2002–03 Reading F.C. season

Reading
2002–03 season
Chairman	Sir John Madejski
Manager	Alan Pardew
First Division	4th
FA Cup	Third Round vs Walsall
League Cup	First Round vs Cambridge United
Top goalscorer	League: Nicky Forster (15); All: Nicky Forster (16)
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 2002–03 season was Reading's first season back in the First Division, since their promotion from the Second Division in 2002.

Season review

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Phil Whitehead
2	DF	SCO	Graeme Murty
3	DF	ENG	Nicky Shorey
4	MF	ENG	Kevin Watson
5	DF	ENG	Adrian Viveash
6	DF	ENG	John Mackie
7	FW	TRI	Tony Rougier
8	DF	WAL	Adrian Williams
9	FW	ENG	Martin Butler
10	FW	ENG	Nicky Forster
11	MF	ENG	Andy Hughes
12	FW	ENG	Jamie Cureton
14	MF	ENG	Sammy Igoe
15	MF	ENG	James Harper
16	MF	ENG	Glen Little
17	MF	ENG	John Salako
19	MF	IRL	Joe Gamble


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	ENG	Bas Savage
21	GK	ENG	Jamie Ashdown
22	FW	ENG	Nathan Tyson
23	MF	ENG	Andre Boucaud[1]
24	FW	ENG	Darius Henderson
25	MF	ENG	Ricky Newman
26	DF	ENG	Alex Smith
27	MF	ENG	Steve Sidwell
28	MF	ENG	Steve Warren
29	DF	ENG	Steve Brown
30	MF	ENG	Luke Chadwick
31	GK	USA	Marcus Hahnemann
32	GK	ENG	Jamie Young
34	MF	SCO	Darren Campbell[2]
35	DF	ENG	Ahmet Rifat
37	DF	ENG	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ENG	Phil Parkinson (to Colchester)
18	DF	ENG	Adrian Whitbread (Retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	ENG	Ricky Allaway (Released)
29	DF	ENG	Matthew Upson (returned to Arsenal after loan)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
8 August 2002	GK	Marcus Hahnemann	Fulham	Free
19 December 2002	DF	Steve Brown	Charlton Athletic	Free
20 January 2003	MF	Steve Sidwell	Arsenal	Undisclosed Fee[3]
20 March 2003		Mario Noto	Tottenham Hotspur	Free

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2002	DF	Matthew Robinson	Oxford United	Free
9 August 2002	GK	Frank Talia	Wycombe Wanderers	Free
16 August 2002	DF	Neil Smith	Stevenage	Free
1 November 2002	DF	Ricky Allaway	Basingstoke Town	Free
25 February 2003	MF	Phil Parkinson	Colchester United	Free

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	Until
5 September 2002	DF	Matthew Upson	Arsenal	8 December 2002[4]
7 February 2003	MF	Luke Chadwick	Manchester United	19 March 2003
27 March 2003	MF	Luke Chadwick	Manchester United	15 May 2003
1 April 2003	MF	Glen Little	Burnley	15 May 2003

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until
12 December 2002	DF		Alex Smith	Shrewsbury Town	4 May 2003

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
9 April 2003	DF	Adrian Whitbread	Retired
2 June 2003	DF	Adrian Viveash	Swindon Town
2 June 2003		Steve Warren
1 July 2003	DF	Alex Smith	Chester City	November 2003

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
First Division	—	4th	10 August 2002	4 May 2003
FL Cup	1st round	1st round	10 September 2002	10 September 2002
FA Cup	3rd round	3rd round	4 January 2003	14 January 2003

Updated to match played match played 4 May 2003
Source: Competitions

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	25	4	17	61	46	+15	79	13	3	7	33	21	+12	12	1	10	28	25	+3

Fixtures and results

10 August 2002	Derby County	3–0	Reading	Pride Park
	Lee 60' Ravanelli 62' Christie 71'	Report		Attendance: 33,016

13 August 2002	Reading	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Madejski Stadium
	Cureton 47', 78'	Report	Sibon 18' Quinn 89' 90'	Attendance: 13,638

17 August 2002	Reading	1–2	Coventry City	Madejski Stadium
	Cureton 12' (pen.)	Report	Davenport 74' Bothroyd 81'	Attendance: 14,712

24 August 2002	Leicester City	2–1	Reading	Walkers Stadium
	Deane 3' Dickov 4' (pen.)	Report	Cureton 20' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,978

27 August 2002	Reading	3–0	Burnley	Madejski Stadium
	Cureton 55', 90' Butler 87'	Report		Attendance: 12,009

31 August 2002	Walsall	0–2	Reading	Bescot Stadium
	Martínez 84'	Report	Hughes 78', 90'	Attendance: 5,327

7 September 2002	Rotherham United	0–0	Reading	Don Valley Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 6,154

14 September 2002	Reading	0–1	Wimbledon	Madejski Stadium
		Report	McAnuff 90'	Attendance: 14,832

18 September 2002	Reading	0–2	Norwich City	Madejski Stadium
		Report	McVeigh 3' Mulryne 5'	Attendance: 14,335

21 September 2002	Wolves	0–1	Reading	Molineux
		Report	Hughes 58'	Attendance: 25,560

28 September 2002	Reading	1–1	Stoke	Madejski Stadium
	Rougier 11'	Report	Vandeurzen 39'	Attendance: 13,646

5 October 2002	Grimsby Town	0–3	Reading	Blundell Park
		Report	Hughes 15' Forster 33' Pouton 90' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,582

19 October 2002	Reading	3–1	Ipswich Town	Madejski Stadium
	Forster 28', 40', 69'	Report	Ambrose 61'	Attendance: 19,524

26 October 2002	PNE	1–0	Reading	Deepdale
	Cresswell 22'	Report		Attendance: 13,021

29 October 2002	Reading	1–0	Bradford City	Madejski Stadium
	Shorey 70'	Report		Attendance: 12,110

2 November 2002	Reading	2–0	Millwall	Madejski Stadium
	Forster 5' Hughes 90'	Report		Attendance: 13,081

9 October 2002	Gillingham	0–1	Reading	Priestfield Stadium
		Report	Rougier 82'	Attendance: 8,511

23 November 2002	Reading	1–0	Watford	Madejski Stadium
	Watson 61'	Report		Attendance: 17,465

26 November 2002	Crystal Palace	0–1	Reading	Selhurst Park
		Report	Forster 39'	Attendance: 15,712

29 November 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Reading	Withdean Stadium
		Report	Salako 22'	Attendance: 6,817

7 December 2002	Reading	0–0	Portsmouth	Madejski Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 23,462

14 December 2002	Reading	0–2	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
		Report	Harley 59' Windass 76'	Attendance: 18,534

21 December 2002	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Reading	City Ground
	Johnson 4' Harewood 67'	Report		Attendance: 25,831

26 December 2002	Coventry City	2–0	Reading	Highfield Road
	Hignett 39' Partridge 52'	Report		Attendance: 19,526

28 December 2002	Reading	2–1	Derby County	Madejski Stadium
	Tyson 5' Cureton 89'	Report	Burley 7' (pen.)	Attendance: 16,299

11 January 2003	Seffield Wednesday	3–2	Reading	Hillsborough
	Quinn 52' Sibon 69' Johnston 71'	Report	Forster 9' Butler 19'

18 January 2003	Reading	0–0	Walsall	Madejski Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 11,786

28 January 2003	Reading	1–3	Leicester City	Madejski Stadium
	Hughes 54'	Report	Dickov 17', 26' (pen.) Heath 34'	Attendance: 17,156

1 February 2003	Burnley	2–5	Reading	Turf Moor
	Moore 55' West 90'	Report	Sidwell 37', 79' Salako 45', 52' Henderson 90'	Attendance: 14,420

10 February 2003	Reading	2 -1	Gillingham	Madejski Stadium
	Chadwick 13' Salako 87'	Report	Wallace 10'	Attendance: 11,030

15 February 2003	Millwall	0–2	Reading	The Den
		Report	Forster 45' Henderson 83'	Attendance: 7,038

18 February 2003	Sheffield United	1–3	Reading	Bramall Lane
	Brown 4'	Report	Forster 36', 80' Williams 74'	Attendance: 16,884

22 February 2003	Reading	3–0	Rotherham	Madejski Stadium
	Harper 15' Hughes 32' Forster 40'	Report		Attendance: 14,816

1 March 2003	Wimbledon	2–0	Reading	Selhurst Park
	Francis 31' Tapp 85'	Report		Attendance: 3,869

5 March 2003	Norwich City	0–1	Reading	Carrow Road
		Report	Kenton 75' (o.g.)	Attendance: 18,970

12 March 2003	Reading	0–1	Wolves	Madejski Stadium
		Report	Miller 44'	Attendance: 19,731

15 March 2003	Reading	2–1	Crystal Palace	Madejski Stadium
	Brown 66' Harper 90'	Report	Johnson 76'	Attendance: 18,063

18 March 2003	Ipswich Town	3–1	Reading	Portman Road
	Gaardsoe 1' Magilton 31' Holland 70'	Report	Forster 16'	Attendance: 24,108

22 March 2003	Bradford City	0–1	Reading	Bradford & Bingley Stadium
		Report	Forster 66'	Attendance: 11,385

4 April 2003	Reading	1–2	Brighton & Hove	Madejski Stadium
	Cureton 83'	Report	Brooker 17' Kitson 77'	Attendance: 16,133

15 April 2003	Reading	5–1	PNE	Madejski Stadium
	Forster 29', 41', 57' Shorey 56' (pen.) Henderson 90'	Report	Jackson 2' 27' Lucas 55' Mears 83'	Attendance: 14,012

18 April 2003	Reading	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Madejski Stadium
	Hughes 74'	Report		Attendance: 21,612

21 April 2003	Portsmouth	3–0	Reading	Fratton Park
	Pericard 19', 45' Todorov 71'	Report		Attendance: 19,535

26 April 2003	Reading	2–1	Grimsby Town	Madejski Stadium
	Little 2' Hughes 22'	Report	Keane 90'	Attendance: 20,273

30 April 2003	Watford	0–3	Reading	Vicarage Road
		Report	Rougier 27' Henderson 70' Cureton 90'	Attendance: 11,814

4 May 2003	Stoke	1–0	Reading	Britannia Stadium
	Akinbiyi 55'	Report		Attendance: 20,477

Semi-finals

10 May 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Reading	Molineux
17:30	Newton 74' Naylor 82'	Report	Forster 25' Tyson 90+2'	Attendance: 27,678 Referee: A Kaye

14 May 2003	Reading	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
19:45		Report	Rae 82'	Attendance: 24,060 Referee: Howard Webb

Reading lost 3–1 on aggregate

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Leicester City (P)	46	26	14	6	73	40	+33	92	Promotion to 2003–04 FA Premier League
3	Sheffield United	46	23	11	12	72	52	+20	80	Qualification for First Division Playoffs
4	Reading	46	25	4	17	61	46	+15	79
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers (O, P)	46	20	16	10	81	44	+37	76
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	14	12	82	50	+32	74

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

League Cup

10 September 2002	Cambridge United	3–1	Reading	Abbey Stadium
	Duncan 24' Kitson 39' Tudor 71'	Report	Upson 89'	Attendance: 2,696

FA Cup

4 January 2003 Third round	Walsall	0–0	Reading	Bescot Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 5,987

14 January 2003 Third round reply	Reading	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Walsall	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Aranalde 32' (o.g.)	Report	Wrack 7'	Attendance: 8,767

First team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 14 May 2003[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Phil Whitehead	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Graeme Murty	48	0	43+1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF		Nicky Shorey	48	2	43	2	2	0	2	0	1	0
4	MF		Kevin Watson	33	1	24+8	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Adrian Viveash	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		John Mackie	28	0	20+5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
7	FW		Tony Rougier	22	3	13+7	3	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	DF		Ady Williams	41	1	38	1	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
9	FW		Martin Butler	24	2	12+9	2	0	0	2	0	1	0
10	FW		Nicky Forster	44	17	35+5	16	1	1	1+1	0	1	0
11	MF		Andy Hughes	47	9	41+2	9	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
12	FW		Jamie Cureton	32	9	13+14	9	1+1	0	1+1	0	1	0
14	FW		Sammy Igoe	18	0	8+7	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
15	MF		James Harper	40	2	34+2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF		Glenn Little	7	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		John Salako	46	4	33+10	4	0	0	0+2	0	1	0
21	GK		Jamie Ashdown	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Nathan Tyson	27	1	9+14	1	0+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
24	FW		Darius Henderson	25	4	1+21	4	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	MF		Ricky Newman	32	0	21+7	0	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
26	DF		Alex Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Steve Sidwell	15	2	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Steve Brown	25	1	21	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF		Luke Chadwick	17	1	15	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Marcus Hahnemann	46	0	41	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
34	MF		Darren Campbell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Peter Castle	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
16	MF		Phil Parkinson	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF		Matthew Upson	15	1	13+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	First Division	Play Off	League Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Nicky Forster	16	1	0	17
2	FW	12	Jamie Cureton	9	0	0	9
2	MF	11	Andy Hughes	9	0	0	9
4	MF	17	John Salako	4	0	0	4
4	FW	24	Darius Henderson	4	0	0	4
6	FW	7	Tony Rougier	3	0	0	3
7	MF	15	James Harper	2	0	0	2
	DF	3	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	2
	FW	9	Martin Butler	2	0	0	2
	MF	27	Steve Sidwell	2	0	0	2
11	DF	29	Steve Brown	1	0	0	1
	MF	4	Kevin Watson	1	0	0	1
	FW	22	Nathan Tyson	1	0	0	1
	MF	30	Luke Chadwick	1	0	0	1
	DF	8	Ady Williams	1	0	0	1
	MF	16	Glen Little	1	0	0	1
	DF	29	Matthew Upson	0	0	1	1
			Totals	58	1	1	60

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	First Division		Play Off		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
25		MF	Ricky Newman	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
6		DF	John Mackie	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
29		DF	Steve Brown	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
8		DF	Ady Williams	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7		FW	Tony Rougier	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4		MF	Kevin Watson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
14		MF	Sammy Igoe	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10		FW	Nicky Forster	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Andy Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Nicky Shorey	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Steve Sidwell	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
29		DF	Matthew Upson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22		FW	Nathan Tyson	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
9		FW	Martin Butler	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		DF	Graeme Murty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	John Salako	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Adrian Viveash	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15		MF	James Harper	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Darius Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			Totals	62	2	3	1	4	0	1	0	70	4

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2002–03 was manufactured by Kit@, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2002–03 home colours

2002–03 away colours

References

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.
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.
"Sidwell joins Reading". BBC Sport. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"Reading secure Upson deal". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"Reading F.C. player appearances: 2002–03". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

Soccerbase

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[1] 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.

[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] "Sidwell joins Reading". BBC Sport. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[4] "Reading secure Upson deal". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[5] "Reading F.C. player appearances: 2002–03". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2013.