Reading F.C. season 2004-05

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Season 2004–05
Reading F.C.
Manager	Steve Coppell
Chairman	John Madejski
League	Football League Championship
Final league position	7th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kitson (19) All: Kitson (19)
Highest home attendance	23,203 (vs Ipswich Town, 22 January 2005)
Lowest home attendance	8,429 (vs Watford, 21 September 2004)

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

1 Review and events
2 Match results
3 Player details
4 Team kit
5 References

[edit] Review and events

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Reading started the season brightly if not amazingly. However, injury to the 3 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 vetrans and former England internationals Les Ferdinand and Martin Keown meant that the club broke a run of 14 league games without a win aginst West Ham. Reading just missed out on a play off spot on the last day oif the season, losing 4-1 to Wigna. Dave Kitson was the club's top scorer, with 19 goals.

See also: 2004-05 in English football

[edit] Match results

[edit] Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

[edit] League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers	Attendance	Position
7 August 2004 – 15:00	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	3–2	Kitson, Harper, Forster	15,641	2
10 August 2004 – 20:00	West Ham United	Away	0–1		26,242	11
14 August 2004 – 15:00	Sheffield United	Away	1–0	Harper	22,429	3
21 August 2004 – 15:00	Rotherham United	Home	1–0	Kitson	11,404	3
28 August 2004 – 15:00	Millwall	Away	0–1		12,098	8
31 August 2004 – 20:00	Sunderland	Home	1–0	Forster	15,792	5
11 September 2004 – 15:00	Derby County	Away	1–2	Shorey	22,096	6
14 September 2004 – 20:00	Preston North End	Home	3–1	Kitson, Forster (2)	11,857	5
18 September 2004 – 15:00	Gillingham	Home	3–1	Kitson (3)	13,867	2
25 September 2004 – 15:00	Watford	Away	1–0	Sidwell	13,389	1
28 September 2004 – 19:45	Ipswich Town	Away	1–1	Kitson	23,167	1
2 October 2004 – 15:00	Burnley	Home	0–0		15,400	2
16 October 2004 – 15:00	Stoke City	Away	1–0	Shorey	15,574	2
19 October 2004 – 20:00	Leeds United	Home	1–1	Owusu	22,230	2
23 October 2004 – 15:00	Crewe Alexandra	Home	4–0	Sidwell, Kitson, Owusu, Ingimarsson	13,630	2
30 October 2004 – 15:00	Coventry City	Away	2–3	Owusu, Kitson	13,663	3
2 November 2004 – 19:45	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2–2	Coughlan (og), Kitson	14,336	4
6 November 2004 – 15:00	Stoke City	Home	1–0	Kitson	14,831	3
13 November 2004 – 15:00	Cardiff City	Home	2–1	Morgan, Kitson	16,107	3
20 November 2004 – 15:00	Nottingham Forest	Away	0–1		21,138	3
27 November 2004 – 15:00	Wigan Athletic	Home	1–1	Owusu	22,114	4
4 December 2004 – 15:00	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	1–4	Morgan	25,572	4
11 December 2004 – 15:00	Leicester City	Away	2–0	Sidwell, Ingimarsson	24,068	4
18 December 2004 – 12:45	Queens Park Rangers	Home	1–0	Shorey	20,272	4
26 December 2004 – 11:00	Watford	Home	3–0	Sonko, Sidwell, Owusu	18,757	3
28 December 2004 – 15:00	Preston North End	Away	0–3		12,795	4
1 January 2005 – 15:00	Gillingham	Away	0–0		8,570	4
3 January 2005 – 17:30	Derby County	Home	0–1		15,491	4
15 January 2005 – 15:00	Burnley	Away	0–0		11,392	4
22 January 2005 – 15:00	Ipswich Town	Home	1–1	Ingimarsson	23,203	4
5 February 2005 – 15:00	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0–0		19,783	4
12 February 2005 – 15:00	Leeds United	Away	1–3	Owusu	30,034	5
19 February 2005 – 15:00	Coventry City	Home	1–2	Ferdinand	15,904	7
22 February 2005 – 19:45	Crewe Alexandra	Away	1–1	Kitson	5,703	7
26 February 2005 – 15:00	Leicester City	Home	0–0		14,651	7
5 March 2005 – 15:00	Queens Park Rangers	Away	0–0		16,971	6
12 March 2005 – 15:00	West Ham United	Home	3–1	Kitson (3)	22,268	6
15 March 2005 – 19:45	Rotherham United	Away	0–1		3,804	6
21 March 2005 – 19:45	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	1–0	Forster	6,108	6
2 April 2005 – 15:00	Sheffield United	Home	0–0		18,899	5
5 April 2005 – 20:00	Millwall	Home	2–1	Kitson, Forster	14,379	5
9 April 2005 – 12:45	Sunderland	Away	2–1	Kitson (2)	34,237	6
16 April 2005 – 15:00	Nottingham Forest	Home	1–0	Harper	17,905	6
23 April 2005 – 15:00	Cardiff City	Away	0–2		14,821	7
30 April 2005 – 15:00	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	1–2	Forster	20,495	7
8 May 2005 – 13:00	Wigan Athletic	Away	1–3	Sidwell	19,662	7

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 2005 – 15:00	Third round	Swansea City	Home	1-1	Ingimarsson	13,642
17 January 2004 – 19:45	Third round (replay)	Swansea City	Away	1-0 (aet)	Forster	7,354
29 January 2004 – 15:00	Fourth round	Leicester City	Home	1-2	Forster	14,825

[edit] Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers	Attendance
25 August 2004 – 19:45	First round	Oxford United	Away	2-0	Goater, Hughes	5,919
21 September 2004 – 20:00	Second round	Watford	Home	0-3		8,429

[edit] Player details

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1. Marcus Hahnemann, Goalkeeper, USA 2. Graeme Murty, Right Back, Scotland (Club Captain after Williams' departure) 3. Nicky Shorey, Left Back, England 4. Steve Sidwell, Central Midifelder, England 5. Martin Keown, Central Defender, England (Signed in January) 6. Ibrahima Sonko, Central Defender, France/Senegal 7. Glen Little, Right Winger, England 8. Adrian Williams, Central Defender, Wales (Club Captain)(left early in the season for Coventry) 9. Shaun Goater, Striker, Bermuda 10. Nicky Forster, Striker, England 11. Andy Hughes, Midfielder, England 12. Dave Kitson, Striker, England 13. Reading F.C. Fans Everywhere 14. Lloyd Owusu, Striker, Ghana 15. James Harper, Central Midifielder, England 16. Ivar Ingimarsson, Central Defender, Iceland 17. Bobby Convey, Left Winger, USA 18. Paul Brooker, Winger, England 19. Adam Federici, Goalkeeper, Australia 20. Bas Savage, Striker, England 21. Les Ferdinand, Striker, England 22. Peter Castle, Left Back, England 23. Dean Morgan, Winger/Striker, England 24. Louis Soares, Right Back, England (brother of Tom Soares) 25. Ricky Newman, Defensive Midfielder, England 26. Jamie Young, Goalkeeper, England 27. Darren Campbell, Midfielder, England 28. N/A 29. Simieon Howell, Central Midfielder, England 30. Jonathon Hayes, Left Winger, Republic of Ireland