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2003–04 Reading F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Reading
season	2003–04
manager	Alan Pardew
(until 10 September)
Kevin Dillon (Caretaker)
(11 September - 9 October)
Steve Coppell
(from 9 October)
chairman	John Madejski
league	First Division
league result	9th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third Round vs Preston North End
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Fourth Round vs Chelsea
league topscorer
Shaun Goater (12)
season topscorer
Shaun Goater (14)
average attendance	15,095
pattern_b1	_whitehoops
leftarm1	27287C
body1	27287C
rightarm1	27287C
shorts1	27287C
socks1	27287C
prevseason	2002–03
nextseason	2004–05

(until 10 September) Kevin Dillon (Caretaker) (11 September - 9 October) Steve Coppell (from 9 October) Shaun Goater (12) Shaun Goater (14)

The 2003–04 season was Reading's second consecutive season in the First Division, after promotion from the Second Division in 2002.

Season events

At the start of September Reading rejected an approach from West Ham United for Manager Alan Pardew, with Reading subsequently rejecting Pardew's resignation on 10 September, before a High Court ruled in Pardew's favour on 18 September, allowing him to take over as Manager of West Ham United.

On 9 October, Reading appointed Steve Coppell as their new manager.

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals	Goalkeepers
1	Marcus Hahnemann	USA	GK	Fulham	2002		92	0
21	Jamie Ashdown	ENG	GK	Academy	1998		15	0
22	Kelvin Jack	TRI	GK	Unattached	2004	2004	0	0
26	Jamie Young	ENG	GK	Youth team	2002		1	0
2	Graeme Murty	SCO	DF	York City	1998		197	1
3	Nicky Shorey	ENG	DF	Leyton Orient	2001		127	4
5	Steve Brown	ENG	DF	Charlton Athletic	2002		47	1
6	Dean Gordon	ENG	DF	on loan from Coventry City	2004	2004	3	0
8	Ady Williams	WAL	DF	Wolverhampton Wanderers	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/817593.stm	title=Reading reveal new trio	publisher=BBC	date=3 July 2000	access-date=17 October 2012}}
16	Ívar Ingimarsson	ISL	DF	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2003	2006	28	1
35	Ahmet Rifat	ENG	DF	Academy	2003		0	0
37	Peter Castle	ENG	DF	Academy	2003		1	0
4	Kevin Watson	ENG	MF	Rotherham United	2003		70	2
11	Andy Hughes	ENG	MF	Notts County	2001		137	13
14	Steve Sidwell	ENG	MF	Arsenal	2003		63	11
15	James Harper	ENG	MF	Arsenal	2001		129	5
17	John Salako	ENG	MF	Charlton Athletic	2001		121	14
18	Andre Boucaud	ENG	MF	Academy	2002		0	0
19	Joe Gamble	IRL	MF	Cork City	2000		13	0
25	Ricky Newman	ENG	MF	Millwall	2000		118	2
27	Darren Campbell	SCO	MF	Academy	2003		1	0
30	Omar Daley	JAM	MF	on loan from Portmore United	2003	2004	7	0
31	Mark Uliano	USA	MF		2003		0	0
32	Louie Soares	ENG	MF	Academy	2003		0	0
9	Shaun Goater	BER	FW	Manchester City	2003	2006	38	14
10	Nicky Forster	ENG	FW	Birmingham City	1999		181	58
12	Dave Kitson	ENG	FW	Cambridge United	2003		17	5
20	Bas Savage	ENG	FW	Academy	2001		18	0
23	Dean Morgan	ENG	FW	Colchester United	2003		15	1
29	Andre Fashanu	ENG	FW	Academy	2003		0	0
31	Lloyd Owusu	ENG	FW	Sheffield Wednesday	2004		16	4
6	John Mackie	ENG	DF	Sutton United	1999		85	3
7	Scott Murray	SCO	MF	Bristol City	2004		40	5
16	Martin Butler	ENG	FW	Cambridge United	2000		118	36
22	Nathan Tyson	ENG	FW	Academy	1999		41	1
24	Darius Henderson	ENG	FW	Academy	1999		83	15
24	Paul Brooker	ENG	MF	on loan from Leicester City	2003	2004	11	0

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
8 July 2003	MF	SCO	Scott Murray	Bristol City	£650,000
1 August 2003	FW	BER	Shaun Goater	Manchester City	£500,000	title = Career and history to date	work=Shaungoater.net	url = http://www.shaungoater.net/about_shaun.htm	access-date =24 November 2005	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050308020937/http://www.shaungoater.net/about_shaun.htm	archive-date=8 March 2005 }}
23 October 2003	DF	ISL	Ívar Ingimarsson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£175,000	date=23 October 2003	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3205187.stm	title=Ingimarsson joins Reading	work=BBC Sport	access-date=21 October 2013}}
27 November 2003	FW	ENG	Dean Morgan	Colchester United	Free
26 December 2003	FW	ENG	Dave Kitson	Cambridge United	£150,000
24 March 2004	GK	TRI	Kelvin Jack	Unattached	Free	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/3563739.stm	title=Reading swoop for keeper	date=24 March 2004	publisher=BBC	access-date=7 October 2012}}
11 March 2004	FW	ENG	Lloyd Owusu	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	title=Owusu set to join Reading	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/3503600.stm	website=bbc.co.uk//	publisher=BBC Sport	access-date=1 April 2022	date=11 March 2004}}

Loan in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
21 August 2003	MF	JAM	Omar Daley	Portmore United	10 May 2004	title=Daley seals Reading switch	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/3170945.stm	website=bbc.co.uk//	publisher=BBC Sport	access-date=1 April 2022	date=21 August 2003}}
23 December 2003	FW	GHA	Lloyd Owusu	Sheffield Wednesday	11 March 2004
19 November 2003	FW	ENG	Paul Brooker	Leicester City	27 March 2004	title=Royals boss Coppell swoops to sign Premiership player on loan deal	url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~492438,00.html	work=Reading F.C.	access-date=1 April 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804225453/http://www.readingfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~492438,00.html	archive-date=4 August 2018	url-status=dead}}
23 March 2004	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon	Coventry City	End of season	title=Royals swoop for Gordon	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/3560691.stm	work=BBC Sport	access-date=21 October 2013}}

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2003	MF	ENG	Sammy Igoe	Swindon Town	Free
5 July 2003	FW	ENG	Jamie Cureton	Busan IPark	Free
4 August 2003	GK	ENG	Phil Whitehead	Tamworth	Free
15 August 2003	MF	TRI	Tony Rougier	Brentford	Free
29 August 2003	FW	ENG	Martin Butler	Rotherham United	£150,000
2 January 2004	FW	ENG	Darius Henderson	Gillingham	Nominal
2 January 2004	DF	ENG	John Mackie	Leyton Orient	Free
12 March 2004	FW	ENG	Nathan Tyson	Wycombe Wanderers	Nominal
25 March 2004	MF	SCO	Scott Murray	Bristol City

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
10 May 2004	MF	IRL	Joe Gamble	Cork City		author1=Simon Fudge	title=Royals release duo	url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11673/2298579/royals-release-duo	work=Sky Sports	access-date=3 June 2014}}
10 May 2004	MF	ENG	Andre Boucaud	Peterborough United	14 May 2004	author1=Simon Fudge	title=Posh land Boucaud, re-sign skipper	url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11673_2298953,00.html	work=Sky Sports	access-date=3 June 2014}}
30 June 2004	GK	ENG	Jamie Ashdown	Portsmouth
30 June 2004	DF	ENG	Steve Brown	Retired
30 June 2004	MF	ENG	Kevin Watson	Colchester United
30 June 2004	MF	ENG	John Salako	Brentford

Competitions

Overview

First Division

Results summary

Results

Main article: 2003–04 Football League First Division

Shorey Murray Goater Svensson Murray Hughes Sidwell Morrell Oster McVeigh Hughes Gray Sidwell Mackie Forster Alexander Forster Chaplow Sidwell Routledge Lewington McAnuff Sidwell Monkhouse Butler Barker Harper May Goater Johnson Bullock Kitson Morgan Smith Goater Emanuel

League table

League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Football League Cup

Sidwell Forster
Harper

FA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 FA Cup

Fuller Jackson Davis Koumantarakis

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	First Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	BER	9	Shaun Goater	12	2	0	14
2	FW	ENG	10	Nicky Forster	7	0	4	11
3	MF	ENG	14	Steve Sidwell	8	0	1	9
4	FW	ENG	12	Dave Kitson	5	0	0	5
	DF	SCO	7	Scott Murray	5	0	0	5
6	FW	ENG	31	Lloyd Owusu	4	0	0	4
	MF	ENG	17	John Salako	3	0	1	4
8	MF	ENG	11	Andy Hughes	3	0	0	3
9	DF	ENG	3	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	2
	MF	ENG	15	James Harper	1	0	1	2
11	FW	ENG	23	Dean Morgan	1	0	0	1
	DF	WAL	8	Ady Williams	1	0	0	1
	FW	ENG	6	John Mackie	1	0	0	1
	DF	ISL	16	Ivar Ingimarsson	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	55	2	7	64

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	First Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK	USA	1	Marcus Hahnemann	0	0	1	1
TOTALS		0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

	TOTALS	45	4	0	0	0	0	49	4

References

zh:雷丁2010年至2011年球季

References

(9 September 2003). "Reading block new move for Pardew". The Guardian.
(10 September 2003). "Reading reject Pardew resignation". The Guardian.
(18 September 2003). "Pardew gets the High Court verdict". The Guardian.
(9 October 2003). "Coppell seals Reading deal". BBC Sport.
(3 July 2000). "Reading reveal new trio". BBC.
"Career and history to date". Shaungoater.net.
(23 October 2003). "Ingimarsson joins Reading". BBC Sport.
(27 March 2006). "Cash Point!". [[Cambridge Evening News]].
(24 March 2004). "Reading swoop for keeper". BBC.
(11 March 2004). "Owusu set to join Reading". BBC Sport.
(21 August 2003). "Daley seals Reading switch". BBC Sport.
(23 December 2003). "Reading move for Owusu". BBC Sport.
"Royals boss Coppell swoops to sign Premiership player on loan deal". Reading F.C..
"Royals swoop for Gordon". BBC Sport.
link. Busan I'Cons official website. (14 July 2003)
"Royals release duo". Sky Sports.
"Posh land Boucaud, re-sign skipper". Sky Sports.

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