- Reading F.C. season 2004-05
Infobox Football club season
club = Reading F.C.
season = 2004–05
manager =Steve Coppell
chairman =John Madejski
league =Football League Championship
league result = 7th
cup1 =FA Cup | cup1 result = Fourth Round
cup2 =League Cup | cup2 result = Second Round
league topscorer = Kitson (19)
season topscorer = Kitson (19)
highest attendance = 23,203 (vs Ipswich Town,22 January 2005 )
lowest attendance = 8,429 (vs Watford,21 September 2004 )Reading Football Club played the season 2004–05 in the
Football League Championship .Review and events
Reading started the season brightly if not amazingly. However, injury to the three strikers,
Dave Kitson ,Nicky Forster andShaun Goater , meant that the goals dried up and they slipped down the league. For much of the seasonIvar 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 internationalsLes Ferdinand andMartin 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.Match results
Legend
Football League Cup
Player details
1.
Marcus Hahnemann , Goalkeeper,USA 2.Graeme Murty , Right Back,Scotland (Club Captain after Williams' departure)3.
Nicky Shorey , Left Back,England 4.
Steve Sidwell , Central Midfielder, England5.
Martin Keown , Central Defender, England (Signed in January)6.
Ibrahima Sonko , Central Defender,France /Senegal 7.
Glen Little , Right Winger, England8.
Adrian Williams , Central Defender,Wales (Club Captain)(left early in the season forCoventry City F.C. )9.
Shaun Goater , Striker,Bermuda 10.
Nicky Forster , Striker, England11.
Andy Hughes , Midfielder, England12.
Dave Kitson , Striker, England13.
Reading F.C. Fans Everywhere14.
Lloyd Owusu , Striker,Ghana 15. James Harper, Central Midfielder, England
16.
Ivar Ingimarsson , Central Defender,Iceland 17.
Bobby Convey , Left Winger, USA18.
Paul Brooker , Winger, England19.
Adam Federici , Goalkeeper,Australia 20.
Bas Savage , Striker, England21.
Les Ferdinand , Striker, England22. Peter Castle, Left Back, England
23.
Dean Morgan , Winger/Striker, England24.
Louis Soares , Right Back, England (brother ofTom Soares )25.
Ricky Newman , Defensive Midfielder, England26.
Jamie Young , Goalkeeper, England27. Darren Campbell, Midfielder, England
29. Simieon Howell, Central Midfielder, England
30. Jonathon Hayes, Left Winger,
Republic of Ireland Team kit
Reading's kit for the 2004–05 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was [http://www.westcoast.co.uk/ Westcoast] .
References
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