1993–94 Reading F.C. season

Reading
	1993–94 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Mark McGhee
Stadium	Elm Park
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Quinn 35; All: Jimmy Quinn 37
← 1992–93	1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Shaka Hislop^[1]
		DF	Jeff Hopkins
		DF	Dylan Kerr
		DF	Keith McPherson
		DF	Ray Ranson
		DF	Ray Wallace
		DF	Adrian Williams^[2]
		DF	Tony Witter
		MF	David Bass
		MF	Michael Gilkes^[3]
		MF	Mick Gooding

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Uwe Hartenberger
		MF	Mark Holzman
		MF	Tom Jones
		MF	Jamie Lambert
		MF	Phil Parkinson
		MF	Scott Taylor
		FW	Lea Barkus
		FW	Alan Carey
		FW	Andy Gray
		FW	Stuart Lovell
		FW	Jimmy Quinn

Transfers

In

Position	Name	From	Fee
DF	Dylan Kerr	Leeds United
DF	Ray Ranson	Manchester City
MF	Uwe Hartbergerland	Uerdingen	£100,000^[4]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 1993	GK		Steve Francis	Huddersfield Town
1 July 1993	MF		Kevin Dillon	Stevenage Borough	^[5]

Loans In

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
9 December 1993	9 February 1994	DF		John Humphrey	Crystal Palace
11 February 1994	End of Season	DF		Tony Witter	Millwall

Competitions

Division Two

Results

14 August 1993 1	Huddersfield Town	0 – 3	Reading	Leeds
			Gooding Quinn Lovell	Stadium: Leeds Road

21 August 1993 2	Reading	2 – 1	Burnley	Reading
	Quinn McPherson		Eyres ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Elm Park

28 August 1993 3	Brentford	1 – 0	Reading	London
	Allon			Stadium: Griffin Park

1 September 1993 4	Reading	4 – 1	Barnet	Reading
	Parkinson Gooding Quinn Gilkes		Haag	Stadium: Elm Park

4 September 1993 5	Reading	3 – 1	Cambridge United	Reading
	Quinn ?', ?' Parkinson		Claridge	Stadium: Elm Park

11 September 1993 6	Wrexham	3 – 2	Reading	Wrexham
	Bennett Phillips Lake		Lovell Jones ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: Racecourse Ground

15 September 1993 7	Bradford City	2 – 4	Reading	Bradford
	McCarthy ?', ?'		Parkinson Quinn ?', ?' Lovell	Stadium: Valley Parade

18 September 1993 8	Reading	3 – 2	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
	Quinn ?', ?' Gooding		Castle ?' (pen.) Nugent	Stadium: Elm Park

25 September 1993 9	Reading	1 – 1	Hull City	Reading
	Hopkins		Brown	Stadium: Elm Park

1 October 1993 10	Swansea City	1 – 1	Reading	Swansea
	McFarlane		Hartenberger	Stadium: Vetch Field

9 October 1993 11	Exeter City	4 – 6	Reading	Exeter
	Jepson ?', ?' Ross ?', ?'		Quinn ?', ?' Taylor ?', ?' Lovell ?', ?'	Stadium: St James Park

16 October 1993 12	Reading	2 – 1	Leyton Orient	Reading
	Quinn ?', ?'		West	Stadium: Elm Park

23 October 1993 13	Port Vale	0 – 4	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
			Lovell Taylor Quinn ?', ?'	Stadium: Vale Park

30 October 1993 14	Reading	1 – 0	Fulham	Reading
	Quinn			Stadium: Elm Park

2 November 1993 15	Rotherham United	2 – 2	Reading	Rotherham
	Hazel Whitworth		Lovell ?', ?'	Stadium: Millmoor

6 November 1993 16	Reading	1 – 1	Blackpool	Reading
	Quinn		Griffiths	Stadium: Elm Park

20 November 1993 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 1	Reading	Hove
			Taylor	Stadium: Goldstone Ground

27 November 1993 18	Reading	3 – 0	Bournemouth	Reading
	Quinn ?', ?' Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

11 December 1993 19	Burnley	0 – 1	Reading	Burnley
			Gooding	Stadium: Turf Moor

18 December 1993 20	Reading	0 – 0	Huddersfield Town	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

28 December 1993 21	Reading	2 – 0	Stockport County	Reading
	Lovell ?', ?'			Stadium: Elm Park

1 January 1994 22	Cardiff City	3 – 0	Reading	Cardiff
	Griffiths Aizlewood Richardson			Stadium: Ninian Park

3 January 1994 23	Reading	2 – 1	York City	Reading
	Quinn ?', ?'		Hopkins o.g.'	Stadium: Elm Park

8 January 1994 24	Reading	4 – 0	Hartlepool United	Reading
	Quinn Lovell Taylor Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

15 January 1994 25	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Reading	London
	West		Lovell	Stadium: Brisbane Road

22 January 1994 26	Reading	1 – 0	Exeter City	Reading
	Hartenberger			Stadium: Elm Park

25 January 1994 27	Bristol Rovers	1 – 1	Reading	Bath
	Clark		Quinn	Stadium: Twerton Park

30 January 1994 28	Fulham	1 – 0	Reading	London
	Hails			Stadium: Craven Cottage

5 February 1994 29	Reading	1 – 2	Port Vale	Reading
	Quinn ?' (pen.)		Kent Foyle	Stadium: Elm Park

12 February 1994 30	Hartlepool United	1 – 4	Reading	Hartlepool
	McGuckin		Taylor Lovell ?', ?' Quinn	Stadium: Victoria Park

19 February 1994 31	Reading	2 – 1	Brentford	Reading
	Hopkins Quinn		Thompson	Stadium: Elm Park

26 February 1994 32	Cambridge United	0 – 1	Reading	Cambridge
			Quinn	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

5 March 1994 33	Reading	0 – 1	Wrexham	Reading
			Hunter	Stadium: Elm Park

12 March 1994 34	Plymouth Argyle	3 – 1	Reading	Plymouth
	Nugent ?', ?' Dalton		Kerr	Stadium: Home Park

15 March 1994 35	Reading	1 – 1	Bradford City	Reading
	Lovell		Power	Stadium: Elm Park

19 March 1994 36	Hull City	1 – 2	Reading	Hull
	Windass ?' (pen.)		Quinn ?', ?'	Stadium: Boothferry Park

26 March 1994 37	Reading	2 – 1	Swansea Town	Reading
	Quinn Lovell		Bowen	Stadium: Elm Park

29 March 1994 38	York City	1 – 0	Reading	York
	Swann			Stadium: Bootham Crescent

2 April 1994 39	Reading	2 – 0	Bristol Rovers	Reading
	Quinn Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

9 April 1994 40	Reading	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Reading
	Gilkes		Hopkins ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: Elm Park

12 April 1994 41	Barnet	0 – 1	Reading	London
			Lovell	Stadium: Underhill Stadium

16 April 1994 42	Reading	0 – 0	Rotherham United	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

23 April 1994 43	Blackpool	0 – 4	Reading	Blackpool
			Kerr Lovell ?', ?' Quinn	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

28 April 1994 44	Stockport County	1 – 1	Reading	Stockport
	Francis		Gooding	Stadium: Edgeley Park

30 April 1994 45	Reading	2 – 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
	Quinn ?' (pen), ?'			Stadium: Elm Park

5 May 1994 46	Bournemouth	1 – 2	Reading	Bournemouth
	Cotterill Fletcher		Quinn	Stadium: Dean Court

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	15	6	2	40	16	11	5	7	41	28	81	44	+ 37	89
2	Port Vale	46	16	6	1	46	18	10	4	9	33	28	79	46	+ 33	88
3	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	4	3	46	26	9	6	8	42	30	88	56	+ 32	85
4	Stockport County	46	15	3	5	50	22	9	10	4	24	22	74	44	+ 30	85
5	York City	46	12	7	4	33	13	9	5	9	31	27	64	40	+ 24	75
6	Burnley	46	17	4	2	55	18	4	6	13	24	40	79	58	+ 21	73
7	Bradford City	46	13	5	5	34	20	6	8	9	27	33	61	53	+ 8	70
8	Bristol Rovers	46	10	8	5	33	26	10	2	11	27	33	60	59	+ 1	70
9	Hull City	46	9	9	5	33	20	9	5	9	29	34	62	54	+ 8	68
10	Cambridge United	46	11	5	7	38	29	8	4	11	41	44	79	73	+ 6	66
11	Huddersfield Town	46	9	8	6	27	26	8	6	9	31	35	58	61	– 3	65
12	Wrexham	46	13	4	6	45	33	4	7	12	21	44	66	77	– 11	62
13	Swansea Town	46	12	7	4	37	20	4	5	14	19	38	56	58	– 2	60
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	7	6	38	29	5	7	11	22	38	60	67	– 7	59
15	Rotherham United	46	11	4	8	42	30	4	9	10	21	30	63	66	– 3	58
16	Brentford	46	7	10	6	30	28	6	9	8	27	27	57	55	+ 2	58
17	Bournemouth	46	8	7	8	26	27	6	8	9	25	32	51	59	– 8	57
18	Leyton Orient	46	11	9	3	38	26	3	5	15	19	45	57	71	– 14	56
19	Cardiff City	46	10	7	6	39	33	3	8	12	27	46	66	79	– 13	54
20	Blackpool	46	12	2	9	41	37	4	3	16	22	38	63	75	– 12	53
21	Fulham	46	7	6	10	20	23	7	4	12	30	40	50	63	– 13	52
22	Exeter City	46	8	7	8	38	37	3	5	15	14	46	52	83	– 31	45
23	Hartlepools United	46	8	3	12	28	40	1	6	16	13	47	41	87	– 46	36
24	Barnet	46	4	6	13	22	32	1	7	15	19	54	41	86	– 45	28

FA Cup

13 November 1993 First Round	Cambridge United	0 – 0	Reading	Cambridge
				Stadium: Abbey Stadium

24 November 1993 First Round Replay	Reading	1 – 2	Cambridge United	Reading
	Gooding		Nyamah Heathcote	Stadium: Elm Park

League Cup

18 August 1993 First Round 1st Leg	Reading	3 – 0	Northampton Town	Reading
	Quinn Lovell Parkinson			Stadium: Elm Park

7 September 1993 First Round 2nd Leg	Northampton Town	0 – 2 (0 – 5 agg.)	Reading	Northampton
			Gray Dillon	Stadium: County Ground

22 September 1993 Second Round 1st Leg	Manchester City	1 – 1	Reading	Manchester
	White		Lovell	Stadium: Maine Road

6 October 1993 Second Round 2nd Leg	Reading	1 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Manchester City	Reading
	Quinn		Lomas Quinn	Stadium: Elm Park

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Name	First Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Jimmy Quinn	35	0	2	37
2	FW	Stuart Lovell	20	0	2	22
3	MF	Mick Gooding	7	1	0	8
4	MF	Scott Taylor	6	0	0	6
5	MF	Phil Parkinson	3	0	1	4
6	MF	Michael Gilkes	2	0	0	2
	FW	Uwe Hartenberger	2	0	0	2
	DF	Jeff Hopkins	2	0	0	2
	DF	Dylan Kerr	2	0	0	2
10	DF	Keith McPherson	1	0	0	1
		Own Goal	1	0	0	1
	MF	Kevin Dillon	0	0	1	1
		Andy Gray	0	0	1	1
		TOTALS	81	1	7	89

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1993–94 was manufactured by Pelada, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.

1993–94 home colours

1993–94 away colours

References

↑ Hislop was born in Hackney, England and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
↑ Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Wales in 1995.
↑ Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.
↑ kicker Sportmagazin Nr.79/39. Wo.; 30. September 1993; S. 21
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[1] Hislop was born in Hackney, England and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.

[2] Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Wales in 1995.

[3] Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.

[4] r Sportmagazin Nr.79/39. Wo.; 30. September 1993; S. 21

[5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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1993–94 Reading F.C. season

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Loans In

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