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1994–95 Reading F.C. season
| Field | Value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| club | Reading | |||||||||
| season | 1994–95 | |||||||||
| manager | Mark McGhee | |||||||||
| (until 14 December) | ||||||||||
| Mick Gooding & Jimmy Quinn | ||||||||||
| (player-managers from 4 January) | ||||||||||
| chairman | John Madejski | |||||||||
| stadium | Elm Park | |||||||||
| league | First Division | |||||||||
| league result | 2nd (qualified for play-offs) | |||||||||
| cup1 | Play-offs | |||||||||
| cup1 result | Runners-up vs Bolton Wanderers | |||||||||
| cup2 | FA Cup | |||||||||
| cup2 result | Third round vs Oldham Athletic | |||||||||
| cup3 | League Cup | |||||||||
| cup3 result | Second round vs Derby County | |||||||||
| league topscorer | Stuart Lovell (11) | |||||||||
| season topscorer | Stuart Lovell (14) | |||||||||
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| prevseason | 1993–94 | |||||||||
| nextseason | 1995–96 |
(until 14 December) Mick Gooding & Jimmy Quinn (player-managers from 4 January) During the 1994–95 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division the previous season.
Season summary
Mark McGhee left Reading in December to take over at Leicester City. Players Jimmy Quinn, Mick Gooding, Ady Williams and Jeff Hopkins acted as caretakers until January, when Quinn and Gooding were named as full-time player-managers. The inexperienced duo led Reading to second in the First Division. In any other season this would have been enough for promotion to the Premier League, but due to restructuring of the league, only two teams would be awarded promotion, and therefore Reading entered the play-offs.
After beating Tranmere Rovers 3–1 on aggregate (3–1 and 0–0 over two legs) they travelled to Wembley to face Bolton Wanderers. Reading were 2–0 up within 12 minutes and appeared certain to be playing top-flight football for the first time in their history next season, but Bolton fought back to score twice in the last 15 minutes to take the game to extra time. Bolton scored twice more in extra time to lead 4–2. Although player-manager Quinn, on as a second-half substitute, pulled one back in the 119th minute, Bolton held on to win and sealed promotion to the Premier League at Reading's expense. Following the final defeat, it would be eleven years before Reading finally experienced top-flight football.
Squad
| Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (AgeAge as of the end of the season) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Out on loan | Left during the season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaka Hislop | ENG | GK | Howard Bison | 1992 | 126 | 0 | ||||||||
| Simon Sheppard | ENG | GK | Watford | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andy Bernal | AUS | DF | Sydney Olympic | 1994 | 40 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith McPherson | ENG | DF | Northampton Town | 1990 | ||||||||||
| Adi Viveash | ENG | DF | loan from Swindon Town | 1994 | 1995 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| Dylan Kerr | MLT | DF | Leeds United | 1993 | 95 | 3 | ||||||||
| Dariusz Wdowczyk | POL | DF | Celtic | 1994 | 44 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jeff Hopkins | WAL | DF | Bristol Rovers | 1992 | 122 | 3 | ||||||||
| Ady Williams | WAL | DF | Trainee | 1989 | ||||||||||
| David Bass | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1992 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Michael Gilkes | ENG | MF | Leicester City | 1984 | ||||||||||
| Mick Gooding (Player-Manager) | ENG | MF | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Paul Holsgrove | ENG | MF | Millwall | 1994 | 29 | 4 | ||||||||
| Tommy Jones | ENG | MF | Swindon Town | 1992 | 66 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jamie Lambert | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1992 | 54 | 5 | ||||||||
| Mick Murphy | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1994 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Simon Osborn | ENG | MF | Crystal Palace | 1994 | 39 | 5 | ||||||||
| Phil Parkinson | ENG | MF | Bury | 1992 | 133 | 9 | ||||||||
| Scott Taylor | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Derek Simpson | SCO | MF | Trainee | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stuart Lovell | AUS | FW | Trainee | 1990 | ||||||||||
| Lea Barkus | ENG | FW | Trainee | 1991 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| Alan Carey | ENG | FW | Trainee | 1994 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Uwe Hartenberger | GER | FW | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 1993 | 29 | 5 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Quinn (Player-Manager) | NIR | FW | Bournemouth | 1992 | 148 | 73 | ||||||||
| Lee Nogan | WAL | FW | Watford | 1995 | 23 | 12 | ||||||||
| Darren Barnard | ENG | DF | loan from Chelsea | 1994 | 1994 | 4 | 0 |
Left club during season
Transfers
In
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 1994 | GK | ENG | Simon Sheppard | Watford | |||||||||
| Summer 1994 | DF | AUS | Andy Bernal | Sydney Olympic | £30,000 | title=Andy Bernal | url=https://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/203/Andy_Bernal | website=readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/ | publisher=Reading F.C. Former Players | accessdate=29 May 2020 | archive-date=14 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714022119/http://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/203/Andy_Bernal | url-status=dead }} |
| Summer 1994 | DF | POL | Dariusz Wdowczyk | Celtic | |||||||||
| Summer 1994 | MF | ENG | Paul Holsgrove | Millwall | |||||||||
| Summer 1994 | MF | ENG | Simon Osborn | Crystal Palace | £90,000 | title=Simon Osborn | url=https://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/188/Simon_Osborn | website=readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/ | publisher=Reading F.C. Former Players | accessdate=29 May 2020 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172438/http://readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/188/Simon_Osborn | url-status=dead }} |
| 12 January 1995 | FW | WAL | Lee Nogan | Watford | £250,000 | title=Lee Nogan | url=https://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/171/Lee_Nogan | website=readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/ | publisher=Reading F.C. Former Players | accessdate=29 May 2020 | archive-date=13 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013303/http://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/171/Lee_Nogan | url-status=dead }} |
Loans in
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 1994 | DF | ENG | Darren Barnard | Chelsea | ||
| Summer 1994 | DF | ENG | Adi Viveash | Swindon Town | Summer 1995 |
Released
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 1995 | FW | GER | Uwe Hartenberger | Waldhof Mannheim |
Competitions
Division two
Main article: 1994–95_Football_League#First_Division
Results
Taylor
Kerr
Gilkes
Taylor
Osborn
Moralee
Lovell
Hartenberger
Gilkes
Gray
Ashcroft
Gilkes
Bressington
Thomson
Muir
Quinn
Gilkes
Bull
Taylor
Donovan
Taylor
Nogan
Holsgrove
Hartenberger
Williams
Taggart
Payton
Lovell
Porter
Bogie
Nogan
Nogan
Williams
League table
Play-offs
Nogan
Final
Main article: 1995 Football League First Division play-off Final
De Freitas
Paatelainen
Williams
Quinn
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|---|
| SCO Bruce Rioch |
|---|
| NIR Jimmy Quinn & ENG Mick Gooding |
|---|
| MATCH RULES |
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FA Cup
Main article: 1994–95 FA Cup
Halle
Richardson
League Cup
Main article: 1994–95 Football League Cup
Lovell Holsgrove Williams
Squad statistics
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Goal Scorers
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | First Division | Playoffs | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | AUS | Stuart Lovell | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| 2 | FW | WAL | Lee Nogan | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 3 | FW | NIR | Jimmy Quinn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Scott Taylor | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Michael Gilkes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Simon Osborn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Paul Holsgrove | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | DF | WAL | Ady Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | FW | GER | Uwe Hartenberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | MF | ENG | Tom Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | ENG | Jamie Lambert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | MLT | Dylan Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 58 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 72 |
Team kit
Reading's kit for the 1994–95 was manufactured by Pelada, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.
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Notes
References
References
- "Andy Bernal". Reading F.C. Former Players.
- "Simon Osborn". Reading F.C. Former Players.
- "Lee Nogan". Reading F.C. Former Players.
- "Season 1994-95". royalsrecord.
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