2003–04 Reading F.C. season

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

Reading
2003–04 season
ChairmanJohn Madejski
ManagerAlan Pardew
until 9 October 2003
Steve Coppell from 9 October 2003
First Division9th
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shaun Goater (12)
All:
Shaun Goater (14)
Average home league attendance15,095

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Marcus Hahnemann
2 DF  SCO Graeme Murty[1]
3 DF  ENG Nicky Shorey
4 MF  ENG Kevin Watson
5 DF  ENG Steve Brown
6 DF  ENG Dean Gordon
8 DF  WAL Adrian Williams[2]
9 FW  BER Shaun Goater
10 FW  ENG Nicky Forster
11 MF  ENG Andy Hughes
12 FW  ENG Dave Kitson
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  ENG Steve Sidwell
15 MF  ENG James Harper
16 DF  ISL Ívar Ingimarsson
17 MF  ENG John Salako[3]
20 FW  ENG Bas Savage
21 GK  ENG Jamie Ashdown
23 FW  ENG Dean Morgan
24 MF  ENG Paul Brooker
25 MF  ENG Ricky Newman
26 GK  ENG Jamie Young
31 FW  ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ENG Andre Boucaud[5]
19 MF  IRL Joe Gamble
22 GK  TRI Kelvin Jack
27 MF  SCO Darren Campbell[6]
28 DF  ENG Ahmet Rifat
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW  ENG Andre Fashanu
31 MF  USA Mark Uliano
32 MF  ENG Louie Soares[7]
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
6 DF  ENG John Mackie (to Leyton Orient)
7 MF  SCO Scott Murray (to Bristol City)
16 FW  ENG Martin Butler (to Rotherham United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  ENG Nathan Tyson (to Wycombe Wanderers)
24 FW  ENG Darius Henderson (to Gillingham)
30 MF  JAM Omar Daley (returned to Portmore United after loan)

Transfers

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

Updated to match played 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

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
Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division
9 August 2003 1 Ipswich Town 1–1 Reading Portman Road
Miller  90' (pen.) Report Sidwell  59'
Shorey  78'		 Attendance: 24,830
16 August 2003 2 Reading 3–0 Nottingham Forest Madejski Stadium
Sidwell  49'
Murray  59'
Goater  79'		 Report Attendance: 16,833
23 August 2003 3 Derby County 2–3 Reading Pride Park
Taylor  7' (pen.)
Svensson  81'		 Report Goater  3'
Murray  30', 36'		 Attendance: 18,970
25 August 2003 4 Reading 0–0 Rotherham Madejski Stadium
Report Attendance: 14,047
30 August 2003 5 Wimbledon (MK Dons) 0–3 Reading Selhurst Park
Report Goater  12', 59'
Hughes  53'		 Attendance: 2,066
13 September 2003 6 West Ham 1–0 Reading Upton Park
Dailly  17' Report Attendance: 32,634
16 September 2003 7 Reading 2–1 Cardiff City Madejski Stadium
Forster  62'
Sidwell  79'		 Report Thorne  12' Attendance: 15,810
20 September 2003 8 Reading 1–2 Coventry City Madejski Stadium
Forster  21' Report Adebola  35'
Morrell  76'		 Attendance: 15,371
27 September 2003 9 Sunderland 2–0 Reading Stadium of Light
Arca  28'
Oster  32'		 Report Attendance: 22,420
30 September 2003 10 Norwich City 2–1 Reading Carrow Road
Huckerby  17'
McVeigh  87'		 Report Forster  25' Attendance: 16,387
4 October 2003 11 Reading 2–2 Bradford City Madejski Stadium
Sidwell  5'
Hughes  78'		 Report Evans  44'
Gray  55'		 Attendance: 12,594
14 October 2003 12 Reading 2–1 Gillingham Madejski Stadium
Murray  54'
Sidwell  85'		 Report King  73' Attendance: 13,011
18 October 2003 13 Reading 3–2 Preston North End Madejski Stadium
Goater  39' (pen.)
Mackie  82'
Forster  90'		 Report Fuller  20'
Alexander  53' (pen.)		 Attendance: 13,130
21 October 2003 14 Reading 0–1 Walsall Madejski Stadium
Report Samways  4' Attendance: 11,225
24 October 2003 15 Sheffield United 1–2 Reading Bramall Lane
Ward  10' Report Williams  7'
Forster  43'		 Attendance: 20,651
1 November 2003 16 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Reading Alexandra Stadium
Jones  15' Report Attendance: 7,091
8 November 2003 17 Reading 1–0 Wigan Athletic Madejski Stadium
Hughes  69' Report Filan  90' Attendance: 13,819
15 November 2003 18 Reading 1–0 Millwall Madejski Stadium
Salako  23' Report Attendance: 14,090
22 November 2003 19 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Reading The Hawthorns
Report Attendance: 22,839
25 November 2003 20 Burnley 3–0 Reading Turf Moor
Blake  5', 55'
Chaplow  48'		 Report Attendance: 9,473
29 November 2003 21 Reading 2–1 Watford Madejski Stadium
Forster  58'
Sidwell  88'		 Report Cook  60' Attendance: 14,521
6 December 2003 22 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Reading DW Stadium
Report Forster  55', 89' Attendance: 7,512
13 December 2003 23 Stoke City 3–0 Reading Britannia Stadium
Hoekstra  18', 26', 87' (pen.) Report Attendance: 11,212
20 December 2003 24 Reading 0–3 Crystal Palace Madejski Stadium
Report Johnson  40', 90'
Routledge  43'		 Attendance: 12,743
26 December 2003 25 Reading 0–3 Wimbledon (MK Dons) Madejski Stadium
Report Small  8'
Lewington  22'
McAnuff  80'		 Attendance: 14,486
28 December 2003 26 Walsall 1–1 Reading Bescot Stadium
Leitao  31' Report Shorey  71' Attendance: 8,089
10 January 2004 27 Reading 1–1 Ipswich Town Madejski Stadium
Owusu  62' Report McGreal  72' Attendance: 17,362
17 January 2004 28 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Reading City Ground
Report Murray  41' Attendance: 23,116
31 January 2004 29 Reading 3–1 Derby County Madejski Stadium
Goater  2'
Sidwell  41'		 Report Johnson  59' Attendance: 14,382
7 February 2004 30 Rotherham United 5–1 Reading Millmoor
Proctor  24' (pen.), 79'
Monkhouse  36'
Butler  47'
Barker  90'		 Report Goater  20' (pen.) Attendance: 6,405
21 February 2004 31 Gillingham 0–1 Reading Priestfield Stadium
Report Goater  9' Attendance: 8,600
24 February 2004 32 Reading 2–2 Burnley Madejski Stadium
Owusu  19'
Harper  90'		 Report Moore  23'
May  67'		 Attendance: 10,543
28 February 2004 33 Reading 2–1 Sheffield United Madejski Stadium
Shorey  25'
Goater  33' (pen.)		 Report Gray  10'
2 March 2004 34 Preston North End 2–1 Reading Deepdale
Healy  35', 89' Report Salako  82' Attendance: 11,745
6 March 2004 35 Crystal Palace 2–2 Reading Selhurst Park
Freedman  33'
Johnson  44'		 Report Owusu  15', 56' Attendance: 17,853
13 March 2004 36 Reading 0–0 Stoke City Madejski Stadium
Report Attendance: 14,132
16 March 2004 37 Cardiff City 2–3 Reading Ninian Park
Earnshaw  41'
Bullock  72'		 Report Ingimarsson  39'
Kitson  45'
Morgan  90'		 Attendance: 14,051
20 March 2004 38 Reading 0–2 Sunderland Madejski Stadium
Report Byfield  73'
Smith  74'		 Attendance: 18,019
27 March 2004 39 Coventry City 1–2 Reading Highfield Road
McSheffrey  66' Report Salako  10'
Goater  54'		 Attendance: 15,811
3 April 2004 40 Reading 2–0 West Ham United Madejski Stadium
Kitson  35', 52' Report Attendance: 23,314
10 April 2004 41 Bradford City 2–1 Reading Bradford & Bingley Stadium
Wetherall  25'
Emanuel  25'		 Report Kitson  25' Attendance: 10,287
12 April 2004 42 Reading 0–1 Norwich City Madejski Stadium
Report Mulryne  86' Attendance: 18,460
17 April 2004 43 Reading 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Madejski Stadium
Kitson  10' Report Lunt  39' Attendance: 14,729
24 April 2004 44 Millwall 0–1 Reading The Den
Report Goater  16' Attendance: 12,535
1 May 2004 45 Reading 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Madejski Stadium
Sidwell  88' Report Attendance: 20,619
9 May 2004 46 Watford 1–0 Reading Vicarage Road
Young  44' Report Attendance: 17,979

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 57 −2 70
10 Millwall 46 18 15 13 55 48 +7 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
11 Stoke City 46 18 12 16 58 55 +3 66
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Since the FA Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

League Cup
Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup
13 August 2003 First Round Boston United 1–3 Reading York Street
Redfearn  69' (pen.) Report Forster  16', 87'
Sidwell  83'		 Attendance: 2,055
24 September 2003 Second Round Oxford United 1–3 Reading Kassam Stadium
Louis  78' Report Salako  52'
Forster  66'
Harper  89'		 Attendance: 9,870
28 October 2003 Third Round Reading 1–0 Huddersfield Town Madejski Stadium
Forster  82' Report Attendance: 11,892
3 December 2003 Fourth Round Reading 0–1 Chelsea Madejski Stadium
Report Hasselbaink  57' Attendance: 24,107

FA Cup
Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup
3 January 2004 Third Round Preston North End 3–3 Reading Preston
O'Neil  7'
Fuller  32', 45'		 Report Goater  7'
Jackson  13' (o.g.)
Davis  37' (og.)		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 9,428
13 January 2004 Third Round Reply Reading 1–2 Preston North End Reading
Goater  84' Report Cresswell  28'
Koumantarakis  47'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 9,314

First team statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Marcus Hahnemann 4203602040
2 DF Graeme Murty[16] 42037+102020
3 DF Nicky Shorey 4123522040
4 DF Kevin Watson 25010+1200+1020
5 DF Steve Brown 2201901020
6 DF Dean Gordon 300+300000
8 DF Adrian Williams[17] 3813312030
9 FW Shaun Goater 381430+412221+10
10 FW Nicky Forster 341128+270044
11 MF Andy Hughes 48342+131040
12 FW Dave Kitson 17510+750000
14 MF Steve Sidwell 4894381+1031
15 MF James Harper 43135+412020
16 DF Ívar Ingimarsson 28124+111020
17 MF John Salako 43432+530+203+11
20 FW Bas Savage 1706+901010
21 GK Jamie Ashdown 1001000000
23 FW Dean Morgan 1513+1011+1000
24 MF Paul Brooker 1105+600000
25 MF Ricky Newman 35025+502030
26 GK Jamie Young 100+100000
31 FW Lloyd Owusu 16411+540000
Players who appeared for Reading and left during the season:
6 DF John Mackie 1017+210010
7 MF Scott Murray 40525+95203+10
16 FW Martin Butler 300+300000
22 FW Nathan Tyson 900+80000+10
24 FW Darius Henderson 100+100000
30 DF Omar Daley 700+60000+10

Top scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
1FW9Shaun Goater122014
2FW10Nicky Forster70411
3MF14Steve Sidwell8019
4FW12Dave Kitson5005
DF7Scott Murray5005
6FW31Lloyd Owusu4004
MF17John Salako3014
8MF11Andy Hughes3003
9DF3Nicky Shorey2002
MF15James Harper1012
11FW23Dean Morgan1001
DF8Ady Williams1001
FW6John Mackie1001
DF16Ivar Ingimarsson1001
TOTALS 552764

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
14MFSteve Sidwell91000091
25MFRicky Newman70000080
5DFSteve Brown50000060
8DFAdy Williams50000060
7MFScott Murray40000040
11MFAndy Hughes40000040
20FWBas Savage20000020
10FWNicky Forster20000020
4MFKevin Watson00000010
6DFJohn Mackie10000010
31FWLloyd Owusu11000011
16DFIvar Ingimarsson11000011
2DFGraeme Murty10000010
9FWShaun Goater10000010
12FWDave Kitson10000010
15MFJames Harper10000010
3DFNicky Shorey01000001
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 8 March 2005. 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. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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  14. Simon Fudge. "Royals release duo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  15. Simon Fudge. "Posh land Boucaud, re-sign skipper". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  16. Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England.
  17. Williams was born in Reading, England.
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