1997–98 Reading F.C. season

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Reading
1997–98 season
ChairmanEngland John Madejski
ManagerEngland Terry Bullivant until 18 March 1998
England Alan Pardew (caretaker-manager)
Scotland Tommy Burns from 25 March 1998
StadiumElm Park
First Division24th
FA CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-finals

During the 1997–98 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. It was their first season under new manager Terry Bullivant, but due to poor results, Bullivant was sacked in March 1998. Alan Pardew was caretaker-manager for seven days before the club appointed Tommy Burns.

Season summary

The 1997–98 season was another struggle for Reading, as they sucomed to relegation to the 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 England ENG Jamie Ashdown
— GK England ENG Sal Bibbo
— GK England ENG Nick Hammond
— GK Scotland SCO Scott Howie
— GK Australia AUS Steve Mautone
— GK Republic of Ireland IRL Nick Colgan (Loan from Chelsea)
— DF Australia AUS Andy Bernal
— DF Wales WAL Paul Bodin
— DF England ENG Martyn Booty
— DF Wales WAL Gareth Davies
— DF Scotland SCO Paddy Kelly (Loan from Newcastle United)
— DF Wales WAL Andy Legg
— DF England ENG Keith McPherson
— DF England ENG Linvoy Primus
— DF England ENG Steve Swales
— DF England ENG Michael Thorp
— DF Poland POL Dariusz Wdowczyk
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Barry Hunter
— MF England ENG Darren Caskey
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Crawford
— MF England ENG Byron Glasgow
— MF Scotland SCO Stuart Gray
— MF England ENG Lee Hodges
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ray Houghton
— MF Wales WAL Michael Meaker
— MF Australia AUS Stuart Lovell
— MF England ENG Phil Parkinson
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Neill
— FW England ENG Carl Asaba
— FW Wales WAL Jason Bowen
— FW England ENG Paul Brayson
— FW Scotland SCO Robert Fleck
— FW England ENG Jamie Lambert
— FW Scotland SCO Jim McIntyre
— FW England ENG Trevor Morley
— FW England ENG Neville Roach
— FW England ENG Martin Williams

Transfers[1]

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
15 July 1997 MF Republic of Ireland Ray Houghton England Crystal Palace Free
1 August 1997 DF England Linvoy Primus England Barnet £250,000
1 August 1997 MF England Lee Hodges England Barnet £250,000
7 August 1997 FW England Carl Asaba England Brentford £800,000
23 September 1997 FW England David Whyte England Charlton Athletic Non-contract
26 December 1997 FW England Jason Bowen England Birmingham City £200,000
20 February 1998 DF Wales Andy Legg England Birmingham City £75,000
26 March 1998 MF Scotland Stuart Gray Scotland Celtic £100,000
26 March 1998 FW Scotland Jim McIntyre Scotland Kilmarnock £440,000
26 March 1998 FW England Paul Brayson England Newcastle United £100,000
26 March 1998 GK Scotland Scott Howie Scotland Motherwell £30,000
26 March 1998 MF Republic of Ireland Jimmy Crawford England Newcastle United £50,000
26 March 1998 FW Scotland Robert Fleck England Norwich City £50,000

Loan in

Date Position Nationality Name From Until
29 August 1997 FW England Mark Robins England Leicester City 26 September 1997
5 September 1997 DF England Lee Sandford England Sheffield United 04 October1997
26 February 1998 GK Republic of Ireland Nick Colgan England Chelsea 31 May 1998
1 March 1998 MF Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill England Coventry City 3 May 1998
26 March 1998 DF Scotland Paddy Kelly England Newcastle United 31 May 1998

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
10 August 1995 FW Wales Lee Nogan England Grimsby Town £170,000
10 August 1995 FW England David Whyte England Ipswich Town Monthly
21 November 1997 MF England Paul Holsgrove England Crewe Alexandra Non-contract
1 March 1998 MF England Ben Smith England Yeovil Town Unknown

Released

Date Position Nationality Name
31 May 1998 DF England Steve Swales
31 May 1998 FW England Trevor Morley
31 May 1998 MF England Alan Pardew
31 May 1998 England Andy Freeman
31 May 1998 MF Wales Michael Meaker
31 May 1998 DF Poland Dariusz Wdowczyk
31 May 1998 England Michael Thorp
31 May 1998 DF Wales Paul Bodin
30 June 1998 GK England Sal Bibbo

Results

Football League First Division

Main article: 1997-98 Football League

Results

9 August 1997 Bury 1 - 1 Reading Gigg Lane
Armstrong 52' [ Report] Swales 13'
16 August 1997 Reading 0 - 1 Swindon Town Elm Park
[ Report] Hay 18'
23 August 1997 Birmingham City 3 - 0 Reading St Andrew's
Devlin 38'
Bruce 81'
Ndlovu 88'		 [ Report] Bernal Red card 68'
30 August 1997 Reading 0 - 3 Bradford City Elm Park
Lawrence 10'
Pepper 17', 66'		 [ Report]
2 September 1997 Reading 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers Elm Park
Hodges 10' [ Report] Spencer 71'
Swales 72' (o.g.)
7 September 1997 West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 Reading The Hawthorns
Hunt 79' [ Report]
13 September 1997 Reading 2 - 1 Oxford United Elm Park
Asaba 21'
Hodges 61'		 [ Report] Jemson 2'
20 September 1997 Tranmere Rovers 6 - 0 Reading Prenton Park
Morrissey 4'
Kelly 10', 41' L.Jones 20'
G.Jones 38'
Thompson 59'		 [ Report]
27 September 1997 Portsmouth 0 - 2 Reading Fratton Park
[ Report] Hodges 15'
Williams 88'
4 October 1997 Reading 4 - 0 Sunderland Elm Park
Asaba 16', 26'
Williams 60'
Lambert 64'		 [ Report]
11 October 1997 Reading 3 - 3 Crewe Alexandra Elm Park
Asaba 35', 60'
Westwood 43' (o.g.)		 [ Report] Westwood 13'
Little 20'
Adebola 31'
18 October 1997 Manchester City 0 - 0 Reading Maine Road
[ Report]
21 October 1997 Norwich City 0 - 0 Reading Carrow Road
[ Report]
24 October 1997 Reading 3 - 3 Nottingham Forest Elm Park
Williams 57' (pen.)
Lambert 73'
Primus 78'		 [ Report] van Hooijdonk 3', 48' (pen.)
Beasant Red card 56'
Campbell 65'
1 November 1997 Port Vale 0 - 0 Reading Vale Park
[ Report]
4 November 1997 Reading 0 - 1 Sheffield United Elm Park
[ Report] Patterson 52'
8 November 1997 Reading 1 - 0 Stockport County Elm Park
Morely 42' (pen.) [ Report]
15 November 1997 Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Reading Alfred McAlpine Stadium
Dalton 73' [ Report]
22 November 1997 Reading 0 - 4 Ipswich Town Elm Park
[ Report] Holland 26'
Johnson 30'
Scowcroft 49'
Naylor 87'
29 November 1997 Stoke City 1 - 2 Reading Britannia Stadium
Thorne 81' [ Report] Morley 32' (pen.), 59'
6 December 1997 Reading 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic Elm Park
Hodges 9' Morely 36' (pen.) [ Report]
13 December 1997 Middlesbrough 4 - 0 Reading Riverside Stadium
Hignett 77', 90'
Beck 79', 84'		 [ Report]
20 December 1997 Reading 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Elm Park
Bodin Red card 37' [ Report] Simpson Red card 42'
26 December 1997 Reading 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion Elm Park
McDermott 1' (o.g.)
Williams 27)'		 [ Report] Kilbane 77'
28 December 1997 Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Reading Loftus Road
Spencer 15'
Maddix Red card 78'		 [ Report] Morely 64'
Asaba Red card 78'
10 January 1998 Reading 1 - 1 Bury Elm Park
Lucketti 29' (o.g.) [ Report] Jepson Red card 76'
Gray 87'
17 January 1998 Swindon Town 0 - 2 Reading The County Ground
[ Report] Lovell 9' Lambert 14'
27 January 1998 Bradford City 4 - 1 Reading Valley Parade
Lawrence 24'
Edinho 32', 68'
Blake 62'		 [ Report] Asaba 2'
31 January 1998 Reading 2 - 0 Birmingham City Elm Park
Hodges 74'
Asaba 83'		 [ Report] Furlong Red card 66'
Marsden Red card 69'
7 February 1998 Reading 1 - 3 Tranmere Rovers Elm Park
Williams 75' [ Report] Irons 10'
Kelly 65'
Branch 72'
17 February 1998 Sunderland 4 - 1 Reading Stadium of Light
Quinn 21'
Rae 22'
Phillips 46', 61'		 [ Report] Bowen 53'
21 February 1998 Reading 0 - 1 Portsmouth Elm Park
[ Report] Whitbread 83'
24 February 1998 Reading 3 - 0 Manchester City Elm Park
Hodges 8'
Houghton 29'
Asaba 89'		 [ Report]
28 February 1998 Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Reading Gresty Road
Rivers 11' [ Report]
3 March 1998 Stockport County 5 - 1 Reading Edgeley Park
Byrne 10', 32'
Angell 11', 70'
Grant 23'		 [ Report] Williams 80' (pen.)
7 March 1998 Reading 0 - 3 Port Vale Elm Park
[ Report] Mills 7'
Talbot 19'
Jansson 82'
14 March 1998 Sheffield United 4 - 0 Reading Bramall Lane
Stuart 44'
Marcelo 46'
Taylor 54'
Quinn 90'		 [ Report]
17 March 1998 Oxford United 3 - 0 Reading Manor Ground
Beauchamp 44', 70'
Gray 77'		 [ Report]
21 March 1998 Reading 0 - 2 Huddersfield Town Elm Park
[ Report] Stewart 73', 88'
28 March 1998 Ipswich Town 1 - 0 Reading Portman Road
Scowcroft 39' [ Report] Legg Red card 45'
Bernal Red card 68'
4 April 1998 Reading 2 - 0 Stoke City Elm Park
O'Neill 32'
Meaker 48'		 [ Report]
10 April 1998 Charlton Athletic 3 - 0 Reading The Valley
Mendonca 6'
Mortimer 44' Bright 79'		 [ Report]
13 April 1998 Reading 0 - 1 Middlesbrough Elm Park
[ Report] Branca 8'
Hignett Red card 90'
18 April 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 1 Reading Molineux
Muscat 9'
Goodman 69', 90'		 [ Report] Brayson 44'
26 April 1998 Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Reading City Ground
Bart-Williams 87' [ Report]
3 May 1998 Reading 0 - 1 Norwich City Elm Park
[ Report] Bellamy 57'

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Nottingham Forest 46 18 2 3 52 20 10 8 5 30 22 82 42 + 40 94
2 Middlesbrough 46 17 4 2 51 12 10 6 7 26 29 77 41 + 36 91
3 Sunderland 46 14 7 2 49 22 12 5 6 37 28 86 50 + 36 90
4 Charlton Athletic 46 17 5 1 48 17 9 5 9 32 32 80 49 + 31 88
5 Ipswich Town 46 14 5 4 47 20 9 9 5 30 23 77 43 + 34 83
6 Sheffield United 46 16 5 2 44 20 3 12 8 25 34 69 54 + 15 74
7 Birmingham City 46 10 8 5 27 15 9 9 5 33 20 60 35 + 25 74
8 Stockport County 46 14 6 3 46 21 5 2 16 25 48 71 69 + 2 65
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 6 4 42 25 5 5 13 15 28 57 53 + 4 65
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 9 8 6 27 26 7 5 11 23 30 50 56 – 6 61
11 Crewe Alexandra 46 10 2 11 30 34 8 3 12 28 31 58 65 – 7 59
12 Oxford United 46 12 6 5 36 20 4 4 15 24 44 60 64 – 4 58
13 Bradford City 46 10 9 4 26 23 4 6 13 20 36 46 59 – 13 57
14 Tranmere Rovers 46 9 8 6 34 26 5 6 12 20 31 54 57 – 3 56
15 Norwich City 46 9 8 6 32 27 5 5 13 20 42 52 69 – 17 55
16 Huddersfield Town 46 9 5 9 28 28 5 6 12 22 44 50 72 – 22 53
17 Bury 46 7 10 6 22 22 4 9 10 20 36 42 58 – 16 52
18 Swindon Town 46 9 6 8 28 25 5 4 14 14 48 42 73 – 31 52
19 Port Vale 46 7 6 10 25 24 6 4 13 31 42 56 66 – 10 49
20 Portsmouth 46 8 6 9 28 30 5 4 14 23 33 51 63 – 12 49
21 Queens Park Rangers 46 8 9 6 28 21 2 10 11 23 42 51 63 – 12 49
22 Manchester City 46 6 6 11 28 26 6 6 11 28 31 56 57 – 3 48
23 Stoke City 46 8 5 10 30 40 3 8 12 14 34 44 74 – 30 46
24 Reading 46 8 4 11 27 31 3 5 15 12 47 39 78 – 39 42

FA Cup

Main article: 1997-98 FA Cup
13 January 1998 Third Round Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Reading Whaddon Road
Watkins 22' (pen.) [ Report] Morley 71'
20 January 1998 Third Round Reply Reading 2 - 1 Cheltenham Town Elm Park
Morley 38'
Booty 72'		 [ Report] Walker 51'
24 January 1998 Fourth Round Cardiff City 1 - 1 Reading Ninian Park
Nugent 47' [ Report] Asaba 56'
3 February 1998 Fourth Round Reply Reading 1 - 1
(4 – 3 p)		 Cardiff City Elm Park
Morley 56' [ Report] Dale 40'
13 February 1998 Fifth Round Sheffield United 1 - 0 Reading Bramall Lane
Sandford 87' [ Report]

League Cup

Main article: 1997-98 Football League Cup
12 September 1998 First Round 1st Leg Reading 2 – 0 Swansea City Elm Park
Lambert 58'
Roach 75'
26 August 1998 First Round 2nd Leg Swansea City 1 – 1
(1 – 3 agg.)		 Reading Vetch Field
Coates 49'
Edwards Red card 78'		 Asaba 54'
16 September 1998 Second Round 1st Leg Reading 0 – 0 Peterborough United Elm Park
14 October 1998 Second Round 2nd Leg Peterborough United 0 – 2
(0 – 2 agg.)		 Reading London Road
Payne Red card 1' Asaba 51'
Williams 70'
14 October 1998 Third Round Reading 4 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Elm Park
Williams 33' (o.g.)
Parkinson 34'
Meaker 46'
McPherson 54'		 Bull 44', 57'
18 November 1998 Fourth Round Leeds United 2 – 3 Reading Elland Road
19:45 Wetherall 16'
Bowyer 54'		 Asaba 9'
Williams 66'
Morley 85'		 Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Graham Barber
6 January 1998 Quarter-finals Reading 0 – 1 Middlesbrough Elm Park
19:45 Hignett 89' Attendance: 13,072
Referee: George Cain

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Sal Bibbo 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Nick Hammond 24 0 18+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Scott Howie 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Australia AUS Steve Mautone 19 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
DF Australia AUS Andy Bernal 45 0 34+0 0 5+0 0 6+0 0
DF Wales WAL Paul Bodin 6 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Martyn Booty 35 2 24+1 1 5+0 1 4+1 0
DF England ENG Gareth Davies 22 0 17+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF Wales WAL Andy Legg 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Keith McPherson 30 2 24+0 1 0+0 0 6+0 1
DF England ENG Linvoy Primus 42 1 36+0 1 1+0 0 5+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Swales 42 1 26+5 1 5+0 0 6+0 0
DF England ENG Michael Thorp 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF Poland POL Dariusz Wdowczyk 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF England ENG Darren Caskey 26 0 19+4 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Crawford 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Byron Glasgow 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Gray 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Lee Hodges 36 7 20+4 7 4+1 0 6+1 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ray Houghton 35 1 20+5 1 2+2 0 5+1 0
MF Australia AUS Stuart Lovell 18 1 8+7 1 2+1 0 0+0 0
MF Wales WAL Michael Meaker 26 2 16+5 1 0+2 0 3+0 1
MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Neill 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Phil Parkinson 47 1 36+1 0 5+0 0 5+0 1
FW England ENG Carl Asaba 42 12 31+1 8 3+0 1 7+0 3
FW England ENG Jason Bowen 20 1 11+3 1 5+0 0 0+1 0
FW England ENG Paul Brayson 6 1 2+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Robert Fleck 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Jamie Lambert 43 4 33+1 3 3+0 0 6+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Jim McIntyre 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Trevor Morley 30 8 17+6 4 5+0 3 2+0 1
FW England ENG Neville Roach 13 1 0+8 0 0+0 0 4+1 1
FW England ENG Martin Williams 36 7 25+4 6 1+1 0 3+2 1
Players who appeared for Reading who left during the season:
GK Republic of Ireland IRL Nick Colgan 11 0 5+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paddy Kelly 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Lee Sandford 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Paul Holsgrove 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW England ENG Mark Robins 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW England Carl Asaba 8 1 3 12
2 FW England Trevor Morley 4 3 1 8
3 FW England Martin Williams 6 0 1 7
MF England Lee Hodges 7 0 0 7
5 FW England Jamie Lambert 3 0 1 4
Own goal 3 0 1 4
7 MF Wales Michael Meaker 1 0 1 2
8 DF England Linvoy Primus 1 0 0 1
DF England Steve Swales 1 0 0 1
MF Republic of Ireland Ray Houghton 1 0 0 1
MF Australia Stuart Lovell 1 0 0 1
FW England Jason Bowen 1 0 0 1
MF Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill 1 0 0 1
FW England Paul Brayson 1 0 0 1
15 DF England Martyn Booty 0 1 0 1
DF England Keith McPherson 0 0 1 1
MF England Phil Parkinson 0 0 1 1
FW England Neville Roach 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 39 5 11 55

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Australia DF Andy Bernal 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2
England DF Martyn Booty 3 0 1 0 2 0 6 0
England DF Gareth Davies 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Wales DF Andy Legg 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
England DF Keith McPherson 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
England DF Linvoy Primus 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
England DF Steve Swales 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Poland DF Dariusz Wdowczyk 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wales MF Michael Meaker 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Republic of Ireland MF Ray Houghton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England MF Lee Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England MF Phil Parkinson 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
England MF Darren Caskey 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Australia MF Stuart Lovell 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England FW Carl Asaba 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
England FW Jason Bowen 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW Robert Fleck 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Jim McIntyre 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England FW Jamie Lambert 7 0 2 0 1 0 10 0
England FW Trevor Morley 4 0 1 0 2 0 7 0
England FW Martin Williams 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
TOTALS 65 4 6 0 7 0 78 4

References

  1. ^ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2125&teamTabs=transfers&season_id=127

Soccerbase.com

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