2002–03 Reading F.C. season

Reading
2002–03 season
Chairman Sir John Madejski
Manager Alan Pardew
First Division 4th
FA Cup Third Round vs Walsall
League Cup First Round vs Cambridge United
Top goalscorer League: Nicky Forster (15)
All: Nicky Forster (16)

The 2002–03 season was Reading's first season back in the First Division, since their promotion from the Second Division in 2002.

Season review

See also Football League First Division 2002–03

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Phil Whitehead
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty
3 England DF Nicky Shorey
4 England MF Kevin Watson
5 England DF Adrian Viveash
6 England DF John Mackie
7 Trinidad and Tobago FW Tony Rougier
8 Wales DF Adrian Williams
9 England FW Martin Butler
10 England FW Nicky Forster
11 England MF Andy Hughes
12 England FW Jamie Cureton
14 England MF Sammy Igoe
15 England MF James Harper
16 England MF Glen Little
17 England MF John Salako
19 Republic of Ireland MF Joe Gamble
No. Position Player
20 England FW Bas Savage
21 England GK Jamie Ashdown
22 England FW Nathan Tyson
23 England MF Andre Boucaud[1]
24 England FW Darius Henderson
25 England MF Ricky Newman
26 England DF Alex Smith
27 England MF Steve Sidwell
28 England MF Steve Warren
29 England DF Steve Brown
30 England MF Luke Chadwick
31 United States GK Marcus Hahnemann
32 England GK Jamie Young
34 Scotland MF Darren Campbell[2]
35 England DF Ahmet Rifat
37 England DF Peter Castle

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. Position Player
16 England MF Phil Parkinson (to Colchester)
18 England DF Adrian Whitbread (Retired)
No. Position Player
27 England DF Ricky Allaway (Released)
29 England DF Matthew Upson (returned to Arsenal after loan)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
8 August 2002 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann Fulham Free
19 December 2002 DF England Steve Brown Charlton Athletic Free
20 January 2003 MF England Steve Sidwell Arsenal Undisclosed Fee[3]
20 March 2003 Mario Noto Tottenham Hotspur Free

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
1 July 2002 DF England Matthew Robinson Oxford United Free
9 August 2002 GK Australia Frank Talia Wycombe Wanderers Free
16 August 2002 DF England Neil Smith Stevenage Free
1 November 2002 DF England Ricky Allaway Basingstoke Town Free
25 February 2003 MF England Phil Parkinson Colchester United Free

Loans in

Date Position Nationality Name From Until
5 September 2002 DF England Matthew Upson Arsenal 8 December 2002[4]
7 February 2003 MF England Luke Chadwick Manchester United 19 March 2003
27 March 2003 MF England Luke Chadwick Manchester United 15 May 2003
1 April 2003 MF England Glen Little Burnley 15 May 2003

Loans out

Date Position Nationality Name To Until
12 December 2002 DF England Alex Smith Shrewsbury Town 4 May 2003

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
9 April 2003 DF England Adrian Whitbread Retired
2 June 2003 DF England Adrian Viveash Swindon Town
2 June 2003 England Steve Warren
1 July 2003 DF England Alex Smith Chester City November 2003

Competitions

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
First Division 4th 10 August 20024 May 2003
FL Cup R1 R1 10 September 200210 September 2002
FA Cup 3R 3R 4 January 200314 January 2003

Last updated: match played 4 May 2003
Source: Competitions

Division One

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 25 4 17 61 46  +15 79 13 3 7 33 21  +12 12 1 10 28 25  +3

Fixtures and results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Reading lost 3–1 on aggregate

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Portsmouth (C) (P) 46 29 11 6 97 45+52 98 Promotion to 2003–04 FA Premier League
2 Leicester City (P) 46 26 14 6 73 40+33 92
3 Sheffield United 46 23 11 12 72 52+20 80 Qualification for 2002–03 First Division Playoffs
4 Reading 46 25 4 17 61 46+15 79
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers (P) 46 20 16 10 81 44+37 76
6 Nottingham Forest 46 20 14 12 82 50+32 74
7 Ipswich Town 46 19 13 14 80 64+16 70
8 Norwich City 46 19 12 15 60 45+15 69
9 Millwall 46 19 9 18 59 6910 66
10 Wimbledon 46 18 11 17 76 73+3 65
11 Gillingham 46 16 14 16 56 659 62
12 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 68 702 61
13 Watford 46 17 9 20 54 7016 60
14 Crystal Palace 46 14 17 15 59 52+7 59
15 Rotherham United 46 15 14 17 62 620 59
16 Burnley 46 15 10 21 65 8924 55
17 Walsall 46 15 9 22 57 6912 54
18 Derby County 46 15 7 24 55 7419 52
19 Bradford City 46 14 10 22 51 7322 52
20 Coventry City 46 12 14 20 46 6216 50
21 Stoke City 46 12 14 20 45 6924 50
22 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 46 10 16 20 56 7317 46 Relegation to 2003–04 League One
23 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 46 11 12 23 49 6718 45
24 Grimsby Town (R) 46 9 12 25 48 8537 39

Updated to games played on 2 December 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

First team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 14 May 2003[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Play-offs FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Phil Whitehead 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Graeme Murty 48 0 43+1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF England Nicky Shorey 48 2 43 2 2 0 2 0 1 0
4 MF England Kevin Watson 33 1 24+8 1 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Adrian Viveash 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF England John Mackie 28 0 20+5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
7 FW Trinidad and Tobago Tony Rougier 22 3 13+7 3 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 DF Wales Ady Williams 41 1 38 1 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
9 FW England Martin Butler 24 2 12+9 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
10 FW England Nicky Forster 44 17 35+5 16 1 1 1+1 0 1 0
11 MF England Andy Hughes 47 9 41+2 9 2 0 0+1 0 1 0
12 FW England Jamie Cureton 32 9 13+14 9 1+1 0 1+1 0 1 0
14 FW England Sammy Igoe 18 0 8+7 0 0 0 2 0 0+1 0
15 MF England James Harper 40 2 34+2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
16 MF England Glenn Little 7 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF England John Salako 46 4 33+10 4 0 0 0+2 0 1 0
21 GK England Jamie Ashdown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW England Nathan Tyson 27 1 9+14 1 0+1 0 2 0 0+1 0
24 FW England Darius Henderson 25 4 1+21 4 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
25 MF England Ricky Newman 32 0 21+7 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
26 DF England Alex Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF England Steve Sidwell 15 2 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF England Steve Brown 25 1 21 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
30 MF England Luke Chadwick 17 1 15 1 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann 46 0 41 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
34 MF Scotland Darren Campbell 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF England Peter Castle 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
16 MF England Phil Parkinson 7 0 0+6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 DF England Matthew Upson 15 1 13+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name First Division Play Off FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FWEngland 10 Nicky Forster 16 1 0 0 17
2 FWEngland 12 Jamie Cureton 9 0 0 0 9
MFEngland 11 Andy Hughes 9 0 0 0 9
4 MFEngland 17 John Salako 4 0 0 0 4
FWEngland 24 Darius Henderson 4 0 0 0 4
6 FWTrinidad and Tobago 7 Tony Rougier 3 0 0 0 3
7 MFEngland 15 James Harper 2 0 0 0 2
DFEngland 3 Nicky Shorey 2 0 0 0 2
FWEngland 9 Martin Butler 2 0 0 0 2
MFEngland 27 Steve Sidwell 2 0 0 0 2
11 DFEngland 29 Steve Brown 1 0 0 0 1
MFEngland 4 Kevin Watson 1 0 0 0 1
FWEngland 22 Nathan Tyson 1 0 0 0 1
MFEngland 30 Luke Chadwick 1 0 0 0 1
DFWales 8 Ady Williams 1 0 0 0 1
MFEngland 16 Glen Little 1 0 0 0 1
DFEngland 29 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 58 1 0 1 60

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name First Division Play Off FA Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
25 England MF Ricky Newman 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
6 England DF John Mackie 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
29 England DF Steve Brown 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
8 Wales DF Ady Williams 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Trinidad and Tobago FW Tony Rougier 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 England MF Kevin Watson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 England MF Sammy Igoe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 England FW Nicky Forster 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 England MF Andy Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 England DF Nicky Shorey 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27 England MF Steve Sidwell 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
29 England DF Matthew Upson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 England FW Nathan Tyson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 England FW Martin Butler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Scotland DF Graeme Murty 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 England MF John Salako 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 England DF Adrian Viveash 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 England MF James Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 England FW Darius Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 62 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 70 4

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 2002–03 was manufactured by Kit@, and the main sponsor was Westcoast.

2002–03 home colours
2002–03 away colours

References

  1. Boucaud was born in Enfield, England, and but chose to represent Trinidad and Tobago, qualifying through his parents. Boucaud represented Trinidad and Tobago 13 days after being released by Reading.
  2. Campbell was born in Cambridge, England, and but chose to represent Scotland, qualifying through his parents. Campbell represented the England U-17's in 2002 and then the Scotland U-17 team 2003.
  3. "Sidwell joins Reading". BBC Sport. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. "Reading secure Upson deal". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. "Reading F.C. player appearances: 2002–03". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

Soccerbase

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