2004–05 Reading F.C. season

Reading
2004–05 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Steve Coppell
Championship	7th
FA Cup	Fourth Round vs Leicester City
League Cup	Second Round vs Watford
Top goalscorer	League: Dave Kitson (19); All: Dave Kitson (19)
Highest home attendance	23,203 vs Ipswich Town ; (22 January 2005)
Lowest home attendance	8,429 vs Watford ; (21 September 2004)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Reading Football Club played the season 2004–05 in the Football League Championship.

Review and events edit

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 edit

As of match played 9 May 2004

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age^[a])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Marcus Hahnemann		GK	(1972-06-15)15 June 1972 (aged 32)	Fulham	2002		143	0
19	Adam Federici		GK	(1980-11-30)30 November 1980 (aged 24)	Torres	2005		0	0
26	Jamie Young	^[b]	GK	(1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 19)	Youth team	2002		1	0
Defenders
2	Graeme Murty	^[c]	DF	(1974-11-13)13 November 1974 (aged 30)	York City	1998		242	1
3	Nicky Shorey		DF	(1981-02-19)19 February 1981 (aged 24)	Leyton Orient	2001		175	7
5	Martin Keown		DF	(1966-07-24)24 July 1966 (aged 38)	Leicester City	2005	2005	8	0
6	Ibrahima Sonko		DF	(1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 24)	Brentford	2004		42	1
16	Ívar Ingimarsson		DF	(1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 27)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2003^[1]	2006^[1]	77	5
22	Peter Castle		DF	(1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 18)	Academy	2003		1	0
Midfielders
4	Steve Sidwell		MF	(1982-12-14)14 December 1982 (aged 22)	Arsenal	2003		110	16
7	Glen Little		MF	(1975-10-15)15 October 1975 (aged 29)	Burnley	2004		46	1
11	Andy Hughes		MF	(1978-01-02)2 January 1978 (aged 27)	Notts County	2001		183	14
15	James Harper		MF	(1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 24)	Arsenal	2001		175	8
17	Bobby Convey		MF	(1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 21)	D.C. United	2004		22	0
18	Paul Brooker		MF	(1976-11-25)25 November 1976 (aged 28)	Leicester City	2004		45	0
24	Louie Soares	^[d]	MF	(1985-01-08)8 January 1985 (aged 20)	Academy	2003		0	0
25	Ricky Newman		MF	(1970-08-05)5 August 1970 (aged 34)	Millwall	2000		137	2
27	Darren Campbell	^[e]	MF	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 19)	Academy	2003		1	0
29	Simieon Howell		MF	(1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 19)	Academy	2004		0	0
30	Jonny Hayes		MF	(1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 17)	Academy	2004		0	0
Forwards
10	Nicky Forster		FW	(1973-09-08)8 September 1973 (aged 31)	Birmingham City	1999		215	67
12	Dave Kitson		FW	(1980-01-21)21 January 1980 (aged 25)	Cambridge United	2003		55	24
14	Lloyd Owusu	^[f]	FW	(1976-12-12)12 December 1976 (aged 28)	Sheffield Wednesday	2004^[2]		46	10
20	Bas Savage		FW	(1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 23)	Academy	2001		18	0
21	Les Ferdinand		FW	(1966-12-08)8 December 1966 (aged 38)	Bolton Wanderers	2005	2005	14	1
23	Dean Morgan		FW	(1983-10-03)3 October 1983 (aged 21)	Colchester United	2003		35	3
Out on loan
9	Shaun Goater		FW	(1970-02-25)25 February 1970 (aged 35)	Manchester City	2003^[3]	2006^[3]	49	15
Left during the season
8	Ady Williams	^[g]	DF	(1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 33)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2000^[4]
28	Ahmet Rifat		DF	(1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 19)	Academy	2003		0	0

^ Age as of the end of the season
^ Jamie Young was born in Brisbane, Australia, and but qualified to represent England, represent England at U18, U19 and U20 level.
^ Graeme Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
^ Louie Soares was born in Reading, England, and but chose to represent Barbados, qualifying through his parents. Soares went on to represent Barbados in 2007.
^ Darren Campbell was born in Cambridge, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents.Campbell represented the England U-17's in 2002 and then the Scotland U-17 team 2003.
^ Lloyd Owusu was born in Slough, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Ghana in 2005.
^ Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, making his international debut for Wales in 1994.

Out on loan edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	BER	Shaun Goater (at Coventry City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Left club during season edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	DF	WAL	Ady Williams (to Coventry City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	ENG	Ahmet Rifat

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2004	MF	Glen Little	Burnley	Free	^[5]
2 July 2004	MF	Paul Brooker	Leicester City	Free	^[6]
2 July 2004	DF	Ibrahima Sonko	Brentford	Free	^[7]
23 July 2004	MF	Bobby Convey	D.C. United	Undisclosed	^[8]
6 January 2005	FW	Les Ferdinand	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[9]
20 January 2005	GK	Adam Federici	Unattached	Free	^[10]
28 January 2005	DF	Martin Keown	Leicester City	Free	^[11]

Out edit

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
2 November 2004	DF	Ady Williams	Coventry City	Free	^[12]
22 June 2005	FW	Nicky Forster	Ipswich Town	Free	^[13]
24 June 2005	MF	Paul Brooker	Brentford	Free	^[14]
27 June 2005	FW	Lloyd Owusu	Brentford	Free	^[15]
21 July 2005	MF	Andy Hughes	Norwich City	Undisclosed	^[16]
22 July 2005	FW	Dean Morgan	Luton Town	Free	^[17]

Loans out edit

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
24 March 2005	FW		Shaun Goater	Coventry City	End of season	^[18]

Released edit

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
8 February 2005	DF	Ahmet Rifat			^[19]^[20]
11 May 2005^[21]	FW	Les Ferdinand	Watford
11 May 2005^[21]	DF	Martin Keown	Retired		^[22]
11 May 2005^[21]	MF	Ricky Newman	Brentford	10 June 2005
11 May 2005^[21]	FW	Bas Savage	Bristol City
11 May 2005^[21]	MF	Louie Soares	Bristol Rovers
27 July 2005	FW	Shaun Goater	Southend United	3 August 2005	^[23]

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	7 August 2004	8 May 2005	Matchday 1	7th	46	19	13	14	51	44	+7	041.30
FA Cup	8 January 2005	29 January 2005	Third round	Fourth round	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
League Cup	25 August 2004	21 September 2004	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					51	21	14	16	56	50	+6	041.18

Last updated: 8 May 2005
Source: Competitions

Championship edit

Results summary edit


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 edit

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	W	W	W	L	L	L
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

7 August 2004 1	Reading	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 2' Harper 41' Forster 60' Forster	[ Report]	Molango 1' Robinson 63' Cullip Jarrett	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,641 Referee: P.Crossley

10 August 2004 2	West Ham United	1–0	Reading	Upton Park
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sheringham 82' Dailly Reo-Coker Zamora	[ Report]		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,242 Referee: P.Taylor

14 August 2004 3	Sheffield United	0–1	Reading	Sheffield
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]	Harper 41' Williams Kitson	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 22,429 Referee: Anthony Bates

21 August 2004 4	Reading	1–0	Rotherham United	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 45' (pen.)	[ Report]	Barker Sedgwick Scott	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,404 Referee: Lee Probert

28 August 2004 5	Millwall	1–0	Reading	South Bermondsey
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dichio 79' Serioux Wise	[ Report]		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,098 Referee: Keith Hill

31 August 2004 6	Reading	1–0	Sunderland	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forster 2'	[ Report]	Whitley Thornton	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,792 Referee: Alan Wiley

11 September 2004 7	Derby County	2–1	Reading	Derby
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Smith 70' Tudgay 82' Konjić Johnson Idiakez Júnior	[ Report]	Shorey 87' Sidwell	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 22,096 Referee: Michael Ryan

14 September 2004 8	Reading	3–1	Preston North End	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 11' Forster 34', 85'	[ Report]	Healy 87' Mawéné Alexander	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,857 Referee: Richard Beeby

18 September 2004 9	Reading	3–1	Gillingham	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 1', 16' (pen.), 28' (pen.)	[ Report]	Byfield 55' Cox	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,867 Referee: Kevin Friend

25 September 2004 10	Watford	0–1	Reading	Watford
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Helguson	[ Report]	Sidwell 65'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,389 Referee: Mike Thorpe

28 September 2004 11	Ipswich Town	1–1	Reading	Ipswich
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Kuqi 10'	[ Report]	Kitson 26' Sidwell	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,167 Referee: Mike Jones

2 October 2004 12	Reading	0–0	Burnley	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sidwell Kitson	[ Report]	Duff Camara	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Andy Penn

16 October 2004 13	Stoke City	0–1	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Brammer Asaba	[ Report]	Shorey 41' Sonko	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Andy D'Urso

19 October 2004 14	Reading	1–1	Leeds United	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Owusu 45'	[ Report]	Walton 1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,230 Referee: R.Olivier

23 October 2004 15	Reading	4–0	Crewe Alexandra	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sidwell 21' Kitson 25' Owusu 45' Ingimarsson 47' Harper	[ Report]	Lunt Cochrane	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,630 Referee: Paul Robinson

30 October 2004 16	Coventry City	3–2	Reading	Coventry
15:00 GMT (UTC)	John 14' (pen.) Morrell 51' Johnson 67' Carey	[ Report]	Owusu 11' Kitson 70'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,663 Referee: Graham Salisbury

2 November 2004 17	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Reading	Plymouth
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Sidwell 18' (o.g.) Crawford 41'	[ Report]	Coughlan 51' (o.g.) Kitson 90' Little	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 14,336 Referee: Alan Wiley

6 November 2004 18	Reading	1–0	Stoke City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kitson 23' Sidwell	[ Report]	Russell Greenacre	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,831 Referee: G.Laws

13 November 2004 19	Reading	2–1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Morgan 13' Kitson 39'	[ Report]	Kavanagh 57' Jerome 87' Lee	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,107 Referee: Eddie Evans

20 November 2004 20	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Reading	Nottingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Taylor 25' Thompson Dawson	[ Report]	Murty Sonko Hughes	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,138 Referee: Uriah Rennie

27 November 2004 21	Reading	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Owusu 42'	[ Report]	Mahon 26'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,114 Referee: Andre Marriner

4 December 2004 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Reading	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cameron 32' Olofinjana 45' Clarke 78', 90'	[ Report]	Morgan 47' Shorey	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,572 Referee: Steve Bennett

11 December 2004 23	Leicester City	0–2	Reading	Leicester
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Stearman Nalis Blake	[ Report]	Sidwell 68' Ingimarsson 82' Kitson Owusu	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 24,068 Referee: P.Taylor

18 December 2004 24	Reading	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Reading
12:45 GMT (UTC)	Shorey 64' Kitson Harper	[ Report]	Cureton 73' Bircham Rowlands	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,272 Referee: Richard Beeby

26 December 2004 25	Reading	3–0	Watford	Reading
11:00 GMT (UTC)	Sonko 3' Sidwell 76' Owusu 87' Little	[ Report]	Mahon	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,757 Referee: P.Crossley

28 December 2004 26	Preston North End	3–0	Reading	Preston
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Agyemang 17' Hughes 26' (o.g.) Lewis 67' Cresswell	[ Report]	Sidwell	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,795 Referee: Carl Boyeson

1 January 2005 27	Gillingham	0–0	Reading	Gillingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,570 Referee: Steve Bennett

3 January 2005 28	Reading	0–1	Derby County	Reading
17:30 GMT (UTC)	Harper	[ Report]	Smith 45' Johnson Idiakez	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,491 Referee: B.Curson

15 January 2005 29	Burnley	0–0	Reading	Burnley
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]	Sidwell	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,392 Referee: Mike Jones

22 January 2005 30	Reading	1–1	Ipswich Town	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ingimarsson 90' Owusu	[ Report]	Bent 89'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 23,203 Referee: Martin Atkinson

5 February 2005 31	Reading	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]	Buzsáky	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,783 Referee: R.Olivier

12 February 2005 32	Leeds United	3–1	Reading	Leeds
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Healy 37' Hulse 57', 62' Hulse	[ Report]	Owusu 88' Harper	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,034 Referee: Chris Foy

19 February 2005 33	Reading	1–2	Coventry City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ferdinand 8' Murty	[ Report]	McSheffrey 63' John 72'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,904 Referee: Graham Salisbury

22 February 2005 34	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Reading	Crewe
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Varney 12' Tonkin	[ Report]	Kitson 70'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,703 Referee: G.Laws

26 February 2005 35	Reading	0–0	Leicester City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Shorey	[ Report]	Stearman Gudjonsson Connolly	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,651 Referee: Uriah Rennie

5 March 2005 36	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Reading	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,971 Referee: Anthony Leake

12 March 2005 37	Reading	3–1	West Ham United	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kitson 13', 27', 57' Newman	[ Report]	Sheringham 82' Fletcher	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,268 Referee: Phil Joslin

15 March 2005 38	Rotherham United	1–0	Reading	Rotherham
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Warne 90' McLaren	[ Report]		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,804 Referee: R.Hall

21 March 2005 39	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Reading	Brighton
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Butters	[ Report]	Forster 64' Newman	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Kevin Friend

2 April 2005 40	Reading	0–0	Sheffield United	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,899 Referee: Mike Jones

5 April 2005 41	Reading	2–1	Millwall	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 73' Forster 83'	[ Report]	Dichio 39'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,379 Referee: Kevin Wright

9 April 2005 42	Sunderland	1–2	Reading	Sunderland
12:45 BST (UTC+1)	Arca 51' Wright Robinson Brown	[ Report]	Kitson 75', 81' (pen.) Sidwell	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 34,237 Referee: Lee Mason

16 April 2005 43	Reading	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Harper 74' Sidwell	[ Report]	Gerrard 71' Gardner	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,905 Referee: Steve Tanner

23 April 2005 44	Cardiff City	2–0	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Thorne 13' Jerome 31'	[ Report]	Keown Sidwell Little	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,821 Referee: Scott Mathieson

30 April 2005 45	Reading	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forster 8' Ingimarsson	[ Report]	Clarke 53' Ricketts 84' Olofinjana Seol	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,495 Referee: R.Styles

8 May 2005 46	Wigan Athletic	3–1	Reading	Wigan
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	McCulloch 18' Roberts 21' Ellington 85' Kavanagh	[ Report]	Sidwell 90' Little	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 19,662 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Preston North End	46	21	12	13	67	58	+9	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs
6	West Ham United (O, P)	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

FA Cup edit

8 January 2005 Third Round	Reading	1–1	Swansea City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ingimarsson 88' Sidwell	Report	Connor 32' Robinson	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,642 Referee: Clive Penton

17 January 2005 Third Round Reply	Swansea City	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Reading	Swansea
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Forbes	Report	Forster 95'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 7,354 Referee: Clive Penton

29 January 2005 Fourth Round	Reading	1–2	Leicester City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Forster 10' Newman 76'	Report	Williams 32' Scowcroft 90' Guðjónsson Heath	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee: Andy D'Urso

League Cup edit

25 August 2004 First Round	Oxford United	0–2	Reading	Oxford
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Goater 61' Hughes 76' Owusu	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,919 Referee: M.Fletcher

21 September 2004 Second Round	Reading	0–3	Watford	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sidwell	Report	Cox 14' (pen.) Bouazza 89' Ingimarsson 90' (o.g.) Blizzard	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 8,429 Referee: Clive Penton

Squad statistics edit

As of match played 8 May 2005

Appearances and goals edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Marcus Hahnemann	51	0	46	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Graeme Murty	45	0	41	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Nicky Shorey	48	3	44	3	3	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Steve Sidwell	47	5	44	5	2	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Martin Keown	8	0	3+2	0	3	0	0	0
6	DF	SEN	Ibrahima Sonko	42	1	35+4	1	3	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Glen Little	39	0	29+6	0	3	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Nicky Forster	34	9	27+3	7	3	2	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Andy Hughes	46	1	40+1	0	3	0	2	1
12	FW	ENG	Dave Kitson	38	19	37	19	0	0	1	0
14	FW	GHA	Lloyd Owusu	30	6	14+11	6	0+3	0	1+1	0
15	MF	ENG	James Harper	46	3	39+2	3	3	0	1+1	0
16	DF	ISL	Ívar Ingimarsson	49	4	43+1	3	3	1	2	0
17	MF	USA	Bobby Convey	22	0	4+14	0	2	0	1+1	0
18	MF	ENG	Paul Brooker	34	0	22+9	0	0+1	0	2	0
21	FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand	14	1	4+8	1	2	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Dean Morgan	20	2	10+8	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
33	MF	ENG	Ricky Newman	19	0	11+6	0	1	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
9	FW	BER	Shaun Goater	11	1	2+7	0	0	0	2	1
Players who left Reading during the season:
8	DF	WAL	Ady Williams	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0

Goal scorers edit

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

Clean sheets edit

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Marcus Hahnemann	19	1	1	21
TOTALS					19	1	1	21

Disciplinary record edit

Source: Soccernet^[24]

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	First Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2		DF	Graeme Murty	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		MF	Steve Sidwell	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
5		DF	Martin Keown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Ibrahima Sonko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Glen Little	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10		FW	Nicky Forster	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
11		MF	Andy Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12		FW	Dave Kitson	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		FW	Lloyd Owusu	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
15		MF	James Harper	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		DF	Ivar Ingimarsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Les Ferdinand	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Ricky Newman	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
Players who left Reading during the season:
8		DF	Ady Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	41	0	2	1	3	0	46	1

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Ingimarsson joins Reading". BBC Sport. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Owusu set to join Reading". BBC Sport. 11 March 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Career and history to date". Shaungoater.net. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2005.
^ "Reading reveal new trio". BBC. 3 July 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
^ "Reading close in on Little". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Royals sign Brooker". Footy Mad. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Sonko close to Reading move". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Transfers July 2004". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Reading seal deal for Ferdinand". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Royals sign Federici". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Keown signs contract at Reading". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Coventry sign defender Williams". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Striker Forster signs for Ipswich". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Brooker makes move to Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Owusu agrees return to Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Norwich complete Hughes signing". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Hatters seal triple move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "COVENTRY TAKE GOATER ON LOAN". getreading.co.uk. Get Reading. 25 March 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ "Shakers land Savage". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Rifat leaves Royals". thefootballnetwork. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Royals release five". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Keown begins coaching education". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ "Veteran Goater departs Madejski". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Reading squad stats – 2004/05". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[1] Age as of the end of the season

[YoungNat-2] Jamie Young was born in Brisbane, Australia, and but qualified to represent England, represent England at U18, U19 and U20 level.

[MurtyNat-3] Graeme Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Scotland in 2004.

[SoaresNat-5] Louie Soares was born in Reading, England, and but chose to represent Barbados, qualifying through his parents. Soares went on to represent Barbados in 2007.

[CampbellNat-6] Darren Campbell was born in Cambridge, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents.Campbell represented the England U-17's in 2002 and then the Scotland U-17 team 2003.

[OwusuNat-7] Lloyd Owusu was born in Slough, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Ghana in 2005.

[WilliamsNat-10] Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, making his international debut for Wales in 1994.

[Ívar_Ingimarsson_2006-4] "Ingimarsson joins Reading". BBC Sport. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[8] "Owusu set to join Reading". BBC Sport. 11 March 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

[Shaun_Goater_2006-9] "Career and history to date". Shaungoater.net. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2005.

[Reading_reveal_new_trio-11] "Reading reveal new trio". BBC. 3 July 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[12] "Reading close in on Little". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[13] "Royals sign Brooker". Footy Mad. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[14] "Sonko close to Reading move". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[15] "Transfers July 2004". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[16] "Reading seal deal for Ferdinand". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[17] "Royals sign Federici". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[18] "Keown signs contract at Reading". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[19] "Coventry sign defender Williams". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[20] "Striker Forster signs for Ipswich". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[21] "Brooker makes move to Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[22] "Owusu agrees return to Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[23] "Norwich complete Hughes signing". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[24] "Hatters seal triple move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[25] "COVENTRY TAKE GOATER ON LOAN". getreading.co.uk. Get Reading. 25 March 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

[26] "Shakers land Savage". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[27] "Rifat leaves Royals". thefootballnetwork. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[Royals_release_five-28] "Royals release five". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[29] "Keown begins coaching education". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[30] "Veteran Goater departs Madejski". BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[31] "Reading squad stats – 2004/05". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

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