List of Reading F.C. records and statistics

Contents 1 Honours 2 Club Records 2.1 Team performance records 2.2 Player records 3 References

Honours

• English 2nd tier:

2006, runners-up 1995

• English 3rd tier:

1926,1986,1994; runners-up 1932, 1935, 1949, 1952, 2002

• English 4th tier:

1979

• Full Members Cup:

1988

• London War Cup:

1940–41

• Football League Third Division South Cup:

1938

• FA Cup:

Semi-finalists 1927

• Football League Cup:

Quarter-finalists 1996, 1998

• Highest league finish:

Premier League 2007, 8th Place

Club Records

Team performance records

• Biggest win: 10–2 v Crystal Palace (4 September 1946, Football League Third Division South)^[1]
• Heaviest defeat: 18–0 v Preston North End (27 January 1894, FA Cup 1st round)^[1]
• Longest winning sequence at the start of a season: 13 victories in 1985–86.
• Most points in a single season in any English professional league: 106 points (2005–06)^[2]
• Reading have lost the two highest scoring matches in the history of the Premier League; Portsmouth 7 Reading 4, 29 September 2007 and Tottenham Hotspur 6 Reading 4, 29 December 2007.
• Worst ever start to a game by a team in English football – three goals conceded after 5 minutes and 41 seconds v. Manchester United, FA Cup Fifth round replay 2007.^[3]

Player records

• Most league appearances: Martin Hicks (500, 1978 to 1991)^[1]
• Most league goals: Ronnie Blackman (158, 1947 to 1954)^[1]
• Most league goals in a season: Ronnie Blackman (39, 1951–52)^[1]
• Most league goals in a game: Arthur Bacon (6 vs. Stoke City, 1930–31)
• Record transfer fee paid: £2.5m Emerse Fae from Nantes^[4]
• Record transfer fee received: £7.0m Gylfi Sigurdsson to 1899 Hoffenheim on 31 August 2010
• Most capped player (while at Reading): Kevin Doyle^[1]
• First Reading-based player to play in World Cup: U.S. international Bobby Convey (2006)

Between 18 August 1979 and 31 January 2009, Reading's Steve Death held the Football League record for the longest time without conceding a league goal, at 1,103 minutes, and comprising 11 consecutive clean sheets. On 31 January 2009, Edwin van der Sar, of Manchester United, passed Death's long-standing mark in the 72nd minute of United's home league match with Everton. At the end of that game, van der Sar had achieved 1,122 minutes of league football without conceding a goal. However, Death retained the Football League record, as the Premier League is not part of the Football League.

References

Reading Football Club Players · Managers · Seasons · Records Grounds Elm Park (1896-1998) · Madejski Stadium (1998-present) Rivalries M4 derby Matches 1988 Simod Cup Final · 1995 Play-Off Final · 2001 Play-Off Final · Portsmouth 7-4 Reading · 2011 Play-Off Final Related articles Hob Nob Anyone? · Kingsley Royal  · Royals Anthem · Supporters' Trust At Reading