2014–15 Reading F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Reading Football Club's second season in the Championship following the side's relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2012–13 season. The season began with Nigel Adkins as manager; he was replaced by Steve Clarke in December.

Reading F.C.

2014–15 season
Chairman	Sir John Madejski
Manager	Nigel Adkins (until 15 December) Steve Clarke (from 16 December)
Stadium	Madejski Stadium
Championship	19th
FA Cup	Semi Final vs Arsenal
League Cup	Third Round vs Derby County
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (8) All: Three Players (8)
Highest home attendance	20,048 vs Brentford (25 April 2015)[1]
Lowest home attendance	13,775 vs Rotherham United (4 November 2014)[1]
Average home league attendance	League, 17,022[1] All, 16,835 (End of Season)
Home colours Away colours

Season review

Pre-season

On 6 May, Reading announced that five players would be leaving upon the expiry of their contracts. Those departing were Stuart Taylor, Kaspars Gorkšs, Wayne Bridge, Mikele Leigertwood and club captain Jobi McAnuff.[2] Youngsters Lawson D'Ath, Nick Arnold, Gozie Ugwu, Matt Partridge and Shepherd Murombedzi were also released whilst contract talks were taking place with Michael Hector, Jake Taylor and 18 other youth players.[3][4][5] On 30 May youngsters Michael Hector and Jake Taylor signed new two-year contracts with the option of a third.[6]

On 2 June, Sir John Madejski announced that the club was looking for new ownership and that Anton Zingarevich, Christopher Samuelson and Andrew Obolensky had left the board of Directors.[7]

Transfers

Ferdinand signed a two-year contract in August 2014, pictured playing for Antalyaspor in 2013

Readings first addition of the season was the signing of USA U-18 international Andrija Novakovich to their academy from USM.[8] On 7 August 2014, Simon Cox resigned for Reading, 6 years after he left the club, on a two-year contract from Nottingham Forest.[9] The following day Jamie Mackie signed on a season-long loan deal, also from Nottingham Forest.[10] On 11 August 2014, Reading confirmed the signing of Anton Ferdinand on a two-year contract.[11] Reading made their fourth permanent signing of the season on 21 August, signing Oliver Norwood to a three-year contract from Huddersfield Town.[12] On 1 September 2014, transfer deadline day, Reading signed Glenn Murray on loan from Crystal Palace until 1 January, with a view to a permanent move.[13]

On 28 May 2014 Adam Le Fondre moved to Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee,[14] with Daniel Carriço following Le Fondre out of the club on 23 June 2014 after making his move to Sevilla permanent.[15] On 7 August 2014, Reading's three young goalkeepers left on loan, Stuart Moore joined Basingstoke Town on a season long loan with Jonathan Henly also joining Basingstoke as cover for Moore, whilst George Legg joined Hendon on a months loan.[16] On 15 August, Sean Morrison followed le Fondre to Cardiff City.[17] On 29 August 2014, Alex McCarthy completed his move to QPR.[18] On transfer deadline day, Royston Drenthe joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until 2 January 2015.[19]

August

Reading started their season on 9 August with a 2–2 away draw at Wigan Athletic, with Shaun Cummings and Sean Morrison getting Reading's goals after Callum McManaman opened the scoring for Wigan and James McArthur scored a 93rd-minute equaliser.[20] Three days later, on 12 August, Reading faced Newport County in the League Cup at home. Reading ran out 3–1 winners, with their goals coming from Pavel Pogrebnyak, Nick Blackman and debutante Craig Tanner.[21] Reading won their next game, on 16 August, against Ipswich Town thanks to a Jake Taylor goal,[22] before losing their next two games, 2–1 at home to Huddersfield Town[23] and 4–0 away to Nottingham Forest.[24] Reading finished August with back to back wins, 1–0 away to Scunthorpe United in the Second round of the League Cup, Jake Taylor scoring,[25] and 1–0 away to Middlesbrough with Simon Cox scoring.[26]

September

On 11 September, Legg extended his loan with Hendon for another month,[27] whilst on 12 September, Jonathan Henly moved to Welling United on loan until 1 January 2015.[28] The following day, 13 September, Reading faced Fulham at home, winning 3–0 thanks to a brace from Glenn Murray and the third from Nick Blackman.[29] Reading won their fourth game in a row on 16 September, 3–2 at home to Millwall, with a double strike from Simon Cox and another from Nick Blackman.[30] 20 September saw Reading travel to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday, with the game ending in disappointment for Reading as they fell to a 1–0 defeat courtesy of a late Stevie May goal.[31] On 22 September, Reading announced the completion of the sale of the club to a Thai consortium, with Sir John Madejski staying on as Co-Chairman.[32] The following day, 23 September, Reading suffered their second defeat in four days, as they went out of the League Cup with a 2–0 defeat to Derby County.[33] Reading ended September with a 3–3 home draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the Reading goals coming from Michael Hector, Jake Taylor and Glenn Murray, whilst Nick Blackman was unfortunate to score an own goal.[34]

October

Reading started October with a 0–0 draw away to Leeds United on 1 October,[35] following it up three days later with a 3–1 away defeat to Brentford in which Simon Cox scored the only goal for Reading.[36] On 3 October, Garath McCleary signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2017.[37] Following the International break, Reading suffered their second and third defeats in a row, both 3–0, at home to Derby County on 18 October and away to Bournemouth on 21 October.[38][39] Reading finished October with their first win in seven games, a 3–0 home win over Blackpool, with Glenn Murray and Nick Blackman scoring either side of a Peter Clarke own goal.[40]

November

Reading started November with a 3–1 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 1 November, Glenn Murray scoring their only goal,[41] before following it up three days later with a 3–0 victory over Rotherham United thanks to Jamie Mackie and a Simon Cox double.[42] On 8 November Reading suffered a 1–0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic,[43] before a 2–1 away defeat to Cardiff City on 21 November. Michael Hector scored Readings only goal late on, whilst Alex Pearce had a nightmare evening, conceding an own goal before being shown a straight red card on the stroke of half-time.[44] Reading ended the month with a 2–1 away win over Norwich City, Gary Hooper put Norwich ahead after 10 minutes before Jake Cooper scored his first ever goal for Reading in the 14th minute and his second in the 44th to give Reading all three points.[45]

Also during November, Slovenian defender Jure Travner joined the club on trial from Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Baku.[46]

December

Steve Clarke was appointed as the club's manager on 16 December.

Reading started the month with a 0–0 home draw against Bolton Wanderers on 6 December,[47] before a 6–1 away defeat to Birmingham City on 13 December.[48] Following the club's 6–1 defeat to Birmingham City, manager Nigel Adkins was sacked by the club on 15 December.[49] The following day Reading appointed Steve Clarke on a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year contract.[50]

Reading lost their first game with Steve Clarke as manager, a 1–0 home defeat to 10-man Watford on 20 December.[51] They followed this defeat up with a 2–2 away draw to Manager-less Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 December,[52] Glenn Murray scoring both the goals, before a 2–1 home win over Norwich City on 28 December thanks to Simon Cox and a Hal Robson-Kanu penalty.[53]

Murray returned to Crystal Palace on 31 December following the completion of his loan deal.[54]

January

On 2 January 2015, Aaron Tshibola moved to Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal,[55] whilst Jonathan Henly returned from his loan at Welling United and Royston Drenthe returned to the club following his loan to Sheffield Wednesday to discuss his future.[56] The following day, Nick Blackman scored Reading's only goal in their 1–0 away win over Huddersfield Town in the Third Round of the FA Cup,[57] setting up a Fourth Round trip to Cardiff City.[58] On 10 January Reading drew 0–0 at home to Middlesbrough,[59] in a game that saw Jem Karacan make his return from a long term knee-injury, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Jamie Mackie.[60] Defender Shaun Cummings left the club on 12 January, moving to Millwall two days later for an undisclosed fee.[61] Reading lost their next game, a 2–1 away defeat to Fulham on 17 January, with Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring Reading's only goal. The following week Polish International goalkeeper, Jakub Słowik, joined the club on a week-long trial.[62] On 22 January, Reading signed Jure Travner on a contract with the club till the end of the season,[63] and Nathaniel Chalobah on loan till the end of the season from Chelsea,[64] whilst youngster Craig Tanner signed a new contract till the summer of 2017 and joined AFC Wimbledon on a season-long youth loan.[65] The next day Royston Drenthe left club, signing for Kayseri Erciyesspor of the Turkish Süper Lig on a permanent basis.[66] 24 January saw Reading take on Cardiff City in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, with Reading winning the games 2–1 at the Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff took the lead through Kenwyne Jones in the first half before Oliver Norwood and Hal Robson-Kanu in the second half to send Reading into the Fifth Round.[67]

On 27 January, Reading traveled to Millwall, playing out a 0–0 draw that saw them remain in 18th position.[68] Two days later, 29 January, Dominic Samuel joined Coventry City on an emergency loan, which will see him stay at the club until 28 April,[69] and midfielder Aaron Tshibola extended his stay at Hartlepool United till the end of the season.[70] Reading's last game of January was a 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday, with the goals coming from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Nathaniel Chalobah.

Young Georgian defender Lasha Dvali returned to the club in January following a year-long loan deal with Latvian Higher League side Skonto FC.[71]

February

On transfer deadline day, 2 February, Reading signed Yakubu on a contract until the end of the season,[72] whilst Georgian defender Lasha Dvali joined Turkish Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa on loan till the end of the season.[73] Youngster Dominic Hyam left the club on a one-month youth loan deal on 4 February, joining Hemel Hempstead Town.[74] On 7 February Reading traveled to Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning 2–1 after goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny Williams.[75] Three days later, Reading hosted Leeds United in a game that the visitors won 2–0.[76] On 14 February Reading defeated Derby County 2–1 in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup,[77] before losing 0–1 at home to Wigan Athletic three days later.[78] On 21 February Reading registered another away win, winning 1–0 away to Ipswich Town thanks to a 14th-minute goal by Jamie Mackie,[79] before falling to defeat against Huddersfield Town 3-0 three days later.[80]

March

On 3 March Reading drew 1–1 away to Bolton, with Jamie Mackie scoring the equaliser in the third and final minute of stoppage time.[81] On 7 March Reading played their FA Cup quarter final match against League One team Bradford City, drawing 0–0 at Valley Parade.[82] The draw resulted in a home replay, scheduled for 16 March. On 10 March Reading hosted Brighton & Hove Albion in a 2–1 victory with both goals being scored by Jamie Mackie. Defender Niall Keown made his debut during the game, coming on as a late substitute for Danny Williams, the winning goal coming minutes after Chris O'Grady scored a penalty for the away team.[83] On 12 March, Zat Knight signed a short-term contract until the end of the season.[84] Reading lost their next Championship game 4–1, away to Watford on 14 March,[85] before defeating Bradford City 3–0 in their FA Cup Quarter Final Replay to set up a Semi Final against Arsenal.[86] On 18 March youngster George McLennan joined Hayes & Yeading United on loan till the end of the season.[87] On 24 March young goalkeeper Dan Lincoln joined Nuneaton Town on a seven-day loan deal,[88] with Nathan Aké joining Reading on an initial one-month loan a day later,[89] before Kwesi Appiah joined on loan until the end of the season and Jake Taylor and Danny Guthrie left the club on loan till the end of the season, to Leyton Orient and Fulham respectively on 26 March.[90][91][92] On 27 March, Reading exercised an option in Chris Gunter's contract to keep the player for another year.[93]

On 30 March, Reading where fined £30,000 by The Football League for breaching the Football League regulations that prohibit any individual or legal entity having an interest in more than one club, when they borrowed an initial £10.5m from Vibrac Corporation in August 2013, and a further £5.6m in May 2014.[94]

April

Reading started April with a 1–1 home draw against Cardiff City on 4 April, Pavel Pogrebnyak gave Reading an early lead, before Conor McAleny scored a 90th-minute equaliser.[95] Reading drew their second game in a row on 7 April, away to Blackpool. Jamie O'Hara gave Blackpool an early lead from the penalty spot, after a Zat Knight shirt pull, with a Grant Hall own goal just after half-time leveling the teams.[96] On 11 April Reading played Blackburn Rovers in a one-off kit design, designed by a young fan Ryan Duval. The game ended 0–0, the third Reading draw in a row, and also marked the first start for Jem Karacan in over a year and a half.[97] Reading suffered their first defeat of the month on 14 April, 1–0 at home to Bournemouth.[98] Reading's away game with Rotherham United on 18 April was postponed until 28 April,[99] due to Reading's FA Cup Semi-Final tie with Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez gave Arsenal the lead shortly before halftime, with Garath McCleary equalising in the 54th minute to level the game and take the match to extra-time. Sánchez scored his second of the game, and the winner, on the stroke of half-time in extra time, after his weak shot was spilled over the line by Adam Federici.[100] Reading's next game was at home to Birmingham City on 22 April, which Reading lost 1–0 to a late Clayton Donaldson goal.[101] This was also Nathan Aké's last game for Reading as he returned to Chelsea following the game.[102] On 25 April, Reading hosted Brentford in their last home game of the season. Reading went down 2–0 after goals from Alan Judge and James Tarkowski.[103] After the game Adam Federici was named the clubs Player of the Season.[104] Reading's last game of April was their rearranged game away to Rotherham United on 28 April. Reading lost the match, their fifth in a row, 2–1 with Matt Derbyshire and Lee Frecklington scoring a quick-fire double in the second half before a late Oliver Norwood goal gave Reading their consolation goal.[105]

May

Reading won their final game of the season, and first since 10 March, on 2 May away to Derby County 3–0. Kwesi Appiah opened the scoring in the second minute, his first for the club, before Michael Hector scored the second midway through the second half and a late Garath McCleary penalty sealed the victory.[106]

On 21 May Reading released senior players Zat Knight, Jure Travner, Danny Guthrie, Ryan Edwards and Yakubu. Whilst youth players Daniel Lincoln, Jonathan Henly, Aleksandar Gogic, and George McLennan also left the club.[107]

Transfers

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 7 April 2014[8] FW Andrija Novakovich Chicago Magic Free 7 August 2014 FW Simon Cox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed[9] 11 August 2014 DF Anton Ferdinand Antalyaspor Free[11] 21 August 2014 MF Oliver Norwood Huddersfield Town Undisclosed[12] 22 January 2015 DF Jure Travner FK Baku Free[63] 2 February 2015 FW Yakubu Al Rayyan Free[72] 12 March 2015 DF Zat Knight Colorado Rapids Free[84] Novakovich's transfer was announced on the above date but were not finalised until 1 July.

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 28 May 2014 FW Adam Le Fondre Cardiff City Undisclosed[14] 23 June 2014 MF Daniel Carriço Sevilla Undisclosed[15] 15 August 2014 DF Sean Morrison Cardiff City Undisclosed[17] 29 August 2014 GK Alex McCarthy Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed[18] 12 January 2015 DF Shaun Cummings Millwall Undisclosed[61] 23 January 2015 MF Royston Drenthe Kayseri Erciyesspor Undisclosed[66]

Loans in Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From 8 August 2014 Season-long[10] FW Jamie Mackie Nottingham Forest 1 September 2014 1 January 2015[13][54] FW Glenn Murray Crystal Palace 22 January 2015 End of season[64] MF Nathaniel Chalobah Chelsea 25 March 2015 22 April 2015[89][102] DF Nathan Aké Chelsea 26 March 2015 End of season[92] FW Kwesi Appiah Crystal Palace

Loans out Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To 7 August 2014 Season-long[16] GK Stuart Moore Basingstoke Town 7 August 2014 7 September 2014[16] GK Jonathan Henly Basingstoke Town 7 August 2014 7 October 2014[16][27] GK George Legg Hendon 1 September 2014 2 January 2015[19] MF Royston Drenthe Sheffield Wednesday 12 September 2014 End-of-season[28][108] GK Jonathan Henly Welling United 10 October 2014 7 November 2014[109] GK Lewis Ward Whitehawk 24 December 2014 25 April 2015[110][111] DF Robert Dickie Basingstoke Town 2 January 2015 Season-long youth loan[55][70] MF Aaron Tshibola Hartlepool United 22 January 2015 Season-long youth loan[65] FW Craig Tanner AFC Wimbledon 29 January 2015 28 April 2015[69] FW Dominic Samuel Coventry City 2 February 2015 End-of-season[73] DF Lasha Dvali Kasımpaşa 4 February 2015 4 March 2015[74] DF Dominic Hyam Hemel Hempstead Town 18 March 2015 End-of-season[87] DF George McLennan Hayes & Yeading United 24 March 2015 31 March 2015[88] GK Dan Lincoln Nuneaton Town 26 March 2015 End of season[91] MF Jake Taylor Leyton Orient 26 March 2015 End of season[90] MF Danny Guthrie Fulham

Trial Date From Date To Position Nationality Name Last Club November 2014[46] 22 January 2015[63] DF Jure Travner FK Baku 19 January 2015[62] 23 January 2015[62] GK Jakub Słowik Jagiellonia Białystok

Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date 21 May 2015[107] GK Mikkel Andersen Midtjylland 25 June 2015[112] 21 May 2015[107] GK Daniel Lincoln Hayes & Yeading United 18 August 2015 21 May 2015[107] GK Jonathan Henly Ipswich Town 20 August 2015[113] 21 May 2015[107] GK Aleksandar Gogić Nike Academy 21 May 2015[107] DF Zat Knight Retired 21 May 2015[107] DF Jure Travner Celje 15 July 2015[114] 21 May 2015[107] DF George McLennan Cheltenham Town 7 July 2015[115] 21 May 2015[107] MF Danny Guthrie Blackburn Rovers 4 August 2015[116] 21 May 2015[107] MF Ryan Edwards Partick Thistle 24 September 2015[117][118] 21 May 2015[107] FW Yakubu Kayserispor 31 August 2015[119] 27 May 2015 GK Adam Federici Bournemouth 1 July 2015[120] 8 June 2015 DF Alex Pearce Derby County 1 July 2015[121] 30 June 2015[122] DF Stephen Kelly Rotherham United 19 November 2015[123] 30 June 2015 MF Jem Karacan Galatasaray 8 July 2015[124]

Squad

As of match played 2 May 2015[125]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age[N 1])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Federici		GK	31 January 1985 (aged 30)	Torres	2005	2015[126]	245	1
31	Mikkel Andersen		GK	17 December 1988 (aged 26)	AB Copenhagen	2007	2015[127]	5	0
40	Stuart Moore		GK	8 September 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	[107]	0	0
41	Daniel Lincoln		GK	26 May 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2013		0	0
42	Jonathan Henly[N 2]		GK	7 June 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2012	2015[128]	0	0
Defenders
2	Chris Gunter		RB	21 July 1989 (aged 25)	Nottingham Forest	2012	2016[93][129]	114	1
3	Stephen Kelly		RB	6 September 1983 (aged 31)	Fulham	2013	2015[130]	52	1
4	Anton Ferdinand		CB	18 February 1985 (aged 30)	Antalyaspor	2014	2016[11]	2	0
5	Alex Pearce[N 3]		CB	9 November 1988 (aged 26)	Academy	2006	2015[131]	240	15
15	Michael Hector[N 4]		CB	19 July 1992 (aged 22)	Academy	2010	2016[6]	58	3
24	Zat Knight		CB	2 May 1980 (aged 35)	Colorado Rapids	2015	2015[84]	2	0
26	Pierce Sweeney		CB	11 September 1994 (aged 20)	Bray Wanderers	2012	[107]	0	0
29	Jure Travner		LB	28 September 1985 (aged 29)	FK Baku	2015	2015[63]	1	0
32	Sean Long		RB	2 April 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	2016[132]	1	0
33	Shane Griffin		LB	8 September 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	2016[132]	0	0
34	Niall Keown		RB	5 April 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2013		2	0
35	Jake Cooper		CB	3 February 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	2016[133]	19	2
	Robert Dickie		DF	3 March 1996 (aged 19)	Academy	2014		0	0
	Dominic Hyam		DF	20 December 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	2016[134]	0	0
	George McLennan		DF	10 December 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014		0	0
	Nana Owusu		DF	27 February 1996 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	2016[132]	0	0
	Lasha Dvali		DF	14 May 1995 (aged 19)	Skonto	2013		0	0
Midfielders
6	Oliver Norwood		CM	12 April 1991 (aged 24)	Huddersfield Town	2014	2017[12]	42	1
8	Danny Guthrie		CM	18 April 1987 (aged 28)	Newcastle United	2012	2015[135]	69	5
9	Hal Robson-Kanu[N 5]		LW	21 May 1989 (aged 25)	Academy	2007	2016[136]	192	25
11	Jordan Obita		LW	8 December 1993 (aged 21)	Academy	2010	2017[137]	88	1
12	Garath McCleary[N 6]		RW	15 May 1987 (aged 27)	Nottingham Forest	2012	2017[37][138]	110	12
14	Nathaniel Chalobah[N 7]		CM	12 December 1994 (aged 20)	loan from Chelsea	2015	2015[64]	20	1
16	Hope Akpan[N 8]		CM	14 August 1991 (aged 23)	Crawley Town	2013	2016[139]	63	1
17	Ryan Edwards		MF	17 November 1993 (aged 21)	Australian Institute of Sport	2011	2015[140]	10	0
18	Aaron Tshibola		CM	2 January 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	2016[141]	1	0
21	Jem Karacan[N 9]		CM	21 February 1989 (aged 26)	Academy	2007	2015[142]	175	12
23	Danny Williams[N 10]		CM	8 March 1989 (aged 26)	Hoffenheim	2013	2017[143]	63	4
25	Jake Taylor[N 11]		MF	1 December 1991 (aged 23)	Academy	2009	2016[6]	36	3
28	Aaron Kuhl		MF	30 January 1996 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	2016[144]	8	0
37	Jack Stacey		MF	6 April 1996 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	2016[144]	6	0
38	Liam Kelly		MF	22 November 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	2016[145]	0	0
39	Tarique Fosu		MF	5 November 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014		1	0
	Conor Shaughnessy		MF	30 June 1996 (aged 18)	Academy	2014		0	0
	Samúel Friðjónsson		MF	22 February 1996 (aged 19)	Academy	2013[146]	2015	0	0
Forwards
7	Pavel Pogrebnyak		FW	8 November 1983 (aged 31)	Fulham	2012	2016[147]	108	29
10	Simon Cox[N 12]		FW	28 April 1987 (aged 28)	Nottingham Forest	2014	2016[9]	52	8
19	Jamie Mackie[N 13]		FW	22 September 1985 (aged 29)	Loan from Nottingham Forest	2014	2015[10]	39	6
20	Yakubu		FW	22 November 1982 (aged 32)	Al Rayyan	2015	2015[72]	11	1
22	Nick Blackman		FW	11 November 1989 (aged 25)	Sheffield United	2013	2016[148]	84	9
27	Craig Tanner		FW	27 October 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	2017[65]	5	1
30	Dominic Samuel		FW	1 April 1994 (aged 21)	Academy	2012	[107]	2	0
36	Andrija Novakovich		FW	21 September 1996 (aged 18)	University School of Milwaukee	2014		2	0
44	Kwesi Appiah		FW	12 September 1990 (aged 24)	loan from Crystal Palace	2015	2015	6	1

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 6 DF  ENG Sean Morrison (to Cardiff City)[17] 20 GK  ENG Alex McCarthy (to Queens Park Rangers)[18] 20 FW  ENG Glenn Murray (returned to Crystal Palace after loan)[54]

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  JAM Shaun Cummings (to Millwall)[61] 43 DF  NED Nathan Aké (returned to Chelsea after loan)[102] — MF  NED Royston Drenthe (to Kayseri Erciyesspor)[66]

Pre-season

15 July 2014	Exeter City	0–1	Reading	Exeter
19:30 BST		Report	Edwards  8'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Andy Woolmer

19 July 2014	Yeovil Town	1–1	Reading	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Trialist  71'	Report	Pogrebnyak  48'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,153

26 July 2014	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Reading	High Wycombe, England
15:00 BST		Report	Pogrebnyak  40' Taylor  75'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,697

29 July 2014	Stevenage	0–0	Reading	Stevenage, England
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: The Lamex Stadium

2 August 2014	Reading	1–3	Swansea City	Reading, England
15:00 BST	Blackman  43'	Report	Routledge  23', 25' Gomis  65'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,421 Referee: Andy Davies

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2014–15 Championship	—	—	19	9 August 2014	2 May 2015
League Cup	First round	—	Fifth round	12 August 2013	23 September 2014
FA Cup	Third round	—	Semi-finals	3 January 2015	18 April 2015

Updated to match played 2014
Source: Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Fulham	46	14	10	22	62	83	−21	52
18	Bolton Wanderers	46	13	12	21	54	67	−13	51
19	Reading	46	13	11	22	48	69	−21	50
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	17	19	44	54	−10	47
21	Rotherham United	46	11	16	19	46	67	−21	46[lower-alpha 1]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[149]

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	13	11	22	48	68	−20	50	8	5	10	24	24	0	5	6	12	24	44	−20

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Reading FC

Results by matchday

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W
Position	9	7	11	19	15	9	6	10	11	10	13	16	17	14	15	13	14	14	14	14	16	17	17	16	17	18	18	16	13	14	17	13	15	18	18	16	17	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 2014 1	Wigan Athletic	2 – 2	Reading	Wigan
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McManaman  27' Taylor  74' McArthur  90+3'	BBC Sport Reading F.C.	Cummings  58' 71' Morrison  77'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,174 Referee: Mark Brown

16 August 2014 2	Reading	1 – 0	Ipswich Town	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Taylor  26' Cox  60' Hector  81'	BBC Reading F.C.	Berra  39' Mings  60' Smith  73'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,198 Referee: Simon Hooper

19 August 2014 3	Reading	1 – 2	Huddersfield Town	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pearce  42' Pogrebnyak  76' Cox  79'	BBC Reading F.C.	Butterfield  10' Coady  35' Bunn  38'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,035 Referee: Stuart Attwell

23 August 2014 4	Nottingham Forest	4 – 0	Reading	Nottingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Antonio  17', 47' Fryatt  53' Assombalonga  64' Cohen  69'	BBC Reading F.C.	Blackman  80'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,795 Referee: Andy Woolmer

30 August 2014 5	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Reading	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Leadbitter  37' Adomah  76'	BBC Reading F.C.	Cox  7' Akpan  68'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 14,970 Referee: Darren Bond

13 September 2014 6	Reading	3 – 0	Fulham	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Murray  15', 54' Blackman  85' 86'	BBC Reading F.C.	Smith  19' Hyndman  25' Voser  42' Kavanagh  74'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: Mike Jones

16 September 2014 7	Reading	3 – 2	Millwall	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cox  6', 84' Blackman  15' (pen.)	BBC Reading F.C.	Webster  14' Fuller  39' Beevers  54' Upson  76'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,091 Referee: Keith Hill

20 September 2014 8	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 0	Reading	Sheffield
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Coke  31' Palmer  39' Maguire  66' May  83'	BBC Reading F.C.	Blackman  38' Akpan  63' Cooper  82'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 29,848 Referee: Mark Heywood

28 September 2014 9	Reading	3 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Reading
13:15 BST (UTC+1)	Hector  19' Taylor  45' 55' Guthrie  64' Murray  89'	BBC Reading F.C.	Henry  51' Evans  54' Stearman  66' Blackman  84' (o.g.) Edwards  90+1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,454 Referee: James Adcock

1 October 2014 10	Leeds United	0 – 0	Reading	Leeds
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Cooper  65' Bellusci  66' Doukara  70'	BBC Reading F.C.	Hector  19' Norwood  80' Pearce  90' Federici  90+3'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,705 Referee: Tony Harrington

4 October 2014 11	Brentford	3 – 1	Reading	Brentford
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jota  11' Pritchard  32' Douglas  81' Diagouraga  83' Craig  87'	BBC Reading F.C.	Cox  49' 79' Kuhl  74' Mackie  83'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,776 Referee: Roger East

18 October 2014 12	Reading	0 – 3	Derby County	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hector  43' Obita  84'	BBC Reading F.C.	Martin  18', 79' Ibe  38' Whitbread  44' Christie  65' Eustace  68' Hughes  77'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,141 Referee: Darren Deadman

21 October 2014 13	Bournemouth	3 – 0	Reading	Bournemouth
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Wilson  50' Pitman  55', 64'	BBC Reading F.C.		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,899 Referee: Mark Haywood

25 October 2014 14	Reading	3 – 0	Blackpool	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Murray  23' Clarke  69' (o.g.) Hector  71' Taylor  78' Blackman  90+4' (pen.)	BBC Reading F.C.	Perkins  14' Miller  39'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,625 Referee: Gavin Ward

1 November 2014 15	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 1	Reading	Blackburn
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Gestede  17', 68' Marshall  55' Evans  71' Varney  90+6'	BBC Reading F.C.	Murray  44' Obita  52' Akpan  65' Cooper  79'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: Carl Boyeson Referee: 14,237

4 November 2014 16	Reading	3 – 0	Rotherham United	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Mackie  29' Cox  55', 64' Akpan  71' Gunter  89'	BBC Reading F.C.	Morgan  44' Árnason  70'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,775 Referee: Pat Miller

8 November 2014 17	Reading	0 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cox  74' Obita  86'	BBC Reading F.C.	Vetokele  39' Guðmundsson  88' Jackson  90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,989 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 November 2014 18	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Reading	Cardiff
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Pearce  20' (o.g.) Pilkington  41' Whittingham  45+4' (pen.)	BBC Reading F.C.	Williams  41' Pearce  45+3' Hector  81' Blackman  90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 20,643 Referee: James Linington

29 November 2014 19	Norwich City	1 – 2	Reading	Norwich
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hooper  10' 44' Howson  60'	BBC Reading F.C.	Cooper  14', 45' Murray  55' Obita  82'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,002 Referee: David Webb

6 December 2014 20	Reading	0 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Norwood  61' Murray  73' Obita  82'	BBC Reading F.C.		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,421 Referee: Keith Hill

13 December 2014 21	Birmingham City	6 – 1	Reading	Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Caddis  4' Gray  11', 24', 45+1' Shinnie  46' Cotterill  60'	BBC Reading F.C.	Hector  18' Murray  19' Gunter  58'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 15,240 Referee: Nigel Miller

20 December 2014 22	Reading	0 – 1	Watford	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams  72' Murray  90+2'	BBC Reading F.C.	Abdi  29' 70' Angella  38'  45+1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,522 Referee: Gavin Ward

26 December 2014 23	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 – 2	Reading	Falmer
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Forster-Caskey  40' Bennett  58' Calderón  90'	BBC Reading F.C.	Murray  1', 26' 44' Cox  38' Cummings  61' Norwood  90+2'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 26,173 Referee: Graham Salisbury

28 December 2014 24	Reading	2 – 1	Norwich City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Robson-Kanu  25' (pen.) Cox  34'	BBC Reading F.C.	Johnson  24' 71' Martin  63' Whittaker  90+2'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,430 Referee: James Linington

10 January 2015 25	Reading	0 – 0	Middlesbrough	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Norwood  42' Obita  54'	BBC Reading F.C.	Tomlin  68'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,131 Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 January 2015 26	Fulham	2 – 1	Reading	Fulham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bodurov  33' Kačaniklić  52' 55' Tunnicliffe  74' Ruiz  90+3'	BBC [ Reading F.C.]	Pogrebnyak  63' 67' McCleary  77' Cox  84' Gunter  90+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Mark Brown

27 January 2015 27	Millwall	0 – 0	Reading	Bermondsey
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Nelson  45'	BBC Reading F.C.	Mackie  85'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: Andy Madley Referee: 8,317

31 January 2015 28	Reading	2 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Pogrebnyak  29' Chalobah  40' Hector  67'	BBC Reading F.C.	Loovens  34'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,755 Referee: Brendan Malone

7 February 2015 29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 – 2	Reading	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Stearman  18' Afobe  26'	BBC Reading F.C.	Pogrebnyak  1' 90+1' Williams  33' 70' S.Kelly  43' Robson-Kanu  51'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Keith Hill

10 February 2015 30	Reading	0 – 2	Leeds United	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)		BBC Reading F.C.	Wootton  59' Murphy  63' Byram  90' 90+1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,124 Referee: Graham Scott

17 February 2015 31	Reading	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)	A.Pearce  90+2'	BBC Reading F.C.	J.Pearce  17'  61' Herd  48' Clarke  62' Ojo  70' Taylor  85' Kim Bo-kyung  90+1'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,601 Referee: Simon Hooper

21 February 2015 32	Ipswich Town	0 – 1	Reading	Ipswich
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bru  67'	BBC Reading F.C.	Mackie  14' Obita  75'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,298 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

24 February 2015 33	Huddersfield Town	3 – 0	Reading	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Bunn  10' Wells  55' Miller  74'	BBC Reading F.C.	Kelly  12' Obita  89'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 10,282 Referee: James Adcock

28 February 2015 34	Reading	0 – 3	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McCleary  60'	BBC Reading F.C.	Osborn  56' Fryatt  70' Gary Gardner  80'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,586 Referee: Mick Russell

3 March 2015 35	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Reading	Bolton
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Guðjohnsen  60' Dervite  88'	BBC Reading F.C.	Norwood  64' Pogrebnyak  79' Mackie  90+3'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 12,795 Referee: Mark Haywood

10 March 2015 36	Reading	2 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Mackie  24', 56' McCleary  88' Pogrebnyak  90'	BBC Reading F.C.	O'Grady  53' (pen.) Ince  61' Dunk  87' Bennett  88' Greer  90'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,748 Referee: Andy Haines

14 March 2015 37	Watford	4 – 1	Reading	Watford
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Abdi  1' Vydra  39' Deeney  48' Forestieri  85'	BBC Reading F.C.	Karacan  70'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,660 Referee: Darren Bond

17 March 2015 38	Reading	Postponed[150]	Birmingham City	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)		[ BBC] Reading F.C.		Stadium: Madejski Stadium

21 March 2015 39	Charlton Athletic	3 – 2	Reading	Charlton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Johnson  29' Buyens  58' (pen.), 70' 88' Church  80' Watt  85'	BBC Reading F.C.	Pogrebnyak  40', 90+4' Norwood  56' Hector  57' Williams  69'  85'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,007 Referee: Darren Deadman

4 April 2015 40	Reading	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pogrebnyak  4'	BBC Reading F.C.	McAleny  90'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,953 Referee: Scott Duncan

7 April 2015 41	Blackpool	1 – 1	Reading	Blackpool
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	O'Hara  6' (pen.),  90+4'	BBC Reading F.C.	McCleary  39' Hall  46' (o.g.) Gunter  57'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,614 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

11 April 2015 42	Reading	0 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Robson-Kanu  90'	BBC Reading F.C.	Williamson  81'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,564 Referee: Michael Bull

14 April 2015 43	Reading	0 – 1	Bournemouth	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hector  55' Pearce  78'	BBC Reading F.C.	Wilson  4' 55' Francis  72' Boruc  90+2' Smith  90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Keith Stroud

18 April 2015 44	Rotherham United	Postponed[99]	Reading	Rotherham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[ BBC] [ Reading F.C.]		Stadium: New York Stadium

22 April 2015[150] 38	Reading	0 – 1	Birmingham City	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Obita  69'	BBC Reading F.C.	Donaldson  83'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,604 Referee: Lee Mason

25 April 2015 45	Reading	0 – 2	Brentford	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Norwood  35' McCleary  64' Obita  86'	BBC Reading F.C.	Judge  7' Button  31' Tarkowski  65'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,048 Referee: Andy Madley

28 April 2015[99] 44	Rotherham United	2 – 1	Reading	Rotherham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Derbyshire  52' 81' Frecklington  58'	BBC Reading F.C.	Norwood  87'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Graham Salisbury

2 May 2015 46	Derby County	0 – 3	Reading	Derby
12:15 BST (UTC+1)	Lingard  58' Shotton  66' Grant  85'	BBC Reading F.C.	Appiah  2' Norwood  27' Hector  72' McCleary  85' (pen.) Williams  90+3'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 30,806 Referee: James Linington

League Cup

12 August 2014 First Round	Reading	3 – 1	Newport County	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pogrebnyak  20' Cox  53' Hector  78' Blackman  87' Tanner  90+4'	BBC Reading F.C.	Feely  44' Jackson  64' Jeffers  90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,459 Referee: James Linington

26 August 2014 Second Round	Scunthorpe United	0 – 1	Reading	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McSheffrey  1'	BBC Reading F.C.	Taylor  85' 90+2'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,657 Referee: Kevin Wright

23 September 2014 Third Round	Derby County	2 – 0	Reading	Derby
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Russell  67' Pearce  82' (o.g.)	BBC Reading F.C.	Robson-Kanu  44'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

3 January 2015 Third Round	Huddersfield Town	0 – 1	Reading	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Smith  29' Hudson  45+2' Hogg  56'  90'	BBC Reading F.C.	Mackie  17' Blackman  69' Robson-Kanu  88' Williams  90'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 7,980 Referee: Paul Gibbs

24 January 2015 Fourth Round	Cardiff City	1 – 2	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Turner  25' Jones  25' Whittingham  32' Noone  67'	BBC Reading F.C.	Norwood  64' Pogrebnyak  66' Robson-Kanu  88'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 11,750 Referee: Lee Probert

14 February 2015 Fifth Round	Derby County	1 – 2	Reading	Derby
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Mascarell  8' Warnock  16'  39' Bent  61' Bryson  81'	BBC Reading F.C.	Williams  28' Obita  41' Robson-Kanu  53' Kelly  77' Yakubu  82'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 21,337 Referee: Craig Pawson

7 March 2015 Quarter Final	Bradford City	0 – 0	Reading	Bradford
12:45 GMT (UTC)	McArdle  37'	BBC Reading F.C.		Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 24,321 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

16 March 2015 Quarter Final Replay	Reading	3 – 0	Bradford City	Reading
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Robson-Kanu  6' McCleary  9' Williams  30' Mackie  68'	BBC Reading F.C.	Knott  28' Sheehan  32' Meredith  53' Morais  62'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 22,908 Referee: Mike Jones

18 April 2015 Semi Final	Reading	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal	London
17:20 BST (UTC+1)	Chalobah  45+2' McCleary  54'	BBC Reading F.C.	Sánchez  39', 105+1' Gabriel  108'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 84,081 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Squad statistics

As of match played 2 May 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Adam Federici	49	0	43	0	5	0	1	0
2	DF		Chris Gunter	45	0	38	0	4	0	3	0
3	DF		Stephen Kelly	18	0	14+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
4	DF		Anton Ferdinand	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Alex Pearce	49	0	39+1	0	6	0	3	0
6	MF		Oliver Norwood	42	2	32+6	1	3+1	1	0	0
7	FW		Pavel Pogrebnyak	34	8	18+9	7	5	0	2	1
9	MF		Hal Robson-Kanu	36	4	26+3	1	5+1	3	1	0
10	FW		Simon Cox	43	8	28+9	8	2+1	0	2+1	0
11	MF		Jordan Obita	51	0	43	0	6	0	2	0
12	MF		Garath McCleary	30	3	22+4	1	3+1	2	0	0
14	MF		Nathaniel Chalobah	20	1	15	1	5	0	0	0
15	DF		Michael Hector	49	3	40+1	3	6	0	2	0
16	MF		Hope Akpan	24	0	14+6	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
17	MF		Ryan Edwards	10	0	4+3	0	0	0	1+2	0
19	FW		Jamie Mackie	38	6	18+14	5	4	1	2	0
20	FW		Yakubu	11	1	3+4	0	0+4	1	0	0
21	MF		Jem Karacan	9	1	5+3	1	0+1	0	0	0
22	FW		Nick Blackman	43	5	16+21	3	1+3	1	2	1
23	MF		Danny Williams	31	1	21+4	1	6	0	0	0
24	DF		Zat Knight	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Pierce Sweeney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Aaron Kuhl	8	0	3+3	0	0	0	2	0
29	DF		Jure Travner	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Mikkel Andersen	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
32	DF		Sean Long	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Shane Griffin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Niall Keown	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Jake Cooper	19	2	9+6	2	0+2	0	1+1	0
36	FW		Andrija Novakovich	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Jack Stacey	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Liam Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Tarique Fosu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW		Kwesi Appiah	6	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0
—	DF		Nana Owusu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF		Conor Shaughnessy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
8	MF		Danny Guthrie	11	0	2+7	0	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Aaron Tshibola	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Jake Taylor	25	3	14+8	2	0	0	1+2	1
27	FW		Craig Tanner	5	1	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	1
30	FW		Dominic Samuel	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	GK		Stuart Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK		Daniel Lincoln	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	GK		Jonathan Henly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Robert Dickie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF		Dominic Hyam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF		George McLennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
6	DF		Sean Morrison	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
20	GK		Alex McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW		Glenn Murray	18	8	18	8	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Shaun Cummings	7	1	4+1	1	0	0	2	0
43	DF		Nathan Aké	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF		Royston Drenthe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 2 May 2014[151]

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		20	Glenn Murray	8	0	0	8
	FW		10	Simon Cox	8	0	0	8
	FW		7	Pavel Pogrebnyak	7	0	1	8
4	FW		19	Jamie Mackie	5	1	0	6
4	FW		22	Nick Blackman	3	1	1	5
6	MF		9	Hal Robson-Kanu	1	3	0	4
7	DF		15	Michael Hector	3	0	0	3
	MF		25	Jake Taylor	2	0	1	3
	MF		12	Garath McCleary	1	2	0	3
10	DF		35	Jake Cooper	2	0	0	2
	MF		6	Oliver Norwood	1	1	0	2
12	DF		24	Shaun Cummings	1	0	0	1
	DF		6	Sean Morrison	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Nathaniel Chalobah	1	0	0	1
	MF		23	Danny Williams	1	0	0	1
	MF		21	Jem Karacan	1	0	0	1
	FW		44	Kwesi Appiah	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
	FW		20	Yakubu	0	1	0	1
	FW		27	Craig Tanner	0	0	1	1
Total					48	9	4	61

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Adam Federici	12	2	1	15
2	GK		31	Mikkel Andersen	0	1	0	1
TOTALS					12	3	1	16

Disciplinary record

As of match played 2 May 2015[152]

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1		GK	Adam Federici	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Chris Gunter	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Stephen Kelly	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Alex Pearce	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
6		MF	Oliver Norwood	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7		FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
8		MF	Danny Guthrie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		MF	Hal Robson-Kanu	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
10		FW	Simon Cox	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
11		MF	Jordan Obita	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
12		MF	Garath McCleary	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
14		MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Michael Hector	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
16		MF	Hope Akpan	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
19		FW	Jamie Mackie	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20		FW	Glenn Murray	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22		FW	Nick Blackman	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23		MF	Danny Williams	6	1	3	0	0	0	9	1
24		DF	Shaun Cummings	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Jake Taylor	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
28		MF	Aaron Kuhl	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35		DF	Jake Cooper	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total				80	2	9	0	4	0	93	2

Awards

Player of the Year

[104]	Nationality	Award
Won		Adam Federici
Nominated		Jamie Mackie
Nominated		Michael Hector

Notes

1. Age as of the end of the season
2. Henly was born in Woking, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his mother, making his international debut for the Scottish U-19 side in May 2013.
3. Pearce was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Scottish U-21 side in May 2008, then went on to represent Ireland at full international level on 11 September 2012.
4. Hector was born in East Ham, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2015.
5. Robson-Kanu was born in Ealing, England, and represented England at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Wales through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Welsh U-21 side in May 2010 before making his full international debut for Wales five days later.
6. McCleary was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013.
7. Chalobah was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but qualified to represent England through residency, representing England at U-16 to U-21.
8. Akpan was born in Liverpool, England, but qualified to represent Nigeria through his parents, making his international debut for Nigeria in October 2014.
9. Karacan was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his father and has represented Turkey at every youth level.
10. Williams was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and represented Germany at U-15 level. Williams also qualified to play for the United States through his parents, and made his debut for them in October 2011.
11. Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.
12. Cox was born in Reading, England, but qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Republic of Ireland on 24 May 2011.
13. Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland on 8 October 2010.

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