2003–04 Reading F.C. season

Reading
2003-04 season
Chairman John Madejski
Manager Alan Pardew
until 9 October 2003
Steve Coppell from 9 October 2003
First Division 9th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League:
Shaun Goater (12)
All:
Shaun Goater (14)
Average home league attendance 15,095

The 2003-04 season was Reading's second consecutive season in the First Division, after promotion from the Second Division in 2002.

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[1]
3 England DF Nicky Shorey
4 England MF Kevin Watson
5 England DF Steve Brown
6 England DF Dean Gordon
8 Wales DF Adrian Williams[2]
9 Bermuda FW Shaun Goater
10 England FW Nicky Forster
11 England MF Andy Hughes
12 England FW Dave Kitson
No. Position Player
14 England MF Steve Sidwell
15 England MF James Harper
16 Iceland DF Ívar Ingimarsson
17 England MF John Salako[3]
20 England FW Bas Savage
21 England GK Jamie Ashdown
23 England FW Dean Morgan
24 England MF Paul Brooker
25 England MF Ricky Newman
26 England GK Jamie Young
31 England FW Lloyd Owusu[4]

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
18 England MF Andre Boucaud[5]
19 Republic of Ireland MF Joe Gamble
22 Trinidad and Tobago GK Kelvin Jack
27 Scotland MF Darren Campbell[6]
No. Position Player
28 England DF Ahmet Rifat
29 England FW Andre Fashanu
32 England MF Louie Soares[7]
37 England DF Peter Castle

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 England DF John Mackie (to Leyton Orient)
7 Scotland MF Scott Murray (to Bristol City)
16 England FW Martin Butler (to Rotherham United)
No. Position Player
22 England FW Nathan Tyson (to Wycombe Wanderers)
24 England FW Darius Henderson (to Gillingham)
30 Jamaica MF Omar Daley (returned to Portmore United after loan)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
8 July 2003 MF Scotland Scott Murray Bristol City £650,000
1 August 2003 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater Manchester City £500,000 [8]
23 October 2003 DF Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson Wolverhampton Wanderers £175,000[9]
27 November 2003 FW England Dean Morgan Colchester United Free
26 December 2003 FW England Dave Kitson Cambridge United £150,000[10]
24 March 2004 GK Trinidad and Tobago Kelvin Jack Unattached Free [11]
25 March 2004 FW England Lloyd Owusu Sheffield Wednesday Free

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
1 July 2003 MF England Sammy Igoe Swindon Town Free
5 July 2003 FW England Jamie Cureton South Korea Busan IPark Free[12]
4 August 2003 GK England Phil Whitehead Tamworth Free
15 August 2003 MF Trinidad and Tobago Tony Rougier Brentford Free
29 August 2003 FW England Martin Butler Rotherham United £150,000
2 January 2004 FW England Darius Henderson Gillingham Nominal
2 January 2004 DF England John Mackie Leyton Orient Free
12 March 2004 FW England Nathan Tyson Wycombe Wanderers Nominal
25 March 2004 MF Scotland Scott Murray Bristol City

Loan in

Date Position Nationality Name From Until
11 August 2003 FW Jamaica Omar Daley Jamaica Portmore United 10 May 2004
23 December 2003 FW Ghana Lloyd Owusu Sheffield Wednesday 24 March 2004
26 February 2004 FW England Paul Brooker Leicester City 10 May 2004
March 2004 DF England Dean Gordon Coventry City 10 May 2004[13]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
10 May 2004[14] MF Republic of Ireland Joe Gamble Republic of Ireland Cork City
10 May 2004[14] MF England Andre Boucaud Peterborough United 14 May 2004[15]
1 July 2004 GK England Jamie Ashdown Portsmouth
1 July 2004 DF England Steve Brown Retired
1 July 2004 MF England Kevin Watson Colchester United
1 July 2004 MF England John Salako Brentford

Competitions

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
First Division 9th 9 August 20039 May 2004
Football League Cup First round Third round 13 August 20033 December 2003
FA Cup Third round 3R 3 January 200413 January 2004

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

First Division

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 20 10 16 55 57 −2 70 11 6 6 29 25 +4 9 4 10 26 32 −6

Results

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C) (P) 46 28 10 8 79 39+40 94 Promotion to 2004–05 FA Premier League
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 25 11 10 64 42+22 86
3 Sunderland 46 22 13 11 62 45+17 79 Qualification to 2003–04 First Division Play-offs
4 West Ham United 46 19 17 10 67 45+22 74
5 Ipswich Town (P) 46 21 10 15 84 72+12 73
6 Crystal Palace 46 21 10 15 72 61+11 73
7 Wigan Athletic 46 18 17 11 60 45+15 71
8 Sheffield United 46 20 11 15 65 56+9 71
9 Reading 46 20 10 16 55 572 70
10 Millwall 46 18 15 13 55 48+7 69 Template:Fb round2 2004-05 UEL R1
11 Stoke City 46 18 12 16 58 55+3 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 14 15 67 54+13 65
13 Cardiff City 46 17 14 15 68 58+10 65
14 Nottingham Forest 46 15 15 16 61 51+10 60
15 Preston North End 46 15 14 17 69 712 59
16 Watford 46 15 12 19 54 6814 57
17 Rotherham United 48 15 15 18 53 618 60
18 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 11 21 57 669 53
19 Burnley 46 13 14 19 60 7717 53
20 Derby County 46 13 13 20 53 6714 52
21 Gillingham 46 14 9 23 48 6719 51
22 Walsall (R) 46 13 12 21 45 6520 51 Relegation to 2004-05 League One
23 Bradford City (R) 46 10 6 30 38 6931 36
24 Wimbledon (R) 46 8 5 33 41 8948 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.

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

First team statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann 42 0 36 0 2 0 4 0
2 DF Scotland Graeme Murty[16] 42 0 37+1 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF England Nicky Shorey 41 2 35 2 2 0 4 0
4 DF England Kevin Watson 25 0 10+12 0 0+1 0 2 0
5 DF England Steve Brown 22 0 19 0 1 0 2 0
6 DF England Dean Gordon 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
8 DF Wales Adrian Williams[17] 38 1 33 1 2 0 3 0
9 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater 38 14 30+4 12 2 2 1+1 0
10 FW England Nicky Forster 34 11 28+2 7 0 0 4 4
11 MF England Andy Hughes 48 3 42+1 3 1 0 4 0
12 FW England Dave Kitson 17 5 10+7 5 0 0 0 0
14 MF England Steve Sidwell 48 9 43 8 1+1 0 3 1
15 MF England James Harper 43 1 35+4 1 2 0 2 0
16 DF Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson 28 1 24+1 1 1 0 2 0
17 MF England John Salako 43 4 32+5 3 0+2 0 3+1 1
20 FW England Bas Savage 17 0 6+9 0 1 0 1 0
21 GK England Jamie Ashdown 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England Dean Morgan 15 1 3+10 1 1+1 0 0 0
24 MF England Paul Brooker 11 0 5+6 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF England Ricky Newman 35 0 25+5 0 2 0 3 0
26 GK England Jamie Young 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW England Lloyd Owusu 16 4 11+5 4 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Reading and left during the season:
6 DF England John Mackie 10 1 7+2 1 0 0 1 0
7 MF Scotland Scott Murray 40 5 25+9 5 2 0 3+1 0
16 FW England Martin Butler 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW England Nathan Tyson 9 0 0+8 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 FW England Darius Henderson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Jamaica Omar Daley 7 0 0+6 0 0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Bermuda 9 Shaun Goater 12 2 0 14
2 FW England 10 Nicky Forster 7 0 4 11
3 MF England 14 Steve Sidwell 8 0 1 9
4 FW England 12 Dave Kitson 5 0 0 5
DF Scotland 7 Scott Murray 5 0 0 5
6 FW England 31 Lloyd Owusu 4 0 0 4
MF England 17 John Salako 3 0 1 4
8 MF England 11 Andy Hughes 3 0 0 3
9 DF England 3 Nicky Shorey 2 0 0 2
MF England 15 James Harper 1 0 1 2
11FW England 23 Dean Morgan 1 0 0 1
DF Wales 8 Ady Williams 1 0 0 1
FW England 6 John Mackie 1 0 0 1
DF Iceland 16 Ivar Ingimarsson 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 55 2 7 64

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
14 England MF Steve Sidwell 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
25 England MF Ricky Newman 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 England DF Steve Brown 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Wales DF Ady Williams 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Scotland MF Scott Murray 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 England MF Andy Hughes 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 England FW Bas Savage 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 England FW Nicky Forster 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 England MF Kevin Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 England DF John Mackie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 England FW Lloyd Owusu 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 Iceland DF Ivar Ingimarsson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Bermuda FW Shaun Goater 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 England FW Dave Kitson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 England MF James Harper 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 England DF Nicky Shorey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 45 4 0 0 0 0 49 4

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2003–04 was manufactured by Kit@, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2003–04 home colours
2003–04 away colours

References

  1. Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
  2. Williams was born in Reading, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in 1994.
  3. Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but qualified to represent England internationally, making his international debut for England in 1991.
  4. Owusu was born in Slough, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Ghana in 2005.
  5. Boucaud was born in Enfield, England, and but chose to represent Trinidad and Tobago, qualifying through his parents. Boucaud represented Trinidad and Tobago 13 days after being released by Reading.
  6. 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.
  7. Soares was born in Reading, England, and but chose to represent Barbados, qualifying through his parents. Soares went on to represent Barbados in 2007.
  8. "Career and history to date". Shaungoater.net. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2005.
  9. "Ingimarsson joins Reading". BBC Sport. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. "Cash Point!". Cambridge Evening News. 27 March 2006. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
  11. "Reading swoop for keeper". BBC. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  12. 부산아이콘스 제이미 큐레튼 선수 영입. Busan I'Cons official website (in Korean). 14 July 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  13. "Royals swoop for Gordon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  14. 1 2 Simon Fudge. "Royals release duo". www1.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  15. Simon Fudge. "Posh land Boucaud, re-sign skipper". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  16. Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England.
  17. Williams was born in Reading, England.
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