1998–99 Reading F.C. season

Reading
	1998–99 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Tommy Burns
Stadium	Madejski Stadium
Second Division	11th
FA Cup	R1
League Cup	R2
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Williams (11); All: Martin Williams (11)
← 1997–98	1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. It was their first full season under manager Tommy Burns and the first at the Madejski Stadium.

Squad

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No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jamie Ashdown
		GK	Nick Hammond
		GK	Scott Howie
		GK	Steve Mautone
		GK	Peter van der Kwaak
		GK	Pat Bonner
		DF	John Polston
		DF	Graeme Murty
		DF	Elroy Kromheer
		DF	Chris Casper
		DF	Andy Gurney
		DF	Tony Barras
		DF	Andy Bernal
		DF	Linvoy Primus
		DF	Barry Hunter
		MF	Darren Caskey
		MF	Grant Brebner

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Neville Stamp
		MF	Sean Evers
		MF	Andy McLaren
		MF	Jimmy Crawford
		MF	Byron Glasgow
		MF	Stuart Gray
		MF	Lee Hodges
		MF	Ray Houghton
		MF	Phil Parkinson
		FW	Paul Brayson
		FW	Phil Hadland
		FW	Jamie Lambert
		FW	Jim McIntyre
		FW	Martin Williams
		FW	Mass Sarr
		FW	Keith Scott

Transfers

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In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
10 May 1998	MF	Mark Reilly	Kilmarnock	Free
25 May 1998	DF	John Polston	Norwich City	Free
2 June 1998	GK	Pat Bonner	Celtic	Free
12 June 1998	MF	Grant Brebner	Manchester United	£300,000
6 July 1998	DF	Graeme Murty	York City	£700,000
6 July 1998	FW	Mass Sarr	Hajduk Split	£158,000
1 August 1998	GK	Peter van der Kwaak	Dordrecht	Free
1 August 1998	DF	Elroy Kromheer	Zwolle	£150,000
1 August 1998	MF	Grant Smith	Wycombe Wanderers	Free
2 November 1998	DF	Chris Casper	Manchester United	£300,000
13 January 1999	DF	Andy Gurney	Torquay United	£100,000
25 March 1999	DF	Tony Barras	York City	£20,000
25 March 1999	FW	Keith Scott	Wycombe Wanderers	£250,000
25 March 1999	MF	Sean Evers	Luton Town	£500,000^[2]
25 March 1999	MF	Andy McLaren	Dundee United	£100,000

Loan In

Date	Position	Name	From	Until
18 November 1998	DF	Neil Clement	Chelsea	13 February 1998
8 December 1998	MF	Andy Wright	Leeds United	19 December 1998
5 February 1999	FW	Tony Thorpe	Bristol City	24 March 1999
8 March 1999	FW	Mark McKeever	Sheffield Wednesday	12 April 1999
19 March 1999	DF	Tony Barras	York City	24 March 1999
25 March 1999	DF	Alan Maybury	Leeds United	9 May 1999

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
23 July 1998	MF	Stuart Lovell	Hibernian	Free
10 August 1998	FW	Carl Asaba	Gillingham	£590,000
4 November 1998	MF	Mark Reilly	Kilmarnock	Nominal
4 November 1998	DF	Andy Legg	Cardiff City	Free
15 January 1999	FW	Jason Bowen	Cardiff City	Free
19 February 1999	DF	Martyn Booty	Southend United	Free
2 March 1999	DF	Gareth Davies	Swindon Town	Free
4 March 1999	FW	Neville Roach	Southend United	£30,000
19 March 1999		Ross Harrison	Stevenage
19 March 1999	DF	Keith McPherson	Brighton & Hove Albion
19 March 1999	MF	Grant Smith	Heart of Midlothian	Free
19 March 1999	DF	Chris Westwood	Hartlepool United	Free

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
18 February 1999	FW	Robert Fleck	Retired
11 May 1999	MF	Ray Houghton	Stevenage Borough	24 September 1999
12 May 1999	DF	Jason Bristow
31 May 1999	FW	Jamie Lambert	Oxford United
31 May 1999	GK	Packie Bonner	Retired

Results

Football League First Division

Results

8 August 1998 1	Wrexham	3 – 0	Reading	Racecourse Ground
	Connolly 35' Legg 50' (o.g.) Ward 61'

15 August 1998 2	Bristol Rovers	4 – 1	Reading	Memorial Ground
	Hayles 32' Meaker 36' Cureton 40' (pen.) Roberts 84'		Williams 7'

22 August 1998 3	Reading	3 – 0	Luton Town	Madejski Stadium
	Brebner 10' McIntyre 51' Fleck 84'

29 August 1998 4	Chesterfield	1 – 0	Reading	Saltergate
	Howard 35'

9 September 1998 5	Reading	1 – 1	Burnley	Madejski Stadium
	Williams 28'		Swan 35' Payton 76'

12 September 1998 6	Preston North End	4 – 0	Reading	Deepdale
	Jackson 19', 34' Eyres 36', 74'		Sarr 32'

19 September 1998 7	Reading	1 – 1	Colchester United	Madejski Stadium
	Williams 17'		Duguid 87'

26 September 1998 8	Macclesfield Town	2 – 1	Reading	Moss Rose
	Holt 25' Askey 77'		Williams 60' (pen.)

30 September 1998 9	Walsall	0 – 2	Reading	Bescot Stadium
	Williams 8' Brebner 66'

3 October 1998 10	Reading	2 – 1	Stoke City	Madejski Stadium
	Brebner 44' McIntyre 73'		Whittle 69'

17 October 1998 11	Reading	0 – 0	Gillingham	Madejski Stadium

21 October 1998 12	Reading	1 – 1	Blackpool	Madejski Stadium
	Williams 86' Casper 90'		Bryan 90'

24 October 1998 13	Manchester City	0 – 1	Reading	Maine Road
	Tiatto 20'		Williams 56'

31 October 1998 14	Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 3	Reading	Adams Park
	Lawrence 32' Cousins 80' Mohan 85'		Brebner 3', 9' Williams 71'

4 November 1998 15	Reading	1 – 0	York City	Madejski Stadium
	Brebner 31'

7 November 1998 16	Reading	3 – 3	Bournemouth	Madejski Stadium
	Caskey 7' Williams 44' Parkinson 80'		Warren 40' Stein 51' (pen.), 89'

11 November 1998 17	Reading	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Madejski Stadium
			Bradshaw 8' (pen.)

21 November 1998 18	Northampton Town	0 – 1	Reading	Sixfields Stadium
			Brebner 61'

28 November 1998 19	Reading	2 – 1	Lincoln City	Madejski Stadium
	Clement 46' Sarr 67'		Holmes 2' (pen.)

12 December 1998 20	Millwall	1 – 1	Reading	The Den
	Neill 33'		Sarr 67'

19 December 1998 21	Reading	1 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Madejski Stadium
	McIntyre 29'		Allott 56'

28 December 1998 22	Reading	1 – 0	Notts County	Madejski Stadium
	Richardson 24' (o.g.)

2 January 1999 23	Reading	1 – 2	Chesterfield	Madejski Stadium
	Sarr 88'		Curtis 33' Breckin 44'

9 January 1999 24	Reading	4 – 0	Wrexham	Madejski Stadium
	Williams 7' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Brebner 44' Parkinson 82'

16 January 1999 25	Reading	0 – 6	Bristol Rovers	Madejski Stadium
			Cureton (49', 57' (pen.), 63', 70' Roberts 88', 90'

23 January 1999 26	York City	1 – 1	Reading	Bootham Crescent
	Rowe 71'		Bernal 61' Parkinson 80'

30 January 1999 27	Notts County	1 – 1	Reading	Meadow Lane
	Owers 77'		Glasgow 17'

6 February 1999 28	Reading	0 – 1	Walsall	Madejski Stadium
			Keates 44'

13 February 1999 29	Burnley	1 – 1	Reading	Turf Moor
	Reid 90'		Caskey 54'

20 February 1999 30	Reading	2 – 1	Preston North End	Madejski Stadium
	Caskey 55' Thorpe 90' (pen.)		Basham 80'

23 February 1999 31	Fulham	3 – 1	Reading	Craven Cottage
	Horsfield 49', 51' Symons 67'		Brebner 3'

27 February 1999 32	Colchester United	1 – 1	Reading	Layer Road
	Gregory 8'		Parkinson 81'

6 March 1999 33	Reading	1 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Madejski Stadium
	Caskey 62'

10 March 1999 34	Stoke City	0 – 4	Reading	Britannia Stadium
			McKeever 59' McIntyre 76', 82' Gray 87'

13 March 1999 35	Bournemouth	0 – 1	Reading	Dean Court
			McKeever 76'

20 March 1999 36	Reading	2 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers	Madejski Stadium
	McIntyre 28' Bernal 39' Caskey 73'		Devine 80'

23 March 1999 37	Luton Town	1 – 1	Reading	Kenilworth Road
	Spring 13' McLaren 90'		Barras 84'

27 March 1999 38	Reading	1 – 3	Manchester City	Madejski Stadium
	Maybury 61' Scott 90'		Cooke 31', 62' Goater 54'

1 April 1999 39	Gillingham	2 – 1	Reading	Priestfield Stadium
	Saunders 4' Asaba 64'		Scott 77'

5 April 1999 40	Reading	0 – 1	Fulham	Madejski Stadium
			Morgan 77'

10 April 1999 41	Blackpool	2 – 0	Reading	Bloomfield Road
	Aldridge Template:31 Clarkson 47'

13 April 1999 42	Lincoln City	2 – 2	Reading	Sincil Bank
	Barnett 53' Thorpe 78'		Caskey 40', 84'

17 April 1999 43	Reading	0 – 1	Northampton Town	Madejski Stadium
			Savage 89'

24 April 1999 44	Wigan Athletic	4 – 1	Reading	JJB Stadium
	Rodgers 6' Barlow 15', 24' Greenall 69'		McLaren 67'

1 May 1999 45	Reading	2 – 0	Millwall	Madejski Stadium
	Parkinson 23' Gray 31'

8 May 1999 46	Oldham Athletic	2 – 0	Reading	Boundary Park
	Innes 5' Rickers 27'

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	46	19	3	1	50	12	12	5	6	29	20	79	32	+ 47	101
2	Walsall	46	13	7	3	37	23	13	2	8	26	24	63	47	+ 16	87
3	Manchester City	46	13	6	4	38	14	9	10	4	31	19	69	33	+ 36	82
4	Gillingham	46	15	5	3	45	17	7	9	7	30	27	75	44	+ 31	80
5	Preston North End	46	12	6	5	46	23	10	7	6	32	27	78	50	+ 28	79
6	Wigan Athletic	46	14	5	4	44	17	8	5	10	31	31	75	48	+ 27	76
7	Bournemouth	46	14	7	2	37	11	7	6	10	26	30	63	41	+ 22	76
8	Stoke City	46	10	4	9	32	32	11	2	10	27	31	59	63	– 4	69
9	Chesterfield	46	14	5	4	34	16	3	8	12	12	28	46	44	+ 2	64
10	Millwall	46	9	8	6	33	24	8	3	12	19	35	52	59	– 7	62
11	Reading	46	10	6	7	29	26	6	7	10	25	37	54	63	– 9	61
12	Luton Town	46	10	4	9	25	26	6	6	11	26	34	51	60	– 9	58
13	Bristol Rovers	46	8	9	6	35	28	5	8	10	30	28	65	56	+ 9	56
14	Blackpool	46	7	8	8	24	24	7	6	10	20	30	44	54	– 10	56
15	Burnley	46	8	7	8	23	33	5	9	9	31	40	54	73	– 19	55
16	Notts County	46	8	6	9	29	27	6	6	11	23	34	52	61	– 9	54
17	Wrexham	46	8	6	9	21	28	5	8	10	22	34	43	62	– 19	53
18	Colchester United	46	9	7	7	25	30	3	9	11	27	40	52	70	– 18	52
19	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	5	10	31	26	5	7	11	21	32	52	58	– 6	51
20	Oldham Athletic	46	8	4	11	26	31	6	5	12	22	35	48	66	– 18	51
21	York City	46	6	8	9	28	33	7	3	13	28	47	56	80	– 24	50
22	Northampton	46	4	12	7	26	31	6	6	11	17	26	43	57	– 14	48
23	Lincoln City	46	9	4	10	27	27	4	3	16	15	47	42	74	– 32	46
24	Macclesfield Town	46	7	4	12	24	30	4	6	13	19	33	43	63	– 30	43

FA Cup

14 November 1998 First round	Reading	0 – 1	Stoke City	Madejski Stadium
			Lightbourne 27'

League Cup

11 August 1998 First Round 1st Leg	Peterborough United	1 – 1	Reading	London Road
	Carruthers 50'		Asaba 79'

26 August 1998 First Round 2nd Leg	Reading	2 – 0	Peterborough United	Madejski Stadium
	Caskey 40' (pen.) Brebner 88'

Reading won 2-1 on Aggregate

15 September 1998 Second Round 1st Leg	Barnsley	3 – 0	Reading	Oakwell
	Barnard 22' Fjørtoft 59', 86'

23 September 1998 Second Round 2nd Leg	Reading	1 – 1	Barnsley	Madejski Stadium
	Caskey 90' (pen.)		Ward 85'

Reading lost 4-1 on Aggregate

League Trophy

8 December 1998 First Round	Bournemouth	2 – 0	Reading	Dean Court
	Fletcher 9' Cox 76'

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Jamie Ashdown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Nick Hammond	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Scott Howie	46	0	42+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	GK		Peter van der Kwaak	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Andy Bernal	22	0	18+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Tony Barras	6	1	4+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Chris Casper	35	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Andy Gurney	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Barry Hunter	6	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Elroy Kromheer	12	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Alan Maybury	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Graeme Murty	9	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		John Polston	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Linvoy Primus	36	0	31+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Grant Brebner	43	10	36+3	9	1+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
	MF		Jimmy Crawford	13	0	9+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Darren Caskey	49	8	42+1	6	1+0	0	3+1	2	1+0	0
	MF		Sean Evers	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Byron Glasgow	37	1	28+5	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Stuart Gray	30	3	25+1	3	0+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Lee Hodges	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Ray Houghton	22	0	14+5	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Phil Parkinson	45	4	41+0	4	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Neville Stamp	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Paul Brayson	32	0	13+16	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	FW		Phil Hadland	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Jamie Lambert	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Jim McIntyre	35	5	22+10	5	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Andy McLaren	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Mass Sarr	32	3	18+10	3	0+1	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Keith Scott	9	1	5+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Martin Williams	31	11	20+6	11	1+0	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Reading who left during the season:
	DF		Martyn Booty	12	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Neil Clement	12	1	11+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Gareth Davies	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Andy Legg	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Keith McPherson	18	0	13+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Mark Reilly	8	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Andy Wright	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Carl Asaba	3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	1	0+0	0
	FW		Jason Bowen	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Mark McKeever	7	2	6+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Robert Fleck	5	1	2+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Neville Roach	7	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Tony Thorpe	6	1	6+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Name	Second Division	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Martin Williams	11	0	11
2	MF	Grant Brebner	9	1	10
3	MF	Darren Caskey	6	2	8
4	FW	Jim McIntyre	5	0	5
5	MF	Phil Parkinson	4	0	4
6	FW	Mass Sarr	3	0	3
7	MF	Stuart Gray	2	0	2
7	FW	Mark McKeever	2	0	2
9	FW	Robert Fleck	1	0	1
	FW	Keith Scott	1	0	1
	MF	Andy McLaren	1	0	1
	DF	Tony Barras	1	0	1
	FW	Tony Thorpe	1	0	1
	MF	Byron Glasgow	1	0	1
	DF	Neil Clement	1	0	1
		Own Goal	1	0	1
	FW	Carl Asaba	0	1	1
		TOTALS	50	4	54

Disciplinary record

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
	DF	Chris Casper	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	MF	Phil Parkinson	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
	MF	Darren Caskey	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	FW	Mass Sarr	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	FW	Jim McIntyre	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	Grant Brebner	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	Martin Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	Andy Bernal	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	MF	Byron Glasgow	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Alan Maybury	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	GK	Scott Howie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Elroy Kromheer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Keith McPherson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Linvoy Primus	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Martyn Booty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Neil Clement	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Jimmy Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Stuart Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Ray Houghton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Barry Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Andy McLaren	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Tony Thorpe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	70	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	76	5

References

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