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2014–15 Reading F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Reading Football Club's second season in the Championship following the side's relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2012–13 season. The season began with Nigel Adkins as manager; he was replaced by Steve Clarke in December.

Reading F.C.
2014–15 season
ChairmanSir John Madejski
ManagerNigel Adkins
(until 15 December)
Steve Clarke
(from 16 December)
StadiumMadejski Stadium
Championship19th
FA CupSemi Final vs Arsenal
League CupThird round vs Derby County
Top goalscorerLeague: Two Players (8)
All: Three Players (8)
Highest home attendance20,048 vs Brentford
(25 April 2015)[1]
Lowest home attendance13,775 vs Rotherham United
(4 November 2014)[1]
Average home league attendanceLeague, 17,022[1]
All, 16,835
(End of Season)

Season review edit

Pre-season edit

On 6 May, Reading announced that five players would be leaving upon the expiry of their contracts. Those departing were Stuart Taylor, Kaspars Gorkšs, Wayne Bridge, Mikele Leigertwood and club captain Jobi McAnuff.[2] Youngsters Lawson D'Ath, Nick Arnold, Gozie Ugwu, Matt Partridge and Shepherd Murombedzi were also released whilst contract talks were taking place with Michael Hector, Jake Taylor and 18 other youth players.[3][4][5] On 30 May youngsters Michael Hector and Jake Taylor signed new two-year contracts with the option of a third.[6]

On 2 June, Sir John Madejski announced that the club was looking for new ownership and that Anton Zingarevich, Christopher Samuelson and Andrew Obolensky had left the board of Directors.[7]

Transfers edit

 
Ferdinand signed a two-year contract in August 2014, pictured playing for Antalyaspor in 2013

Readings first addition of the season was the signing of USA U-18 international Andrija Novakovich to their academy from USM.[8] On 7 August 2014, Simon Cox resigned for Reading, 6 years after he left the club, on a two-year contract from Nottingham Forest.[9] The following day Jamie Mackie signed on a season-long loan deal, also from Nottingham Forest.[10] On 11 August 2014, Reading confirmed the signing of Anton Ferdinand on a two-year contract.[11] Reading made their fourth permanent signing of the season on 21 August, signing Oliver Norwood to a three-year contract from Huddersfield Town.[12] On 1 September 2014, transfer deadline day, Reading signed Glenn Murray on loan from Crystal Palace until 1 January, with a view to a permanent move.[13]

On 28 May 2014 Adam Le Fondre moved to Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee,[14] with Daniel Carriço following Le Fondre out of the club on 23 June 2014 after making his move to Sevilla permanent.[15] On 7 August 2014, Reading's three young goalkeepers left on loan, Stuart Moore joined Basingstoke Town on a season long loan with Jonathan Henly also joining Basingstoke as cover for Moore, whilst George Legg joined Hendon on a months loan.[16] On 15 August, Sean Morrison followed le Fondre to Cardiff City.[17] On 29 August 2014, Alex McCarthy completed his move to QPR.[18] On transfer deadline day, Royston Drenthe joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until 2 January 2015.[19]

August edit

Reading started their season on 9 August with a 2–2 away draw at Wigan Athletic, with Shaun Cummings and Sean Morrison getting Reading's goals after Callum McManaman opened the scoring for Wigan and James McArthur scored a 93rd-minute equaliser.[20] Three days later, on 12 August, Reading faced Newport County in the League Cup at home. Reading ran out 3–1 winners, with their goals coming from Pavel Pogrebnyak, Nick Blackman and debutante Craig Tanner.[21] Reading won their next game, on 16 August, against Ipswich Town thanks to a Jake Taylor goal,[22] before losing their next two games, 2–1 at home to Huddersfield Town[23] and 4–0 away to Nottingham Forest.[24] Reading finished August with back to back wins, 1–0 away to Scunthorpe United in the second round of the League Cup, Jake Taylor scoring,[25] and 1–0 away to Middlesbrough with Simon Cox scoring.[26]

September edit

On 11 September, Legg extended his loan with Hendon for another month,[27] whilst on 12 September, Jonathan Henly moved to Welling United on loan until 1 January 2015.[28] The following day, 13 September, Reading faced Fulham at home, winning 3–0 thanks to a brace from Glenn Murray and the third from Nick Blackman.[29] Reading won their fourth game in a row on 16 September, 3–2 at home to Millwall, with a double strike from Simon Cox and another from Nick Blackman.[30] 20 September saw Reading travel to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday, with the game ending in disappointment for Reading as they fell to a 1–0 defeat courtesy of a late Stevie May goal.[31] On 22 September, Reading announced the completion of the sale of the club to a Thai consortium, with Sir John Madejski staying on as Co-Chairman.[32] The following day, 23 September, Reading suffered their second defeat in four days, as they went out of the League Cup with a 2–0 defeat to Derby County.[33] Reading ended September with a 3–3 home draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the Reading goals coming from Michael Hector, Jake Taylor and Glenn Murray, whilst Nick Blackman was unfortunate to score an own goal.[34]

October edit

Reading started October with a 0–0 draw away to Leeds United on 1 October,[35] following it up three days later with a 3–1 away defeat to Brentford in which Simon Cox scored the only goal for Reading.[36] On 3 October, Garath McCleary signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2017.[37] Following the International break, Reading suffered their second and third defeats in a row, both 3–0, at home to Derby County on 18 October and away to Bournemouth on 21 October.[38][39] Reading finished October with their first win in seven games, a 3–0 home win over Blackpool, with Glenn Murray and Nick Blackman scoring either side of a Peter Clarke own goal.[40]

November edit

Reading started November with a 3–1 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 1 November, Glenn Murray scoring their only goal,[41] before following it up three days later with a 3–0 victory over Rotherham United thanks to Jamie Mackie and a Simon Cox double.[42] On 8 November Reading suffered a 1–0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic,[43] before a 2–1 away defeat to Cardiff City on 21 November. Michael Hector scored Readings only goal late on, whilst Alex Pearce had a nightmare evening, conceding an own goal before being shown a straight red card on the stroke of half-time.[44] Reading ended the month with a 2–1 away win over Norwich City, Gary Hooper put Norwich ahead after 10 minutes before Jake Cooper scored his first ever goal for Reading in the 14th minute and his second in the 44th to give Reading all three points.[45]

Also during November, Slovenian defender Jure Travner joined the club on trial from Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Baku.[46]

December edit

 
Steve Clarke was appointed as the club's manager on 16 December.

Reading started the month with a 0–0 home draw against Bolton Wanderers on 6 December,[47] before a 6–1 away defeat to Birmingham City on 13 December.[48] Following the club's 6–1 defeat to Birmingham City, manager Nigel Adkins was sacked by the club on 15 December.[49] The following day Reading appointed Steve Clarke on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.[50]

Reading lost their first game with Steve Clarke as manager, a 1–0 home defeat to 10-man Watford on 20 December.[51] They followed this defeat up with a 2–2 away draw to Manager-less Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 December,[52] Glenn Murray scoring both the goals, before a 2–1 home win over Norwich City on 28 December thanks to Simon Cox and a Hal Robson-Kanu penalty.[53]

Murray returned to Crystal Palace on 31 December following the completion of his loan deal.[54]

January edit

On 2 January 2015, Aaron Tshibola moved to Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal,[55] whilst Jonathan Henly returned from his loan at Welling United and Royston Drenthe returned to the club following his loan to Sheffield Wednesday to discuss his future.[56] The following day, Nick Blackman scored Reading's only goal in their 1–0 away win over Huddersfield Town in the third round of the FA Cup,[57] setting up a fourth round trip to Cardiff City.[58] On 10 January Reading drew 0–0 at home to Middlesbrough,[59] in a game that saw Jem Karacan make his return from a long term knee-injury, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Jamie Mackie.[60] Defender Shaun Cummings left the club on 12 January, moving to Millwall two days later for an undisclosed fee.[61] Reading lost their next game, a 2–1 away defeat to Fulham on 17 January, with Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring Reading's only goal. The following week Polish International goalkeeper, Jakub Słowik, joined the club on a week-long trial.[62] On 22 January, Reading signed Jure Travner on a contract with the club till the end of the season,[63] and Nathaniel Chalobah on loan till the end of the season from Chelsea,[64] whilst youngster Craig Tanner signed a new contract till the summer of 2017 and joined AFC Wimbledon on a season-long youth loan.[65] The next day Royston Drenthe left club, signing for Kayseri Erciyesspor of the Turkish Süper Lig on a permanent basis.[66] 24 January saw Reading take on Cardiff City in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with Reading winning the games 2–1 at the Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff took the lead through Kenwyne Jones in the first half before Oliver Norwood and Hal Robson-Kanu in the second half to send Reading into the fifth round.[67]

On 27 January, Reading traveled to Millwall, playing out a 0–0 draw that saw them remain in 18th position.[68] Two days later, 29 January, Dominic Samuel joined Coventry City on an emergency loan, which will see him stay at the club until 28 April,[69] and midfielder Aaron Tshibola extended his stay at Hartlepool United till the end of the season.[70] Reading's last game of January was a 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday, with the goals coming from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Nathaniel Chalobah.

Young Georgian defender Lasha Dvali returned to the club in January following a year-long loan deal with Latvian Higher League side Skonto FC.[71]

February edit

On transfer deadline day, 2 February, Reading signed Yakubu on a contract until the end of the season,[72] whilst Georgian defender Lasha Dvali joined Turkish Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa on loan till the end of the season.[73] Youngster Dominic Hyam left the club on a one-month youth loan deal on 4 February, joining Hemel Hempstead Town.[74] On 7 February Reading traveled to Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning 2–1 after goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny Williams.[75] Three days later, Reading hosted Leeds United in a game that the visitors won 2–0.[76] On 14 February Reading defeated Derby County 2–1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup,[77] before losing 0–1 at home to Wigan Athletic three days later.[78] On 21 February Reading registered another away win, winning 1–0 away to Ipswich Town thanks to a 14th-minute goal by Jamie Mackie,[79] before falling to defeat against Huddersfield Town 3–0 three days later.[80]

March edit

On 3 March Reading drew 1–1 away to Bolton, with Jamie Mackie scoring the equaliser in the third and final minute of stoppage time.[81] On 7 March Reading played their FA Cup quarter final match against League One team Bradford City, drawing 0–0 at Valley Parade.[82] The draw resulted in a home replay, scheduled for 16 March. On 10 March Reading hosted Brighton & Hove Albion in a 2–1 victory with both goals being scored by Jamie Mackie. Defender Niall Keown made his debut during the game, coming on as a late substitute for Danny Williams, the winning goal coming minutes after Chris O'Grady scored a penalty for the away team.[83] On 12 March, Zat Knight signed a short-term contract until the end of the season.[84] Reading lost their next Championship game 4–1, away to Watford on 14 March,[85] before defeating Bradford City 3–0 in their FA Cup Quarter Final Replay to set up a Semi Final against Arsenal.[86] On 18 March youngster George McLennan joined Hayes & Yeading United on loan till the end of the season.[87] On 24 March young goalkeeper Dan Lincoln joined Nuneaton Town on a seven-day loan deal,[88] with Nathan Aké joining Reading on an initial one-month loan a day later,[89] before Kwesi Appiah joined on loan until the end of the season and Jake Taylor and Danny Guthrie left the club on loan till the end of the season, to Leyton Orient and Fulham respectively on 26 March.[90][91][92] On 27 March, Reading exercised an option in Chris Gunter's contract to keep the player for another year.[93]

On 30 March, Reading where fined £30,000 by The Football League for breaching the Football League regulations that prohibit any individual or legal entity having an interest in more than one club, when they borrowed an initial £10.5m from Vibrac Corporation in August 2013, and a further £5.6m in May 2014.[94]

April edit

Reading started April with a 1–1 home draw against Cardiff City on 4 April, Pavel Pogrebnyak gave Reading an early lead, before Conor McAleny scored a 90th-minute equaliser.[95] Reading drew their second game in a row on 7 April, away to Blackpool. Jamie O'Hara gave Blackpool an early lead from the penalty spot, after a Zat Knight shirt pull, with a Grant Hall own goal just after half-time leveling the teams.[96] On 11 April Reading played Blackburn Rovers in a one-off kit design, designed by a young fan Ryan Duval. The game ended 0–0, the third Reading draw in a row, and also marked the first start for Jem Karacan in over a year and a half.[97] Reading suffered their first defeat of the month on 14 April, 1–0 at home to Bournemouth.[98] Reading's away game with Rotherham United on 18 April was postponed until 28 April,[99] due to Reading's FA Cup Semi-Final tie with Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez gave Arsenal the lead shortly before halftime, with Garath McCleary equalising in the 54th minute to level the game and take the match to extra-time. Sánchez scored his second of the game, and the winner, on the stroke of half-time in extra time, after his weak shot was spilled over the line by Adam Federici.[100] Reading's next game was at home to Birmingham City on 22 April, which Reading lost 1–0 to a late Clayton Donaldson goal.[101] This was also Nathan Aké's last game for Reading as he returned to Chelsea following the game.[102] On 25 April, Reading hosted Brentford in their last home game of the season. Reading went down 2–0 after goals from Alan Judge and James Tarkowski.[103] After the game Adam Federici was named the clubs Player of the Season.[104] Reading's last game of April was their rearranged game away to Rotherham United on 28 April. Reading lost the match, their fifth in a row, 2–1 with Matt Derbyshire and Lee Frecklington scoring a quick-fire double in the second half before a late Oliver Norwood goal gave Reading their consolation goal.[105]

May edit

Reading won their final game of the season, and first since 10 March, on 2 May away to Derby County 3–0. Kwesi Appiah opened the scoring in the second minute, his first for the club, before Michael Hector scored the second midway through the second half and a late Garath McCleary penalty sealed the victory.[106]

On 21 May Reading released senior players Zat Knight, Jure Travner, Danny Guthrie, Ryan Edwards and Yakubu. Whilst youth players Daniel Lincoln, Jonathan Henly, Aleksandar Gogic, and George McLennan also left the club.[107]

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2014 and List of English football transfers winter 2014–15

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
7 April 2014† FW   Andrija Novakovich Chicago Magic Free [8]
7 August 2014 FW   Simon Cox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [9]
11 August 2014 DF   Anton Ferdinand Antalyaspor Free [11]
21 August 2014 MF   Oliver Norwood Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [12]
22 January 2015 DF   Jure Travner FK Baku Free [63]
2 February 2015 FW   Yakubu Al Rayyan Free [72]
12 March 2015 DF   Zat Knight Colorado Rapids Free [84]
† Novakovich's transfer was announced on the above date but were not finalised until 1 July.


Loans in edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
8 August 2014 FW   Jamie Mackie Nottingham Forest Season-long [10]
1 September 2014 FW   Glenn Murray Crystal Palace 1 January 2015 [13][54]
22 January 2015 MF   Nathaniel Chalobah Chelsea End of season [64]
25 March 2015 DF   Nathan Aké Chelsea 22 April 2015 [89][102]
26 March 2015 FW   Kwesi Appiah Crystal Palace End of season [92]

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
28 May 2014 FW   Adam Le Fondre   Cardiff City Undisclosed [14]
23 June 2014 MF   Daniel Carriço Sevilla Undisclosed [15]
15 August 2014 DF   Sean Morrison Cardiff City Undisclosed [17]
29 August 2014 GK   Alex McCarthy Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [18]
12 January 2015 DF   Shaun Cummings Millwall Undisclosed [61]
23 January 2015 MF   Royston Drenthe Kayseri Erciyesspor Undisclosed [66]

Loans out edit

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
7 August 2014 GK   Stuart Moore Basingstoke Town Season-long [16]
7 August 2014 GK   Jonathan Henly Basingstoke Town 7 September 2014 [16]
7 August 2014 GK   George Legg Hendon 7 October 2014 [16][27]
1 September 2014 MF   Royston Drenthe Sheffield Wednesday 2 January 2015 [19]
12 September 2014 GK   Jonathan Henly Welling United End-of-season [28][108]
10 October 2014 GK   Lewis Ward Whitehawk 7 November 2014 [109]
24 December 2014 DF   Robert Dickie Basingstoke Town 25 April 2015 [110][111]
2 January 2015 MF   Aaron Tshibola Hartlepool United Season-long youth loan [55][70]
22 January 2015 FW   Craig Tanner AFC Wimbledon Season-long youth loan [65]
29 January 2015 FW   Dominic Samuel Coventry City 28 April 2015 [69]
2 February 2015 DF   Lasha Dvali Kasımpaşa End-of-season [73]
4 February 2015 DF   Dominic Hyam Hemel Hempstead Town 4 March 2015 [74]
18 March 2015 DF   George McLennan Hayes & Yeading United End-of-season [87]
24 March 2015 GK   Dan Lincoln Nuneaton Town 31 March 2015 [88]
26 March 2015 MF   Jake Taylor Leyton Orient End of season [91]
26 March 2015 MF   Danny Guthrie Fulham End of season [90]

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref
21 May 2015 GK   Mikkel Andersen Midtjylland 25 June 2015 [107][112]
21 May 2015 GK   Daniel Lincoln Hayes & Yeading United 18 August 2015 [107]
21 May 2015 GK   Jonathan Henly Ipswich Town 20 August 2015 [107][113]
21 May 2015 GK   Aleksandar Gogić Nike Academy [107]
21 May 2015 DF   Zat Knight Retired [107]
21 May 2015 DF   Jure Travner Celje 15 July 2015 [107][114]
21 May 2015 DF   George McLennan Cheltenham Town 7 July 2015 [107][115]
21 May 2015 MF   Danny Guthrie Blackburn Rovers 4 August 2015 [107][116]
21 May 2015 MF   Ryan Edwards Partick Thistle 24 September 2015 [107][117][118]
21 May 2015 FW   Yakubu Kayserispor 31 August 2015 [107][119]
27 May 2015 GK   Adam Federici Bournemouth 1 July 2015 [120]
8 June 2015 DF   Alex Pearce Derby County 1 July 2015 [121]
30 June 2015 DF   Stephen Kelly Rotherham United 19 November 2015 [122][123]
30 June 2015 MF   Jem Karacan Galatasaray 8 July 2015 [124]

Trial edit

Date from Position Nationality Name Last club Date to Ref.
November 2014 DF   Jure Travner FK Baku 22 January 2015 [46][63]
19 January 2015 GK   Jakub Słowik Jagiellonia Białystok 23 January 2015 [62]

Squad edit

As of match played 2 May 2015[125]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[N 1]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Adam Federici   GK (1985-01-31)31 January 1985 (aged 30) Torres 2005 2015[126] 245 1
31 Mikkel Andersen   GK (1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 26) AB Copenhagen 2007 2015[127] 5 0
40 Stuart Moore   GK (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2013 [107] 0 0
41 Daniel Lincoln   GK (1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2013 0 0
42 Jonathan Henly[N 2]   GK (1994-06-07)7 June 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2012 2015[128] 0 0
Defenders
2 Chris Gunter   RB (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 25) Nottingham Forest 2012 2016[93][129] 114 1
3 Stephen Kelly   RB (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 31) Fulham 2013 2015[130] 52 1
4 Anton Ferdinand   CB (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 30) Antalyaspor 2014 2016[11] 2 0
5 Alex Pearce[N 3]   CB (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 26) Academy 2006 2015[131] 240 15
15 Michael Hector[N 4]   CB (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 22) Academy 2010 2016[6] 58 3
24 Zat Knight   CB (1980-05-02)2 May 1980 (aged 35) Colorado Rapids 2015 2015[84] 2 0
26 Pierce Sweeney   CB (1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 20) Bray Wanderers 2012 [107] 0 0
29 Jure Travner   LB (1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 29) FK Baku 2015 2015[63] 1 0
32 Sean Long   RB (1995-04-02)2 April 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[132] 1 0
33 Shane Griffin   LB (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[132] 0 0
34 Niall Keown   RB (1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2 0
35 Jake Cooper   CB (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[133] 19 2
Robert Dickie   DF (1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 0 0
Dominic Hyam   DF (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[134] 0 0
George McLennan   DF (1995-12-10)10 December 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 0 0
Nana Owusu   DF (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[132] 0 0
Lasha Dvali   DF (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 19) Skonto 2013 0 0
Midfielders
6 Oliver Norwood   CM (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 24) Huddersfield Town 2014 2017[12] 42 1
8 Danny Guthrie   CM (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 28) Newcastle United 2012 2015[135] 69 5
9 Hal Robson-Kanu[N 5]   LW (1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 25) Academy 2007 2016[136] 192 25
11 Jordan Obita   LW (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 21) Academy 2010 2017[137] 88 1
12 Garath McCleary[N 6]   RW (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 27) Nottingham Forest 2012 2017[37][138] 110 12
14 Nathaniel Chalobah[N 7]   CM (1994-12-12)12 December 1994 (aged 20) loan from Chelsea 2015 2015[64] 20 1
16 Hope Akpan[N 8]   CM (1991-08-14)14 August 1991 (aged 23) Crawley Town 2013 2016[139] 63 1
17 Ryan Edwards   MF (1993-11-17)17 November 1993 (aged 21) Australian Institute of Sport 2011 2015[140] 10 0
18 Aaron Tshibola   CM (1995-01-02)2 January 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[141] 1 0
21 Jem Karacan[N 9]   CM (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 26) Academy 2007 2015[142] 175 12
23 Danny Williams[N 10]   CM (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 26) Hoffenheim 2013 2017[143] 63 4
25 Jake Taylor[N 11]   MF (1991-12-01)1 December 1991 (aged 23) Academy 2009 2016[6] 36 3
28 Aaron Kuhl   MF (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[144] 8 0
37 Jack Stacey   MF (1996-04-06)6 April 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[144] 6 0
38 Liam Kelly   MF (1995-11-22)22 November 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[145] 0 0
39 Tarique Fosu   MF (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 1 0
Conor Shaughnessy   MF (1996-06-30)30 June 1996 (aged 18) Academy 2014 0 0
Samúel Friðjónsson   MF (1996-02-22)22 February 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2013[146] 2015 0 0
Forwards
7 Pavel Pogrebnyak   FW (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 31) Fulham 2012 2016[147] 108 29
10 Simon Cox[N 12]   FW (1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 28) Nottingham Forest 2014 2016[9] 52 8
19 Jamie Mackie[N 13]   FW (1985-09-22)22 September 1985 (aged 29) Loan from Nottingham Forest 2014 2015[10] 39 6
20 Yakubu   FW (1982-11-22)22 November 1982 (aged 32) Al Rayyan 2015 2015[72] 11 1
22 Nick Blackman   FW (1989-11-11)11 November 1989 (aged 25) Sheffield United 2013 2016[148] 84 9
27 Craig Tanner   FW (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2017[65] 5 1
30 Dominic Samuel   FW (1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 21) Academy 2012 [107] 2 0
36 Andrija Novakovich   FW (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 18) University School of Milwaukee 2014 2 0
44 Kwesi Appiah   FW (1990-09-12)12 September 1990 (aged 24) loan from Crystal Palace 2015 2015 6 1

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   ENG Sean Morrison (to Cardiff City)[17]
20 GK   ENG Alex McCarthy (to Queens Park Rangers)[18]
20 FW   ENG Glenn Murray (returned to Crystal Palace after loan)[54]
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   JAM Shaun Cummings (to Millwall)[61]
43 DF   NED Nathan Aké (returned to Chelsea after loan)[102]
— MF   NED Royston Drenthe (to Kayseri Erciyesspor)[66]

Pre-season edit

15 July 2014 Exeter City 0–1 Reading Exeter
19:30 BST Report Edwards   8' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 July 2014 Yeovil Town 1–1 Reading Yeovil
15:00 BST Trialist   71' Report Pogrebnyak   48' Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 1,153
26 July 2014 Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Reading High Wycombe, England
15:00 BST Report Pogrebnyak   40'
Taylor   75'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,697
29 July 2014 Stevenage 0–0 Reading Stevenage, England
19:30 BST Report Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
2 August 2014 Reading 1–3   Swansea City Reading, England
15:00 BST Blackman   43' Report Routledge   23', 25'
Gomis   65'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 5,421
Referee: Andy Davies

Competitions edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
2014–15 Championship — — 19 9 August 2014 2 May 2015
League Cup First round — Fifth round 12 August 2013 23 September 2014
FA Cup Third round — Semi-finals 3 January 2015 18 April 2015

Updated to match played 2014
Source: Competitions

Championship edit

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Fulham 46 14 10 22 62 83 −21 52
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 13 12 21 54 67 −13 51
19 Reading 46 13 11 22 48 69 −21 50
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 −10 47
21 Rotherham United 46 11 16 19 46 67 −21 46[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[149]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 11 22 48 68  −20 50 8 5 10 24 24  0 5 6 12 24 44  −20

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Reading FC

Results by matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHHHHAA
ResultDWLLWWWLDDLLLWLWLLWDLLDWDLDWWLLWLLDWLLDDDLLLLW
Position9711191596101110131617141513141414141617171617181816131417131518181617191918181819191919
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

9 August 2014 1 Wigan Athletic 2 – 2 Reading Wigan
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McManaman   27'
Taylor   74'
McArthur   90+3'		 BBC Sport
Reading F.C.		 Cummings   58'  71'
Morrison   77'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,174
Referee: Mark Brown
16 August 2014 2 Reading 1 – 0 Ipswich Town Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Taylor   26'
Cox   60'
Hector   81'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Berra   39'
Mings   60'
Smith   73'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,198
Referee: Simon Hooper
19 August 2014 3 Reading 1 – 2 Huddersfield Town Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Pearce   42'
Pogrebnyak   76'
Cox   79'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Butterfield   10'
Coady   35'
Bunn   38'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,035
Referee: Stuart Attwell
23 August 2014 4 Nottingham Forest 4 – 0 Reading Nottingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Antonio   17', 47'
Fryatt   53'
Assombalonga   64'
Cohen   69'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Blackman   80' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,795
Referee: Andy Woolmer
30 August 2014 5 Middlesbrough 0 – 1 Reading Middlesbrough
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Leadbitter   37'
Adomah   76'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Cox   7'
Akpan   68'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 14,970
Referee: Darren Bond
13 September 2014 6 Reading 3 – 0 Fulham Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Murray   15', 54'
Blackman   85'  86'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Smith   19'
Hyndman   25'
Voser   42'
Kavanagh   74'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,790
Referee: Mike Jones
16 September 2014 7 Reading 3 – 2 Millwall Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Cox   6', 84'
Blackman   15' (pen.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Webster   14'
Fuller   39'
Beevers   54'
Upson   76'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,091
Referee: Keith Hill
20 September 2014 8 Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 0 Reading Sheffield
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Coke   31'
Palmer   39'
Maguire   66'
May   83'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Blackman   38'
Akpan   63'
Cooper   82'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 29,848
Referee: Mark Heywood
28 September 2014 9 Reading 3 – 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reading
13:15 BST (UTC+1) Hector   19'
Taylor   45'  55'
Guthrie   64'
Murray   89'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Henry   51'
Evans   54'
Stearman   66'
Blackman   84' (o.g.)
Edwards   90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,454
Referee: James Adcock
1 October 2014 10 Leeds United 0 – 0 Reading Leeds
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Cooper   65'
Bellusci   66'
Doukara   70'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Hector   19'
Norwood   80'
Pearce   90'
Federici   90+3'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,705
Referee: Tony Harrington
4 October 2014 11 Brentford 3 – 1 Reading Brentford
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Jota   11'
Pritchard   32'
Douglas   81'
Diagouraga   83'
Craig   87'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Cox   49'  79'
Kuhl   74'
Mackie   83'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 10,776
Referee: Roger East
18 October 2014 12 Reading 0 – 3 Derby County Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hector   43'
Obita   84'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Martin   18', 79'
Ibe   38'
Whitbread   44'
Christie   65'
Eustace   68'
Hughes   77'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,141
Referee: Darren Deadman
21 October 2014 13 Bournemouth 3 – 0 Reading Bournemouth
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Wilson   50'
Pitman   55', 64'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Mark Haywood
25 October 2014 14 Reading 3 – 0 Blackpool Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Murray   23'
Clarke   69' (o.g.)
Hector   71'
Taylor   78'
Blackman   90+4' (pen.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Perkins   14'
Miller   39'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,625
Referee: Gavin Ward
1 November 2014 15 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 1 Reading Blackburn
15:00 GMT (UTC) Gestede   17', 68'
Marshall   55'
Evans   71'
Varney   90+6'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Murray   44'
Obita   52'
Akpan   65'
Cooper   79'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: Carl Boyeson
Referee: 14,237
4 November 2014 16 Reading 3 – 0 Rotherham United Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) Mackie   29'
Cox   55', 64'
Akpan   71'
Gunter   89'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Morgan   44'
Árnason   70'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 13,775
Referee: Pat Miller
8 November 2014 17 Reading 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Cox   74'
Obita   86'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Vetokele   39'
Guðmundsson   88'
Jackson   90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 16,989
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
21 November 2014 18 Cardiff City 2 – 1 Reading Cardiff
19:45 GMT (UTC) Pearce   20' (o.g.)
Pilkington   41'
Whittingham   45+4' (pen.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Williams   41'
Pearce   45+3'
Hector   81'
Blackman   90'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 20,643
Referee: James Linington
29 November 2014 19 Norwich City 1 – 2 Reading Norwich
15:00 GMT (UTC) Hooper   10'  44'
Howson   60'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Cooper   14', 45'
Murray   55'
Obita   82'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,002
Referee: David Webb
6 December 2014 20 Reading 0 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Norwood   61'
Murray   73'
Obita   82'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,421
Referee: Keith Hill
13 December 2014 21 Birmingham City 6 – 1 Reading Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC) Caddis   4'
Gray   11', 24', 45+1'
Shinnie   46'
Cotterill   60'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Hector   18'
Murray   19'
Gunter   58'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 15,240
Referee: Nigel Miller
20 December 2014 22 Reading 0 – 1 Watford Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Williams   72'
Murray   90+2'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Abdi   29'  70'
Angella   38'   45+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,522
Referee: Gavin Ward
26 December 2014 23 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 2 Reading Falmer
15:00 GMT (UTC) Forster-Caskey   40'
Bennett   58'
Calderón   90'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Murray   1', 26'  44'
Cox   38'
Cummings   61'
Norwood   90+2'		 Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 26,173
Referee: Graham Salisbury
28 December 2014 24 Reading 2 – 1 Norwich City Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Robson-Kanu   25' (pen.)
Cox   34'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Johnson   24'  71'
Martin   63'
Whittaker   90+2'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 19,430
Referee: James Linington
10 January 2015 25 Reading 0 – 0 Middlesbrough Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Norwood   42'
Obita   54'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Tomlin   68' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,131
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 January 2015 26 Fulham 2 – 1 Reading Fulham
15:00 GMT (UTC) Bodurov   33'
Kačaniklić   52'  55'
Tunnicliffe   74'
Ruiz   90+3'		 BBC
[ Reading F.C.]		 Pogrebnyak   63'  67'
McCleary   77'
Cox   84'
Gunter   90+1'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,831
Referee: Mark Brown
27 January 2015 27 Millwall 0 – 0 Reading Bermondsey
19:45 GMT (UTC) Nelson   45' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Mackie   85' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: Andy Madley
Referee: 8,317
31 January 2015 28 Reading 2 – 0 Sheffield Wednesday Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Pogrebnyak   29'
Chalobah   40'
Hector   67'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Loovens   34' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,755
Referee: Brendan Malone
7 February 2015 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 2 Reading Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Stearman   18'
Afobe   26'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Pogrebnyak   1'  90+1'
Williams   33'  70'
S.Kelly   43'
Robson-Kanu   51'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,274
Referee: Keith Hill
10 February 2015 30 Reading 0 – 2 Leeds United Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) BBC
Reading F.C.		 Wootton   59'
Murphy   63'
Byram   90'  90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,124
Referee: Graham Scott
17 February 2015 31 Reading 0 – 1 Wigan Athletic Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) A.Pearce   90+2' BBC
Reading F.C.		 J.Pearce   17'   61'
Herd   48'
Clarke   62'
Ojo   70'
Taylor   85'
Kim Bo-kyung   90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 14,601
Referee: Simon Hooper
21 February 2015 32 Ipswich Town 0 – 1 Reading Ipswich
15:00 GMT (UTC) Bru   67' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Mackie   14'
Obita   75'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,298
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
24 February 2015 33 Huddersfield Town 3 – 0 Reading Huddersfield
19:45 GMT (UTC) Bunn   10'
Wells   55'
Miller   74'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Kelly   12'
Obita   89'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 10,282
Referee: James Adcock
28 February 2015 34 Reading 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) McCleary   60' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Osborn   56'
Fryatt   70'
Gary Gardner   80'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,586
Referee: Mick Russell
3 March 2015 35 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1 Reading Bolton
20:00 GMT (UTC) Guðjohnsen   60'
Dervite   88'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Norwood   64'
Pogrebnyak   79'
Mackie   90+3'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 12,795
Referee: Mark Haywood
10 March 2015 36 Reading 2 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) Mackie   24', 56'
McCleary   88'
Pogrebnyak   90'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 O'Grady   53' (pen.)
Ince   61'
Dunk   87'
Bennett   88'
Greer   90'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 14,748
Referee: Andy Haines
14 March 2015 37 Watford 4 – 1 Reading Watford
15:00 GMT (UTC) Abdi   1'
Vydra   39'
Deeney   48'
Forestieri   85'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Karacan   70' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 16,660
Referee: Darren Bond
17 March 2015 38 Reading Postponed[150] Birmingham City Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) [ BBC]
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
21 March 2015 39 Charlton Athletic 3 – 2 Reading Charlton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Johnson   29'
Buyens   58' (pen.), 70'  88'
Church   80'
Watt   85'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Pogrebnyak   40', 90+4'
Norwood   56'
Hector   57'
Williams   69'   85'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Darren Deadman
4 April 2015 40 Reading 1 – 1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Pogrebnyak   4' BBC
Reading F.C.		 McAleny   90' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,953
Referee: Scott Duncan
7 April 2015 41 Blackpool 1 – 1 Reading Blackpool
19:45 BST (UTC+1) O'Hara   6' (pen.),   90+4' BBC
Reading F.C.		 McCleary   39'
Hall   46' (o.g.)
Gunter   57'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
11 April 2015 42 Reading 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Robson-Kanu   90' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Williamson   81' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,564
Referee: Michael Bull
14 April 2015 43 Reading 0 – 1 Bournemouth Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Hector   55'
Pearce   78'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Wilson   4'  55'
Francis   72'
Boruc   90+2'
Smith   90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,917
Referee: Keith Stroud
18 April 2015 44 Rotherham United Postponed[99] Reading Rotherham
15:00 BST (UTC+1) [ BBC]
[ Reading F.C.]		 Stadium: New York Stadium
22 April 2015[150] 38 Reading 0 – 1 Birmingham City Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Obita   69' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Donaldson   83' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 14,604
Referee: Lee Mason
25 April 2015 45 Reading 0 – 2 Brentford Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Norwood   35'
McCleary   64'
Obita   86'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Judge   7'
Button   31'
Tarkowski   65'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 20,048
Referee: Andy Madley
28 April 2015[99] 44 Rotherham United 2 – 1 Reading Rotherham
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Derbyshire   52'  81'
Frecklington   58'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Norwood   87' Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 11,123
Referee: Graham Salisbury
2 May 2015 46 Derby County 0 – 3 Reading Derby
12:15 BST (UTC+1) Lingard   58'
Shotton   66'
Grant   85'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Appiah   2'
Norwood   27'
Hector   72'
McCleary   85' (pen.)
Williams   90+3'		 Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 30,806
Referee: James Linington

League Cup edit

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup
12 August 2014 First round Reading 3 – 1 Newport County Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Pogrebnyak   20'
Cox   53'
Hector   78'
Blackman   87'
Tanner   90+4'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Feely   44'
Jackson   64'
Jeffers   90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: James Linington
26 August 2014 Second round Scunthorpe United 0 – 1 Reading Scunthorpe
19:45 BST (UTC+1) McSheffrey   1' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Taylor   85'  90+2' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,657
Referee: Kevin Wright
23 September 2014 Third round Derby County 2 – 0 Reading Derby
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Russell   67'
Pearce   82' (o.g.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Robson-Kanu   44' Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 18,409
Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup
3 January 2015 Third round Huddersfield Town 0 – 1 Reading Huddersfield
15:00 GMT (UTC) Smith   29'
Hudson   45+2'
Hogg   56'   90'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Mackie   17'
Blackman   69'
Robson-Kanu   88'
Williams   90'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 7,980
Referee: Paul Gibbs
24 January 2015 Fourth round Cardiff City 1 – 2 Reading Cardiff
15:00 GMT (UTC) Turner   25'
Jones   25'
Whittingham   32'
Noone   67'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Norwood   64'
Pogrebnyak   66'
Robson-Kanu   88'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Lee Probert
14 February 2015 Fifth round Derby County 1 – 2 Reading Derby
15:00 GMT (UTC) Mascarell   8'
Warnock   16'   39'
Bent   61'
Bryson   81'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Williams   28'
Obita   41'
Robson-Kanu   53'
Kelly   77'
Yakubu   82'		 Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 21,337
Referee: Craig Pawson
7 March 2015 Quarter Final Bradford City 0 – 0 Reading Bradford
12:45 GMT (UTC) McArdle   37' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 24,321
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
16 March 2015 Quarter Final Replay Reading 3 – 0 Bradford City Reading
19:45 GMT (UTC) Robson-Kanu   6'
McCleary   9'
Williams   30'
Mackie   68'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Knott   28'
Sheehan   32'
Meredith   53'
Morais   62'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 22,908
Referee: Mike Jones
18 April 2015 Semi Final Reading 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Arsenal London
17:20 BST (UTC+1) Chalobah   45+2'
McCleary   54'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Sánchez   39', 105+1'
Gabriel   108'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 84,081
Referee: Martin Atkinson

Squad statistics edit

As of match played 2 May 2015

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUS Adam Federici 49 0 43 0 5 0 1 0
2 DF   WAL Chris Gunter 45 0 38 0 4 0 3 0
3 DF   IRL Stephen Kelly 18 0 14+1 0 2+1 0 0 0
4 DF   ENG Anton Ferdinand 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   IRL Alex Pearce 49 0 39+1 0 6 0 3 0
6 MF   NIR Oliver Norwood 42 2 32+6 1 3+1 1 0 0
7 FW   RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak 34 8 18+9 7 5 0 2 1
9 MF   WAL Hal Robson-Kanu 36 4 26+3 1 5+1 3 1 0
10 FW   IRL Simon Cox 43 8 28+9 8 2+1 0 2+1 0
11 MF   ENG Jordan Obita 51 0 43 0 6 0 2 0
12 MF   JAM Garath McCleary 30 3 22+4 1 3+1 2 0 0
14 MF   ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 20 1 15 1 5 0 0 0
15 DF   ENG Michael Hector 49 3 40+1 3 6 0 2 0
16 MF   NGA Hope Akpan 24 0 14+6 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
17 MF   AUS Ryan Edwards 10 0 4+3 0 0 0 1+2 0
19 FW   SCO Jamie Mackie 38 6 18+14 5 4 1 2 0
20 FW   NGA Yakubu 11 1 3+4 0 0+4 1 0 0
21 MF   TUR Jem Karacan 9 1 5+3 1 0+1 0 0 0
22 FW   ENG Nick Blackman 43 5 16+21 3 1+3 1 2 1
23 MF   USA Danny Williams 31 1 21+4 1 6 0 0 0
24 DF   ENG Zat Knight 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   IRL Pierce Sweeney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   ENG Aaron Kuhl 8 0 3+3 0 0 0 2 0
29 DF   SVN Jure Travner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   DEN Mikkel Andersen 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
32 DF   IRL Sean Long 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 DF   IRL Shane Griffin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   ENG Niall Keown 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   ENG Jake Cooper 19 2 9+6 2 0+2 0 1+1 0
36 FW   USA Andrija Novakovich 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   ENG Jack Stacey 6 0 2+4 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF   IRL Liam Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   ENG Tarique Fosu 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW   GHA Kwesi Appiah 6 1 2+4 1 0 0 0 0
— DF   ENG Nana Owusu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF   IRL Conor Shaughnessy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
8 MF   ENG Danny Guthrie 11 0 2+7 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF   ENG Aaron Tshibola 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   WAL Jake Taylor 25 3 14+8 2 0 0 1+2 1
27 FW   ENG Craig Tanner 5 1 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 1
30 FW   ENG Dominic Samuel 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 GK   ENG Stuart Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK   ENG Daniel Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 GK   SCO Jonathan Henly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Robert Dickie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF   SCO Dominic Hyam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF   SCO George McLennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
6 DF   ENG Sean Morrison 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
20 GK   ENG Alex McCarthy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW   ENG Glenn Murray 18 8 18 8 0 0 0 0
24 DF   JAM Shaun Cummings 7 1 4+1 1 0 0 2 0
43 DF   NED Nathan Aké 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
— MF   NED Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

As of match played 2 May 2014[151]
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   20 Glenn Murray 8 0 0 8
FW   10 Simon Cox 8 0 0 8
FW   7 Pavel Pogrebnyak 7 0 1 8
4 FW   19 Jamie Mackie 5 1 0 6
4 FW   22 Nick Blackman 3 1 1 5
6 MF   9 Hal Robson-Kanu 1 3 0 4
7 DF   15 Michael Hector 3 0 0 3
MF   25 Jake Taylor 2 0 1 3
MF   12 Garath McCleary 1 2 0 3
10 DF   35 Jake Cooper 2 0 0 2
MF   6 Oliver Norwood 1 1 0 2
12 DF   24 Shaun Cummings 1 0 0 1
DF   6 Sean Morrison 1 0 0 1
MF   14 Nathaniel Chalobah 1 0 0 1
MF   23 Danny Williams 1 0 0 1
MF   21 Jem Karacan 1 0 0 1
FW   44 Kwesi Appiah 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
FW   20 Yakubu 0 1 0 1
FW   27 Craig Tanner 0 0 1 1
Total 48 9 4 61

Clean sheets edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 GK   1 Adam Federici 12 2 1 15
2 GK   31 Mikkel Andersen 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 12 3 1 16

Disciplinary record edit

As of match played 2 May 2015[152]
Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
1   GK Adam Federici 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2   DF Chris Gunter 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3   DF Stephen Kelly 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
5   DF Alex Pearce 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
6   MF Oliver Norwood 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7   FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
8   MF Danny Guthrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9   MF Hal Robson-Kanu 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
10   FW Simon Cox 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
11   MF Jordan Obita 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
12   MF Garath McCleary 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14   MF Nathaniel Chalobah 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
15   DF Michael Hector 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
16   MF Hope Akpan 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
19   FW Jamie Mackie 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
20   FW Glenn Murray 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22   FW Nick Blackman 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23   MF Danny Williams 6 1 3 0 0 0 9 1
24   DF Shaun Cummings 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25   MF Jake Taylor 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
28   MF Aaron Kuhl 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35   DF Jake Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 80 2 9 0 4 0 93 2

Awards edit

Player of the Year edit

[104] Nationality Award
Won   Adam Federici
Nominated   Jamie Mackie
Nominated   Michael Hector

Notes edit

  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season
  2. ^ Henly was born in Woking, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his mother, making his international debut for the Scottish U-19 side in May 2013.
  3. ^ Pearce was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Scottish U-21 side in May 2008, then went on to represent Ireland at full international level on 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ Hector was born in East Ham, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2015.
  5. ^ Robson-Kanu was born in Ealing, England, and represented England at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Wales through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Welsh U-21 side in May 2010 before making his full international debut for Wales five days later.
  6. ^ McCleary was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013.
  7. ^ Chalobah was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but qualified to represent England through residency, representing England at U-16 to U-21.
  8. ^ Akpan was born in Liverpool, England, but qualified to represent Nigeria through his parents, making his international debut for Nigeria in October 2014.
  9. ^ Karacan was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his father and has represented Turkey at every youth level.
  10. ^ Williams was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and represented Germany at U-15 level. Williams also qualified to play for the United States through his parents, and made his debut for them in October 2011.
  11. ^ Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.
  12. ^ Cox was born in Reading, England, but qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Republic of Ireland on 24 May 2011.
  13. ^ Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland on 8 October 2010.

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