1991–92 Reading F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Reading 1991–92 Player-manager Mark McGhee John Madejski Elm Park Third Division 12th FA Cup Third round League Cup First round League Trophy Preliminary round Craig Maskell (16) _navyborder _collarnavy _navyborder _whiteline deeef4 deeef4 deeef4 000066 000066 1990–91 1992–93 During the 1991–92 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. It was their first season with Mark McGhee as their player-manager and they finished in 12th place in the league. They also reached Round 3 of the FA Cup, Round 1 of the League Cup and the Southern Primarily Group of the League Trophy. Squad match played 2 May 1992 Name Nationality Position Date of birth (AgeAge as of the end of the season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers Steve Francis ENG GK yes 1992 5 2 1964 5 29 Chelsea 1987 Danny Honey ENG GK Trainee 1989 Defenders Nathan Fealey ENG DF Trainee 1991 1 0 Mark Holzman ENG DF yes 1992 5 2 1973 2 21 Trainee 1991 22 1 Keith McPherson ENG DF yes 1992 5 2 1963 9 11 Northampton Town 1990 Steve Richardson ENG DF yes 1992 5 2 1962 2 11 Southampton 1982 Floyd Streete JAM DF yes 1992 5 2 1959 5 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1990 Linden Jones WAL DF yes 1992 5 2 1961 3 5 Newport County 1987 Ady Williams ENGlower-alpha WilliamsNat 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. DF yes 1992 5 2 1971 8 16 Trainee 1989 Midfielders Danny Bailey ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1964 5 21 Exeter City 1989 David Bass ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1974 11 29 Trainee 1991 3 0 Kevin Dillon ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1959 12 18 Newcastle United 1991 33 3 Aaron Giamettei ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1973 10 11 Trainee 1992 2 0 Michael Gilkes ENGlower-alpha GilkesNat Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000. MF yes 1992 5 2 1965 7 20 Leicester City 1984 Mick Gooding ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1959 4 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1989 Chris Seymour ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1971 9 14 Trainee 1991 Scott Taylor ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1970 11 23 Trainee 1989 Forwards Stuart Lovell AUS FW yes 1992 5 2 1972 1 9 Trainee 1990 Lea Barkus ENG FW yes 1992 5 2 1974 12 7 Trainee 1991 6 0 Andy Gray ENG FW yes 1992 5 2 1973 10 25 Trainee 1991 1 0 Craig Maskell ENG FW yes 1992 5 2 1968 4 10 Huddersfield Town 1990 David Robinson ENG FW yes 1992 5 2 1969 11 27 Newcastle United 1992 8 0 Trevor Senior ENG FW yes 1992 5 2 1961 11 28 Middlesbrough 1988 Gerry Britton SCO FW yes 1992 5 2 1970 10 20 loan from Celtic 1991 1992 4 0 Mark McGhee (Player-Manager) SCO FW yes 1992 5 2 1957 5 25 IK Brage 1991 37 5 Out on loan Left during the season John Keeley ENG GK yes 1992 5 2 1961 7 27 loan from Oldham Athletic 1992 1992 6 0 Jim Leighton SCO GK yes 1992 5 2 1958 7 24 loan from Manchester United 1991 1992 11 0 David Lee ENG DF yes 1992 5 2 1969 11 26 loan from Chelsea 1992 1992 5 0 Steve Morrow NIR DF yes 1992 5 2 1970 7 2 loan from Arsenal 1991 David Byrne ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1961 3 5 loan from Watford 1991 1991 7 2 Allan Cockram ENG MF yes 1992 5 2 1963 10 8 Woking 1991 Neale Cooper SCOlower-alpha CooperNat Neale Cooper was born in Darjeeling, India, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his debut for Scotland U21 in 1981. MF yes 1992 5 2 1963 11 24 Aberdeen 1991 9 0 Dave Leworthy ENG FW yes 1992 5 2 1962 10 22 Oxford United 1989 Steve Archibald SCO FW yes 1992 5 2 1956 9 27 Clyde 1992 1 0 Left club during season y y ENG GK John Keeley loan return to Oldham Athletic y SCO GK Jim Leighton loan return to Manchester United y ENG DF David Lee loan return to Chelsea y ENG DF Steve Morrow loan return to Arsenal y ENG MF David Byrne loan return to Watford y y ENG MF Allan Cockram to Farnborough Town y SCO MF Neale Cooper to Dunfermline Athletic y ENG FW Dave Leworthy to Farnborough Town y SCO FW Steve Archibald to Fulham Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. Summer 1991 MF ENG Allan Cockram Woking Summer 1991 MF ENG Kevin Dillon Newcastle United Free 10 May 1991 FW SCO Mark McGhee IK Brage 1 July 1991 MF SCO Neale Cooper Aberdeen Neale Cooper http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=Neale+Cooper&type=playerAll Soccerbase 25 March 2014 26 March 1992 FW ENG David Robinson Newcastle United Free David Robinson http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6815 Soccerbase 25 March 2014 Winter 1992 FW SCO Steve Archibald Clyde Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref. Summer 1991 MF ENG David Byrne Watford Winter 1992 29 November 1991 GK SCO Jim Leighton Manchester United 6 February 1992 Jim Leighton http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4472 Soccerbase 25 March 2014 30 October 1991 DF NIR Steve Morrow Arsenal 3 March 1992 Steve Morrow http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5619 Soccerbase 25 March 2014 30 January 1992 DF ENG David Lee Swindon Town 25 March 1992 David Lee http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4457 Soccerbase 25 March 2014 6 February 1992 GK ENG John Keeley Oldham Athletic 4 March 1992 John Keeley http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=John+Keeley&type=playerAll Soccerbase 25 March 2014 Winter 1992 FW SCO Gerry Britton Celtic Summer 1992 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. Summer 1991 DF ENG Martin Hicks Birmingham City 29 November 1991 MF SCO Neale Cooper Dunfermline Athletic Winter 1992 FW ENG Dave Leworthy Farnborough Town Winter 1992 FW SCO Steve Archibald Fulham Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Summer 1991George Friel http://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/50/George_Friel readingfcformerplayers 25 March 2014 25 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140325143520/http://www.readingfcformerplayers.co.uk/players/50/George_Friel dead FW ENG George Friel Winter 1992 MF ENG Allan Cockram Farnborough Town 30 June 1992 GK ENG Danny Honey 30 June 1992 DF ENG Nathan Fealey 30 June 1992 DF JAM Floyd Streete Leighton Town 30 June 1992 MF ENG Aaron Giamettei 30 June 1992 MF ENG Chris Seymour Competitions Division Three 1991–92 Football League#Third Division 2 Results 17 August 1991 1 Reading 0–1 Hull City Elm Park Reading L 24 August 1991 2 Hartlepool United 0–2 Reading Victoria Park Hartlepool L 31 August 1991 3 Reading 3–2 Bury Senior McPherson McGhee Elm Park Reading W 3 September 1991 4 Swansea City 1–2 Reading D.Byrne Senior Vetch Field Swansea W 7 September 1991 5 Reading 1–1 Birmingham City D.Byrne Elm Park Reading D 14 September 191 6 Brentford 1–0 Reading Griffin Park Brentford L 17 September 1991 7 Torquay United 1–2 Reading Senior M.Holzman Plainmoor Torquay W 21 September 1991 8 Reading 1–2 Bradford City Gooding Elm Park Reading L 28 September 1991 9 Exeter City 2–1 Reading Lovell St James Park Exeter L 5 October 1991 10 Reading 0–0 Bournemouth Elm Park Reading D 11 October 1991 11 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Reading Cockram Springfield Park Wigan D 19 October 1991 12 Reading 1–1 Peterborough United Dillon . pen. Elm Park Reading D 26 October 1991 13 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Reading Dillon Taylor Gay Meadow Shrewsbury W 2 November 1991 14 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Reading Gooding Burnden Park Bolton D 5 November 1991 15 Reading 2–2 Darlington Maskell Williams Elm Park Reading D 9 November 1991 16 Reading 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Taylor Elm Park Reading L 23 November 1991 17 Chester City 2–2 Reading Maskell . pen. Moss Rose Macclesfield D Chester City ground shared with Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose, after leaving The Stadium. 30 November 1991 18 Reading 1–1 Stockport County Maskell Elm Park Reading D 20 December 1991 19 Reading 0–1 Hartlepool United Elm Park Reading L 26 December 1991 20 Bury 0–1 Reading Maskell Gigg Lane Bury W 28 December 1991 21 Hull City 0–1 Reading Senior Boothferry Park Hull W 1 January 1992 22 Reading 1–0 Swansea City Senior Elm Park Reading W 11 January 1992 23 Reading 1–0 Huddersfield Town Senior Elm Park Reading W 18 January 1992 24 Stoke City 3–0 Reading Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent L 1 February 1992 25 Peterborough United 5–3 Reading Richardson D.Lee Maskell . pen. London Road Stadium Peterborough L 8 February 1992 26 Reading 2–1 Shrewsbury Town D.Lee Senior Elm Park Reading W 11 February 1992 27 Stockport County 1–0 Reading Edgeley Park Stockport L 15 February 1992 28 Reading 0–2 Fulham Elm Park Reading L 22 February 1992 29 Huddersfield Town 1–2 Reading D.Lee Williams Leeds Road Huddersfield W 29 February 1992 30 Reading 2–2 Preston North End D.Lee Elm Park Reading D 4 March 1992 31 Reading 3–4 Stoke City Lovell Williams Gooding Elm Park Reading L 7 March 1992 32 Leyton Orient 1–1 Reading Maskell Brisbane Road Leyton D 10 March 1992 33 Darlington 2–4 Reading Maskell Cork . o.g. Feethams Darlington W 14 March 1992 34 Reading 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Brown . o.g. Elm Park Reading W 21 March 1992 35 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Reading The Hawthorns West Bromwich L 28 March 1992 36 Reading 0–0 Chester City Elm Park Reading D 1 April 1992 37 Reading 0–0 Brentford Elm Park Reading D 4 April 1992 38 Birmingham City 2–0 Reading St Andrew's Birmingham L 7 April 1992 39 Fulham 1–0 Reading Craven Cottage Fulham L 11 April 1992 40 Reading 6–1 Torquay United Dillon Lovell Barkus McGhee Maskell Elm Park Reading W 14 April 1992 41 Preston North End 1–1 Reading Maskell Deepdale Preston D 18 April 1992 42 Bradford City 1–0 Reading Valley Parade Bradford L 20 April 1992 43 Reading 1–0 Exeter City McGhee Elm Park Reading W 25 April 1992 44 Bournemouth 3–2 Reading Watson . o.g. Williams Dean Court Bournemouth L 29 April 1992 45 Reading 3–2 Leyton Orient Maskell McGhee Elm Park Reading W 2 May 1992 46 Reading 3–2 Wigan Athletic Maskell McGhee Lovell Elm Park Reading W League table Third Division y REA FA Cup 1991–92 FA Cup 16 November 1991 1st Round Slough Town 3–3 Reading Williams Gooding Taylor Wexham Park Slough D 27 November 1991 1st Round Replay Reading 2–1 Slough Town Williams Lovell Elm Park Reading W 7 December 1991 2nd Round Peterborough United 0–0 Reading London Road Stadium Peterborough D 17 December 1991 2nd Round Replay Reading 1–0 Peterborough United Reading Lovell Elm Park W 4 January 1992 3rd Round Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Reading Philliskirk Burnden Park Bolton 7,301 L League Cup 1991–92 Football League Cup 21 August 1991 1st Round 1st Leg Cambridge United 1–0 Reading Abbey Stadium Cambridge L 28 August 1991 1st Round 2nd Leg Reading 0–3 0–4 Cambridge United Elm Park Reading L Autoglass Trophy 1991–92 Football League Trophy 22 October 1991 Southern Primarily Group 3 Leyton Orient 1–0 Reading Brisbane Road Leyton 1,052Reading's results from season 1991/1992 http://www.reading-mad.co.uk/results_fixtures/1991_1992/reading/index.shtml Reading-Mad 25 March 2014 L 20 November 1991 Southern Primarily Group 3 Northampton Town 2–0 Reading Sixfields Stadium Northampton 1,151 L Squad statistics match played 2 May 1992Season 1991–92 http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/seasons/1991.html royalsrecord 25 March 2014 Appearances and goals Third Division FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Steve Francis GK ENG 32 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 Danny Honey GK ENG 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan Fealey DF ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Linden Jones DF WAL 28+1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Keith McPherson DF ENG 44 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 Steve Richardson DF ENG 38 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 Floyd Streete DF JAM 34 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 Ady Williams DF ENG 40 4 5 2 2 0 1 0 Danny Bailey MF ENG 23+1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 David Bass MF ENG 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Dillon MF ENG 29 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 Aaron Giamettei MF ENG 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Gilkes MF ENG 19+1 0 4 0 1+1 0 1 0 Mick Gooding MF ENG 39+1 3 5 1 2 0 2 0 Mark Holzman MF ENG 11+5 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 Chris Seymour MF ENG 3+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 Scott Taylor MF ENG 22+7 2 1 1 1+1 0 2 0 Lea Barkus FW ENG 4+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Britton FW SCO 0+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Gray FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stuart Lovell FW AUS 16+8 4 2+2 2 0 0 1+1 0 Craig Maskell FW ENG 29+5 16 5 0 0 0 1 0 Mark McGhee FW SCO 23+9 5 1 0 1+1 0 2 0 David Robinson FW ENG 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trevor Senior FW ENG 20+5 7 1 0 0+1 0 1 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season: John Keeley GK ENG 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Leighton GK SCO 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 David Lee DF ENG 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Morrow DF NIR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Byrne MF ENG 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Allan Cockram MF ENG 2+4 1 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 Neale Cooper MF SCO 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Dave Leworthy FW ENG 3+3 0 0 0 2 0 0+1 0 Steve Archibald FW SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Goal Scorers PlacePositionNationNameThird DivisionFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotal1 FWENGCraig Maskell16000162 FWENGTrevor Senior700073 FWAUSStuart Lovell42006DFWALAdy Williams420065 DFENGDavid Lee50005FWSCOMark McGhee500057 MFENGMick Gooding310048 FWENGKevin Dillon30003Own goal30003MFENGScott Taylor2100311MFENGDavid Byrne2000212FWENGLea Barkus10001MFENGAllan Cockram10001MFENGMark Holzman10001DFENGKeith McPherson10001DFENGSteve Richardson10001TOTALS5960068 Team kit Reading's kit for the 1991–92 was manufactured by Matchwinner, and the main sponsor was HAT Painting. none center _redborder _whitehoops _redborder 0000AA 0000AA 0000AA 1991–92 home colours none center FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1991–92 away colours Notes lower-alpha References External links Soccerbase.com Category:Reading F.C. seasons Reading