2001–02 Reading F.C. season

Reading

2001-02 season
Chairman	Sir John Madejski
Manager	Alan Pardew
Division Two	2nd
FA Cup	2nd Round vs York City
League Cup	3rd Round vs Aston Villa
League Trophy	Quarter-Finals vs Barnet
Top goalscorer	League: Nicky Forster (19) All: Nicky Forster (19)
Highest home attendance	22,151 vs Peterborough 13 April 2002
Lowest home attendance	8,081 vs Wrexham 6 November 2001
Average home league attendance	14,115
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001-02 season was Reading's fourth season in the Division Two, following their relegation from the Division One in 1998. It was Alan Pardew's third season as manager of the club.

Season review

See also Nationwide League Division Two

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 GK Phil Whitehead 2 DF Graeme Murty 3 DF Matt Robinson 4 MF Keith Jones 5 DF Adi Viveash 6 MF Kevin Watson 7 FW Tony Rougier 8 DF Ady Williams 9 FW Martin Butler 10 FW Nicky Forster 11 MF Andy Hughes 12 FW Jamie Cureton 14 MF Sammy Igoe 15 MF James Harper 16 MF Phil Parkinson 17 MF Neil Smith

No. Position Player 18 DF Adrian Whitbread 19 MF Joe Gamble 20 FW Bas Savage 21 GK Jamie Ashdown 22 FW Nathan Tyson 23 DF John Mackie 24 FW Darius Henderson 25 MF Ricky Newman 26 DF Alex Smith 27 DF Ricky Allaway 28 DF Nicky Shorey 29 MF John Salako 30 GK Frank Talia 31 FW Michael Branch 32 DF Leo Roget 45 MF Adam Campion

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 6 DF Barry Hunter (to Rushden & Diamonds) 20 DF Chris Casper (Retired) 29 DF Adam Lockwood (to Yeovil Town)

No. Position Player 30 GK Antony Malessa (Released) 31 GK Marcus Hahnemann (returned to Fulham after loan) 31 GK Ben Roberts (returned to Charlton Athletic after loan)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
5 July 2001	MF		Andy Hughes	Notts County	£250,000 by a tribunal[1][2]
5 July 2001	DF		Adrian Whitbread	Portsmouth	Free[3]
18 July 2001	DF		Alex Smith	Port Vale	Free[4][5]
30 November 2001	GK		Antony Malessa	Oxford United	Free[6]
28 January 2002	MF		John Salako	Charlton Athletic	£50,000[7]
13 March 2002	GK		Frank Talia	Sheffield United	Free[8]
15 March 2002	MF		Kevin Watson	Charlton Athletic	£150,000[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
21 June 2001	DF		Andy Gurney	Swindon Town	Free
27 June 2001	MF		Darren Caskey	Notts County	Free
4 July 2001	FW		Jim McIntyre	Dundee United	Free
20 August 2001	MF		Alex Haddow	Carlisle United	Free
13 September 2001	DF		Barry Hunter	Rushden & Diamonds	Free
16 October 2001	DF		Adam Lockwood	Yeovil Town	Free

Loans In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until
2 November 2001	MF		John Salako	Charlton Athletic	27 January 2001[10]
2 November 2001	MF		Kevin Watson	Rotherham United	2 December 2001[10]
12 December 2001	GK		Marcus Hahnemann	Fulham	14 January 2002[11][12]
17 January 2002	GK		Ben Roberts	Charlton Athletic	14 February 2002[13]
13 February 2002	DF		Leo Roget	Stockport County	End of season[14][15]
22 March 2002	FW		Michael Branch	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season[16]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 January 2002	DF		Chris Casper	Retired[17]
1 July 2002	GK		Antony Malessa
1 July 2002	DF		Keith Jones	Retired

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division Two	—	—	2nd	11 August 2001	20 April 2002
FL Cup	1st round	—	3rd round	10 October 2001	21 August 2001
FA Cup	1st round	—	2R	17 November 2001	8 December 2001
FL Trophy	2nd round	—	QF	30 October 2001	4 December 2001

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Division Two

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	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84	12	7	4	36	20	+16	11	8	4	34	23	+11

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D
Position	4	3	4	3	7	10	6	5	8	9	11	14	11	9	11	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

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

Fixtures & results

Blackpool v Reading

11 August 2001	Blackpool	0–2	Reading	Bloomfield Road
15:00		Report	Parkinson  31' Forster  75'	Attendance: 5,613

Reading v Huddersfield Town

18 August 2001	Reading	1 - 0	Huddersfield Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster  8'	Report		Attendance: 11,915

QPR v Reading

25 August 2001	QPR	0 - 0	Reading	Loftus Road
15:00		Report		Attendance: 13,829

Port Vale v Reading

1 September 2001	Port Vale	0 - 2	Reading	Vale Park
15:00		Report	Cureton  45', 62'	Attendance: 5,196

Reading v Cardiff City

8 September 2001	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Smith  32' Parkinson  82'	Report	Fortune-West  13', 36'	Attendance: 13,017

Stoke City v Reading

15 September 2001	Stoke City	2 - 0	Reading	Britannia Stadium
15:00	Guðjónsson 25' Cooke  28'	Report		Attendance: 11,752

Reading v Cambridge United

18 September 2001	Reading	1 - 0	Cambridge United	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Harper  63'	Report		Attendance: 8,348

Reading v Wycombe Wanderers

22 September 2001	Reading	2 - 0	Wycombe Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Williams  16' Henderson  18'	Report	Holligan  1', 60'	Attendance: 13,565

Bournemouth v Reading

25 September 2001	Bournemouth	1 - 0	Reading	Dean Court
19:45	Hayter  71'	Report		Attendance: 3,691

Reading v Bury

29 September 2001	Reading	1 - 1	Bury	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Igoe  45+2'	Report	Lawson  90'	Attendance: 10,035

Colchester Town v Reading

5 October 2001	Colchester Town	2 - 0	Reading	Layer Road
19:45	Rapley  8' McGleish  26'	Report		Attendance: 3,691

Reading v Swindon Town

13 October 2001	Reading	1 - 3	Swindon Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Henderson  80'	Report	Grazioli  38' Invincibile  52' Kuffour  87'	Attendance: 14,389

Notts County v Reading

20 October 2001	Notts County	3 - 4	Reading	Meadow Lane
15:00	Allsopp  7', 68' (pen.) Grayson  84'	Report	Hughes  4' Cureton  13', 43' Smith  49'	Attendance: 5,604

Oldham Athletic v Reading

23 October 2001	Oldham Athletic	0 - 1	Reading	Boundary Park
19:45		Report	Cureton  19'	Attendance: 4,901

Reading v Brentford

27 October 2001	Reading	1 - 2	Brentford	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Butler  53' (pen.)	Report	Ingimarsson  69' Price  73'	Attendance: 14,680

Northampton Town v Reading

3 November 2001	Northampton Town	0 - 2	Reading	Sixfields Stadium
15:00		Report	Cureton  52' Butler  90'	Attendance: 5,162

Reading v Wrexham

6 November 2001	Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Forster  69' Henderson  89'	Report		Attendance: 8,081

Reading v Bristol City

10 November 2001	Reading	3 - 2	Bristol City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Mackie  12' Lever  44' (o.g.) Salako  51'	Report	Murty  34' (o.g.) Thorpe  59'	Attendance: 14,060

Reading v Tranmere Rovers

20 November 2001	Reading	4 - 1	Tranmere Rovers	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Smith  25' Forster  38', 61' Henderson  90+2'	Report	N'Diaye  22' Price  77'	Attendance: 9,007

Peterborough Town v Reading

24 November 2001	Peterborough Town	1 - 2	Reading	London Road Stadium
15:00	Clarke  6' Edwards  57', 71'	Report	Henderson  83', 90+4'	Attendance: 5,695

Reading v Chesterfield

1 December 2001	Reading	0 - 1	Chesterfield	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report	Howard  10'	Attendance: 11,209

Reading v Wigan Athletic

22 December 2001	Reading	1 - 1	Wigan Athletic	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Salako  6'	Report	Haworth  57'	Attendance: 15,808

Cardiff City v Reading

26 December 2001	Cardiff City	2 - 2	Reading	Ninian Park
12:00	Earnshaw  29', 67'	Report	Forster  56' Salako  78'	Attendance: 16,708

Wrexham v Reading

29 December 2001	Wrexham	0 - 2	Reading	Racecourse Ground
15:00		Report	Forster  30' Salako  66'	Attendance: 3,885

Reading v Port Vale

1 January 2002	Reading	2 - 0	Port Vale	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Cureton  83' (pen.), 89'	Report		Attendance: 10,743

Reading v QPR

5 January 2002	Reading	1 - 0	QPR	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Hughes  57'	Report		Attendance: 19,329

Huddersfield Town v Reading

12 January 2002	Huddersfield Town	0 - 1	Reading	McAlpine Stadium
15:00		Report	Forster  56'	Attendance: 10,775

Reading v Blackpool

19 January 2002	Reading	3 - 0	Blackpool	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster  20', 22', 50'	Report		Attendance: 13,732

Wigan Athletic v Reading

22 January 2002	Wigan Athletic	0 - 2	Reading	JJB Stadium
19:45		Report	Hughes  24' Forster  42'	Attendance: 5,536

Reading v Colchester Town

26 January 2002	Reading	3 - 0	Colchester Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster  38' (pen.), 69' Hughes  48'	Report		Attendance: 12,743

Bury v Reading

2 February 2002	Bury	1 - 1	Reading	Gigg Lane
15:00	Newby  21'	Report	Salako  78'	Attendance: 3,667

Reading v Notts County

9 February 2002	Reading	2 - 1	Notts County	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Garden  23' (o.g.) Cureton  90+3'	Report	Liburd  18'	Attendance: 13,564

Brighton & Hove Albion v Reading

11 February 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 - 1	Reading	Withdean Stadium
19:45	Zamora  60' Melton  64' Lewis  88'	Report	Cureton  90+1'	Attendance: 6,756

Swindon Town v Reading

14 February 2002	Swindon Town	0 - 0	Reading	The County Ground
19:45	McAreavey  88' Reeves  93'	Report	Igoe  20', 44'

Reading v Stoke City

23 February 2002	Reading	1 - 0	Stoke City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Cureton  51'	Report		Attendance: 21,032

Wycombe v Reading

26 February 2002	Wycombe	0 - 2	Reading	Adams Park
20:00^1		Report	Cureton  67' Henderson  90+1'	Attendance: 9,250

Cambridge United v Reading

2 March 2002	Cambridge United	2 - 2	Reading	Abbey Stadium
15:00	Kitson  14' Youngs  32'	Report	Viveash  57' Forster  70'

Reading v Bournemouth

5 March 2002	Reading	2 - 2	Bournemouth	Madejski Stadium
19:45	Cureton  5' Hughes  80'	Report	Hayter  48' Holmes  80'	Attendance: 13,538

Reading v Brighton & Hove Albion

9 March 2002	Reading	0 - 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 22,009

Chesterfield v Reading

16 March 2002	Chesterfield	0 - 2	Reading	Recreation Ground
15:00		Report	Forster  30' Cureton  45'	Attendance: 5,145

Reading v Oldham Athletic

23 March 2002	Reading	2 - 2	Oldham Athletic	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Duxbury  31' Smart  75'	Report	Mackie  8' Parkinson  46'	Attendance: 15,191

Bristol City v Reading

30 March 2002	Bristol City	3 - 3	Reading	Ashton Gate
15:00	Peacock  6' Bell  13' (pen.) Robinson  59'	Report	Hughes  2' Forster  5' (pen.) Watson  14'	Attendance: 15,609

Reading v Northampton Town

1 April 2002	Reading	0 - 0	Northampton Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 16,495

Tranmere Rovers v Reading

7 April 2002	Tranmere Rovers	2 - 2	Reading	Prenton Park
	Barlow  41' Haworth  48'	Report	Rougier  49' Salako  72'	Attendance: 9,282

Reading v Peterborough

13 April 2002	Reading	2 - 2	Peterborough	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster  72', 79'	Report	Matthew Gill  29' McKenzie  83'	Attendance: 22,151

Brentford v Reading

20 April 2002	Brentford	1 - 1	Reading	Griffin Park
15:00	Rowlands  51'	Report	Cureton  77'	Attendance: 11,303

Notes

• Kick-off delayed until 20:00 from 19:45

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C) (P)	46	25	15	6	66	42	+24	90	Promotion to Football League First Division 2002-03
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83	Qualification to 2000-01 Second Division Playoffs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City (P)	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80
6	Huddersfield Town	46	21	15	10	65	47	+18	78
7	Bristol City	46	21	10	15	68	53	+15	73
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	14	13	60	43	+17	71
9	Oldham Athletic	46	18	16	12	77	65	+12	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	16	16	14	66	51	+15	64
11	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	16	58	64	−6	64
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	15	15	63	60	+3	63
13	Swindon Town	46	15	14	17	46	56	−10	59
14	Port Vale	46	16	10	20	51	62	−11	58
15	Colchester United	46	15	12	19	65	76	−11	57
16	Blackpool	46	14	14	18	66	69	−3	56
17	Peterborough United	46	15	10	21	64	59	+5	55
18	Chesterfield	46	13	13	20	53	65	−12	52
19	Notts County	46	13	11	22	59	71	−12	50
20	Northampton Town	46	14	7	25	54	79	−25	49
21	AFC Bournemouth	46	10	14	22	56	71	−15	44
22	Bury (R)	46	11	11	24	43	75	−32	44	Relegation to Football League Third Division 2002-03
23	Wrexham (R)	46	11	10	25	56	89	−33	43
24	Cambridge United (R)	46	7	13	26	47	93	−46	34

Updated to games played on 31 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.

Football League Trophy South

Reading v Colchester United

30 October 2001 Second Round	Reading	2–1	Colchester United	Reading
19:45	Smith  50' Henderson  72'	Report	Stockwell  77'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,725

Barnet v Reading

4 December 2001 Quarter-Final	Barnet	4–1	Reading	Barnet
19:45	Strevens  14', 78' Arber  29' Berkley  90'	Report	Henderson  15' Henderson  43'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,171

League Cup

Reading v Luton Town

21 August 2001 First Round	Reading	4–0	Luton Town	Reading
19:45	Henderson  38', 90' Parkinson  45' Smith  51'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,115

Reading v West Ham United

11 September 2001 Second Round	Reading	0–0 (aet) (6 – 5 p)	West Ham United	Reading
19:45		Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 21,173
		Penalties
	Smith Murty Rougier Harper Igoe Henderson Viveash		Hutchison Courtois Carrick Sinclair Defoe Dailly Minto

Aston Villa v Reading

10 October 2001 Third Round	Aston Villa	1–0 (aet)	Reading	Birmingham
19:45	Dublin  45'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,431

FA Cup

Reading v Welling United

17 November 2001 First Round	Reading	1–0	Welling United	Reading
15:00	Cureton  61'	Report	Overton  45'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,338

York City v Reading

8 December 2001 Second Round	York City	2–0	Reading	York
15:00	Richardson 3' Potter  42'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,161

First team statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Phil Whitehead	37	0	33	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF		Graeme Murty	48	0	43	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF		Matthew Robinson	16	0	14	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
4	MF		Keith Jones	16	0	10+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Adrian Viveash	24	1	18	1	2	0	1+1	0	2	0
6	MF		Kevin Watson	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Tony Rougier	37	1	20+12	1	1	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
8	DF		Ady Williams	40	1	33+2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
9	FW		Martin Butler	21	2	14+3	2	1+1	0	2	0	0	0
10	FW		Nicky Forster	46	19	36+5	19	1	0	2	0	2	0
11	MF		Andy Hughes	42	6	34+5	6	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	FW		Jamie Cureton	42	16	24+14	15	2	1	1+1	0	0	0
14	MF		Sammy Igoe	41	1	27+8	1	0+2	0	2	0	1+1	0
15	MF		James Harper	32	1	19+7	1	1	0	3	0	1+1	0
16	MF		Phil Parkinson	37	3	32+1	2	0	0	3	1	0+1	0
17	MF		Neil Smith	18	2	3+12	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
18	DF		Adrian Whitbread	18	0	14	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
19	MF		Joe Gamble	10	0	2+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	2	0
20	FW		Bas Savage	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Jamie Ashdown	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW		Nathan Tyson	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
23	DF		John Mackie	31	2	27	2	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	FW		Darius Henderson	45	11	2+36	7	1+1	0	1+2	2	2+0	2
26	DF		Alex Smith	17	3	12+1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
28	DF		Nicky Shorey	38	0	32	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
29	MF		John Salako	32	6	31	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW		Michael Branch	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Leo Roget	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading and left during the season:
31	GK		Marcus Hahnemann	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Ben Roberts	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Division Two	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophey	Total
1	FW		10	Nicky Forster	19	0	0	0	19
2	FW		12	Jamie Cureton	15	0	1	0	15
3	FW		24	Darius Henderson	7	0	2	2	11
4	MF		29	John Salako	6	0	0	0	6
	MF		11	Andrew Hughes	6	0	0	0	6
6				Own Goal	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		26	Alex Smith	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		16	Phil Parkinson	2	0	1	0	3
9	FW		9	Martin Butler	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		23	John Mackie	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		17	Neil Smith	1	0	0	1	2
12	MF		15	James Harper	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		8	Ady Williams	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		14	Sammy Igoe	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Adrian Viveash	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		6	Kevin Watson	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		7	Anthony Rougier	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	70	1	4	3	78

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
16		MF	Phil Parkinson	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
14		MF	Sammy Igoe	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
10		FW	Nicky Forster	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4		MF	Keith Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2		DF	Graeme Murty	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		FW	Tony Rougier	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15		MF	James Harper	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Andy Hughes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	John Mackie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
26		DF	Alex Smith	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
8		DF	Ady Williams	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Matthew Robinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29		MF	John Salako	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		DF	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Adrian Whitbread	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Darius Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
9		FW	Martin Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		FW	Jamie Cureton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Joe Gamble	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Adrian Viveash	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Kevin Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	54	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	58	3

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2001–02 was manufactured by Kit@, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2002–03 home colours

2002–03 away colours

References

1. "Reading's double deal". BBC Sport. 2001-07-05. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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