1994–95 Reading F.C. season

Reading

1994–95 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Mark McGhee (until 14 December) Mick Gooding and Jimmy Quinn (player-managers; from 4 January)
Stadium	Elm Park
First Division	2nd (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Stuart Lovell 12 All: Stuart Lovell 15
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division the previous season.

Season summary

Manager Mark McGhee left Reading in December to take over at Premiership strugglers Leicester City. Players Jimmy Quinn, Mick Gooding, Adrian Williams and Jeff Hopkins acted as caretakers until January, when Quinn and Gooding were named as full-time player-managers. The inexperienced duo surprised many to lead Reading to second in the First Division. In any other season this would have been enough for promotion to the Premier League, but, due to restructuring of the league, only two teams would be awarded promotion, and therefore Reading entered the play-offs. After beating Tranmere Rovers 3-1 on aggregate (3-1 and 0-0 over two legs) they travelled to Wembley to face Bolton Wanderers. Reading were 2-0 up within 12 minutes and appeared certain to be playing top-flight football for the first time in their history next season, but Bolton fought back to score twice in the last 15 minutes to take the game to extra time. To the horror of Reading fans, Bolton scored twice more in extra time to lead 4-2. Although player-manager Jimmy Quinn, on as a second-half substitute, pulled one back in the 119th minute, Bolton held on to win and sealed promotion to the Premier League at Reading's expense. Following the final defeat, it would be 11 years before Reading finally experienced top-flight football.

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Shaka Hislop[1] GK Simon Sheppard DF Darren Barnard (loan from Chelsea)[2] DF Andy Bernal DF Jeff Hopkins DF Dylan Kerr DF Keith McPherson DF Adi Viveash (loan from Swindon Town) DF Dariusz Wdowczyk DF Adrian Williams[3] MF Michael Gilkes[4] MF Mick Gooding (player-manager)

No. Position Player MF Paul Holsgrove MF Tom Jones MF Jamie Lambert MF Simon Osborn MF Phil Parkinson MF Scott Taylor FW Alan Carey FW Stuart Lovell FW Michael Murphy FW Lee Nogan FW Jimmy Quinn (player-manager) FW Uwe Hartenberger

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
	GK		Simon Sheppard	Watford
	DF		Andy Bernal	Sydney Olympic
	DF		Dariusz Wdowczyk	Celtic

Loans In

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
		DF		Darren Barnard	Chelsea

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 July 1995	DF		Ray Ranson	Retired

Competitions

Division Two

Results

1 13 August 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Reading	Molineux
	Froggatt

2 20 August 1994	Reading	0 – 0	Portsmouth	Elm Park

3 27 August 1994	Barnsley	0 – 2	Reading	Oakwell
			Osborn Taylor

4 30 August 1994	Reading	4 – 0	Stoke	Elm Park
	Lovell Kerr Taylor Gilkes

5 3 September 1994	Reading	0 – 0	Millwall	Elm Park

6 10 September 1994	Oldham Athletic	1 – 3	Reading	Boundary Park
	Richardson		Lovell  ?', ?' Osborn

7 14 September 1994	Swindon Town	1 – 0	Reading	County Ground
	Scott

8 17 September 1994	Reading	1 – 0	Sheffield United	Elm Park
	Quinn

9 24 September 1994	Watford	2 – 2	Reading	Vicarage Road
	Johnson Moralee		Lovell Osborn

10 1 October 1994	Reading	2 – 0	Notts County	Elm Park
	Lovell Hartenberger

11 8 October 1994	Charlton Athletic	1 – 2	Reading	The Valley
	Robson		Osborn Gilkes

12 15 October 1994	Reading	1 – 0	Bristol City	Elm Park
	Gilkes

13 22 October 1994	Reading	0 – 2	Sunderland	Elm Park
			Melville Gray

14 29 October 1994	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 0	Reading	The Hawthorns
	Hunt Ashcroft

15 2 November 1994	Derby County	1 – 2	Reading	Pride Park
	Gabbiadini		Taylor Gilkes

16 5 November 1994	Reading	0 – 0	Burnley	Elm Park

17 19 November 1994	Southend United	4 – 1	Reading	Roots Hall
	Jones  ?', ?' Bressington  ?' (pen.) Thomson		Quinn

18 26 November 1994	Reading	1 – 3	Tranmere Rovers	Elm Park
	Tom Jones		Brannan Muir  ?', ?'

19 3 December 1994	Sunderland	0 – 1	Reading	Roker Park
			Taylor

20 6 December 1994	Reading	1 – 1	Middlesbrough	Elm Park
	Taylor		Wilkinson  ?' (pen.)

21 10 December 1994	Portsmouth	1 – 1	Reading	Fratton Park
	Creaney		Quinn

22 18 December 1994	Reading	4 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elm Park
	Quinn Osborn Gilkes  ?', ?'		Quinn  ?' (o.g.) Bull

23 26 December 1994	Reading	0 – 0	Millwall	Elm Park

24 28 December 1994	Port Vale	0 – 2	Reading	Vale Park
			Quinn Taylor

25 31 December 1994	Reading	1 – 1	Grimsby Town	Elm Park
	Lambert		Shakespeare

26 2 January 1995	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Reading	Burnden Park
	Coleman

27 14 January 1995	Reading	0 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Elm Park
			Hunt Donovan

28 21 January 1995	Burnley	1 – 2	Reading	Turf Moor
	Parkinson		Nogan Taylor

29 4 February 1995	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Reading	Ayresome Park
			Holsgrove

30 11 February 1995	Reading	1 – 0	Derby County	Elm Park
	Kavanagh  ?' (o.g.)

31 18 February 1995	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Reading	Prenton Park
	Muir

32 21 February 1995	Reading	2 – 0	Southend United	Elm Park
	Nogan Holsgrove

33 25 February 1995	Notts County	1 – 0	Reading	Meadow Lane
	Agana

34 4 March 1995	Reading	4 – 1	Millwall	Elm Park
	Gilkes  ?', ?' Holsgrove Hartenberger		Phillips

35 8 March 1995	Millwall	2 – 0	Reading	The Den
	Oldfield Williams  ?' (o.g.)

36 11 March 1995	Reading	0 – 3	Barnsley	Elm Park
			O'Connell Taggart Payton

37 18 March 1995	Stoke City	0 – 1	Reading	Victoria Ground
			Taylor

38 21 March 1995	Reading	2 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Elm Park
	Nogan Lovell		Halle

39 25 March 1995	Sheffield United	1 – 1	Reading	Bramall Lane
	Blake		Nogan

40 1 April 1995	Reading	3 – 0	Swindon Town	Elm Park
	Lovell  ?' (pen.), ?', ?'

41 8 April 1995	Grimsby Town	1 – 0	Reading	Blundell Park
	Livingstone

42 15 April 1995	Reading	3 – 3	Port Vale	Elm Park
	Nogan  ?', ?', ?'		Naylor Porter Bogier  ?' (pen.)

43 17 April 1995	Luton Town	0 – 1	Reading	Kenilworth Road
			Taylor  ?' (o.g.)

44 21 April 1995	Reading	2 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Elm Park
	Lovell Nogan		Lee

45 29 April 1995	Bristol City	1 – 2	Reading	Ashton Gate
	Tinnion		Lovell Nogan

46 7 May 1995	Reading	2 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Elm Park
	Nogan Williams		Chandler

League table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Middlesbrough	46		15	4	4	41	19		8	9	6	26	21		67	40	+ 27		82
2	Reading	46		12	7	4	34	21		11	3	9	24	23		58	44	+ 14		79
3	Bolton Wanderers	46		16	6	1	43	13		5	8	10	24	32		67	45	+ 22		77
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		15	5	3	39	18		6	8	9	38	43		77	61	+ 16		76
5	Tranmere Rovers	46		17	4	2	51	23		5	6	12	16	35		67	58	+ 9		76
6	Barnsley	46		15	6	2	42	19		5	6	12	21	33		63	52	+ 11		72
7	Watford	46		14	6	3	33	17		5	7	11	19	29		52	46	+ 6		70
8	Sheffield United	46		12	9	2	41	21		5	8	10	33	34		74	55	+ 19		68
9	Derby County	46		12	6	5	44	23		6	6	11	22	28		66	51	+ 15		66
10	Grimsby Town	46		12	7	4	36	19		5	7	11	26	37		62	56	+ 6		65
11	Stoke City	46		10	7	6	31	21		6	8	9	19	32		50	53	– 3		63
12	Millwall	46		11	8	4	36	22		5	6	12	24	38		60	60	± 0		62
13	Southend United	46		13	2	8	33	25		5	6	12	21	48		54	73	– 19		62
14	Oldham Athletic	46		12	7	4	34	21		4	6	13	26	39		60	60	± 0		61
15	Charlton Athletic	46		11	6	6	33	25		5	5	13	25	41		58	66	– 8		59
16	Luton Town	46		8	6	9	35	30		7	7	9	26	34		61	64	– 3		58
17	Port Vale	46		11	5	7	30	24		4	8	11	28	40		58	64	– 6		58
18	Portsmouth	46		9	8	6	31	28		6	5	12	22	35		53	63	– 10		58
19	West Bromwich Albion	46		13	3	7	33	24		3	7	13	18	33		51	57	– 6		58
20	Sunderland	46		5	12	6	22	22		7	6	10	19	23		41	45	– 6		54
21	Swindon Town	46		9	6	8	28	27		3	6	14	26	46		54	73	– 19		48
22	Burnley	46		8	7	8	36	33		3	6	14	13	41		49	74	– 25		46
23	Bristol City	46		8	8	7	26	28		3	4	16	16	35		42	63	– 21		45
24	Notts County	46		7	8	8	26	28		2	5	16	19	38		45	66	– 21		40

Play-offs

First Leg 14 May 1995	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Reading	Birkenhead
14:55 BST (UTC+1)	Malkin  ?'	[ Report]	Lovell  ?', ?' Nogan  ?'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 12,207 Referee: John Kirkby

Second Leg 17 May 1995	Reading	0–0 (3–1 agg.)	Tranmere Rovers	Reading
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]		Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 13,245 Referee: Paul Alcock

Final

29 May 1995	Bolton	4–3 (aet)	Reading	London
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Coyle  75' de Freitas  86', 118' Paatelainen  105'	(Report)	Nogan  4' Williams  12' Quinn  119'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 64,107 Referee: Peter Foakes

Bolton Wanderers

Reading

Bolton Wanderers: GK 1 Keith Branagan DF 2 Scott Green DF 3 Jimmy Phillips DF 5 Guðni Bergsson DF 6 Alan Stubbs MF 7 Neil McDonald  46' MF 4 Jason McAteer MF 10 Mixu Paatelainen MF 11 Alan Thompson FW 8 Owen Coyle FW 9 John McGinlay Substitutes: GK 12 Peter Shilton DF 14 John Dreyer FW 15 Fabian de Freitas  46' Manager: Bruce Rioch

Reading: GK 1 Shaka Hislop RWB 2 Andy Bernal  67' DF 4 Keith McPherson DF 6 Dariusz Wdowczyk DF 5 Adrian Williams LWB 3 Simon Osborn MF 8 Mick Gooding MF 7 Michael Gilkes MF 11 Scott Taylor FW 9 Lee Nogan  62' FW 10 Stuart Lovell Substitutes: GK 15 Simon Sheppard DF 14 Jeff Hopkins  67' FW 12 Jimmy Quinn  62' Manager: Jimmy Quinn & Mick Gooding

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. 3 named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

FA Cup

Third Round 7 January 1995	Reading	1–3	Oldham Athletic	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Taylor	[ Report]	Sharp Halle Richardson	Stadium: Elm Park

League Cup

First Round 1st Leg 16 August 1994	Gillingham	0–1	Reading	Gillingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]	Hopkins	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

First Round 2nd Leg 23 August 1994	Reading	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Gillingham	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Quinn  ?', ?' Lovell	[ Report]		Stadium: Elm Park

Second Round 1st Leg 20 September 1994	Reading	3–1	Derby County	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Quinn  ?', ?' Holsgrove	[ Report]	Gabbiadini	Stadium: Elm Park

Second Round 2nd Leg 28 September 1994	Derby County	2–0 ((a)3–3 agg.)	Reading	Derby
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gabbiadini Williams	[ Report]		Stadium: Pride Park

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	First Division	Playoffs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW			Stuart Lovell	12	2	0	1	15
2	FW			Lee Nogan	9	2	0	0	11
3	MF			Scott Taylor	8	0	1	0	9
	FW			Jimmy Quinn	4	1	0	4	9
5	MF			Michael Gilkes	8	0	0	0	8
6	MF			Simon Osborn	5	0	0	0	5
7	MF			Paul Holsgrove	3	0	0	1	4
8	DF			Adrian Williams	1	1	0	0	2
				Own Goal	2	0	0	0	2
	FW			Uwe Hartenberger	2	0	0	0	2
11	DF			Jeff Hopkins	0	0	0	1	1
	MF			Tom Jones	1	0	0	0	1
	MF			Jamie Lambert	1	0	0	0	1
	DF			Dylan Kerr	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	58	6	1	7	72

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1994–95 was manufactured by Pelada, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.

1994–95 home colours

1994–95 away colours

References

Soccerbase.com

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