2004–05 Reading F.C. season

Reading Football Club played the season 2004–05 in the Football League Championship.

Reading F.C.

2004–05 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Steve Coppell
Football League Championship	7th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kitson (19) All: Kitson (19)
Highest home attendance	23,203 (vs Ipswich Town, 22 January 2005)
Lowest home attendance	8,429 (vs Watford, 21 September 2004)
Home colours

Review and events

Reading started the season brightly. However, injury to the three strikers, Dave Kitson, Nicky Forster and Shaun Goater, meant that the goals dried up and they slipped down the league. For much of the season Ivar 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 internationals Les Ferdinand and Martin 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.

Squad

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Marcus Hahnemann 2 DF  SCO Graeme Murty 3 DF  ENG Nicky Shorey 4 MF  ENG Steve Sidwell 5 DF  ENG Martin Keown 6 DF  SEN Ibrahima Sonko 7 MF  ENG Glen Little 9 FW  BER Shaun Goater 10 FW  ENG Nicky Forster 11 MF  ENG Andy Hughes 12 FW  ENG Dave Kitson

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  GHA Lloyd Owusu 15 MF  ENG James Harper 16 DF  ISL Ívar Ingimarsson 17 MF  USA Bobby Convey 18 MF  ENG Paul Brooker 20 FW  ENG Bas Savage 21 FW  ENG Les Ferdinand 23 FW  ENG Dean Morgan 25 MF  ENG Ricky Newman 26 GK  ENG Jamie Young

Reserve/Academy squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 GK  AUS Adam Federici 22 DF  ENG Peter Castle 24 MF  ENG Louis Soares[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  SCO Darren Campbell[2] 29 MF  ENG Simieon Howell 30 MF  IRL Jonathan Hayes

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 DF  WAL Ady Williams (to Coventry City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  ENG Ahmet Rifat (released)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2004	MF		Glen Little	Burnley	Free[3]
2 July 2004	MF		Paul Brooker	Leicester City	Free[4]
2 July 2004	DF		Ibrahima Sonko	Brentford	Free[5]
23 July 2004	MF		Bobby Convey	D.C. United	Undisclosed[6]
6 January 2005	FW		Les Ferdinand	Bolton Wanderers	Free[7]
20 January 2005	GK		Adam Federici	Unattached	Free[8]
28 January 2005	DF		Martin Keown	Leicester City	Free[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
2 November 2004	DF		Ady Williams	Coventry City	Free[10]
22 June 2005	FW		Nicky Forster	Ipswich Town	Free[11]
24 June 2005	MF		Paul Brooker	Brentford	Free[12]
27 June 2005	FW		Lloyd Owusu	Brentford	Free[13]
21 July 2005	MF		Andy Hughes	Norwich City	Undisclosed[14]
22 July 2005	FW		Dean Morgan	Luton Town	Free[15]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
8 February 2005	DF		Ahmet Rifat	[16][17]
11 May 2005[18]	FW		Les Ferdinand	Watford
11 May 2005[18]	DF		Martin Keown	Retired[19]
11 May 2005[18]	MF		Ricky Newman	Brentford	10 June 2005
11 May 2005[18]	FW		Bas Savage	Bristol City
11 May 2005[18]	MF		Louie Soares	Bristol Rovers
27 July 2005	FW		Shaun Goater	Southend United	3 August 2005[20]

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League Championship	—	7th		7 August 2004	8 May 2005
Football League Cup	1st round	—	1st round	25 August 2004	21 September 2004
FA Cup	3rd round	—	R4	8 January 2005	29 January 2005

Updated to match played 17 November 2011
Source: Competitions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	13	14	51	47	+4	70	13	7	3	33	15	+18	6	6	11	18	32	−14

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	11	3	3	8	5	6	5	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	7

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results

7 August 2004 1	Reading	3 – 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson  2' Harper 41' Forster  60' Forster	[ Report]	Molango  1' Robinson  63' Cullip Jarrett	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,641 Referee: P.Crossley

10 August 2004 2	West Ham United	1 – 0	Reading	Upton Park
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sheringham  82' Dailly Reo-Coker Zamora	[ Report]		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,242 Referee: P.Taylor

14 August 2004 3	Sheffield United	0 – 1	Reading	Sheffield
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]	Harper  41' Williams Kitson	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 22,429 Referee: Anthony Bates

21 August 2004 4	Reading	1 – 0	Rotherham United	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson  45' (pen.)	[ Report]	Barker Sedgwick Scott	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,404 Referee: Lee Probert

28 August 2004 5	Millwall	1 – 0	Reading	South Bermondsey
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dichio  79' Serioux Wise	[ Report]		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,098 Referee: Keith Hill

31 August 2004 6	Reading	1 – 0	Sunderland	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forster  2'	[ Report]	Whitley Thornton	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,792 Referee: Alan Wiley

11 September 2004 7	Derby County	2 – 1	Reading	Derby
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Smith  70' Tudgay  82' Konjić Johnson Idiakez Júnior	[ Report]	Shorey  87' Sidwell	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 22,096 Referee: Michael Ryan

14 September 2004 8	Reading	3 – 1	Preston North End	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 11' Forster  34', 85'	[ Report]	Healy  87' Mawéné Alexander	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,857 Referee: Richard Beeby

18 September 2004 9	Reading	3 – 1	Gillingham	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson 1', 16' (pen.), 28' (pen.)	[ Report]	Byfield  55' Cox	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,867 Referee: Kevin Friend

25 September 2004 10	Watford	0 – 1	Reading	Watford
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Helguson	[ Report]	Sidwell 65'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,389 Referee: Mike Thorpe

28 September 2004 11	Ipswich Town	1 – 1	Reading	Ipswich
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Kuqi 10'	[ Report]	Kitson 26' Sidwell	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,167 Referee: Mike Jones

2 October 2004 12	Reading	0 – 0	Burnley	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sidwell Kitson	[ Report]	Duff Camara	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Andy Penn

16 October 2004 13	Stoke City	0 – 1	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Brammer Asaba	[ Report]	Shorey 41' Sonko	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Andy D'Urso

19 October 2004 14	Reading	1 – 1	Leeds United	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Owusu 45'	[ Report]	Walton 1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,230 Referee: R.Olivier

23 October 2004 15	Reading	4 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sidwell 21' Kitson 25' Owusu 45' Ingimarsson 47' Harper	[ Report]	Lunt Cochrane	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,630 Referee: Paul Robinson

30 October 2004 16	Coventry City	3 – 2	Reading	Coventry
15:00 GMT (UTC)	John  14' (pen.) Morrell  51' Johnson  67' Carey	[ Report]	Owusu  11' Kitson  70'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,663 Referee: Graham Salisbury

2 November 2004 17	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 2	Reading	Plymouth
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Sidwell  18' (o.g.) Crawford  41'	[ Report]	Coughlan  51' (o.g.) Kitson  90' Little	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 14,336 Referee: Alan Wiley

6 November 2004 18	Reading	1 – 0	Stoke City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kitson  23' Sidwell	[ Report]	Russell Greenacre	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,831 Referee: G.Laws

13 November 2004 19	Reading	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Morgan  13' Kitson  39'	[ Report]	Kavanagh  57' Jerome  87' Lee	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,107 Referee: Eddie Evans

20 November 2004 20	Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	Reading	Nottingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Taylor  25' Thompson Dawson	[ Report]	Murty Sonko Hughes	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,138 Referee: Uriah Rennie

27 November 2004 21	Reading	1 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Owusu  42'	[ Report]	Mahon  26'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,114 Referee: Andre Marriner

4 December 2004 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 – 1	Reading	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cameron  32' Olofinjana  45' Clarke  78', 90'	[ Report]	Morgan  47' Shorey	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,572 Referee: Steve Bennett

11 December 2004 23	Leicester City	0 – 2	Reading	Leicester
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Stearman Nalis Blake	[ Report]	Sidwell  68' Ingimarsson  82' Kitson Owusu	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 24,068 Referee: P.Taylor

18 December 2004 24	Reading	1 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Reading
12:45 GMT (UTC)	Shorey  64' Kitson Harper	[ Report]	Cureton  73' Bircham Rowlands	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,272 Referee: Richard Beeby

26 December 2004 25	Reading	3 – 0	Watford	Reading
11:00 GMT (UTC)	Sonko  3' Sidwell  76' Owusu  87' Little	[ Report]	Mahon	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,757 Referee: P.Crossley

28 December 2004 26	Preston North End	3 – 0	Reading	Preston
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Agyemang  17' Hughes  26' (o.g.) Lewis  67' Cresswell	[ Report]	Sidwell	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,795 Referee: Carl Boyeson

1 January 2005 27	Gillingham	0 – 0	Reading	Gillingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,570 Referee: Steve Bennett

3 January 2005 28	Reading	0 – 1	Derby County	Reading
17:30 GMT (UTC)	Harper	[ Report]	Smith  45' Johnson Idiakez	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,491 Referee: B.Curson

15 January 2005 29	Burnley	0 – 0	Reading	Burnley
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]	Sidwell	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,392 Referee: Mike Jones

22 January 2005 30	Reading	1 – 1	Ipswich Town	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ingimarsson  90' Owusu	[ Report]	Bent  89'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 23,203 Referee: Martin Atkinson

5 February 2005 31	Reading	0 – 0	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]	Buzsáky	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,783 Referee: R.Olivier

12 February 2005 32	Leeds United	3 – 1	Reading	Leeds
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Healy  37' Hulse  57', 62' Hulse	[ Report]	Owusu  88' Harper	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,034 Referee: Chris Foy

19 February 2005 33	Reading	1 – 2	Coventry City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ferdinand  8' Murty	[ Report]	McSheffrey  63' John  72'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,904 Referee: Graham Salisbury

22 February 2005 34	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Reading	Crewe
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Varney  12' Tonkin	[ Report]	Kitson  70'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 5,703 Referee: G.Laws

26 February 2005 35	Reading	0 – 0	Leicester City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Shorey	[ Report]	Stearman Gudjonsson Connolly	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,651 Referee: Uriah Rennie

5 March 2005 36	Queens Park Rangers	0 – 0	Reading	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT (UTC)		[ Report]		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,971 Referee: Anthony Leake

12 March 2005 37	Reading	3 – 1	West Ham United	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kitson  13', 27', 57' Newman	[ Report]	Sheringham  82' Fletcher	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,268 Referee: Phil Joslin

15 March 2005 38	Rotherham United	1 – 0	Reading	Rotherham
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Warne  90' McLaren	[ Report]		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,804 Referee: R.Hall

21 March 2005 39	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 1	Reading	Brighton
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Butters	[ Report]	Forster  64' Newman	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Kevin Friend

2 April 2005 40	Reading	0 – 0	Sheffield United	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ Report]		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,899 Referee: Mike Jones

5 April 2005 41	Reading	2 – 1	Millwall	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kitson  73' Forster  83'	[ Report]	Dichio  39'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,379 Referee: Kevin Wright

9 April 2005 42	Sunderland	1 – 2	Reading	Sunderland
12:45 BST (UTC+1)	Arca  51' Wright Robinson Brown	[ Report]	Kitson  75', 81' (pen.) Sidwell	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 34,237 Referee: Lee Mason

16 April 2005 43	Reading	1 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Harper  74' Sidwell	[ Report]	Gerrard  71' Gardner	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,905 Referee: Steve Tanner

23 April 2005 44	Cardiff City	2 – 0	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Thorne  13' Jerome  31'	[ Report]	Keown Sidwell Little	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,821 Referee: Scott Mathieson

30 April 2005 45	Reading	1 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forster  8' Ingimarsson	[ Report]	Clarke  53' Ricketts  84' Olofinjana Seol	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,495 Referee: R.Styles

8 May 2005 46	Wigan Athletic	3 – 1	Reading	Wigan
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	McCulloch  18' Roberts  21' Ellington  85' Kavanagh	[ Report]	Sidwell  90' Little	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 19,662 Referee: Martin Atkinson

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Preston North End	46	21	12	13	67	58	+9	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs
6	West Ham United (O, P)	46	21	10	15	66	56	+10	73
7	Reading	46	19	13	14	51	44	+7	70
8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	57	56	+1	67
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	15	21	10	72	59	+13	66

Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2011. Source: Football League Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

FA Cup

8 January 2005 Third Round	Reading	1 – 1	Swansea City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ingimarsson  88' Sidwell	Report	Connor  32' Robinson	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,642 Referee: Clive Penton

17 January 2005 Third Round Reply	Swansea City	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Reading	Swansea
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Forbes	Report	Forster 95'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 7,354 Referee: Clive Penton

29 January 2005 Fourth Round	Reading	1 – 2	Leicester City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Forster  10' Newman   76'	Report	Williams  32' Scowcroft  90' Guðjónsson Heath	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Football League Cup

25 August 2004 First Round	Oxford United	0 – 2	Reading	Oxford
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Goater  61' Hughes  76' Owusu	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,919 Referee: M.Fletcher

21 September 2004 Second Round	Reading	0 – 3	Watford	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sidwell	Report	Cox  14' (pen.) Bouazza  89' Ingimarsson  90' (o.g.) Blizzard	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 8,429 Referee: Clive Penton

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Marcus Hahnemann	51	0	46	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF		Graeme Murty	45	0	41	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Nicky Shorey	48	3	44	3	3	0	1	0
4	MF		Steve Sidwell	47	5	44	5	2	0	1	0
5	DF		Martin Keown	8	0	3+2	0	3	0	0	0
6	DF		Ibrahima Sonko	42	1	35+4	1	3	0	0	0
7	MF		Glen Little	39	0	29+6	0	3	0	1	0
9	FW		Shaun Goater	11	1	2+7	0	0	0	2	1
10	FW		Nicky Forster	34	9	27+3	7	3	2	0+1	0
11	MF		Andy Hughes	46	1	40+1	0	3	0	2	1
12	FW		Dave Kitson	38	19	37	19	0	0	1	0
14	FW		Lloyd Owusu	30	6	14+11	6	0+3	0	1+1	0
15	MF		James Harper	46	3	39+2	3	3	0	1+1	0
16	DF		Ívar Ingimarsson	49	4	43+1	3	3	1	2	0
17	MF		Bobby Convey	22	0	4+14	0	2	0	1+1	0
18	MF		Paul Brooker	34	0	22+9	0	0+1	0	2	0
19	GK		Adam Federici	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Bas Savage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Les Ferdinand	14	1	4+8	1	2	0	0	0
22	DF		Peter Castle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Dean Morgan	20	2	10+8	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
24	DF		Louis Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Jamie Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Darren Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Simieon Howell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Jonathan Hayes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Ricky Newman	19	0	11+6	0	1	0	1	0
Players who left Reading during the season:
8	DF		Adrian Williams	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		12	Dave Kitson	19	0	0	19
2	FW		10	Nicky Forster	7	2	0	9
3	FW		14	Lloyd Owusu	6	0	0	6
4	MF		4	Steve Sidwell	5	0	0	5
5	DF		16	Ívar Ingimarsson	3	1	0	4
6	MF		15	James Harper	3	0	0	3
	DF		3	Nicky Shorey	3	0	0	3
8	FW		23	Dean Morgan	2	0	0	2
9	DF		6	Ibrahima Sonko	1	0	0	2
	FW		21	Les Ferdinand	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Shaun Goater	0	0	1	1
	MF		11	Andy Hughes	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	51	3	2	56

Disciplinary record

Source: Soccernet[21]

Number	Nation	Position	Name	First Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2		DF	Graeme Murty	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Nicky Shorey	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		MF	Steve Sidwell	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
5		DF	Martin Keown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Ibrahima Sonko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Glen Little	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		DF	Ady Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Nicky Forster	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
11		MF	Andy Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12		FW	Dave Kitson	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		FW	Lloyd Owusu	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
15		MF	James Harper	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		DF	Ivar Ingimarsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Les Ferdinand	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Ricky Newman	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
			TOTALS	41	0	2	1	3	0	46	1

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2004–05 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2004–05 home colours

2004–05 away colours

2004–05 third choice colours

References

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