic of Ireland MF Jonathan Hayes

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
8 Wales DF Ady Williams (to Coventry City)
No. Position Player
28 England DF Ahmet Rifat (released)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
1 July 2004 MF England Glen Little Burnley Free[3]
2 July 2004 MF England Paul Brooker Leicester City Free[4]
2 July 2004 DF Senegal Ibrahima Sonko Brentford Free[5]
23 July 2004 MF United States Bobby Convey United States D.C. United Undisclosed[6]
6 January 2005 FW England Les Ferdinand Bolton Wanderers Free[7]
20 January 2005 GK Australia Adam Federici Unattached Free[8]
28 January 2005 DF England Martin Keown Leicester City Free[9]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
2 November 2004 DF Wales Ady Williams Coventry City Free[10]
22 June 2005 FW England Nicky Forster Ipswich Town Free[11]
24 June 2005 MF England Paul Brooker Brentford Free[12]
27 June 2005 FW Ghana Lloyd Owusu Brentford Free[13]
21 July 2005 MF England Andy Hughes Norwich City Undisclosed[14]
22 July 2005 FW England Dean Morgan Luton Town Free[15]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
8 February 2005 DF England Ahmet Rifat [16][17]
11 May 2005[18] FW England Les Ferdinand Watford
11 May 2005[18] DF England Martin Keown Retired[19]
11 May 2005[18] MF England Ricky Newman Brentford 10 June 2005
11 May 2005[18] FW England Bas Savage Bristol City
11 May 2005[18] MF England Louie Soares Bristol Rovers
27 July 2005 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater Southend United 3 August 2005[20]

Competitions

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League Championship 7th 7 August 20048 May 2005
Football League Cup 1st round 1st round 25 August 200421 September 2004
FA Cup 3rd round R4 8 January 200529 January 2005

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Championship

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 19 13 14 51 47  +4 70 13 7 3 33 15  +18 6 6 11 18 32  −14

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultWLWWLWLWWWDDWDWLDWWLDLWWWLDLDDDLLDDDWLWDWWWLLL
Position21133856521122223433344443444444577766665566777

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sunderland (C) (P) 46 29 7 10 76 41 +35 94 Promotion to 2005–06 FA Premier League
2 Wigan Athletic (P) 46 25 12 9 79 35 +44 87
3 Ipswich Town 46 24 13 9 85 56 +29 85 Qualification for 2004–05 Championship play-offs
4 Derby County 46 22 10 14 71 60 +11 76
5 Preston North End 46 21 12 13 67 58 +9 75
6 West Ham United (P) 46 21 10 15 66 56 +10 73
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 51 44 +7 70
8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 57 56 +1 67
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 15 21 10 72 59 +13 66
10 Millwall 46 18 12 16 51 45 +6 66
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 17 11 18 54 58 4 62
12 Stoke City 46 17 10 19 36 38 2 61
13 Burnley 46 15 15 16 38 39 1 60
14 Leeds United 46 14 18 14 49 52 3 60
15 Leicester City 46 12 21 13 49 46 +3 57
16 Cardiff City 46 13 15 18 48 51 3 54
17 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 52 64 12 53
18 Watford 46 12 16 18 52 59 7 52
19 Coventry City 46 13 13 20 61 73 12 52
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 12 21 40 65 25 51
21 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 66 86 20 50
22 Gillingham (R) 46 12 14 20 45 66 21 50 Relegation to League One
23 Nottingham Forest (R) 46 9 17 20 42 66 24 44
24 Rotherham United (R) 46 5 14 27 35 69 34 29

Updated to games played on 9 December 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann 5104603020
2 DF Scotland Graeme Murty 4504102020
3 DF England Nicky Shorey 4834433010
4 MF England Steve Sidwell 4754452010
5 DF England Martin Keown 803+203000
6 DF Senegal Ibrahima Sonko 42135+413000
7 MF England Glen Little 39029+603010
9 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater 1112+700021
10 FW England Nicky Forster 34927+37320+10
11 MF England Andy Hughes 46140+103021
12 FW England Dave Kitson 381937190010
14 FW Ghana Lloyd Owusu 30614+1160+301+10
15 MF England James Harper 46339+23301+10
16 DF Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson 49443+133120
17 MF United States Bobby Convey 2204+140201+10
18 MF England Paul Brooker 34022+900+1020
19 GK Australia Adam Federici 00000000
20 FW England Bas Savage 00000000
21 FW England Les Ferdinand 1414+812000
22 DF England Peter Castle 00000000
23 FW England Dean Morgan 20210+820+100+10
24 DF England Louis Soares 00000000
26 GK England Jamie Young 00000000
27 MF Scotland Darren Campbell 00000000
29 MF England Simieon Howell 00000000
30 MF Republic of Ireland Jonathan Hayes 00000000
33 MF England Ricky Newman 19011+601010
Players who left Reading during the season:
8 DF Wales Adrian Williams 1301100020

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1FWEngland12Dave Kitson190019
2FWEngland10Nicky Forster7209
3FWGhana14Lloyd Owusu6006
4MFEngland4Steve Sidwell5005
5DFIceland16Ívar Ingimarsson3104
6MFEngland15James Harper3003
DFEngland3Nicky Shorey3003
8FWEngland23Dean Morgan2002
9DFSenegal6Ibrahima Sonko1002
FWEngland21Les Ferdinand1001
Own goal1001
FWBermuda9Shaun Goater0011
MFEngland11Andy Hughes0011
TOTALS 513256

Disciplinary record

Source: Soccernet[21]

Number Nation Position Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2ScotlandDFGraeme Murty20000020
3EnglandDFNicky Shorey20000020
4EnglandMFSteve Sidwell1101010130
5EnglandDFMartin Keown10000010
6SenegalDFIbrahima Sonko20000020
7EnglandMFGlen Little40000040
8WalesDFAdy Williams20000020
10EnglandFWNicky Forster10001020
11EnglandMFAndy Hughes20000020
12EnglandFWDave Kitson40000040
14GhanaFWLloyd Owusu20001030
15EnglandMFJames Harper40000040
16IcelandDFIvar Ingimarsson10000010
21EnglandFWLes Ferdinand10000010
25EnglandMFRicky Newman20110031
TOTALS 41 0 2 1 3 0 46 1

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 200405 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

200405 home colours
200405 away colours
200405 third choice colours

References

  1. Soares was born in Reading, England, and but chose to represent Barbados, qualifying through his parents. Soares went on to represent Barbados in 2007.
  2. Campbell was born in Cambridge, England, and but chose to represent Scotland, qualifying through his parents. Campbell represented the England U-17's in 2002 and then the Scotland U-17 team 2003.
  3. "Reading close in on Little". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. "Royals sign Brooker". Footy Mad. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. "Sonko close to Reading move". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. "Transfers July 2004". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  7. "Reading seal deal for Ferdinand". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  8. "Royals sign Federici". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  9. "Keown signs contract at Reading". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  10. "Coventry sign defender Williams". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  11. "Striker Forster signs for Ipswich". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  12. "Brooker makes move to Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  13. "Owusu agrees return to Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  14. "Norwich complete Hughes signing". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  15. "Hatters seal triple move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  16. "Shakers land Savage". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  17. "Rifat leaves Royals". thefootballnetwork. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "Royals release five". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  19. "Keown begins coaching education". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  20. "Veteran Goater departs Madejski". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  21. "Reading squad stats - 2004/05". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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