# 2004–05 Reading F.C. season

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

## Review and events

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

    As of match played 9 May 2004
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Marcus Hahnemann | GK | (1972-06-15)15 June 1972 (aged 32) | Fulham | 2002 | | 143 | 0 |
| 19 | Adam Federici | GK | (1980-11-30)30 November 1980 (aged 24) | Torres | 2005 | | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jamie Young | GK | (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Graeme Murty | DF | (1974-11-13)13 November 1974 (aged 30) | York City | 1998 | | 242 | 1 |
| 3 | Nicky Shorey | DF | (1981-02-19)19 February 1981 (aged 24) | Leyton Orient | 2001 | | 175 | 7 |
| 5 | Martin Keown | DF | (1966-07-24)24 July 1966 (aged 38) | Leicester City | 2005 | 2005 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Ibrahima Sonko | DF | (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 24) | Brentford | 2004 | | 42 | 1 |
| 16 | Ívar Ingimarsson | DF | (1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 27) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2003 | 2006 | 77 | 5 |
| 22 | Peter Castle | DF | (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 18) | Academy | 2003 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Steve Sidwell | MF | (1982-12-14)14 December 1982 (aged 22) | Arsenal | 2003 | | 110 | 16 |
| 7 | Glen Little | MF | (1975-10-15)15 October 1975 (aged 29) | Burnley | 2004 | | 46 | 1 |
| 11 | Andy Hughes | MF | (1978-01-02)2 January 1978 (aged 27) | Notts County | 2001 | | 183 | 14 |
| 15 | James Harper | MF | (1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 24) | Arsenal | 2001 | | 175 | 8 |
| 17 | Bobby Convey | MF | (1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 21) | D.C. United | 2004 | | 22 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul Brooker | MF | (1976-11-25)25 November 1976 (aged 28) | Leicester City | 2004 | | 45 | 0 |
| 24 | Louie Soares | MF | (1985-01-08)8 January 1985 (aged 20) | Academy | 2003 | | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Ricky Newman | MF | (1970-08-05)5 August 1970 (aged 34) | Millwall | 2000 | | 137 | 2 |
| 27 | Darren Campbell | MF | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 19) | Academy | 2003 | | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Simieon Howell | MF | (1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 19) | Academy | 2004 | | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jonny Hayes | MF | (1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 17) | Academy | 2004 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Nicky Forster | FW | (1973-09-08)8 September 1973 (aged 31) | Birmingham City | 1999 | | 215 | 67 |
| 12 | Dave Kitson | FW | (1980-01-21)21 January 1980 (aged 25) | Cambridge United | 2003 | | 55 | 24 |
| 14 | Lloyd Owusu | FW | (1976-12-12)12 December 1976 (aged 28) | Sheffield Wednesday | 2004 | | 46 | 10 |
| 20 | Bas Savage | FW | (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 23) | Academy | 2001 | | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | Les Ferdinand | FW | (1966-12-08)8 December 1966 (aged 38) | Bolton Wanderers | 2005 | 2005 | 14 | 1 |
| 23 | Dean Morgan | FW | (1983-10-03)3 October 1983 (aged 21) | Colchester United | 2003 | | 35 | 3 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 9 | Shaun Goater | FW | (1970-02-25)25 February 1970 (aged 35) | Manchester City | 2003 | 2006 | 49 | 15 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Ady Williams | DF | (1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 33) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2000 | | | |
| 28 | Ahmet Rifat | DF | (1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 19) | Academy | 2003 | | 0 | 0 |
* ↑ Age as of the end of the season
* ↑ Jamie Young was born in Brisbane, Australia, and but qualified to represent England, represent England at U18, U19 and U20 level.
* ↑ Graeme Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
* ↑ Louie Soares was born in Reading, England, and but chose to represent Barbados, qualifying through his parents. Soares went on to represent Barbados in 2007.
* ↑ Darren Campbell was born in Cambridge, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents.Campbell represented the England U-17's in 2002 and then the Scotland U-17 team 2003.
* ↑ Lloyd Owusu was born in Slough, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Ghana in 2005.
* ↑ Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, making his international debut for Wales in 1994.

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BER | Shaun Goater (at Coventry City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | WAL | Ady Williams (to Coventry City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Ahmet Rifat |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2004 | MF | Glen Little | Burnley | Free |
| 2 July 2004 | MF | Paul Brooker | Leicester City | Free |
| 2 July 2004 | DF | Ibrahima Sonko | Brentford | Free |
| 23 July 2004 | MF | Bobby Convey | D.C. United | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2005 | FW | Les Ferdinand | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 20 January 2005 | GK | Adam Federici | Unattached | Free |
| 28 January 2005 | DF | Martin Keown | Leicester City | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 2 November 2004 | DF | Ady Williams | Coventry City | Free |
| 22 June 2005 | FW | Nicky Forster | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 24 June 2005 | MF | Paul Brooker | Brentford | Free |
| 27 June 2005 | FW | Lloyd Owusu | Brentford | Free |
| 21 July 2005 | MF | Andy Hughes | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2005 | FW | Dean Morgan | Luton Town | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 24 March 2005 | FW | | Shaun Goater | Coventry City | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 8 February 2005 | DF | Ahmet Rifat | | |
| 11 May 2005 | FW | Les Ferdinand | Watford | |
| 11 May 2005 | DF | Martin Keown | Retired | Retired |
| 11 May 2005 | MF | Ricky Newman | Brentford | 10 June 2005 |
| 11 May 2005 | FW | Bas Savage | Bristol City | |
| 11 May 2005 | MF | Louie Soares | Bristol Rovers | |
| 27 July 2005 | FW | Shaun Goater | Southend United | 3 August 2005 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 7 August 2004 | 8 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 041.30 |
| FA Cup | 8 January 2005 | 29 January 2005 | Third round | Fourth round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
| League Cup | 25 August 2004 | 21 September 2004 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 041.18 |
Last updated: 8 May 2005 Source: Competitions

### Championship
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| 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 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Preston North End | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | West Ham United (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 73 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 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 | |

### League Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 May 2005

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Marcus Hahnemann | 51 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Graeme Murty | 45 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey | 48 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell | 47 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Martin Keown | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Sonko | 42 | 1 | 35+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Glen Little | 39 | 0 | 29+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Nicky Forster | 34 | 9 | 27+3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Andy Hughes | 46 | 1 | 40+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Dave Kitson | 38 | 19 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Lloyd Owusu | 30 | 6 | 14+11 | 6 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | James Harper | 46 | 3 | 39+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ISL | Ívar Ingimarsson | 49 | 4 | 43+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Bobby Convey | 22 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Paul Brooker | 34 | 0 | 22+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Les Ferdinand | 14 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Dean Morgan | 20 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ricky Newman | 19 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BER | Shaun Goater | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players who left Reading during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | WAL | Ady Williams | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 12 | Dave Kitson | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Nicky Forster | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 14 | Lloyd Owusu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 4 | Steve Sidwell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 16 | Ívar Ingimarsson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | James Harper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Nicky Shorey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 23 | Dean Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Ibrahima Sonko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 21 | Les Ferdinand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Shaun Goater | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Andy Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 51 | 3 | 2 | 56 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Marcus Hahnemann | 19 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 19 | 1 | 1 | 21 |

### Disciplinary record

Source: Soccernet
| Number | Position | Name | First Division | First Division | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Graeme Murty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nicky Shorey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Steve Sidwell | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Martin Keown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ibrahima Sonko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Glen Little | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nicky Forster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andy Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Dave Kitson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Lloyd Owusu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | James Harper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Ivar Ingimarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Les Ferdinand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ricky Newman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Players who left Reading during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | Ady Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 1 |