1993–94 Reading F.C. season

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

Reading
1993–94 season
ChairmanJohn Madejski
ManagerMark McGhee
StadiumElm Park
Second Division1st
FA CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
League TrophyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Quinn 35
All: Jimmy Quinn 37

Squad

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As of match played 5 May 1994
Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[a]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
Shaka Hislop  [b] GK (1969-02-22)22 February 1969 (aged 25) Howard Bison 1992 72 0
Defenders
Mark Holzman   DF (1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 21) Trainee 1991 43 1
Darren McCance   DF (1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 20) Trainee 1992 2 0
Keith McPherson   DF (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 30) Northampton Town 1990
Ray Ranson   DF (1960-06-12)12 June 1960 (aged 33) Manchester City 1993 30 0
Ray Wallace   DF (1969-10-02)2 October 1969 (aged 24) loan from Leeds United 1994 3 0
Ady Williams  [c] DF (1971-09-16)16 September 1971 (aged 22) Trainee 1989
Tony Witter   DF (1965-08-12)12 August 1965 (aged 28) loan from Queens Park Rangers 1994 4 0
Dylan Kerr   DF (1967-01-14)14 January 1967 (aged 27) Leeds United 1993 55 2
Jeff Hopkins   DF (1964-04-14)14 April 1964 (aged 30) Bristol Rovers 1992 94 3
Midfielders
David Bass   MF (1974-11-29)29 November 1974 (aged 19) Trainee 1992 9 0
Kevin Dillon   MF (1959-12-18)18 December 1959 (aged 34) Newcastle United 1991 119 5
Michael Gilkes  [d] MF (1965-07-20)20 July 1965 (aged 28) Leicester City 1984
Mick Gooding   MF (1959-04-12)12 April 1959 (aged 35) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1989
Tommy Jones   MF (1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 29) Swindon Town 1992 45 1
Jamie Lambert   MF (1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 20) Trainee 1992 43 4
Phil Parkinson   MF (1967-12-01)1 December 1967 (aged 26) Bury 1992 98 9
Scott Taylor   MF (1970-11-23)23 November 1970 (aged 23) Trainee 1989
Forwards
Stuart Lovell   FW (1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 22) Trainee 1990
Lea Barkus   FW (1974-12-07)7 December 1974 (aged 19) Trainee 1991 17 0
Alan Carey   FW (1975-08-21)21 August 1975 (aged 18) Trainee 1994 1 0
Andy Gray   FW (1973-10-25)25 October 1973 (aged 20) Trainee 1991 20 4
Uwe Hartenberger   FW (1968-02-01)1 February 1968 (aged 26) KFC Uerdingen 05 1993 13 3
Jimmy Quinn   FW (1959-12-07)7 December 1959 (aged 34) Bournemouth 1992 106 63
Out on loan
Left during the season
John Humphrey   DF (1961-01-31)31 January 1961 (aged 33) loan from Crystal Palace 1993 9 0

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ENG John Humphrey (loan return to Crystal Palace)

Transfers

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
Summer 1993 DF   Ray Ranson Manchester City
Summer 1993 DF   Dylan Kerr Leeds United
Summer 1993 FW   Uwe Hartenberger KFC Uerdingen 05 £100,000 [1]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
9 December 1993 DF   John Humphrey Crystal Palace 9 February 1994
11 February 1994 DF   Tony Witter Millwall End of Season
11 March 1994 DF   Ray Wallace Leeds United End of Season
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 1993 GK   Steve Francis Huddersfield Town

Released

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Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
30 June 1994 DF   Mark Holzman
30 June 1994 DF   Darren McCance
30 June 1994 DF   Ray Ranson Retired
30 June 1994 MF   Kevin Dillon Stevenage
30 June 1994 FW   Andy Gray Leyton Orient 20 July 1994[2]

Competitions

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Division two

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Results

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14 August 1993 1 Huddersfield Town 0–3 Reading Huddersfield
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
Griffith  
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 City 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Reading 46 26 11 9 81 44 +37 89 Division Champions, promoted
2 Port Vale 46 26 10 10 79 46 +33 88 Promoted
3 Plymouth Argyle 46 25 10 11 88 56 +32 85 Participated in play-offs
4 Stockport County 46 24 13 9 74 44 +30 85
5 York City 46 21 12 13 64 40 +24 75
Source: [citation needed]

FA Cup

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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

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18 August 1993 First Round 1st Leg Reading 3–0 Northampton Town Reading
Quinn  
Lovell  
Parkinson  
Report Stadium: Elm Park
7 September 1993 First Round 2nd Leg Northampton Town 0–2
(0 – 5 agg.)
Reading Northampton
Report Gray  
Dillon  
Stadium: County Ground
22 September 1993 Second Round 1st Leg Manchester City 1–1 Reading Manchester
White   Report Lovell   Stadium: Maine Road
6 October 1993 Second Round 2nd Leg Reading 1–2
(2 – 3 agg.)
Manchester City Reading
J.Quinn   Report Lomas  
N.Quinn  
Stadium: Elm Park

Football League Trophy

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20 October 1993 First Round Group Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Reading Hove
 
 
Report Quinn     Stadium: Goldstone Ground
10 November 1993 First Round Group Reading 1–0 Fulham Reading
Taylor   Report Stadium: Elm Park
1 December 1993 Second Round Reading 4–1 Northampton Town Reading
Hartenberger  
Quinn  
Lambert  
Gooding  
Report   Stadium: Elm Park
11 January 1994 Third Round Fulham 1–0 Reading Fulham
  Report Stadium: Craven Cottage

Squad statistics

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As of match played 5 May 1994[3]

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 2 FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Shaka Hislop 56 0 46 0 2 0 4 0 4 0
DF   ENG Mark Holzman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ENG Darren McCance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ENG Keith McPherson 27 1 19+1 1 0+1 0 4 0 1+1 0
DF   ENG Ray Ranson 30 0 22+2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0
DF   ENG Ray Wallace 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Ady Williams 51 0 41 0 2 0 4 0 4 0
DF   ENG Tony Witter 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   MLT Dylan Kerr 55 2 45 2 2 0 4 0 3+1 0
DF   WAL Jeff Hopkins 50 2 40+2 2 2 0 2 0 4 0
MF   ENG Kevin Dillon 39 1 31+1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0
MF   ENG Michael Gilkes 48 2 29+10 2 2 0 3+1 0 3 0
MF   ENG Mick Gooding 49 9 41 7 2 1 3 0 3 1
MF   ENG Tommy Jones 19 0 11+6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MF   ENG Jamie Lambert 8 1 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 1
MF   ENG Phil Parkinson 51 4 42 3 2 0 4 1 2+1 0
MF   ENG Scott Taylor 47 7 34+4 6 2 0 0+3 0 4 1
FW   AUS Stuart Lovell 54 22 43+2 20 2 0 4 2 2+1 0
FW   ENG David Bass 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Alan Carey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW   ENG Andy Gray 7 1 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 1 0+1 0
FW   GER Uwe Hartenberger 13 3 0+9 2 0+1 0 0 0 3 1
FW   NIR Jimmy Quinn 55 40 46 35 2 0 3 2 3+1 3
Players away on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
DF   ENG John Humphrey 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goal Scorers

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Place Position Nation 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
FW   Andy Gray 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 81 1 7 89

Team kit

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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

Notes

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  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season
  2. ^ Shaka 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.
  3. ^ Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and would make his international debut for Wales on 23 May 1994.
  4. ^ Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.

References

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  1. ^ kicker Sportmagazin Nr.79/39. Wo.; 30. September 1993; S. 21
  2. ^ "Andy Gray". soccerbase.com/. Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Season 1993-94". royalsrecord. Retrieved 27 May 2020.