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1997–98 Reading F.C. season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Reading |
| season | 1997–98 |
| manager | Terry Bullivant |
| (until 18 March) | |
| Alan Pardew (Caretaker) | |
| (18-25 March) | |
| Tommy Burns | |
| (from 25 March) | |
| chairman | John Madejski |
| stadium | Elm Park |
| league | First Division |
| league result | 24th (Relegated) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | Fifth Round vs Sheffield United |
| cup2 | EFL Cup |
| cup2 result | Fifth Round vs Middlesbrough |
| league topscorer | Carl Asaba (8) |
| season topscorer | Carl Asaba (12) |
| pattern_la1 | _blue_hoops |
| pattern_b1 | _bluehoops3 |
| pattern_ra1 | _blue_hoops |
| pattern_so1 | _white_hoops |
| socks1 | 0000ff |
| prevseason | 1996–97 |
| nextseason | 1998–99 |
(until 18 March) Alan Pardew (Caretaker) (18-25 March) Tommy Burns (from 25 March) The 1997–98 season was Reading's 127th year in existence and fourth consecutive season in the First Division, and covered the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998. Reading finished the season in 24th position, resulting in relegation back to the Second Division. In the Football League Cup, Reading were knocked out by Middlesbrough at the Fifth Round stage, whilst in the FA Cup, Sheffield United knocked Reading out at the Fifth Round stage.
Season events
Reading started the season under new manager Terry Bullivant, with Bullivant resigning on 18 March 1998. Alan Pardew was appointed caretaker-manager for seven days before Tommy Burns was appointed as the club's new manager on 26 March 2008.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mautone | AUS | GK | West Ham United | 1997 | 34 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jamie Ashdown | ENG | GK | Trainee | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sal Bibbo | ENG | GK | Sheffield United | 1996 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nick Hammond | ENG | GK | Plymouth Argyle | 1996 | 31 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nick Colgan | IRL | GK | loan from Chelsea | 1998 | 1998 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| Scott Howie | SCO | GK | Motherwell | 1998 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andy Bernal | AUS | DF | Sydney Olympic | 1994 | 174 | 2 | ||||||||
| Martyn Booty | ENG | DF | Crewe Alexandra | 1996 | 70 | 2 | ||||||||
| Keith McPherson | ENG | DF | Northampton Town | 1990 | ||||||||||
| Linvoy Primus | ENG | DF | Barnet | 1997 | 43 | 1 | ||||||||
| Steve Swales | ENG | DF | Scarborough | 1995 | 56 | 1 | ||||||||
| Michael Thorp | ENG | DF | Trainee | 1995 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Barry Hunter | NIR | DF | Wrexham | 1996 | 29 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dariusz Wdowczyk | POL | DF | Celtic | 1994 | 104 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stuart Gray | SCO | DF | Celtic | 1998 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Paddy Kelly | SCO | DF | loan from Newcastle United | 1998 | 1998 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Paul Bodin | WAL | DF | Swindon Town | 1996 | 45 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gareth Davies | WAL | DF | Crystal Palace | 1997 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andy Legg | WAL | DF | Birmingham City | 1998 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Darren Caskey | ENG | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | 1996 | 79 | 3 | ||||||||
| Andy Freeman | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1995 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Byron Glasgow | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1996 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lee Hodges | ENG | MF | Barnet | 1997 | 35 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jamie Lambert | ENG | MF | Trainee | 1992 | 151 | 20 | ||||||||
| Phil Parkinson | ENG | MF | Bury | 1992 | 255 | 11 | ||||||||
| Michael O'Neill | NIR | MF | loan from Coventry City | 1998 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jim Crawford | IRL | MF | Newcastle United | 1998 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Houghton | IRL | MF | Crystal Palace | 1997 | 35 | 1 | ||||||||
| Michael Meaker | WAL | MF | Queens Park Rangers | 1995 | 73 | 3 | ||||||||
| Stuart Lovell | AUS | FW | Trainee | 1990 | ||||||||||
| Carl Asaba | ENG | FW | Brentford | 1997 | 42 | 12 | ||||||||
| Paul Brayson | ENG | FW | Newcastle United | 1998 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Trevor Morley | ENG | FW | West Ham United | 1995 | 91 | 38 | ||||||||
| Martin Williams | ENG | FW | Luton Town | 1995 | 86 | 12 | ||||||||
| Robert Fleck | SCO | FW | Norwich City | 1998 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim McIntyre | SCO | FW | Kilmarnock | 1998 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jason Bowen | WAL | FW | Birmingham City | 1997 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||
| Neville Roach | ENG | FW | Trainee | 1996 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||
| Lee Sandford | ENG | DF | loan from Sheffield United | 1997 | 1997 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| Paul Holsgrove | ENG | MF | Millwall | 1994 | 86 | 7 | ||||||||
| Ben Smith | ENG | MF | Arsenal | 1996 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Whyte | ENG | FW | Charlton Athletic | 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Robins | ENG | FW | loan from Leicester City | 1997 | 1997 | 5 | 0 |
Out on loan
Left club during season
Transfers
In
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1997 | MF | IRL | Ray Houghton | Crystal Palace | Free | |
| 1 August 1997 | DF | ENG | Linvoy Primus | Barnet | £250,000 | |
| 1 August 1997 | MF | ENG | Lee Hodges | Barnet | £250,000 | |
| 7 August 1997 | FW | ENG | Carl Asaba | Brentford | £800,000 | |
| 23 September 1997 | FW | ENG | David Whyte | Charlton Athletic | Free | |
| 11 December 1997 | DF | WAL | Gareth Davies | Crystal Palace | £175,000 | |
| 26 December 1997 | FW | WAL | Jason Bowen | Birmingham City | £200,000 | |
| 20 February 1998 | DF | WAL | Andy Legg | Birmingham City | £75,000 | |
| 26 March 1998 | GK | SCO | Scott Howie | Motherwell | £30,000 | |
| 26 March 1998 | DF | SCO | Stuart Gray | Celtic | £100,000 | |
| 26 March 1998 | MF | IRL | Jim Crawford | Newcastle United | £50,000 | |
| 26 March 1998 | FW | ENG | Paul Brayson | Newcastle United | £100,000 | |
| 26 March 1998 | FW | SCO | Robert Fleck | Norwich City | £50,000 | |
| 26 March 1998 | FW | SCO | Jim McIntyre | Kilmarnock | £440,000 |
Loan in
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1997 | FW | ENG | Mark Robins | Leicester City | 26 September 1997 | |
| 5 September 1997 | DF | ENG | Lee Sandford | Sheffield United | 4 October 1997 | |
| 26 February 1998 | GK | IRL | Nick Colgan | Chelsea | End of Season | |
| 1 March 1998 | MF | NIR | Michael O'Neill | Coventry City | End of Season | |
| 26 March 1998 | DF | SCO | Paddy Kelly | Newcastle United | End of Season |
Out
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1997 | FW | WAL | Lee Nogan | Grimsby Town | £100,000 | |
| 31 October 1997 | FW | ENG | David Whyte | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed | |
| 21 November 1997 | MF | ENG | Paul Holsgrove | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed | |
| 1 March 1998 | MF | ENG | Ben Smith | Yeovil Town | Undisclosed |
Loan out
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | FW | ENG | Neville Roach | Kingstonian | End of Season |
Released
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 1998 | GK | ENG | Sal Bibbo | Havant & Waterlooville | |
| 30 June 1998 | DF | ENG | Michael Thorp | ||
| 30 June 1998 | DF | ENG | Steve Swales | Hull City | |
| 30 June 1998 | DF | POL | Dariusz Wdowczyk | Polonia Warsaw | |
| 30 June 1998 | DF | WAL | Paul Bodin | Bath City | |
| 30 June 1998 | MF | ENG | Andy Freeman | ||
| 30 June 1998 | MF | ENG | Alan Pardew | Retired | |
| 30 June 1998 | MF | WAL | Michael Meaker | Bristol Rovers | |
| 30 June 1998 | FW | AUS | Stuart Lovell | Hibernian | |
| 30 June 1998 | FW | ENG | Trevor Morley | Sogndal |
Results
First Division
Main article: 1997–98 Football League First Division
Results
Daws
Lambert
Lambert
Meaker
Robinson
Bruce
Ndlovu
Ablett
Furlong
Booty
Lambert
Pepper
Jacobs
Dreyer
Beagrie
Lambert
Asaba
Swales
Maddix
Brevett
Peacock
Sinclair
Hodges
Whelan
Beauchamp
Ford
Wilsterman
Kelly
L.Jones
G.Jones
Thompson
Perrett
Williams
Primus
McPherson
Williams
Lambert
Parkinson
Westwood
Meaker
Little
Adebola
Unsworth
Wdowczyk
Meaker
Parkinson
Lambert
Lambert
Primus
Beasant
Campbell
Armstrong
Bart-Williams
Asaba
Cook
Bennett
Angell
Searle
Phillips
Johnson
Scowcroft
Naylor
Booty
Booty
Swales
Lambert
Chapple
Robinson
Beck
Festa
Bernal
Williams
Morley
Curle
Froggatt
Goodman
Keane
Williams
Hamilton
Butler
Maddix
Asaba
Caskey
Gray
Patterson
McDonald
Collins
Lambert
Booty
Swales
Edinho
Blake
Wilder
Swales
Bowen
Asaba
Marsden
Ablett
Bruce
Morley
Kelly
Branch
Morrissey
Rae
Phillips
Morley
Pethick
Houghton
Asaba
Parkinson
Williams
Whitley
Brown
Dickov
Lightfoot
Angell
Grant
Caskey
Bernal
Davies
Houghton
Legg
Talbot
Jansson
Porter
Ainsworth
Marcelo
Taylor
Quinn
Borbokis
Gray
Marsh
Smith
Francis
Parkinson
Lambert
Lovell
Johnson
Nielsen
Petta
Johnson
Bernal
Primus
Fleck
McIntyre
Meaker
Lambert
Crowe
Mortimer
Bright
Youds
Barness
Jones
Hignett
Festa
Goodman
Rogers
Lovell
Jackson
Table
FA Cup
Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup
M.Freeman
Bowen
Booty
B.Bloomer
Middleton
Carss
Penney
Lambert
Bernal
Booty
Bowen
Harris
Middleton
Penney
Stuart
Taylor
League Cup
Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup
Roach
C.Edwards
Moreira
Booty
Lambert
M.Williams
Bodley
M.Williams
Parkinson
Meaker
McPherson
Curle
A. Williams
Atkins
Ferguson
Bowyer
Ribeiro
M.Williams
Morley
McPherson
Squad statistics
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Goal scorers
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | First Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | 39 | 5 | 12 | 56 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | ENG | Carl Asaba | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | ENG | Trevor Morley | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 3 | FW | ENG | Martin Williams | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Lee Hodges | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | MF | ENG | Jamie Lambert | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Own goal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Michael Meaker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | WAL | Jason Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | ENG | Paul Brayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | IRL | Ray Houghton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | AUS | Stuart Lovell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | NIR | Michael O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | ENG | Linvoy Primus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | ENG | Steve Swales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | ENG | Martyn Booty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | ENG | Keith McPherson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | ENG | Phil Parkinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | ENG | Neville Roach | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Clean sheets
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | First Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | ENG | Nick Hammond | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2 | GK | AUS | Steve Mautone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | GK | SCO | Scott Howie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Disciplinary record
| Position | Nation | Name | First Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | 73 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 86 | 5 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | AUS | Andy Bernal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | ENG | Martyn Booty | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | ENG | Keith McPherson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | ENG | Linvoy Primus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | ENG | Steve Swales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | POL | Dariusz Wdowczyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | WAL | Paul Bodin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | WAL | Gareth Davies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| DF | WAL | Andy Legg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | ENG | Darren Caskey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | ENG | Lee Hodges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | ENG | Jamie Lambert | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | ENG | Phil Parkinson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | NIR | Michael O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | IRL | Ray Houghton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| MF | WAL | Michael Meaker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | AUS | Stuart Lovell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | ENG | Carl Asaba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | ENG | Trevor Morley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | ENG | Martin Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | SCO | Robert Fleck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | SCO | Jim McIntyre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FW | WAL | Jason Bowen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Players away on loan: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players who left Reading during the season: |
Notes
References
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- (19 March 1998). "Football: Bullivant ends Reading rule". Independent.
- (26 March 1998). "Football: Burns takes the reins at Reading". Independent.
- "Scott Howie". Reading F.C..
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