2002–03 Reading F.C. season

November 2020 December 2012 Reading 2002–03 Alan Pardew Manager Sir John Madejski Chairman First Division 4th (play-off semi-finals) FA Cup Third Round vs Walsall League Cup First Round vs Cambridge United Nicky Forster (15) Nicky Forster (16) _whiteborder _bluehoops _whiteborder 0000ff 0000ff 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 season was Reading's first season back in the First Division, since their promotion from the Second Division in 2002. Season review See also Football League First Division 2002–03 Squad match played 14 May 2003 No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (AgeAge as of the end of the season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Phil Whitehead ENG GK yes 2003 5 14 1969 12 17 West Bromwich Albion 1999 108 0 21 Jamie Ashdown ENG GK yes 2003 5 14 1980 11 30 Academy 1998 5 0 31 Marcus Hahnemann USA GK yes 2003 5 14 1972 6 15 Fulham 2002 50 0 32 Jamie Young ENGlower-alpha YoungNat Jamie Young was born in Brisbane, Australia, and but qualified to represent England, represent England at U18, U19 and U20 level. GK yes 2003 5 14 1985 8 25 Academy 2002 0 0 Defenders 2 Graeme Murty ENGlower-alpha MurtyNat Murty was born in Nunthorpe, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Scotland in 2004. DF yes 2003 5 14 1974 11 13 York City 1998 155 1 3 Nicky Shorey ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1981 2 19 Leyton Orient 2001 86 2 5 Adi Viveash ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1969 9 30 Walsall 2000 2003 91 4 6 John Mackie ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1976 7 5 Sutton United 1999 75 2 8 Ady Williams WALlower-alpha WilliamsNat Adrian Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, making his international debut for Wales in 1994. DF yes 2003 5 14 1971 8 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/817593.stm Reading reveal new trio BBC 3 July 2000 17 October 2012 2003 26 Alex Smith ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1976 2 15 Port Vale 2001 18 3 29 Steve Brown ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1972 5 13 Charlton Athletic 2002 25 1 35 Ahmet Rifat ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1986 1 3 Academy 2003 0 0 37 Peter Castle ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1987 3 12 Academy 2003 1 0 Midfielders 4 Kevin Watson ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1974 1 3 Rotherham United 2003 45 2 11 Andy Hughes ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1978 1 2 Notts County 2001 89 15 14 Sammy Igoe ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1975 9 30 Portsmouth 2000 105 7 15 James Harper ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1980 11 9 Arsenal 2001 86 4 16 Glen Little ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1975 10 15 on loan from Burnley 2003 2003 7 1 17 John Salako ENGlower-alpha SalakoNat John Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally, making his international debut for England in 1991. MF yes 2003 5 14 1969 2 11 Charlton Athletic 2001 78 10 19 Joe Gamble IRL MF yes 2003 5 14 1982 1 14 Cork City 2000 13 0 23 Andre Boucaud ENGlower-alpha BoucaudNat Andre Boucaud was born in Enfield, England, and but chose to represent Trinidad and Tobago, qualifying through his parents. Boucaud represented Trinidad and Tobago 13 days after being released by Reading in 2004. MF yes 2003 5 14 1984 10 10 Academy 2002 0 0 25 Ricky Newman ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1970 8 5 Millwall 2000 83 2 27 Steve Sidwell ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1982 12 14 Arsenal 2003 15 2 28 Steve Warren ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1983 9 27 Crystal Palace 2003 0 0 30 Luke Chadwick ENG MF yes 2003 5 14 1980 11 18 loan from Manchester United 2003 2003 17 1 34 Darren Campbell SCOlower-alpha CampbellNat Darren Campbell was born in Cambridge, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents.Campbell represented the England U-17's in 2002 and then the Scotland U-17 team 2003. MF yes 2003 5 14 1986 4 16 Academy 2003 1 0 Forwards 7 Tony Rougier TRI FW yes 2003 5 14 1971 7 17 Port Vale 2000 99 6 9 Martin Butler ENG FW yes 2003 5 14 1974 9 15 Cambridge United 2000 115 36 10 Nicky Forster ENG FW yes 2003 5 14 1973 9 8 Birmingham City 1999 147 47 12 Jamie Cureton ENG FW yes 2003 5 14 1975 8 28 Bristol Rovers 2000 127 55 20 Bas Savage ENG FW yes 2003 5 14 1982 1 7 Academy 2001 1 0 22 Nathan Tyson ENG FW yes 2003 5 14 1982 5 4 Academy 1999 32 1 24 Darius Henderson ENG FW yes 2003 5 14 1981 9 7 Academy 1999 82 15 Out on loan Left during the season 16 Phil Parkinson ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1967 12 1 Bury 1992 18 Adrian Whitbread ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1971 10 22 Portsmouth 2001 37 0 27 Ricky Allaway ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1983 2 12 Academy 1999 0 0 29 Matthew Upson ENG DF yes 2003 5 14 1979 4 18 loan from Arsenal 2002 2002 15 1 lower-alpha Left club during season 16 ENG MF Phil Parkinson to Colchester 18 ENG DF Adrian Whitbread Retired 27 ENG DF Ricky Allaway Released 29 ENG DF Matthew Upson returned to Arsenal after loan Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 8 August 2002 GK USA Marcus Hahnemann Fulham Free 19 December 2002 DF ENG Steve Brown Charlton Athletic Free 20 January 2003 MF ENG Steve Sidwell Arsenal Undisclosed Fee 11 February 2003 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/2678087.stm Sidwell joins Reading BBC Sport 21 October 2013 20 March 2003 Mario Noto Tottenham Hotspur Free Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2002 DF ENG Matthew Robinson Oxford United Free 9 August 2002 GK AUS Frank Talia Wycombe Wanderers Free 16 August 2002 DF ENG Neil Smith Stevenage Free 1 November 2002 DF ENG Ricky Allaway Basingstoke Town Free 25 February 2003 MF ENG Phil Parkinson Colchester United Free Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From Until Ref. 5 September 2002 DF ENG Matthew Upson Arsenal 8 December 2002 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/2238300.stm Reading secure Upson deal BBC Sport 5 September 2002 21 October 2013 7 February 2003 MF ENG Luke Chadwick Manchester United 19 March 2003 27 March 2003 MF ENG Luke Chadwick Manchester United 15 May 2003 1 April 2003 MF ENG Glen Little Burnley 15 May 2003 Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Until Ref. 12 December 2002 DF ENG Alex Smith Shrewsbury Town 4 May 2003 Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref. 9 April 2003 DF ENG Adrian WhitbreadRetired 2 June 2003 DF ENG Adi Viveash Swindon Town 2 June 2003 ENG Steve Warren 1 July 2003 DF ENG Alex Smith Chester City November 2003 Competitions y First Division 4th 10 August 2002 4 May 2003 FL Cup 1st round 1st round 10 September 2002 10 September 2002 y FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 4 January 2003 14 January 2003 match played 4 May 2003 Division One Results summary 13 3 7 33 21 12 1 10 28 25 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A Result L/W/L/L/W/W/D/L/L/W/D/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/L/L/L/W/L/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/L Position 20/11/15/20/15/11/8/12/13/11/11/9/9/10/12/10/8/7/4/5/5/6/6/7/6/7/7/7/5/5/4/3/3/3/3/4/3/4/4/4/4/4/5/4/4/4 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 blue1 red1 Soccerbase; 11v11 May 2026 Fixtures and results 2002–03 Football League First Division 10 August 2002 Derby County 3–0 Report Reading Lee 60 Ravanelli 62 Christie 71 Pride Park 33,016 L 13 August 2002 Reading 2–1 Report Sheffield Wednesday Cureton 47 78 Sibon 18 Quinn 2 89 90 Madejski Stadium 13,638 W 17 August 2002 Reading 1–2 Report Coventry City Cureton 12 pen. Davenport 74 Bothroyd 81 Madejski Stadium 14,712 L 24 August 2002 Leicester City 2–1 Report Reading Deane 3 Dickov 4 pen. Cureton 20 pen. Walkers Stadium 22,978 L 27 August 2002 Reading 3–0 Report Burnley Cureton 55 90 Butler 87 Madejski Stadium 12,009 W 31 August 2002 Walsall 0–2 Report Reading Martínez 0 84 Hughes 78 90 Bescot Stadium 5,327 W 7 September 2002 Rotherham United 0–0 Report Reading Don Valley Stadium 6,154 D 14 September 2002 Reading 0–1 Report Wimbledon McAnuff 90 Madejski Stadium 14,832 L 18 September 2002 Reading 0–2 Report Norwich City McVeigh 3 Mulryne 5 Madejski Stadium 14,335 L 21 September 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Report Reading Hughes 58 Molineux 25,560 W 28 September 2002 Reading 1–1 Report Stoke City Rougier 11 Vandeurzen 39 Madejski Stadium 13,646 D 5 October 2002 Grimsby Town 0–3 Report Reading Hughes 15 Forster 33 Pouton 90 o.g. Blundell Park 5,582 W 19 October 2002 Reading 3–1 Report Ipswich Town Forster 28 40 69 Ambrose 61 Madejski Stadium 19,524 W 26 October 2002 Preston North End 1–0 Report Reading Cresswell 22 Deepdale 13,021 L 29 October 2002 Reading 1–0 Report Bradford City Shorey 70 Madejski Stadium 12,110 W 2 November 2002 Reading 2–0 Report Millwall Forster 5 Hughes 90 Madejski Stadium 13,081 W 9 October 2002 Gillingham 0–1 Report Reading Rougier 82 Priestfield Stadium 8,511 W 23 November 2002 Reading 1–0 Report Watford Watson 61 Madejski Stadium 17,465 W 26 November 2002 Crystal Palace 0–1 Report Reading Forster 39 Selhurst Park 15,712 W 29 November 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Report Reading Salako 22 Withdean Stadium 6,817 W 7 December 2002 Reading 0–0 Report Portsmouth Madejski Stadium 23,462 D 14 December 2002 Reading 0–2 Report Sheffield United Harley 59 Windass 76 Madejski Stadium 18,534 L 21 December 2002 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Report Reading Johnson 4 Harewood 67 City Ground 25,831 L 26 December 2002 Coventry City 2–0 Report Reading Hignett 39 Partridge 52 Highfield Road 19,526 L 28 December 2002 Reading 2–1 Report Derby County Tyson 5 Cureton 89 Burley 7 pen. Madejski Stadium 16,299 W 1 January 2003 Reading Abandoned http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2606729.stm Leicester City Madejski Stadium P Match abandoned at half-time due to waterlogged pitch with the score 0-0. 11 January 2003 Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 Report Reading Quinn 52 Sibon 69 Johnston 71 Forster 9 Butler 19 Hillsborough 17,715 L 18 January 2003 Reading 0–0 Report Walsall Madejski Stadium 11,786 D 28 January 2003 Reading 1–3 Report Leicester City Hughes 54 Dickov 17 26 pen. Heath 34 Madejski Stadium 17,156 L 1 February 2003 Burnley 2–5 Report Reading Moore 55 West 90 Sidwell 37 79 Salako 45 52 Henderson 90 Turf Moor 14,420 W 10 February 2003 Reading 2–1 Report Gillingham Chadwick 13 Salako 87 Wallace 10 Madejski Stadium 11,030 W 15 February 2003 Millwall 0–2 Report Reading Forster 45 Henderson 83 The Den 7,038 W 18 February 2003 Sheffield United 1–3 Report Reading Brown 4 Forster 36 80 Williams 74 Bramall Lane 16,884 W 22 February 2003 Reading 3–0 Report Rotherham United Harper 15 Hughes 32 Forster 40 Madejski Stadium 14,816 W 1 March 2003 Wimbledon 2–0 Report Reading Francis 31 Tapp 85 Selhurst Park 3,869 L 5 March 2003 Norwich City 0–1 Report Reading Kenton75 o.g. Carrow Road 18,970 W 12 March 2003 Reading 0–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Miller 44 Madejski Stadium 19,731 L 15 March 2003 Reading 2–1 Report Crystal Palace Brown 66 Harper 90 Johnson 76 Madejski Stadium 18,063 W 18 March 2003 Ipswich Town 3–1 Report Reading Gaardsoe 1 Magilton 31 Holland 70 Forster 16 Portman Road 24,108 L 22 March 2003 Bradford City 0–1 Report Reading Forster 66 Bradford & Bingley Stadium 11,385 W 4 April 2003 Reading 1–2 Report Brighton & Hove Albion Cureton 83 Brooker 17 Kitson 77 Madejski Stadium 16,133 L 15 April 2003 Reading 5–1 Report Preston North End Forster 29 41 57 Shorey 56 pen. Henderson 90 Jackson 2 2 27 Lucas 0 55 Mears 83 Madejski Stadium 14,012 W 18 April 2003 Reading 1–0 Report Nottingham Forest Hughes 74 Madejski Stadium 21,612 W 21 April 2003 Portsmouth 3–0 Report Reading Pericard 19 45 Todorov 71 Fratton Park 19,535 L 26 April 2003 Reading 2–1 Report Grimsby Town Little 2 Hughes 22 Keane 90 Madejski Stadium 20,273 W 30 April 2003 Watford 0–3 Report Reading Rougier 27 Henderson 70 Cureton 90 Vicarage Road 11,814 W 4 May 2003 Stoke City 1–0 Report Reading Akinbiyi 55 Britannia Stadium 20,477 L Playoffs Semi-finals Football_League_Championship_Play-Offs#2003 10 May 2003 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Report Reading Newton 74 Naylor 82 Forster 25 Tyson 0 90+2 Molineux 27,678 A Kaye L 14 May 2003 19:45 Reading 0–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Rae 82 Madejski Stadium 24,060 Howard Webb L Reading lost 3–1 on aggregate League table REA League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup 10 September 2002 Cambridge United 3–1 Report Reading Duncan 24 Kitson 39 Tudor 71 Upson 89 Abbey Stadium 2,696 L FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup 4 January 2003 Third round 15:00 Walsall 0–0 Report Reading Bescot Stadium 5,987 D 14 January 2003 Third round reply 20:00 Reading 1–1 yes Report Walsall Aranalde 32 o.g. Wrack 7 1–4 Butler Cureton Harper Aranalde Zdrilic Simpson Bazeley Madejski Stadium 8,767 D First team statistics Appearances and goals match played 14 May 2003http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2125&teamTabs=stats&season_id=141 Reading F.C. player appearances: 2002–03 Soccerbase 23 April 2013 First Division Play-offs FA Cup League Cup 1 Phil Whitehead ENG GK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Graeme Murty SCO DF 43+1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 Nicky Shorey ENG DF 43 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 Kevin Watson ENG MF 24+8 1 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Adi Viveash ENG DF 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 John Mackie ENG DF 20+5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 Tony Rougier TRI FW 13+7 3 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 8 Ady Williams WAL DF 38 1 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 9 Martin Butler ENG FW 12+9 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 Nicky Forster ENG FW 35+5 16 1 1 1+1 0 1 0 11 Andy Hughes ENG MF 41+2 9 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 12 Jamie Cureton ENG FW 13+14 9 1+1 0 1+1 0 1 0 14 Sammy Igoe ENG FW 8+7 0 0 0 2 0 0+1 0 15 James Harper ENG MF 34+2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 Glenn Little ENG MF 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 John Salako ENG MF 33+10 4 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 21 Jamie Ashdown ENG GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Nathan Tyson ENG FW 9+14 1 0+1 0 2 0 0+1 0 24 Darius Henderson ENG FW 1+21 4 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 25 Ricky Newman ENG MF 21+7 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 26 Alex Smith ENG DF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Steve Sidwell ENG MF 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 Steve Brown ENG DF 21 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 30 Luke Chadwick ENG MF 15 1 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 31 Marcus Hahnemann USA GK 41 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 34 Darren Campbell SCO MF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Peter Castle ENG DF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season: 16 Phil Parkinson ENG MF 0+6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 Matthew Upson ENG DF 13+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 |} Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameFirst DivisionPlay OffFA CupLeague CupTotal1 FWENG 10 Nicky Forster 16 1 0 0 17 2 FWENG 12 Jamie Cureton 9 0 0 0 9MFENG 11 Andy Hughes 9 0 0 0 9 4 MFENG 17 John Salako 4 0 0 0 4FWENG 24 Darius Henderson 4 0 0 0 46 FWTRI 7 Tony Rougier 3 0 0 0 3 7 MFENG 15 James Harper 2 0 0 0 2DFENG 3 Nicky Shorey 2 0 0 0 2FWENG 9 Martin Butler 2 0 0 0 2MFENG 27 Steve Sidwell 2 0 0 0 2 11 DFENG 29 Steve Brown 1 0 0 0 1MFENG 4 Kevin Watson 1 0 0 0 1FWENG 22 Nathan Tyson 1 0 0 0 1MFENG 30 Luke Chadwick 1 0 0 0 1DFWAL 8 Ady Williams 1 0 0 0 1MFENG 16 Glen Little 1 0 0 0 1DFENG 29 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 1 1Totals58 1 0 1 60 Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameFirst DivisionPlay OffFA CupLeague CupTotal25 ENG MF Ricky Newman 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 06 ENG DF John Mackie 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 129 ENG DF Steve Brown 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 08 WAL DF Ady Williams 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 07 TRI FW Tony Rougier 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 04 ENG MF Kevin Watson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 014 ENG MF Sammy Igoe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 010 ENG FW Nicky Forster 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 011 ENG MF Andy Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 03 ENG DF Nicky Shorey 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 027 ENG MF Steve Sidwell 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 029 ENG DF Matthew Upson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 022 ENG FW Nathan Tyson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19 ENG FW Martin Butler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 SCO DF Graeme Murty 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 017 ENG MF John Salako 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05 ENG DF Adi Viveash 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 ENG MF James Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 024 ENG FW Darius Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Totals622314010704 Team kit Reading's kit for the 2002–03 was manufactured by Kit@, and the main sponsor was Westcoast. none center _whitehoops 27287C 27287C 27287C 27287C 27287C 2002–03 home colours none center FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 2002–03 away colours References Soccerbase Category:Reading F.C. seasons Reading