# 2010–11 Reading F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Reading's third season back in the Championship, since relegation from the Premier League in 2008. Having become Reading manager in January 2010, this was Brian McDermott's first full season in charge at the club.

## Season review

See also 2010–11 Football League Championship

### Pre-season

Summer transfers Left-back Marcus Williams joined Reading on a free transfer on 11 May 2010, having played seven seasons for Scunthorpe United. Right-back Andy Griffin signed for the club for a nominal fee on 1 July, having made 25 league appearances for Reading, on loan from Stoke City in the 2009–10 season. The transfer deadline day saw the arrival of Zurab Khizanishvili on loan from Blackburn Rovers and Ian Harte from Carlisle United.
Marek Matějovský joined Sparta Prague for a fee of £650,000 on 11 June 2010, having made 56 appearances for the Royals in two-and-a-half years at the club. Kalifa Cissé left the club after three years, signed by former Reading manager Steve Coppell for Bristol City on 9 July 2010. Cissé made 83 appearances for Reading, scoring seven goals. The transfer window also saw the departure of Gylfi Sigurðsson to German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim for £7 million.
Friendlies
Reading opened their pre-season campaign with a 1–0 victory over Farnborough, Noel Hunt scoring the winning goal.
The Royals then departed on tour to Slovenia, where they enjoyed a 3–1 victory over a Red Star Belgrade B-side, a game in which Marcus Williams made his first appearance for the club. Alex Pearce headed a first-half response for Reading, after Belgrade had taken the lead, and Simon Church sealed the victory with two second-half goals. A third consecutive win followed, as Reading defeated top-flight Croatian side Inter Zaprešić 2–0, with goals from Matt Mills and James Henry. Reading then suffered their first loss of the pre-season campaign, in the final game of the tour, with a 1–0 defeat against NK Celje, striker Gorazd Zajc scored the only goal in the game.
Returning to England, Reading got back to winning ways, coming from behind to beat Wycombe Wanderers 2–1, thanks to goals from Gylfi Sigurðsson, from the penalty spot, and Hal Robson-Kanu. Another 2–1 victory followed in the Royals penultimate pre-season friendly, as another Sigurðsson penalty, and a second half goal from Michail Antonio saw Reading past Wolverhampton Wanderers. Reading's final game of pre-season was a 4–2 victory at Southampton, courtesy of goals from Sigurðsson, Church (2) and Antonio.

### August

Reading's league season began in disappointing style with a 2–1 home defeat to Scunthorpe United. After the visitors had taken an early lead through a disputed Garry Thompson goal – the linesman flagging for offside and subsequently overruled by the referee – Gylfi Sigurðsson put Reading on level terms from 25 yards. Despite enjoying spells of pressure, the Royals were unable to find another goal, and Rob Jones headed home a corner to give Scunthorpe the victory.
Reading progressed to the second round of the League Cup with a narrow victory over Torquay United, Grzegorz Rasiak bundling home the winner in the final minute of extra-time. A league draw at Portsmouth followed, the Royals coming from behind to take a point as Jimmy Kébé poked the ball home in the 87th minute following a goal-mouth scramble. The next game Reading went 1–0 up against promotion favourites Nottingham Forest from an Alex Pearce volley, but goalkeeper Adam Federici made a horrible mistake in giving Forest the equaliser by kicking the ball into Jem Karacan which resulted in Robert Earnshaw turning in from close range.
Reading then played League Two opponents Northampton Town in the League Cup in which Reading went 1–0 up courtesy of a Matt Mills backheeler from a Brian Howard corner. Northampton equalised with a horrible mistake from goalkeeper Ben Hamer where he dropped the ball twice in a row to allow Andy Holt a tap-in. Reading went back into the lead with a goal from Hal Robson-Kanu after some saves from the Northampton goalkeeper Oscar Jansson, but again Hamer erred, granting Kevin Thornton the equaliser. In extra time, however, Matt Mills put Reading ahead again only to then score an own goal at the end. Reading subsequently lost 4–2 on penalties, with Simon Church and Jake Taylor having their shots saved. In their next game, Reading won 2–1 over Leicester City with a lob from Gylfi Sigurðsson and a bullet header from Mills. Leicester had equalised with a long range shot from Lloyd Dyer but Reading scored in the 86th minute to hold Leicester at bay for their first win of the season.

### September

On 11 September, after the international break and the sale of Sigurðsson, Reading beat Crystal Palace 3–0. The first goal was a penalty won and scored by Shane Long after he cut in from the left and was taken out by Paddy McCarthy. The second was also a penalty after Jem Karacan ran the whole pitch with the ball, to pass to Long who cut in again and was taken out by Julian Bennett. New signing Ian Harte took responsibility and scored. The third was in extra time when Brian Howard lofted a pass to Jimmy Kébé, who then cut in and fired past Julián Speroni. Next, Reading had an away game against in-form Millwall where it ended 0–0 after some brilliant saves by Adam Federici and Millwall goalkeeper David Forde. Reading then lost 3–1 to Middlesbrough after they went 1–0 down in 24 seconds thanks to Scottish midfielder Barry Robson. Next, an ex-Reading player came back to haunt them; Leroy Lita scored to make it 2–0, but a few minutes later, Kébé got one back after he dribbled round two players then passed back to Brian Howard, who laid him off. David Wheater, however, capped it off for Middlesbrough with a header past Adam Federici. Just before the full-time whistle Brian Howard was shown a straight red after a tackle on Andy Halliday.
Next, Reading beat Barnsley 3–0 with three goals in the last 12 minutes. Chris Armstrong made a comeback after 11⁄2 seasons out of action with a knee injury. Kébé again put Reading in the lead with a bullet header from substitute Hal Robson-Kanu's cross. Ian Harte then curled a perfect free-kick past Luke Steele to make it 2–0. Robson-Kanu then capped it off with a 50-yard run and then a cool finish under goalkeeper Luke Steele. On the 61st minute, however, Zurab Khizanishvili was sent off after a tackle that never was on Chris Wood. On 28 September, a Tuesday, Reading beat Ipswich Town 1–0 after substitute Simon Church came on and after 30 seconds on, he had the ball in the net. Jem Karacan's shot was steered in well by Church and Matt Mills was sent off for two bookable offences; this marked three Reading red cards in three games.

### October

Reading opened October with a trip to Preston North End, earning a 1–1 draw. The Royals went behind in the first-half with a goal from Preston's Keith Treacy, but in the 55th minute, Reading drew level through a sensational 25-yard volley from Jem Karacan. Reading then lost at home to Swansea City by a slim margin, Scott Sinclair giving ex-Reading manager Brendan Rodgers a happy return with his new Swans side. The Tuesday after, Reading again lost, this time to Bristol City with a goal from striker Danny Haynes on 28 minutes. In the next game, Reading beat an "unbeaten-at-home" Burnley 4–0. The first goal came from a Shane Long penalty which he won after being slipped through by Jay Tabb and was fouled by Leon Cort. The next came from Jobi McAnuff after Ian Harte fired in a free-kick and Matt Mills' shot fell to McAnuff to volley in. Soon after, substitute Michail Antonio tapped in Shane Long's cross, while other substitute Simon Church belted in a shot at a tight angle from a Brian Howard pass.
Reading's next match was a 4–3 victory over Doncaster Rovers, coming back from 3–1 down. Matt Mills opened up the scoring early only to have James Hayter equalise. Shelton Martis then put Doncaster in the lead, while two minutes into the second-half, Dean Shiels made it 3–1. Reading brought on Noel Hunt and Simon Church, and Hunt made an immediate impact by crossing in for Jem Karacan to head past Neil Sullivan. Then Harte whipped a superb free-kick into the top corner and to finish off, Church belted in substitute Antonio's squareball.

### March

On 8 March 2011, Chris Armstrong announced his retirement from football following being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Later on in the day, Reading travelled to Ipswich and won 3–1 thanks to goals from Shane Long, Ian Harte and Noel Hunt, while Connor Wickham scored a consolation goal in injury time at the end of the second half for Ipswich. Reading's next game was a FA Cup quarter-final match against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. Reading played well before eventually conceding a 74th-minute goal to Micah Richards that turned out to be the only goal of the game, thus eliminating Reading from the FA Cup. Reading where back playing in the Championship on 19 March away at Barnsley; it was a close game, with the winner for the Royals coming in the 71st minute thanks to second-half substitute Mathieu Manset.

### April

Reading's Good Friday game against fellow promotion chasers Leeds United ended 0–0 to end a run of eight wins on the trot. On 25 April, a Monday, Reading lost their recent unbeaten record of 13 games in a 3–2 defeat at home to relegation threatened Sheffield United. Reading went 2–0 up inside 20 minutes through Noel Hunt and Hal Robson-Kanu before ex-Royal Darius Henderson pulled one back on 30 minutes and Lee Williamson converted on the stroke of half-time. In the second-half, Henderson scored again to seal the win for the Blades. At Reading's final away game of the season, at Coventry City on Saturday, 30 April, they secured the point they need to secure their place in this season's Championship play-offs with a 0–0 draw.

### May
## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Andy Griffin |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Marcus Williams |
| 4 | MF | TUR | Jem Karacan |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Matt Mills (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Brynjar Gunnarsson |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb |
| 8 | MF | ATG | Mikele Leigertwood |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Noel Hunt |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff |
| 12 | FW | IRL | Dave Mooney |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Jimmy Kébé |
| 15 | DF | GEO | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| 16 | DF | ISL | Ívar Ingimarsson (club captain) |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Michail Antonio |
| 18 | FW | WAL | Simon Church |
| 19 | MF | WAL | Hal Robson-Kanu |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Brian Howard |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Ben Hamer |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Julian Kelly |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Ian Harte |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Shaun Cummings |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Jake Taylor |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Alex Pearce |
| 27 | MF | IRL | Scott Davies |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Sean Morrison |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Nicholas Bignall |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Abdulai Bell-Baggie |
| 31 | GK | DEN | Mikkel Andersen |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Jacob Walcott |
| 34 | DF | CAN | Ethan Gage |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Michael Hector |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Jack Mills |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jordan Obita |
| 38 | MF | ENG | James Rowe |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Brett Williams |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Lawson D'Ath |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Alex McCarthy |
| 42 | GK | ENG | Simon Locke |
| 44 | MF | IRL | Danny Joyce |
| 45 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset |
| — | MF | USA | Erik Opsahl |

### 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 |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 23 | FW | POL | Grzegorz Rasiak (to AEL Limassol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Chris Armstrong (retired) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 May 2010 | DF | Marcus Williams | Scunthorpe United | Free |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Andy Griffin | Stoke City | Nominal |
| 31 August 2010 | DF | Ian Harte | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2011 | DF | Sean Morrison | Swindon Town | £250,000 |
| 18 January 2011 | FW | Brett Williams | Eastleigh | £50,000 |
| 21 January 2011 | FW | Mathieu Manset | Hereford United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2011 | DF | Ethan Gage | Vancouver Whitecaps | Free |
| 31 January 2011 | MF | Erik Opsahl | St John's University | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 31 August 2010 | DF | | Zurab Khizanishvili | Blackburn Rovers | End of the season | |
| 23 October 2010 | MF | | Mikele Leigertwood | Queens Park Rangers | End of the season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 13 June 2010 | MF | Marek Matějovský | Sparta Prague | £650,000 |
| 9 July 2010 | MF | Kalifa Cissé | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2010 | MF | James Henry | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2010 | FW | Grzegorz Rasiak | AEL Limassol | Free |
| 31 August 2010 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 1899 Hoffenheim | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 August 2010 | GK | Mikkel Andersen | Bristol Rovers | 5 January 2011 |
| 5 August 2010 | FW | Dave Mooney | Colchester United | End of the season |
| 13 August 2010 | MF | Abdulai Bell-Baggie | Port Vale | 13 September 2010 |
| 13 August 2010 | GK | Alex McCarthy | Brentford | 31 August 2010 |
| 21 August 2010 | DF | Michael Hector | Oxford City | 21 September 2010 |
| 21 August 2010 | DF | Jack Mills | Oxford City | 21 September 2010 |
| 31 August 2010 | GK | Ben Hamer | Brentford | 17 January 2011 |
| 10 September 2010 | MF | Scott Davies | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 November 2010 |
| 8 October 2010 | FW | Nicholas Bignall | Southampton | 8 November 2010 |
| 7 November 2010 | DF | Michael Hector | Horsham | 7 January 2011 |
| 12 November 2010 | FW | Nicholas Bignall | Bournemouth | 31 December 2010 |
| 12 November 2010 | DF | Marcus Williams | Peterborough United | 31 December 2010 |
| 25 November 2010 | MF | Abdulai Bell-Baggie | Crawley Town | 20 January 2011 |
| 25 November 2010 | GK | Simon Locke | Dagenham & Redbridge | 28 December 2011 |
| 2 January 2011 | MF | James Rowe | Lewes | 2 February 2011 |
| 7 January 2011 | GK | Simon Locke | Basingstoke Town | 7 February 2011 |
| 13 January 2011 | DF | Julian Kelly | Lincoln City | End of the season |
| 19 January 2011 | GK | Ben Hamer | Exeter City | End of the season |
| 19 January 2011 | FW | Jacob Walcott | Telstar | End of the season |
| 28 January 2011 | MF | Scott Davies | Bristol Rovers | End of the season |
| 31 January 2011 | FW | Nicholas Bignall | Brentford | End of the season |
| 2 February 2011 | DF | Michael Hector | Dundalk | 30 June 2011 |
| 2 February 2011 | DF | Jack Mills | Telstar | End of the season |
| 15 February 2011 | MF | Danny Joyce | Bohemians | 30 June 2011 |
| 23 March 2011 | DF | Sean Morrison | Huddersfield Town | End of the season |
| 24 March 2011 | DF | Marcus Williams | Scunthorpe United | End of the season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 8 March 2011 | DF | Chris Armstrong | Retired | Retired |
| 2 June 2011 | MF | Abdulai Bell-Baggie | Yeovil Town | August 2011 |
| 2 June 2011 | DF | Ívar Ingimarsson | Ipswich Town | 13 June 2011 |
| 2 June 2011 | MF | Danny Joyce | Bohemian | January 2012 |
| 2 June 2011 | FW | David Mooney | Leyton Orient | 23 July 2011 |
| 2 June 2011 | MF | Erik Opsahl | Dalkurd FF | 1 September 2011 |
| 2 June 2011 | MF | James Rowe | Forest Green Rovers | 2 August 2011 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 2010 | 7 May 2011 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 043.48 |
| Championship Playoffs | 13 May 2011 | 30 May 2011 | Semifinal | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 033.33 |
| FA Cup | 8 January 2011 | 13 March 2011 | Third round | Quarterfinal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 075.00 |
| League Cup | 11 August 2011 | 24 August 2011 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 90 | 60 | +30 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 30 May 2011 Source: Soccerway

### Championship
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2011. Source: Reading FC

#### Playoffs
##### Semi-finals
##### Final

| Reading | Swansea City |
READING: :
| GK | 1 | Adam Federici |
| RB | 2 | Andy Griffin | 8' | 84' |
| CB | 5 | Matt Mills (c) |
| CB | 15 | Zurab Khizanishvili | 12' |
| LB | 23 | Ian Harte |
| CM | 4 | Jem Karacan |
| CM | 8 | Mikele Leigertwood |
| RW | 14 | Jimmy Kébé |
| LW | 11 | Jobi McAnuff | 39' |
| CF | 9 | Shane Long |
| CF | 10 | Noel Hunt | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 41 | Alex McCarthy |
| DF | 24 | Shaun Cummings |
| DF | 26 | Alex Pearce |
| MF | 7 | Jay Tabb | HT' |
| MF | 19 | Hal Robson-Kanu | | 84' |
| MF | 20 | Brian Howard |
| FW | 18 | Simon Church | | 76' |
| Manager: ||||
| Brian McDermott ||||
SWANSEA CITY: :
| GK | 1 | Dorus de Vries |
| RB | 22 | Àngel Rangel |
| CB | 16 | Garry Monk (c) |
| CB | 2 | Ashley Williams |
| LB | 5 | Alan Tate |
| CM | 37 | Leon Britton | | 77' |
| CM | 24 | Joe Allen | 54' | 89' |
| RW | 12 | Nathan Dyer |
| AM | 14 | Stephen Dobbie | | 55' |
| LW | 21 | Scott Sinclair |
| CF | 15 | Fabio Borini | 12' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 25 | Yves Ma-Kalambay |
| DF | 17 | Albert Serrán |
| MF | 8 | Darren Pratley | | 55' |
| MF | 27 | Mark Gower | 82' | 77' |
| MF | 29 | Ashley Richards |
| FW | 9 | Craig Beattie |
| FW | 19 | Luke Moore | | 89' |
| Manager: ||||
| Brendan Rodgers ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Scott Ledger Simon Long Fourth official: Lee Mason Reserve referee: Andrew Halliday | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Swansea City (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Reading | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 77 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Leeds United | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 72 | |

### FA Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 30 May 2011
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Playoffs | Playoffs | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Andy Griffin | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Marcus Williams | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | TUR | Jem Karacan | 48 | 3 | 39+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Matt Mills | 45 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Brynjar Gunnarsson | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb | 25 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ATG | Mikele Leigertwood | 29 | 2 | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long | 52 | 25 | 44 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Noel Hunt | 40 | 10 | 19+14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff | 47 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Jimmy Kébé | 42 | 9 | 34+2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GEO | Zurab Khizanishvili | 27 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ISL | Ívar Ingimarsson | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Michail Antonio | 24 | 1 | 2+19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | WAL | Simon Church | 44 | 5 | 14+23 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | WAL | Hal Robson-Kanu | 34 | 6 | 12+15 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Brian Howard | 28 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Ben Hamer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Julian Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Ian Harte | 47 | 11 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Shaun Cummings | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Jake Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Alex Pearce | 24 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Nicholas Bignall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jordan Obita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Alex McCarthy | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset | 14 | 2 | 4+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | POL | Grzegorz Rasiak | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Chris Armstrong | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    As of match played 30 May 2011
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | Playoff | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Shane Long | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | DF | | 23 | Ian Harte | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | | 10 | Noel Hunt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | | 14 | Jimmy Kébé | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | | 19 | Hal Robson-Kanu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | | 5 | Matt Mills | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Jobi McAnuff | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | | 18 | Simon Church | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | | 4 | Jem Karacan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 22 | Mathieu Manset | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Mikele Leigertwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | | 5 | Alex Pearce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 17 | Michail Antonio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | | Own Goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | | 23 | Grzegorz Rasiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 90 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 30 May 2011
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | Championship | Play-offs | Play-offs | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| DF | | 5 | Matt Mills | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| MF | | 4 | Jem Karacan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | | 2 | Andy Griffin | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | | 11 | Jobi McAnuff | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | | 20 | Brian Howard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| MF | | 14 | Jimmy Kébé | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | | 9 | Shane Long | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | | 15 | Zurab Khizanishvili | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| FW | | 10 | Noel Hunt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | | 33 | Chris Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | | 6 | Brynjar Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | 8 | Mikele Leigertwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | | 26 | Alex Pearce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | 7 | Jay Tabb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | | 17 | Michail Antonio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 24 | Shaun Cummings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | 18 | Simon Church | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | | 1 | Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 23 | Ian Harte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | | 41 | Alex McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 19 | Hal Robson-Kanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 3 | Marcus Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 68 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 5 |

## Awards
### Player of the season

| Rank | Name |
| 1 | Shane Long |
| 2 | Jimmy Kébé |
| 3 | Jem Karacan |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Name | Award |
| January | Shane Long | Nominated |
| March | Ian Harte | Won |

### Manager of the Month

| Month | Name | Award |
| January | Brian McDermott | Nominated |
| March | Brian McDermott | Nominated |
| April | Brian McDermott | Won |

### Team of the Week

| Week | Position | Player |
| Week 28 | DF | Ian Harte |
| Week 28 | ST | Shane Long |
| Week 30 | DF | Ívar Ingimarsson |
| Week 32 | DF | Ian Harte |
| Week 34 | MF | Jimmy Kébé |
| Week 36 | GK | Adam Federici |

## Team kit

The 2010–11 Reading F.C. kits.
Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): Waitrose
| Home colours | Away colours | Third colours |