2004–05 Reading F.C. season

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Reading F.C.
2004–05 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 2004–05 in the Football League Championship.

Review and events

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.

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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 round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League Championship 7th 7 August 2004 8 May 2005
Football League Cup 1st round 1st round 25 August 2004 21 September 2004
FA Cup 3rd round R4 8 January 2005 29 January 2005

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Championship

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

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 H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A
Result W L W W L W L W W W D D W D W L D W W L D L W W W L D L D D D L L D D D W L W D L L L W W W
Position 2 11 3 3 8 5 6 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 7

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & results

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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 to 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:[citation needed]
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

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Football League Cup

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Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann 51 0 46 0 3 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland Graeme Murty 45 0 41 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF England Nicky Shorey 48 3 44 3 3 0 1 0
4 MF England Steve Sidwell 47 5 44 5 2 0 1 0
5 DF England Martin Keown 8 0 3+2 0 3 0 0 0
6 DF Senegal Ibrahima Sonko 42 1 35+4 1 3 0 0 0
7 MF England Glen Little 39 0 29+6 0 3 0 1 0
9 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater 11 1 2+7 0 0 0 2 1
10 FW England Nicky Forster 34 9 27+3 7 3 2 0+1 0
11 MF England Andy Hughes 46 1 40+1 0 3 0 2 1
12 FW England Dave Kitson 38 19 37 19 0 0 1 0
14 FW Ghana Lloyd Owusu 30 6 14+11 6 0+3 0 1+1 0
15 MF England James Harper 46 3 39+2 3 3 0 1+1 0
16 DF Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson 49 4 43+1 3 3 1 2 0
17 MF United States Bobby Convey 22 0 4+14 0 2 0 1+1 0
18 MF England Paul Brooker 34 0 22+9 0 0+1 0 2 0
19 GK Australia Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England Bas Savage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW England Les Ferdinand 14 1 4+8 1 2 0 0 0
22 DF England Peter Castle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England Dean Morgan 20 2 10+8 2 0+1 0 0+1 0
24 DF England Louis Soares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK England Jamie Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Scotland Darren Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF England Simieon Howell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Republic of Ireland Jonathan Hayes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England Ricky Newman 19 0 11+6 0 1 0 1 0
Players who left Reading during the season:
8 DF Wales Adrian Williams 13 0 11 0 0 0 2 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW England 12 Dave Kitson 19 0 0 19
2 FW England 10 Nicky Forster 7 2 0 9
3 FW Ghana 14 Lloyd Owusu 6 0 0 6
4 MF England 4 Steve Sidwell 5 0 0 5
5 DF Iceland 16 Ívar Ingimarsson 3 1 0 4
6 MF England 15 James Harper 3 0 0 3
DF England 3 Nicky Shorey 3 0 0 3
8 FW England 23 Dean Morgan 2 0 0 2
9 DF Senegal 6 Ibrahima Sonko 1 0 0 2
FW England 21 Les Ferdinand 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
FW Bermuda 9 Shaun Goater 0 0 1 1
MF England 11 Andy Hughes 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 51 3 2 56

Disciplinary record

Source: Soccernet[21]

Number Nation Position Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 England DF Nicky Shorey 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 England MF Steve Sidwell 11 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
5 England DF Martin Keown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Senegal DF Ibrahima Sonko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 England MF Glen Little 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Wales DF Ady Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 England FW Nicky Forster 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
11 England MF Andy Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 England FW Dave Kitson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Ghana FW Lloyd Owusu 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
15 England MF James Harper 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 Iceland DF Ivar Ingimarsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 England FW Les Ferdinand 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 England MF Ricky Newman 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
TOTALS 41 0 2 1 3 0 46 1

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2004–05 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2004–05 home colours
2004–05 away colours
2004–05 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.
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