1995–96 Reading F.C. season

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Reading
1995–96 season
ChairmanJohn Madejski
ManagerMick Gooding and
Jimmy Quinn (player-managers)
StadiumElm Park
First Division19th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Lee Nogan/Jimmy Quinn (10)
All: Jimmy Quinn (16)

During the 1995–96 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following missing out on promotion to the Premier League the previous season.

Squad[]

As of match played 5 May 1996
Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[a]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
Borislav Mikhailov Bulgaria GK (1963-02-12)12 February 1963 (aged 33) Botev Plovdiv 1995 17 0
Nick Hammond England GK (1967-09-07)7 September 1967 (aged 28) Plymouth Argyle 1996 6 0
Simon Sheppard England GK (1973-08-07)7 August 1973 (aged 22) Watford 1994 22 0
Steve Sutton England GK (1961-04-16)16 April 1961 (aged 35) loan from Derby County 1996 1996 2 0
Defenders
Andy Bernal Australia DF (1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 23) Sydney Olympic 1994 85 2
Martyn Booty England DF (1971-05-30)30 May 1971 (aged 24) Crewe Alexandra 1996 17 1
Keith McPherson England DF (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 32) Northampton Town 1990
Steve Swales England DF (1973-12-26)26 December 1973 (aged 22) Scarborough 1995 11 0
Michael Thorp England DF (1975-12-05)5 December 1975 (aged 20) Trainee 1995 5 0
Dylan Kerr Malta DF (1967-01-14)14 January 1967 (aged 29) Leeds United 1993 104 5
Dariusz Wdowczyk Poland DF (1962-09-25)25 September 1962 (aged 33) Celtic 1994 86 0
Jeff Hopkins Wales DF (1964-04-14)14 April 1964 (aged 32) Bristol Rovers 1992 136 3
Ady Williams Wales[b] DF (1971-09-16)16 September 1971 (aged 24) Trainee 1989
Midfielders
David Bass England MF (1974-11-29)29 November 1974 (aged 21) Trainee 1992 9 0
Darren Caskey England MF (1974-08-21)21 August 1974 (aged 21) Tottenham Hotspur 1996 15 2
Andy Freeman England MF (1977-09-08)8 September 1977 (aged 18) Trainee 1995 1 0
Michael Gilkes England[c] MF (1965-07-20)20 July 1965 (aged 30) Leicester City 1984
Mick Gooding (Player-Manager) England MF (1959-04-12)12 April 1959 (aged 37) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1989
Paul Holsgrove England MF (1969-08-26)26 August 1969 (aged 26) Millwall 1994 66 5
Tommy Jones England MF (1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 31) Swindon Town 1992 92 2
Jamie Lambert England MF (1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 22) Trainee 1992 75 10
Mick Murphy England MF (1977-05-05)5 May 1977 (aged 18) Trainee 1994 1 0
Phil Parkinson England MF (1967-12-01)1 December 1967 (aged 28) Bury 1992 182 9
Derek Simpson Scotland MF (1978-12-23)23 December 1978 (aged 17) Trainee 1994 0 0
Michael Meaker Wales[d] MF (1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (aged 24) Queens Park Rangers 1995 22 0
Forwards
Stuart Lovell Australia FW (1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 24) Trainee 1990
Alan Carey England FW (1975-08-21)21 August 1975 (aged 20) Trainee 1994 3 0
Trevor Morley England FW (1961-03-20)20 March 1961 (aged 35) West Ham United 1995 21 6
Jimmy Quinn (Player-Manager) Northern Ireland FW (1959-12-07)7 December 1959 (aged 36) Bournemouth 1992 190 90
Lee Nogan Wales FW (1969-05-21)21 May 1969 (aged 26) Watford 1995 68 23
Out on loan
Neville Gordon England MF (1975-11-15)15 November 1975 (aged 20) Millwall 1995 1 0
Martin Williams England FW (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 (aged 22) Luton Town 1995 16 1
Unknown
Jimmy Garrity England (1976-01-01)1 January 1976 (aged 20) Newcastle United 1996 0 0
Left during the season
Eric Nixon England GK (1962-10-04)4 October 1962 (aged 33) loan from Tranmere Rovers 1996 1996 1 0
Chris Woods England GK (1959-11-14)14 November 1959 (aged 36) loan from Sheffield Wednesday 1995 1995 5 0
Kenny Brown England DF (1967-07-11)11 July 1967 (aged 28) loan from West Ham United 1995 1995 15 1
Robert Codner England FW (1965-01-23)23 January 1965 (aged 31) Brighton & Hove Albion 1995 5 0

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Neville Gordon (at Woking)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Martin Williams (at Bangor)

Left club during season[]

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 Eric Nixon (loan return to Tranmere Rovers)
— GK England ENG Chris Woods (loan return to Sheffield Wednesday)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Kenny Brown (loan return to West Ham United)
— FW England ENG Robert Codner (to Peterborough United)

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
Summer 1995 GK Bulgaria Borislav Mikhailov Botev Plovdiv
Summer 1995 DF England Steve Swales Scarborough
11 August 1995 MF England Neville Gordon Millwall Free
Summer 1995 MF Wales Michael Meaker Queens Park Rangers
Summer 1995 FW England Robert Codner Brighton & Hove Albion
Summer 1995 FW England Trevor Morley West Ham United
Summer 1995 FW England Martin Williams Luton Town Free
Winter 1996 DF England Martyn Booty Crewe Alexandra
January 1996 England Jimmy Garrity Newcastle United [1]
13 February 1996 GK England Nick Hammond Plymouth Argyle £40,000
28 February 1996 MF England Darren Caskey Tottenham Hotspur £700,000

Loans In[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
Summer 1995 DF England Kenny Brown West Ham United Winter 1996
1 October 1995 GK England Chris Woods Sheffield Wednesday 31 December 1995
9 January 1996 GK England Eric Nixon Tranmere Rovers 4 February 1996
19 January 1996 GK England Steve Sutton Derby County 31 May 1996

Out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
Summer 1995 GK England Shaka Hislop Newcastle United £1,580,000
Summer 1995 MF England Simon Osborn Queens Park Rangers £1,100,000
Summer 1995 MF England Scott Taylor Leicester City
Summer 1995 FW England Lea Barkus Fulham £20,000

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
22 December 1995 FW England Martin Williams Bangor End of Season
1 February 1996 MF England Neville Gordon Woking End of Season

Released[]

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
31 December 1995 MF England Robert Codner Peterborough United
30 June 1996 GK England Simon Sheppard Boreham Wood
30 June 1996 MF England Tommy Jones Woking
30 June 1996 MF England Mick Murphy Slough Town
30 June 1996 MF England Neville Gordon

Competitions[]

First Division[]

Main article: 1995–96 Football League § First Division

Results[]

12 August 1995 1 Stoke City 1–1 Reading Stoke-on-Trent
Wallace Goal Report Williams Goal Stadium: Victoria Ground
19 August 1995 2 Reading 3–2 Derby County Reading
Morley Goal
Lovell Goal
Nogan Goal		 Report Preece Goal
Sturridge Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
26 August 1995 3 Portsmouth 0–0 Reading Portsmouth
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
29 August 1995 4 Reading 1–2 Millwall Reading
Gooding Goal Report Rae Goal
Dixon Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
1 September 1995 5 Southend United 0–0 Reading Southend-on-Sea
Report Stadium: Roots Hall
9 September 1995 6 Reading 3–1 Luton Town Reading
Nogan Goal Goal
Lovell Goal (pen.)		 Report Marshall Goal Stadium: Elm Park
12 September 1995 7 Reading 0–2 Grimsby Town Reading
Report Woods Goal Goal Stadium: Elm Park
16 September 1995 8 Leicester City 1–1 Reading Leicester
Roberts Goal Report Bernal Goal Stadium: Filbert Street
23 September 1995 9 Reading 2–2 Port Vale Reading
Lambert Goal Goal Report Goal
Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 7,819
30 September 1995 10 Sunderland 2–2 Reading Sunderland
Kelly Goal
Melville Goal		 Report Kerr Goal
Lovell Goal		 Stadium: Roker Park
7 October 1995 11 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Reading West Bromwich
Gilbert Goal
Taylor Goal		 Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
14 October 1995 12 Reading 3–1 Huddersfield Town Reading
Lambert Goal 15', 79'
Williams Goal 70'		 Report Goal Stadium: Elm Park
21 October 1995 13 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Reading Oldham
Richardson Goal (pen.)
Creaney Goal		 Report Lovell Goal Stadium: Boundary Park
28 October 1995 14 Reading 1–4 Ipswich Town Reading
Lovell Goal Report Uhlenbeek Goal
Mathie Goal
Williams Goal
Mason Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
4 November 1995 15 Crystal Palace 0–2 Reading Selhurst
Report Shaw Goal (o.g.)
Nogan Goal		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
11 November 1995 16 Reading 0–1 Birmingham City Reading
Report Charlery Goal Stadium: Elm Park
18 November 1995 17 Reading 0–0 Barnsley Reading
Report Stadium: Elm Park
21 November 1995 18 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Reading Charlton
Chapple Goal
Robinson Goal		 Report Brown Goal Stadium: The Valley
25 November 1995 19 Sheffield United 0–0 Reading Sheffield
Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
2 December 1995 20 Reading 3–1 West Bromwich Albion Reading
Morley Goal
Holsgrove Goal
Nogan Goal		 Report Ashcroft Goal Stadium: Elm Park
9 December 1995 21 Port Vale 3–2 Reading Stoke-on-Trent
Guppy Goal
Foyle Goal
Porter Goal (pen.)		 Report Quinn Goal (pen.)
Morley Goal		 Stadium: Vale Park
16 December 1995 22 Reading 1–1 Sunderland Reading
Quinn Goal Report Smith Goal Stadium: Elm Park
30 December 1995 23 Norwich City 3–3 Reading Norwich
Ward Goal
Johnson Goal
Fleck Goal		 Report KerrGoal
Lambert Goal
Nogan Goal		 Stadium: Carrow Road
1 January 1996 24 Reading 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Reading
Morley Goal Report Stadium: Elm Park
13 January 1996 25 Derby County 3–0 Reading Derby
Sturridge Goal Goal
Flynn Goal		 Report Stadium: Pride Park
20 January 1996 26 Reading 1–0 Stoke City Reading
Gooding Goal Report Stadium: Elm Park
4 February 1996 27 Reading 0–1 Portsmouth Reading
Report McLoughlin Goal Stadium: Elm Park
10 February 1996 28 Millwall 1–1 Reading Bermondsey
Newman Goal Report Bowry Goal (o.g.) Stadium: The Den
17 February 1996 29 Grimsby Town 0–0 Reading Cleethorpes
Report Stadium: Blundell Park
24 February 1996 30 Reading 1–1 Leicester City Reading
Lovell Goal (pen.) Report Lewis Goal Stadium: Elm Park
27 February 1996 31 Luton Town 1–2 Reading Luton
Guentchev Goal (pen.) Report Booty Goal
Lovell Goal		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
2 March 1996 32 Reading 0–0 Watford Reading
Report Stadium: Elm Park
9 March 1996 33 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Reading Wolverhampton
Atkins Goal Report Gooding Goal Stadium: Molineux
16 March 1996 34 Reading 0–3 Norwich City Reading
Report Goal
Goal
Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
19 March 1996 35 Reading 3–3 Southend United Reading
Nogan Goal Goal Goal Report Rammell Goal
Willis Goal Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
23 March 1996 36 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Reading Birkenhead
AldridgeGoal
Hopkins Goal ?' (o.g.)		 Report Caskey Goal Stadium: Prenton Park
30 March 1996 37 Reading 2–0 Oldham Athletic Reading
Quinn GoalGoal Report Stadium: Elm Park
2 April 1996 38 Huddersfield Town 3–1 Reading Huddersfield
Edwards Goal Goal
Booth Goal		 Report A.Williams Goal Stadium: Alfred McAlpine Stadium
6 April 1996 39 Ipswich Town 1–2 Reading Ipswich
Mathie Goal Report Bernal Goal
Quinn Goal		 Stadium: Portman Road
8 April 1996 40 Reading 0–2 Crystal Palace Reading
Report Freedman Goal
Houghton Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
13 April 1996 41 Barnsley 0–1 Reading Barnsley
Report Quinn Goal ?' (pen.) Stadium: Oakwell
16 April 1996 42 Watford 4–2 Reading Watford
White GoalGoal
Connolly Goal
Ramage Goal		 Report Quinn Goal
Caskey Goal		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
20 April 1996 43 Reading 0–0 Charlton Athletic Reading
Report Stadium: Elm Park
27 April 1996 44 Reading 0 – 3 Sheffield United Reading
Report Walker Goal Goal
Whitehouse Goal		 Stadium: Elm Park
30 April 1996 45 Reading 3 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reading
M.Williams
Quinn GoalGoal		 Report Stadium: Elm Park
5 May 1996 46 Birmingham City 1 – 2 Reading Birmingham
Barnes Goal Report Nogan Goal
Quinn Goal		 Stadium: St Andrew's

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Grimsby Town 46 14 14 18 55 69 −14 56
18 Oldham Athletic 46 14 14 18 54 50 +4 56
19 Reading 46 13 17 16 54 63 −9 56
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 16 17 56 62 −6 55
21 Portsmouth 46 13 13 20 61 69 −8 52
Source:[citation needed]

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup
6 January 1996 Third Round Reading 3–1 Gillingham Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Morley Goal
Quinn Goal Goal		 Report Martin Goal Stadium: Elm Park
27 January 1996 Fourth Round Reading 0–3 Manchester United Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Report Giggs Goal 36'
Parker Goal 56'
Cantona Goal 89'		 Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 14,780

League Cup[]

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup
20 September 1995 Second Round 1st leg Reading 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Lovell Goal Report Burgess Goal Stadium: Elm Park
3 October 1995 Second Round 2nd leg West Bromwich Albion 2–4
(3–5 agg.)		 Reading West Bromwich
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Donovan Goal
Burgess Goal		 Report Lovell Goal
Lambert Goal
Quinn Goal (pen.) Goal		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
8 November 1995 Third Round Reading 2–1 Bury Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Quinn Goal
Lucketti Goal (o.g.)		 Report Rigby Goal Stadium: Elm Park
28 November 1995 Fourth Round Reading 2–1 Southampton Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Nogan Goal
Morley Goal		 Report Monkou Goal Stadium: Elm Park
10 January 1996 Fifth Round Leeds United 2–1 Reading Leeds
15:00 GMT (UTC) Masinga Goal
Speed Goal		 Report Quinn Goal Stadium: Elland Road

Squad statistics[]

As of match played 5 May 1996[2]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Bulgaria Borislav Mikhailov 17 0 16 0 1 0 0 0
GK England Nick Hammond 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
GK England Simon Sheppard 22 0 18 0 0 0 4 0
GK England Steve Sutton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Australia Andy Bernal 45 2 34+6 2 1 0 4 0
DF England Martyn Booty 17 1 17 1 0 0 0 0
DF England Keith McPherson 19 0 16 0 0 0 3 0
DF England Steve Swales 11 0 4+5 0 1 0 0+1 0
DF England Michael Thorp 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
DF Malta Dylan Kerr 9 2 4+4 2 0 0 0+1 0
DF Poland Dariusz Wdowczyk 42 0 39+1 0 0 0 2 0
DF Wales Jeff Hopkins 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
DF Wales Adi Williams 35 3 31 3 2 0 2 0
MF England Darren Caskey 15 2 15 2 0 0 0 0
MF England Andy Freeman 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Michael Gilkes 50 0 36+8 0 1 0 3+2 0
MF England Mick Gooding 46 3 37+3 3 2 0 4 0
MF England Paul Holsgrove 37 1 27+3 1 2 0 5 0
MF England Tommy Jones 26 0 13+8 0 2 0 3 0
MF England Jamie Lambert 21 6 10+5 5 0+2 0 2+2 1
MF England Phil Parkinson 49 0 36+6 0 2 0 5 0
MF Wales Michael Meaker 22 0 15+6 0 0+1 0 0 0
FW Australia Stuart Lovell 40 9 28+7 7 0+2 0 3 2
FW England Trevor Morley 21 6 14+3 4 2 1 2 1
FW Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn 42 16 20+15 10 2 2 2+3 4
FW Wales Lee Nogan 45 11 32+7 10 2 0 4 1
Players away on loan:
MF England Neville Gordon 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Martin Williams 16 1 11+4 1 0 0 0+1 0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
GK England Eric Nixon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK England Chris Woods 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
DF England Kenny Brown 15 1 12 1 0 0 3 0
FW England Robert Codner 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 1 0

Goal Scorers[]

Place Position Nation Name First Division FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn 10 2 4 16
2 FW Wales Lee Nogan 10 0 1 11
3 FW Australia Stuart Lovell 7 0 2 9
4 FW England Trevor Morley 4 1 1 6
5 MF England Jamie Lambert 5 0 1 6
6 DF Wales Adi Williams 3 0 0 3
MF England Mick Gooding 3 0 0 3
Own goal 2 0 1 3
9 DF Malta Dylan Kerr 2 0 0 2
DF Australia Andy Bernal 2 0 0 2
MF England Darren Caskey 2 0 0 2
12 DF England Kenny Brown 1 0 0 1
DF England Martyn Booty 1 0 0 1
MF England Paul Holsgrove 1 0 0 1
FW England Martin Williams 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 54 3 10 67

Team kit[]

Reading's kit for the 1995–96 was manufactured by Pelada, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.

1995–96 home colours
1995–96 away colours

Notes[]

  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.
  4. ^ Michael Meaker was born in Greenford, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, representing Wales U21 and Wales B.

References[]

  1. ^ "James Garrity MSc". uk.linkedin.com/. Linkedin. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Season 1995-96". royalsrecord. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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