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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Shaka Hislop^[1]
—	DF	WAL	Jeff Hopkins
—	DF	MLT	Dylan Kerr
—	DF	ENG	Keith McPherson
—	DF	ENG	Ray Ranson
—	DF	ENG	Ray Wallace
—	DF	WAL	Adrian Williams^[2]
—	DF	ENG	Tony Witter
—	MF	ENG	David Bass
—	MF	ENG	Michael Gilkes^[3]
—	MF	ENG	Mick Gooding


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Uwe Hartenberger
—	MF	ENG	Mark Holzman
—	MF	ENG	Tom Jones
—	MF	ENG	Jamie Lambert
—	MF	ENG	Phil Parkinson
—	MF	ENG	Scott Taylor
—	FW	ENG	Lea Barkus
—	FW	ENG	Alan Carey
—	FW	ENG	Andy Gray
—	FW	AUS	Stuart Lovell
—	FW	NIR	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
^ "Kevin Dillon". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

Soccerbase.com
Reading team stats at Neil Brown

[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] "Kevin Dillon". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

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