2001–02 Reading F.C. season

Reading
2001-02 season
Chairman Sir John Madejski
Manager Alan Pardew
Division Two 2nd
FA Cup 2nd Round vs York City
League Cup 3rd Round vs Aston Villa
League Trophy Quarter-Finals vs Barnet
Top goalscorer League: Nicky Forster (19)
All: Nicky Forster (19)
Highest home attendance 22,151 vs Peterborough
13 April 2002
Lowest home attendance 8,081 vs Wrexham
6 November 2001
Average home league attendance 14,115

The 2001-02 season was Reading's fourth season in the Division Two, following their relegation from the Division One in 1998. It was Alan Pardew's third season as manager of the club.

Season review

See also Nationwide League Division Two

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Phil Whitehead
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty
3 England DF Matt Robinson
4 England MF Keith Jones
5 England DF Adi Viveash
6 England MF Kevin Watson
7 Trinidad and Tobago FW Tony Rougier
8 Wales DF Ady Williams
9 England FW Martin Butler
10 England FW Nicky Forster
11 England MF Andy Hughes
12 England FW Jamie Cureton
14 England MF Sammy Igoe
15 England MF James Harper
16 England MF Phil Parkinson
17 England MF Neil Smith
No. Position Player
18 England DF Adrian Whitbread
19 Republic of Ireland MF Joe Gamble
20 England FW Bas Savage
21 England GK Jamie Ashdown
22 England FW Nathan Tyson
23 England DF John Mackie
24 England FW Darius Henderson
25 England MF Ricky Newman
26 England DF Alex Smith
27 England DF Ricky Allaway
28 England DF Nicky Shorey
29 England MF John Salako
30 Australia GK Frank Talia
31 England FW Michael Branch
32 England DF Leo Roget
45 England MF Adam Campion

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. Position Player
6 Northern Ireland DF Barry Hunter (to Rushden & Diamonds)
20 England DF Chris Casper (Retired)
29 England DF Adam Lockwood (to Yeovil Town)
No. Position Player
30 England GK Antony Malessa (Released)
31 United States GK Marcus Hahnemann (returned to Fulham after loan)
31 England GK Ben Roberts (returned to Charlton Athletic after loan)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
5 July 2001 MF England Andy Hughes England Notts County £250,000 by a tribunal[1][2]
5 July 2001 DF England Adrian Whitbread England Portsmouth Free[3]
18 July 2001 DF England Alex Smith England Port Vale Free[4][5]
30 November 2001 GK England Antony Malessa England Oxford United Free[6]
28 January 2002 MF England John Salako England Charlton Athletic £50,000[7]
13 March 2002 GK Australia Frank Talia England Sheffield United Free[8]
15 March 2002 MF England Kevin Watson England Charlton Athletic £150,000[9]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
21 June 2001 DF England Andy Gurney England Swindon Town Free
27 June 2001 MF England Darren Caskey England Notts County Free
4 July 2001 FW Scotland Jim McIntyre Scotland Dundee United Free
20 August 2001 MF England Alex Haddow England Carlisle United Free
13 September 2001 DF Northern Ireland Barry Hunter England Rushden & Diamonds Free
16 October 2001 DF England Adam Lockwood England Yeovil Town Free

Loans In

Date Position Nationality Name From Until
2 November 2001 MF England John Salako Charlton Athletic 27 January 2001[10]
2 November 2001 MF England Kevin Watson England Rotherham United 2 December 2001[10]
12 December 2001 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann England Fulham 14 January 2002[11][12]
17 January 2002 GK England Ben Roberts England Charlton Athletic 14 February 2002[13]
13 February 2002 DF England Leo Roget England Stockport County End of season[14][15]
22 March 2002 FW England Michael Branch England Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season[16]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
30 January 2002 DF England Chris Casper Retired[17]
1 July 2002 GK England Antony Malessa
1 July 2002 DF England Keith Jones Retired

Competitions

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Division Two 2nd 11 August 200120 April 2002
FL Cup 1st round 3rd round 10 October 200121 August 2001
FA Cup 1st round 2R 17 November 20018 December 2001
FL Trophy 2nd round QF 30 October 20014 December 2001

Last updated: 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Division Two

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 23 15 8 70 43 +27 84 12 7 4 36 20 +16 11 8 4 34 23 +11

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAHAHA
Result W W D W L L W W L D L L W W L W W W W W L D D W W W W W W W D W L D W W D D D W D D D D D D
Position 4 3 4 3 7 10 6 5 8 9 11 14 11 9 11 8 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

Source: Reading FC
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & results

Notes

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Brighton & Hove Albion (C) (P) 46 25 15 6 66 42+24 90 Promotion to Football League First Division 2002-03
2 Reading (P) 46 23 15 8 70 43+27 84
3 Brentford 46 24 11 11 77 43+34 83 Qualification to 2000-01 Second Division Playoffs
4 Cardiff City 46 23 14 9 75 50+25 83
5 Stoke City (P) 46 23 11 12 67 40+27 80
6 Huddersfield Town 46 21 15 10 65 47+18 78
7 Bristol City 46 21 10 15 68 53+15 73
8 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 14 13 60 43+17 71
9 Oldham Athletic 46 18 16 12 77 65+12 70
10 Wigan Athletic 46 16 16 14 66 51+15 64
11 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 13 16 58 646 64
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 16 15 15 63 60+3 63
13 Swindon Town 46 15 14 17 46 5610 59
14 Port Vale 46 16 10 20 51 6211 58
15 Colchester United 46 15 12 19 65 7611 57
16 Blackpool 46 14 14 18 66 693 56
17 Peterborough United 46 15 10 21 64 59+5 55
18 Chesterfield 46 13 13 20 53 6512 52
19 Notts County 46 13 11 22 59 7112 50
20 Northampton Town 46 14 7 25 54 7925 49
21 AFC Bournemouth 46 10 14 22 56 7115 44
22 Bury (R) 46 11 11 24 43 7532 44 Relegation to Football League Third Division 2002-03
23 Wrexham (R) 46 11 10 25 56 8933 43
24 Cambridge United (R) 46 7 13 26 47 9346 34

Updated to games played on 31 December 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Football League Trophy South

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

First team statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Phil Whitehead 37 0 33 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Graeme Murty 48 0 43 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF England Matthew Robinson 16 0 14 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
4 MF England Keith Jones 16 0 10+5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Adrian Viveash 24 1 18 1 2 0 1+1 0 2 0
6 MF England Kevin Watson 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Trinidad and Tobago Tony Rougier 37 1 20+12 1 1 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
8 DF Wales Ady Williams 40 1 33+2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0
9 FW England Martin Butler 21 2 14+3 2 1+1 0 2 0 0 0
10 FW England Nicky Forster 46 19 36+5 19 1 0 2 0 2 0
11 MF England Andy Hughes 42 6 34+5 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
12 FW England Jamie Cureton 42 16 24+14 15 2 1 1+1 0 0 0
14 MF England Sammy Igoe 41 1 27+8 1 0+2 0 2 0 1+1 0
15 MF England James Harper 32 1 19+7 1 1 0 3 0 1+1 0
16 MF England Phil Parkinson 37 3 32+1 2 0 0 3 1 0+1 0
17 MF England Neil Smith 18 2 3+12 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
18 DF England Adrian Whitbread 18 0 14 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
19 MF Republic of Ireland Joe Gamble 10 0 2+4 0 1 0 0+1 0 2 0
20 FW England Bas Savage 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK England Jamie Ashdown 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW England Nathan Tyson 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
23 DF England John Mackie 31 2 27 2 0+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
24 FW England Darius Henderson 45 11 2+36 7 1+1 0 1+2 2 2+0 2
26 DF England Alex Smith 17 3 12+1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0
28 DF England Nicky Shorey 38 0 32 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
29 MF England John Salako 32 6 31 6 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 FW England Michael Branch 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF England Leo Roget 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Reading and left during the season:
31 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK England Ben Roberts 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Division Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophey Total
1 FWEngland 10 Nicky Forster 19 0 0 0 19
2 FWEngland 12 Jamie Cureton 15 0 1 0 15
3 FWEngland 24 Darius Henderson 7 0 2 2 11
4 MFEngland 29 John Salako 6 0 0 0 6
MFEngland 11 Andrew Hughes 6 0 0 0 6
6 Own Goal 2 0 0 0 2
DFEngland 26 Alex Smith 2 1 0 0 3
MFEngland 16 Phil Parkinson 2 0 1 0 3
9 FWEngland 9 Martin Butler 2 0 0 0 2
DFEngland 23 John Mackie 2 0 0 0 2
MFEngland 17 Neil Smith 1 0 0 1 2
12 MFEngland 15 James Harper 1 0 0 0 1
DFWales 8 Ady Williams 1 0 0 0 1
MFEngland 14 Sammy Igoe 1 0 0 0 1
DFEngland 5 Adrian Viveash 1 0 0 0 1
MFEngland 6 Kevin Watson 1 0 0 0 1
FWTrinidad and Tobago 7 Anthony Rougier 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 70 1 4 3 78

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Division Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
16England MF Phil Parkinson 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
14England MF Sammy Igoe 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
10England FW Nicky Forster 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
4 England MF Keith Jones 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Trinidad and Tobago FW Tony Rougier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15England MF James Harper 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11England MF Andy Hughes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23England DF John Mackie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26England DF Alex Smith 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
8 Wales DF Ady Williams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 England DF Matthew Robinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29England MF John Salako 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28England DF Nicky Shorey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18England DF Adrian Whitbread 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24England DF Darius Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
9 England FW Martin Butler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12England FW Jamie Cureton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19Republic of Ireland MF Joe Gamble 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 England DF Adrian Viveash 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 England MF Kevin Watson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 54 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 58 3

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 200102 was manufactured by Kit@, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

200203 home colours
200203 away colours

References

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  4. "Reading bag Vale's Smith". BBC. 18 July 2001. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  5. "Reading snap up Smith". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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