2004–05 Reading F.C. season

Reading started the season brightly. However, injury to the three 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 veterans and former England internationals Les Ferdinand and Martin Keown meant that the club broke a run of 11 league games without a win against West Ham. Reading won 3-1, with a Dave Kitson hat-trick. Reading just missed out on a playoff spot on the last day of the season, losing 3-1 to Wigan. Dave Kitson was the club's top scorer, with 19 goals.

Squad

Current squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marcus Hahnemann
2	DF	Graeme Murty
3	DF	Nicky Shorey
4	MF	Steve Sidwell
5	DF	Martin Keown
6	DF	Ibrahima Sonko
7	MF	Glen Little
9	FW	Shaun Goater
10	FW	Nicky Forster
11	MF	Andy Hughes
12	FW	Dave Kitson
13	FW	Reading F.C. Fans Everywhere
14	FW	Lloyd Owusu
15	MF	James Harper
16	DF	Ívar Ingimarsson

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Bobby Convey
18	MF	Paul Brooker
19	GK	Adam Federici
20	FW	Bas Savage
21	FW	Les Ferdinand
22	DF	Peter Castle
23	FW	Dean Morgan
24	DF	Louis Soares
25	MF	Ricky Newman
26	GK	Jamie Young
27	MF	Darren Campbell
29	MF	Simieon Howell
31	MF	Jonathon Hayes

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
8		DF	Adrian Williams (to Coventry City)

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League Championship	—	7th		7 August 2004	8 May 2005
Football League Cup	1st round	—	1st round	25 August 2004	21 September 2004
FA Cup	3rd round	—	R4	8 January 2005	29 January 2005

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Championship

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	19	13	14	51	47	+4	70	13	7	3	33	15	+18	6	6	11	18	32	−14

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

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & results

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Championship

7 August 2004	Reading	3 - 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Kitson 2' Harper 41' Forster 60'	Report	Molango 1' Robinson 63'	Attendance: 15,641

10 August 2004	West Ham United	1 - 0	Reading	Upton Park
20:00	Sheringham 82'	Report		Attendance: 26,242

14 August 2004	Sheffield United	0 - 1	Reading	Bramall Lane
15:00		Report	Harper 41'	Attendance: 22,429

21 August 2004	Reading	1 - 0	Rotherham United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Kitson 45' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 11,404

28 August 2004	Millwall	1 - 0	Reading	The Den
15:00	Dichio 79'	Report		Attendance: 12,098

31 August 2004	Reading	1 - 0	Sunderland	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Forster 2'	Report		Attendance: 15,792

11 September 2004	Derby County	2 - 1	Reading	Pride Park
15:00	Smith 70' Tudgay 82'	Report	Shorey 87'	Attendance: 22,096

14 September 2004	Reading	3 - 1	Preston North End	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Kitson 11' Forster 34', 85'	Report	Healy 87'	Attendance: 11,857

18 September 2004	Reading	3 - 1	Gillingham	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Kitson 1', 16' (pen.), 28' (pen.)	Report	Byfield 55'	Attendance: 13,867

25 September 2004	Watford	0 - 1	Reading	Vicarage Road
15:00		Report	Sidwell 65'	Attendance: 13,389

28 September 2004	Ipswich Town	1 - 1	Reading	Portman Road
19:45	Kuqi 10'	Report	Kitson 26'	Attendance: 23,167

2 October 2004	Reading	0 - 0	Burnley	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 15,400

16 October 2004	Stoke City	0 - 1	Reading	Britannia Stadium
15:00		Report	Shorey 41'	Attendance: 15,400

19 October 2004	Reading	1 - 1	Leeds United	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Owusu 45'	Report	Walton 1'	Attendance: 22,230

23 October 2004	Reading	4 - 0	Crewe Alexandra	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Sidwell 21' Kitson 25' Owusu 45' Ingimarsson 47'	Report		Attendance: 13,630

30 October 2004	Coventry City	3 - 2	Reading	Highfield Road
15:00	John 14' (pen.) Morrell 51' Johnson 67'	Report	Owusu 11' Kitson 70'	Attendance: 13,663

2 November 2004	Plymouth Argyle	2 - 2	Reading	Home Park
19:45	Sidwell 18' (o.g.) Crawford 41'	Report	Coughlan 51' (o.g.) Kitson 90'	Attendance: 14,336

6 November 2004	Reading	1 - 0	Stoke City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Kitson 23'	Report		Attendance: 14,831

13 November 2004	Reading	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Morgan 13' Kitson 39'	Report	Kavanagh 57' Jerome 87'	Attendance: 16,107

20 November 2004	Nottingham Forest	1 - 0	Reading	City Ground
15:00	Taylor 25'	Report		Attendance: 21,138

27 November 2004	Reading	1 - 1	Wigan Athletic	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Owusu 42'	Report	Mahon 26'	Attendance: 22,114

4 December 2004	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 - 1	Reading	Molineux
15:00	Cameron 32' Olofinjana 45' Clarke 78', 90'	Report	Morgan 47'	Attendance: 25,572

11 December 2004	Leicester City	0 - 2	Reading	Walkers Stadium
15:00		Report	Sidwell 68' Ingimarsson 82'	Attendance: 24,068

18 December 2004	Reading	1 - 0	Queens Park Rangers	Madejski Stadium
12:45	Shorey 64'	Report		Attendance: 20,272

26 December 2004	Reading	3 - 0	Watford	Madejski Stadium
11:00	Sonko 3' Sidwell 76' Owusu 87'	Report		Attendance: 18,757

28 December 2004	Preston North End	3 - 0	Reading	Deepdale
15:00	Agyemang 17' Hughes 26' (o.g.) Lewis 67'	Report		Attendance: 12,795

1 January 2005	Gillingham	0 - 0	Reading	Priestfield Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 8,570

3 January 2005	Reading	0 - 1	Derby County	Madejski Stadium
17:30		Report	Smith 45'	Attendance: 15,491

15 January 2005	Burnley	0 - 0	Reading	Turf Moor
15:00		Report		Attendance: 11,392

22 January 2005	Reading	1 - 1	Ipswich Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Ingimarsson 90'	Report	Bent 89'	Attendance: 23,203

5 February 2005	Reading	0 - 0	Plymouth Argyle	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 19,783

12 February 2005	Leeds United	3 - 1	Reading	Elland Road
15:00	Healy 37' Hulse 57', 62'	Report	Owusu 88'	Attendance: 30,034

19 February 2005	Reading	1 - 2	Coventry City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Ferdinand 8'	Report	McSheffrey 63' John 72'	Attendance: 15,904

22 February 2005	Crewe Alexandra	1 - 1	Reading	Alexandra Stadium
19:45	Varney 12'	Report	Kitson 70'	Attendance: 5,703

26 February 2005	Reading	0 - 0	Leicester City	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 14,651

5 March 2005	Queens Park Rangers	0 - 0	Reading	Loftus Road
15:00		Report		Attendance: 16,971

12 March 2005	Reading	3 - 1	West Ham United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Kitson 13', 27', 57'	Report	Sheringham 82'	Attendance: 22,268

15 March 2005	Rotherham United	1 - 0	Reading	Millmoor
19:45	Warne 90'	Report		Attendance: 3,804

21 March 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 - 1	Reading	Withdean Stadium
19:45		[ Report	Forster 64'	Attendance: 6,108

2 April 2005	Reading	0 - 0	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 18,899

5 April 2005	Reading	2 - 1	Millwall	Madejski Stadium
20:00	Kitson 73' Forster 83'	Report	Dichio 39'	Attendance: 14,379

9 April 2005	Sunderland	1 - 2	Reading	Stadium of Light
12:45	Arca 51'	Report	Kitson 75', 81' (pen.)	Attendance: 34,237

16 April 2005	Reading	1 - 0	Nottingham Forest	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Harper 74'	Report		Attendance: 17,905

23 April 2005	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Reading	Ninian Park
15:00	Thorne 13' Jerome 31'	Report		Attendance: 14,821

30 April 2005	Reading	1 - 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster 8'	Report	Clarke 53' Ricketts 84'	Attendance: 20,495

8 May 2005	Wigan Athletic	3 - 1	Reading	JJB Stadium
13:00	McCulloch 18' Roberts 21' Ellington 85'	Report	Sidwell 90'	Attendance: 19,662

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland (C) (P)	46	29	7	10	76	41	+35	94	Promotion to the 2005–06 FA Premier League
2	Wigan Athletic (P)	46	25	12	9	79	35	+44	87	Promotion to the 2005–06 FA Premier League
3	Ipswich Town	46	24	13	9	85	56	+29	85	Qualification to the 2004-05 Championship Play-offs
4	Derby County	46	22	10	14	71	60	+11	76
5	Preston North End (P)	46	21	12	13	67	58	+9	75
6	West Ham United	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	51	44	+7	70
8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	57	56	+1	67
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	21	10	72	59	+13	66
10	Millwall	46	18	12	16	51	45	+6	66
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	54	58	−4	62
12	Stoke City	46	17	10	19	36	38	−2	61
13	Burnley	46	15	15	16	38	39	−1	60
14	Leeds United	46	14	18	14	49	52	−3	60
15	Leicester City	46	12	21	13	49	46	+3	57
16	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	48	51	−3	54
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
18	Watford	46	12	16	18	52	59	−7	52
19	Coventry City	46	13	13	20	61	73	−12	52
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	12	21	40	65	−25	51
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	66	86	−20	50
22	Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	45	66	−21	50	Relegation to the 2004-05 League One
23	Nottingham Forest (R)	46	9	17	20	42	66	−24	44
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	14	27	35	69	−34	29

Updated to games played on 09 December 2011
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

8 January 2005 Third Round	Reading	1 - 1	Swansea City	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Ingimarsson 88'	Report	Connor 32'	Attendance: 13,642

17 January 2005 Third Round Reply	Swansea City	0 - 1 (A.E.T)	Reading	Vetch Field
19:45		Report	Forster 95'	Attendance: 7,354

29 January 2005 Fourth Reply	Reading	1 - 2	Preston North End	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Forster 10'	Report	Williams 32' Scowcroft 90'	Attendance: 14,825

Football League Cup

Main article: 2004-05 Football League Cup

25 August 2004 First Round	Oxford United	0 - 2	Reading	Kassam Stadium
19:45		Report	Goater 61' Hughes 76'	Attendance: 5,919

21 September 2004 Second Round	Reading	0 - 3	Watford	Madejski Stadium
20:00		Report	Cox 14' (pen.) Bouazza 89' Ingimarsson 90' (og.)	Attendance: 8,429

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Premier League		Cup's
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Marcus Hahnemann	51	0	46	0	5	0
2		DF	Graeme Murty	45	0	41	0	4	0
3		DF	Nicky Shorey	48	3	44	3	4	0
4		MF	Steve Sidwell	47	5	44	5	3	0
5		DF	Martin Keown	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
6		DF	Ibrahima Sonko	42	1	35+4	1	3	0
7		MF	Glen Little	39	0	29+6	0	4	0
9		FW	Shaun Goater	11	1	2+7	0	2	1
10		FW	Nicky Forster	34	9	27+3	7	3+1	2
11		MF	Andy Hughes	46	1	40+1	0	5	1
12		FW	Dave Kitson	38	19	37	19	1	0
13		DF	Reading F.C. Fans Everywhere	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		FW	Lloyd Owusu	30	6	14+11	6	1+4	0
15		MF	James Harper	45	4	39+2	3	4	1
16		DF	Ívar Ingimarsson	49	4	43+1	3	5	1
17		MF	Bobby Convey	22	0	4+14	0	3+1	0
18		MF	Paul Brooker	34	0	22+9	0	2+1	0
19		GK	Adam Federici	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		FW	Bas Savage	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		FW	Les Ferdinand	14	1	4+8	1	2	0
22		DF	Peter Castle	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		FW	Dean Morgan	20	2	10+8	2	0+2	0
24		DF	Louis Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Ricky Newman	19	0	11+6	0	2	0
26		GK	Jamie Young	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		MF	Darren Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		MF	Simieon Howell	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		MF	Jonathon Hayes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading no longer at the club:
8		DF	Adrian Williams	13	0	11+0	0	2+0	0

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	12	Dave Kitson	19	0	0	19
1	FW	10	Nicky Forster	7	1	0	9
1	FW	14	Lloyd Owusu	6	0	0	6
1	MF	4	Steve Sidwell	5	0	0	5
1	DF	16	Ívar Ingimarsson	3	1	0	4
1	MF	15	James Harper	3	0	0	3
1	DF	6	Ibrahima Sonko	3	0	0	3
1	DF	3	Nicky Shorey	3	0	0	3
1	FW	23	Dean Morgan	2	0	0	2
1	FW	21	Les Ferdinand	1	0	0	1
1	FW	9	Shaun Goater	0	0	1	1
1	MF	11	Andy Hughes	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	52	3	2	57

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2004–05 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2004–05 home colours

2004–05 away colours

2004–05 third choice colours

References

Reading F.C. seasons

1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

2004–05 in English football

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds · Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and Football League	Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Play-offs (Championship Final · League One Final · League Two Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference (National · North · South) · Conference League Cup

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	Champions League (Final) · UEFA Cup · Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6) · Sven-Göran Eriksson

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Crystal Palace · Everton · Fulham · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Portsmouth · Southampton · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion

Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Cardiff City · Coventry City · Crewe Alexandra · Derby County · Gillingham · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Millwall · Nottingham Forest · Plymouth Argyle · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Rotherham United · Sheffield United · Stoke City · Sunderland · Watford · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic · Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley · Blackpool · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Bristol City · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Doncaster Rovers · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Hull City · Luton Town · Milton Keynes Dons · Oldham Athletic · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Sheffield Wednesday · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Torquay United · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wrexham

League Two	Boston United · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Cambridge United · Cheltenham Town · Chester City · Darlington · Grimsby Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oxford United · Rochdale · Rushden & Diamonds · Scunthorpe United · Shrewsbury Town · Southend United · Swansea City · Wycombe Wanderers · Yeovil Town

Conference National	Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Barnet · Burton Albion · Canvey Island · Carlisle United · Crawley Town · Dagenham & Redbridge · Exeter City · Farnborough Town · Forest Green Rovers · Gravesend & Northfleet · Halifax Town · Hereford United · Leigh RMI · Morecambe · Northwich Victoria · Scarborough · Stevenage Borough · Tamworth · Woking · York City

Conference South	Newport County

Northern Premier League	Gateshead

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