# 1991–92 Reading F.C. season

During the 1991–92 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. It was their first season with Mark McGhee as their player-manager and they finished in 12th place in the league. They also reached Round 3 of the FA Cup, Round 1 of the League Cup and the Southern Primarily Group of the League Trophy.

## Squad

    As of match played 2 May 1992
| Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| Steve Francis | GK | (1964-05-29)29 May 1964 (aged 27) | Chelsea | 1987 | | | |
| Danny Honey | GK | | Trainee | 1989 | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||
| Nathan Fealey | DF | | Trainee | 1991 | | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Holzman | DF | (1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 19) | Trainee | 1991 | | 22 | 1 |
| Keith McPherson | DF | (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 28) | Northampton Town | 1990 | | | |
| Steve Richardson | DF | (1962-02-11)11 February 1962 (aged 30) | Southampton | 1982 | | | |
| Floyd Streete | DF | (1959-05-05)5 May 1959 (aged 32) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1990 | | | |
| Linden Jones | DF | (1961-03-05)5 March 1961 (aged 31) | Newport County | 1987 | | | |
| Ady Williams | DF | (1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 20) | Trainee | 1989 | | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| Danny Bailey | MF | (1964-05-21)21 May 1964 (aged 27) | Exeter City | 1989 | | | |
| David Bass | MF | (1974-11-29)29 November 1974 (aged 17) | Trainee | 1991 | | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Dillon | MF | (1959-12-18)18 December 1959 (aged 32) | Newcastle United | 1991 | | 33 | 3 |
| Aaron Giamettei | MF | (1973-10-11)11 October 1973 (aged 18) | Trainee | 1992 | | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Gilkes | MF | (1965-07-20)20 July 1965 (aged 26) | Leicester City | 1984 | | | |
| Mick Gooding | MF | (1959-04-12)12 April 1959 (aged 33) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1989 | | | |
| Chris Seymour | MF | (1971-09-14)14 September 1971 (aged 20) | Trainee | 1991 | | | |
| Scott Taylor | MF | (1970-11-23)23 November 1970 (aged 21) | Trainee | 1989 | | | |
| Forwards |||||||||
| Stuart Lovell | FW | (1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 20) | Trainee | 1990 | | | |
| Lea Barkus | FW | (1974-12-07)7 December 1974 (aged 17) | Trainee | 1991 | | 6 | 0 |
| Andy Gray | FW | (1973-10-25)25 October 1973 (aged 18) | Trainee | 1991 | | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Maskell | FW | (1968-04-10)10 April 1968 (aged 24) | Huddersfield Town | 1990 | | | |
| David Robinson | FW | (1969-11-27)27 November 1969 (aged 22) | Newcastle United | 1992 | | 8 | 0 |
| Trevor Senior | FW | (1961-11-28)28 November 1961 (aged 30) | Middlesbrough | 1988 | | | |
| Gerry Britton | FW | (1970-10-20)20 October 1970 (aged 21) | loan from Celtic | 1991 | 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| Mark McGhee (Player-Manager) | FW | (1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 34) | IK Brage | 1991 | | 37 | 5 |
| Out on loan |||||||||
| Left during the season |||||||||
| John Keeley | GK | (1961-07-27)27 July 1961 (aged 30) | loan from Oldham Athletic | 1992 | 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Leighton | GK | (1958-07-24)24 July 1958 (aged 33) | loan from Manchester United | 1991 | 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| David Lee | DF | (1969-11-26)26 November 1969 (aged 22) | loan from Chelsea | 1992 | 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Morrow | DF | (1970-07-02)2 July 1970 (aged 21) | loan from Arsenal | 1991 | | | |
| David Byrne | MF | (1961-03-05)5 March 1961 (aged 31) | loan from Watford | 1991 | 1991 | 7 | 2 |
| Allan Cockram | MF | (1963-10-08)8 October 1963 (aged 28) | Woking | 1991 | | | |
| Neale Cooper | MF | (1963-11-24)24 November 1963 (aged 28) | Aberdeen | 1991 | | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Leworthy | FW | (1962-10-22)22 October 1962 (aged 29) | Oxford United | 1989 | | | |
| Steve Archibald | FW | (1956-09-27)27 September 1956 (aged 35) | Clyde | 1992 | | 1 | 0 |

### 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | John Keeley (loan return to Oldham Athletic) |
| — | GK | SCO | Jim Leighton (loan return to Manchester United) |
| — | DF | ENG | David Lee (loan return to Chelsea) |
| — | DF | ENG | Steve Morrow (loan return to Arsenal) |
| — | MF | ENG | David Byrne (loan return to Watford) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Allan Cockram (to Farnborough Town) |
| — | MF | SCO | Neale Cooper (to Dunfermline Athletic) |
| — | FW | ENG | Dave Leworthy (to Farnborough Town) |
| — | FW | SCO | Steve Archibald (to Fulham) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 1991 | MF | Allan Cockram | Woking | |
| Summer 1991 | MF | Kevin Dillon | Newcastle United | Free |
| 10 May 1991 | FW | Mark McGhee | IK Brage | |
| 1 July 1991 | MF | Neale Cooper | Aberdeen | |
| 26 March 1992 | FW | David Robinson | Newcastle United | Free |
| Winter 1992 | FW | Steve Archibald | Clyde | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| Summer 1991 | MF | David Byrne | Watford | Winter 1992 |
| 29 November 1991 | GK | Jim Leighton | Manchester United | 6 February 1992 |
| 30 October 1991 | DF | Steve Morrow | Arsenal | 3 March 1992 |
| 30 January 1992 | DF | David Lee | Swindon Town | 25 March 1992 |
| 6 February 1992 | GK | John Keeley | Oldham Athletic | 4 March 1992 |
| Winter 1992 | FW | Gerry Britton | Celtic | Summer 1992 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| Summer 1991 | DF | Martin Hicks | Birmingham City |
| 29 November 1991 | MF | Neale Cooper | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Winter 1992 | FW | Dave Leworthy | Farnborough Town |
| Winter 1992 | FW | Steve Archibald | Fulham |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| Summer 1991 | FW | George Friel | |
| Winter 1992 | MF | Allan Cockram | Farnborough Town |
| 30 June 1992 | GK | Danny Honey | |
| 30 June 1992 | DF | Nathan Fealey | |
| 30 June 1992 | DF | Floyd Streete | Leighton Town |
| 30 June 1992 | MF | Aaron Giamettei | |
| 30 June 1992 | MF | Chris Seymour | |

## Competitions
### Division Three
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 65 |
| 11 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 12 | Reading | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 61 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 59 |
| 14 | Hull City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 59 |

### Autoglass Trophy
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 2 May 1992

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Third Division | Third Division | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Steve Francis | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Danny Honey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Nathan Fealey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Linden Jones | 32 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Keith McPherson | 53 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Steve Richardson | 46 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | JAM | Floyd Streete | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Ady Williams | 48 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Danny Bailey | 27 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | David Bass | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Kevin Dillon | 33 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Aaron Giamettei | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Michael Gilkes | 27 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Mick Gooding | 49 | 4 | 39+1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Mark Holzman | 22 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Chris Seymour | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Scott Taylor | 34 | 3 | 22+7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Lea Barkus | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gerry Britton | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Gray | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | AUS | Stuart Lovell | 30 | 6 | 16+8 | 4 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Craig Maskell | 40 | 16 | 29+5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mark McGhee | 37 | 5 | 23+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | David Robinson | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Trevor Senior | 28 | 7 | 20+5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| | GK | ENG | John Keeley | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jim Leighton | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | David Lee | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Steve Morrow | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | David Byrne | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Allan Cockram | 8 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Neale Cooper | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Dave Leworthy | 9 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steve Archibald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Third Division | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Craig Maskell | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | | Trevor Senior | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | Stuart Lovell | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | DF | | Ady Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | | David Lee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | Mark McGhee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | | Mick Gooding | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | | Kevin Dillon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | Scott Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | David Byrne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | | Lea Barkus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Allan Cockram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Mark Holzman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Keith McPherson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Steve Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 68 |

## Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1991–92 was manufactured by Matchwinner, and the main sponsor was HAT Painting.
| 1991–92 home colours | 1991–92 away colours |