2010–11 Reading F.C. season

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Reading
2010–11 season
ChairmanSir John Madejski
ManagerBrian McDermott
The Championship5th
FA CupQuarter final vs Manchester City
League Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shane Long (23)
All:
Shane Long (25)
Highest home attendance23,677 v Leeds United
Championship 27 November 2010
Lowest home attendance14,029 v Coventry City
Championship 11 December 2010
Average home league attendance17,681
Away colours

The 2010–11 season was Reading's third season back in the Championship, since relegation from the Premier League in 2008. Having become Reading manager in January 2010, this was Brian McDermott's first full season in charge at the club.

Season review[]

See also 2010–11 Football League Championship

Pre-season[]

Summer transfers Left-back Marcus Williams joined Reading on a free transfer on 11 May 2010, having played seven seasons for Scunthorpe United. Right-back Andy Griffin signed for the club for a nominal fee on 1 July, having made 25 league appearances for Reading, on loan from Stoke City in the 2009–10 season. The transfer deadline day saw the arrival of Zurab Khizanishvili on loan from Blackburn Rovers and Ian Harte from Carlisle United.

Marek Matějovský joined Sparta Prague for a fee of £650,000 on 11 June 2010, having made 56 appearances for the Royals in two-and-a-half years at the club. Kalifa Cissé left the club after three years, signed by former Reading manager Steve Coppell for Bristol City on 9 July 2010. Cissé made 83 appearances for Reading, scoring seven goals. The transfer window also saw the departure of Gylfi Sigurðsson to German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim for £7 million.

Friendlies

Reading opened their pre-season campaign with a 1–0 victory over Farnborough, Noel Hunt scoring the winning goal.

The Royals then departed on tour to Slovenia, where they enjoyed a 3–1 victory over a Red Star Belgrade B-side, a game in which Marcus Williams made his first appearance for the club. Alex Pearce headed a first-half response for Reading, after Belgrade had taken the lead, and Simon Church sealed the victory with two second-half goals. A third consecutive win followed, as Reading defeated top-flight Croatian side Inter Zaprešić 2–0, with goals from Matt Mills and James Henry. Reading then suffered their first loss of the pre-season campaign, in the final game of the tour, with a 1–0 defeat against NK Celje, striker Gorazd Zajc scored the only goal in the game.

Returning to England, Reading got back to winning ways, coming from behind to beat Wycombe Wanderers 2–1, thanks to goals from Gylfi Sigurðsson, from the penalty spot, and Hal Robson-Kanu. Another 2–1 victory followed in the Royals penultimate pre-season friendly, as another Sigurðsson penalty, and a second half goal from Michail Antonio saw Reading past Wolverhampton Wanderers. Reading's final game of pre-season was a 4–2 victory at Southampton, courtesy of goals from Sigurðsson, Church (2) and Antonio.

August[]

Reading's league season began in disappointing style with a 2–1 home defeat to Scunthorpe United. After the visitors had taken an early lead through a disputed Garry Thompson goal – the linesman flagging for offside and subsequently overruled by the referee – Gylfi Sigurðsson put Reading on level terms from 25 yards. Despite enjoying spells of pressure, the Royals were unable to find another goal, and Rob Jones headed home a corner to give Scunthorpe the victory.

Reading progressed to the second round of the League Cup with a narrow victory over Torquay United, Grzegorz Rasiak bundling home the winner in the final minute of extra-time. A league draw at Portsmouth followed, the Royals coming from behind to take a point as Jimmy Kébé poked the ball home in the 87th minute following a goal-mouth scramble. The next game Reading went 1–0 up against promotion favourites Nottingham Forest from an Alex Pearce volley, but goalkeeper Adam Federici made a horrible mistake in giving Forest the equaliser by kicking the ball into Jem Karacan which resulted in Robert Earnshaw turning in from close range.

Reading then played League Two opponents Northampton Town in the League Cup in which Reading went 1–0 up courtesy of a Matt Mills backheeler from a Brian Howard corner. Northampton equalised with a horrible mistake from goalkeeper Ben Hamer where he dropped the ball twice in a row to allow Andy Holt a tap-in. Reading went back into the lead with a goal from Hal Robson-Kanu after some saves from the Northampton goalkeeper Oscar Jansson, but again Hamer erred, granting Kevin Thornton the equaliser. In extra time, however, Matt Mills put Reading ahead again only to then score an own goal at the end. Reading subsequently lost 4–2 on penalties, with Simon Church and Jake Taylor having their shots saved. In their next game, Reading won 2–1 over Leicester City with a lob from Gylfi Sigurðsson and a bullet header from Mills. Leicester had equalised with a long range shot from Lloyd Dyer but Reading scored in the 86th minute to hold Leicester at bay for their first win of the season.

September[]

On 11 September, after the international break and the sale of Sigurðsson, Reading beat Crystal Palace 3–0. The first goal was a penalty won and scored by Shane Long after he cut in from the left and was taken out by Paddy McCarthy. The second was also a penalty after Jem Karacan ran the whole pitch with the ball, to pass to Long who cut in again and was taken out by Julian Bennett. New signing Ian Harte took responsibility and scored. The third was in extra time when Brian Howard lofted a pass to Jimmy Kébé, who then cut in and fired past Julián Speroni. Next, Reading had an away game against in-form Millwall where it ended 0–0 after some brilliant saves by Adam Federici and Millwall goalkeeper David Forde. Reading then lost 3–1 to Middlesbrough after they went 1–0 down in 24 seconds thanks to Scottish midfielder Barry Robson. Next, an ex-Reading player came back to haunt them; Leroy Lita scored to make it 2–0, but a few minutes later, Kébé got one back after he dribbled round two players then passed back to Brian Howard, who laid him off. David Wheater, however, capped it off for Middlesbrough with a header past Adam Federici. Just before the full-time whistle Brian Howard was shown a straight red after a tackle on Andy Halliday.

Next, Reading beat Barnsley 3–0 with three goals in the last 12 minutes. Chris Armstrong made a comeback after 11⁄2 seasons out of action with a knee injury. Kébé again put Reading in the lead with a bullet header from substitute Hal Robson-Kanu's cross. Ian Harte then curled a perfect free-kick past Luke Steele to make it 2–0. Robson-Kanu then capped it off with a 50-yard run and then a cool finish under goalkeeper Luke Steele. On the 61st minute, however, Zurab Khizanishvili was sent off after a tackle that never was on Chris Wood. On 28 September, a Tuesday, Reading beat Ipswich Town 1–0 after substitute Simon Church came on and after 30 seconds on, he had the ball in the net. Jem Karacan's shot was steered in well by Church and Matt Mills was sent off for two bookable offences; this marked three Reading red cards in three games.

October[]

Reading opened October with a trip to Preston North End, earning a 1–1 draw. The Royals went behind in the first-half with a goal from Preston's Keith Treacy, but in the 55th minute, Reading drew level through a sensational 25-yard volley from Jem Karacan. Reading then lost at home to Swansea City by a slim margin, Scott Sinclair giving ex-Reading manager Brendan Rodgers a happy return with his new Swans side. The Tuesday after, Reading again lost, this time to Bristol City with a goal from striker Danny Haynes on 28 minutes. In the next game, Reading beat an "unbeaten-at-home" Burnley 4–0. The first goal came from a Shane Long penalty which he won after being slipped through by Jay Tabb and was fouled by Leon Cort. The next came from Jobi McAnuff after Ian Harte fired in a free-kick and Matt Mills' shot fell to McAnuff to volley in. Soon after, substitute Michail Antonio tapped in Shane Long's cross, while other substitute Simon Church belted in a shot at a tight angle from a Brian Howard pass.

Reading's next match was a 4–3 victory over Doncaster Rovers, coming back from 3–1 down. Matt Mills opened up the scoring early only to have James Hayter equalise. Shelton Martis then put Doncaster in the lead, while two minutes into the second-half, Dean Shiels made it 3–1. Reading brought on Noel Hunt and Simon Church, and Hunt made an immediate impact by crossing in for Jem Karacan to head past Neil Sullivan. Then Harte whipped a superb free-kick into the top corner and to finish off, Church belted in substitute Antonio's squareball.

March[]

On 8 March 2011, Chris Armstrong announced his retirement from football following being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[1] Later on in the day, Reading travelled to Ipswich and won 3–1 thanks to goals from Shane Long, Ian Harte and Noel Hunt, while Connor Wickham scored a consolation goal in injury time at the end of the second half for Ipswich. Reading's next game was a FA Cup quarter-final match against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. Reading played well before eventually conceding a 74th-minute goal to Micah Richards that turned out to be the only goal of the game, thus eliminating Reading from the FA Cup. Reading where back playing in the Championship on 19 March away at Barnsley; it was a close game, with the winner for the Royals coming in the 71st minute thanks to second-half substitute Mathieu Manset.

April[]

Reading's Good Friday game against fellow promotion chasers Leeds United ended 0–0 to end a run of eight wins on the trot. On 25 April, a Monday, Reading lost their recent unbeaten record of 13 games in a 3–2 defeat at home to relegation threatened Sheffield United. Reading went 2–0 up inside 20 minutes through Noel Hunt and Hal Robson-Kanu before ex-Royal Darius Henderson pulled one back on 30 minutes and Lee Williamson converted on the stroke of half-time. In the second-half, Henderson scored again to seal the win for the Blades. At Reading's final away game of the season, at Coventry City on Saturday, 30 April, they secured the point they need to secure their place in this season's Championship play-offs with a 0–0 draw.

May[]

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
1 GK Australia AUS Adam Federici
2 DF England ENG Andy Griffin
3 DF England ENG Marcus Williams
4 MF Turkey TUR Jem Karacan[N 1]
5 DF England ENG Matt Mills (vice-captain)
6 MF Iceland ISL Brynjar Gunnarsson
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jay Tabb[N 2]
8 MF Antigua and Barbuda ATG Mikele Leigertwood[N 3]
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Long
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Noel Hunt
11 MF Jamaica JAM Jobi McAnuff[N 4]
12 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Dave Mooney
14 MF Mali MLI Jimmy Kébé[N 5]
15 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Khizanishvili
16 DF Iceland ISL Ívar Ingimarsson (club captain)
17 MF England ENG Michail Antonio
18 FW Wales WAL Simon Church[N 6]
19 MF Wales WAL Hal Robson-Kanu[N 7]
20 MF England ENG Brian Howard
21 GK England ENG Ben Hamer
22 DF England ENG Julian Kelly
23 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ian Harte
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF England ENG Shaun Cummings[N 8]
25 MF Wales WAL Jake Taylor[N 9]
26 DF Scotland SCO Alex Pearce[N 10]
27 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Scott Davies[N 11]
28 DF England ENG Sean Morrison
29 FW England ENG Nicholas Bignall
30 FW England ENG Abdulai Bell-Baggie[N 12]
31 GK Denmark DEN Mikkel Andersen
32 FW England ENG Jacob Walcott
34 DF Canada CAN Ethan Gage
35 DF England ENG Michael Hector [N 13]
36 DF England ENG Jack Mills
37 MF England ENG Jordan Obita
38 MF England ENG James Rowe
39 FW England ENG Brett Williams
40 MF England ENG Lawson D'Ath
41 GK England ENG Alex McCarthy
42 GK England ENG Simon Locke
44 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Joyce
45 FW France FRA Mathieu Manset
— MF United States USA Erik Opsahl

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
8 MF Iceland ISL Gylfi Sigurðsson (to 1899 Hoffenheim)
23 FW Poland POL Grzegorz Rasiak (to AEL Limassol)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF Scotland SCO Chris Armstrong[N 14] (retired)

Transfers[]

Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2010 and List of English football transfers winter 2010–11

Released[]

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
8 March 2011 LB Scotland Chris Armstrong Retired[37]
2 June 2011[38] WG England Abdulai Bell-Baggie Yeovil Town August 2011[39]
2 June 2011[38] CB Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson Ipswich Town 13 June 2011[40]
2 June 2011[38] MF Republic of Ireland Danny Joyce Republic of Ireland Bohemian January 2012[41][42]
2 June 2011[38] FW Republic of Ireland David Mooney Leyton Orient 23 July 2011[43]
2 June 2011[38] MF United States Erik Opsahl Sweden Dalkurd FF 1 September 2011[44]
2 June 2011[38] MF England James Rowe Forest Green Rovers 2 August 2011[45][46]

Competitions[]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Football League Championship 2010–11 — 5 (Playoffs) 7 August 2010 30 May 2011
Football League Cup 1st round 2nd round 11 August 2010 24 August 2010
FA Cup 3rd round 6th round 8 January 2011 13 March 2011

Updated to match played 30 May 2011
Source: Competitions

Championship[]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 20 17 9 77 47  +30 77 12 7 4 43 21  +22 8 10 5 34 26  +8

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
Source: Reading FC

Matches[]

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship
7 August 2010 1 Reading 1–2 Scunthorpe United Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Sigurðsson Goal 26' Report Thompson Goal 9'
Jones Goal 60'		 Attendance: 15,914
14 August 2010 2 Portsmouth 1–1 Reading Fratton Park
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Çiftçi Goal 8' Report Kébé Goal 86' Attendance: 16,497
21 August 2010 3 Reading 1–1 Nottingham Forest Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Pearce Goal 16' Report Earnshaw Goal 49' Attendance: 17,324
28 August 2010 4 Leicester City 1–2 Reading Walkers Stadium
17:20 BST (UTC+1) Dyer Goal 52' Report Sigurðsson Goal 23'
Mills Goal 86'		 Attendance: 19,611
11 September 2010 5 Reading 3–0 Crystal Palace Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Long Goal 37' (pen.)
Harte Goal 65' (pen.)
Kébé Goal 90'		 Report Attendance: 17,921
14 September 2010 6 Millwall 0–0 Reading The Den
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report Attendance: 11,061
18 September 2010 7 Middlesbrough 3–1 Reading Riverside Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Robson Goal 1'
Lita Goal 41'
Wheater Goal 67'		 Report Kébé Goal 44' Attendance: 15,158
25 September 2010 8 Reading 3–0 Barnsley Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Kébé Goal 78'
Harte Goal 90'
Robson-Kanu Goal 90'		 Report Attendance: 14,830
28 September 2010 9 Reading 1–0 Ipswich Town Madejski Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Church Goal 88' Report Attendance: 15,763
2 October 2010 10 Preston North End 1–1 Reading Deepdale
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Treacy Goal 22' Report Karacan Goal 50' Attendance: 10,269
16 October 2010 11 Reading 0–1 Swansea City Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Sinclair Goal 35' Attendance: 18,418
19 October 2010 12 Bristol City 1–0 Reading Ashton Gate
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Haynes Goal 29' Report Attendance: 13,519
23 October 2010 13 Burnley 0–4 Reading Turf Moor
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Long Goal 8' (pen)
McAnuff Goal 64'
Antonio Goal 85'
Church Goal 90'		 Attendance: 14,895
30 October 2010 14 Reading 4–3 Doncaster Rovers Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Mills Goal 10'
Karacan Goal 59'
Harte Goal 73'
Church Goal 88'		 Report Hayter Goal 25'
Martis Goal 41'
Shiels Goal 47'		 Attendance: 15,553
6 November 2010 15 Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Reading Loftus Road
15:00 GMT Taarabt Goal 26' (pen.)
Faurlín Goal 61'
Smith Goal 71'		 Report Long Goal 68' Attendance: 15,692
10 November 2010 16 Reading 1–1 Cardiff City Madejski Stadium
20:00 GMT Hunt Goal 5' Report Bothroyd Goal 79' Attendance: 17,960
13 November 2010 17 Reading 3–3 Norwich City Madejski Stadium
17:20 GMT Harte Goal 29'
Hunt Goal 59'
Long Goal 62' (pen.)		 Report R. Martin Goal 16'
Holt Goal 26'
C.Martin Goal 32'		 Attendance: 15,934
20 November 2010 18 Watford 1–1 Reading Vicarage Road
15:00 GMT Deeney Goal 40' Report Hunt Goal 15' Attendance: 12,196
27 November 2010 19 Reading 0–0 Leeds United Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 23,677
11 December 2010 20 Reading 0–0 Coventry City Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 14,029
18 December 2010 21 Derby County 1–2 Reading Pride Park Stadium
15:00 GMT Commons Goal 61' Report Long Goal 43' (pen.), 88' Attendance: 24,514
26 December 2010 22 Reading 4–1 Bristol City Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT McAnuff Goal 31'
Hunt Goal 43'
Long Goal 66', 89'		 Report Stead Goal 15' Attendance: 19,293
28 December 2010 23 Hull City 1–1 Reading KC Stadium
15:00 GMT Harper Goal 39' Report Church Goal 81' Attendance: 21,975
1 January 2011 24 Swansea City 1–0 Reading Liberty Stadium
15:00 GMT Pratley Goal 66' Report Attendance: 14,329
3 January 2011 25 Reading 2–1 Burnley Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Long Goal 31', 68' Report Wallace Goal 29' Attendance: 16,151
15 January 2011 26 Doncaster Rovers 0–3 Reading Keepmoat Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Long Goal 29'
Kébé Goal 67'
McAnuff Goal 74'		 Attendance: 9,496
22 January 2011 27 Reading 1–1 Hull City Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Harte Goal 80' (pen.) Report Evans Goal 51' Attendance: 16,494
2 February 2011 28 Cardiff City 2–2 Reading Cardiff City Stadium
19:45 GMT Bothroyd Goal 48'
Bellamy Goal 90+7'		 Report Leigertwood Goal 21'
Manset Goal 90+2'		 Attendance: 21,405
4 February 2011 29 Reading 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Madejski Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Routledge Goal 83'
Ephraim Red card 42'		 Attendance: 18,982
12 February 2011 30 Norwich City 2–1 Reading Carrow Road
15:00 GMT Lansbury Goal 16'
Holt Goal 90+4'		 Report Long Goal 26'
Karacan Red card 65'		 Attendance: 25,560
15 February 2011 31 Sheffield United 1–1 Reading Bramall Lane
19:45 GMT Bogdanović Goal 88' (pen.) Report Long Goal 81' Attendance: 19,271
19 February 2011 32 Reading 1–1 Watford Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Hunt Goal 50' Report Weimann Goal 27' Attendance: 16,934
22 February 2011 33 Reading 2–1 Millwall Madejski Stadium
20:00 GMT Hunt Goal 3'
Long Goal 55'		 Report Harris Goal 46' Attendance: 15,934
26 February 2011 34 Crystal Palace 3–3 Reading Selhurst Park
15:00 GMT Ambrose Goal 1'
Danns Goal 25'
Easter Goal 63'		 Report Long Goal 30' (pen.)
Kébé Goal 49'
Hunt Goal 73'		 Attendance: 13,845
5 March 2011 35 Reading 5–2 Middlesbrough Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson-Kanu Goal 14'
Harte Goal 35', 48'
Long Goal 53', 68'		 Report Lita Goal 29', 72' (pen.) Attendance: 18,568
8 March 2011 36 Ipswich Town 1–3 Reading Portman Road
19:45 GMT Wickham 90+3 Report Long Goal 18'
Harte Goal 86'
Hunt Goal 89'		 Attendance: 17,308
19 March 2011 37 Barnsley 0–1 Reading Oakwell
15:00 GMT Report Manset Goal 71' Attendance: 10,284
2 April 2011 38 Reading 2–0 Portsmouth Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Long Goal 30', 37' (pen.) Report Attendance: 21,896
5 April 2011 39 Reading 2–1 Preston North End Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Kébé Goal 20'
Robson-Kanu Goal 81'		 Report McCarthy Goal 51' (o.g.) Attendance: 14,844
9 April 2011 40 Nottingham Forest 3–4 Reading City Ground
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Kris BoydGoal 37' (pen.)
Earnshaw Goal 50'
McGugan Goal 88' (pen.)		 Report Harte Goal 20'
Karacan Goal 53'
Kébé Goal 61'
Church Goal 90+1'		 Attendance: 22,495
12 April 2011 41 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Reading Glanford Park
19:45 BST (UTC+1) [Report] Long Goal 57'
Harte Goal 63' (pen.)		 Attendance: 4,458
16 April 2011 42 Reading 3–1 Leicester City Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Kébé Goal 19'
McAnuff Goal 21'
Hunt Goal 67'		 Report King Goal 79' Attendance: 19,199
22 April 2011 43 Leeds United 0–0 Reading Elland Road
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report Attendance: 24,564
25 April 2011 44 Reading 2–3 Sheffield United Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hunt Goal 8'
Robson-Kanu Goal 17'		 Report[permanent dead link] Henderson Goal 29', 50'
Williamson Goal 45'		 Attendance: 19,165
30 April 2011 45 Coventry City 0–0 Reading Ricoh Arena
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Attendance: 22,436
7 May 2011 46 Reading 2–1 Derby County Madejski Stadium
12:45 BST (UTC+1) Harte Goal 24' (pen.)
Robson-Kanu Goal 72'		 Report Ward Goal 32' Attendance: 21,902

Playoffs[]

Semi-Finals[]
Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship § Playoffs
13 May 2011 1st Leg Reading 0–0 Cardiff City Madejski Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC) Report Attendance: 21,485
Referee: Mark Halsey
17 May 2011 2nd Leg Cardiff City 0–3
(0–3 agg.)		 Reading Cardiff City Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC) Report Long Goal 28', 45' (pen.)
McAnuff Goal 84'		 Attendance: 24,081
Referee: Howard Webb
Final[]
Main article: 2011 Football League Championship play-off Final
30 May 2011 Reading 2–4 Swansea City Wembley Stadium, London
15:00 BST (UTC) Allen Goal 49' (o.g.)
Mills Goal 40'		 Report Sinclair Goal 21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.)
Dobbie Goal 40'		 Attendance: 86,581
Referee: Phil Dowd
Reading
Swansea City
READING:
GK 1 Australia Adam Federici
RB 2 England Andy Griffin Yellow card 8' Substituted off 84'
CB 5 England Matt Mills (c)
CB 15 Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili Yellow card 12'
LB 23 Republic of Ireland Ian Harte
CM 4 Turkey Jem Karacan
CM 8 Antigua and Barbuda Mikele Leigertwood
RW 14 Mali Jimmy Kébé
LW 11 Jamaica Jobi McAnuff Yellow card 39'
CF 9 Republic of Ireland Shane Long
CF 10 Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt Substituted off 76'
Substitutes:
GK 41 England Alex McCarthy
DF 24 England Shaun Cummings
DF 26 Scotland Alex Pearce
MF 7 Republic of Ireland Jay Tabb Red card HT'
MF 19 Wales Hal Robson-Kanu Substituted in 84'
MF 20 England Brian Howard
FW 18 Wales Simon Church Substituted in 76'
Manager:
England Brian McDermott
SWANSEA CITY:
GK 1 Netherlands Dorus de Vries
RB 22 Spain Àngel Rangel
CB 16 England Garry Monk (c)
CB 2 Wales Ashley Williams
LB 5 England Alan Tate
CM 37 England Leon Britton Substituted off 77'
CM 24 Wales Joe Allen Yellow card 54' Substituted off 89'
RW 12 England Nathan Dyer
AM 14 Scotland Stephen Dobbie Substituted off 55'
LW 21 England Scott Sinclair
CF 15 Italy Fabio Borini Yellow card 12'
Substitutes:
GK 25 Democratic Republic of the Congo Yves Makabu-Makalambay
DF 17 Spain Albert Serrán
MF 8 England Darren Pratley Substituted in 55'
MF 27 England Mark Gower Yellow card 82' Substituted in 77'
MF 29 Wales Ashley Richards
FW 9 Scotland Craig Beattie
FW 19 England Luke Moore Substituted in 89'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Scott Ledger
    • Simon Long
  • Fourth official: Lee Mason
  • Reserve referee: Andrew Halliday

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Swansea City (O, P) 46 24 8 14 69 42 +27 80 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Cardiff City 46 23 11 12 76 54 +22 80
5 Reading 46 20 17 9 77 51 +26 77
6 Nottingham Forest 46 20 15 11 69 50 +19 75
7 Leeds United 46 19 15 12 81 70 +11 72
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

League Cup[]

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup
11 August 2010 First Round Torquay United 0–1 (a.e.t.) Reading Plainmoor
19:45 BST (UTC) Report Rasiak Goal 120' Attendance: 2,832
24 August 2010 Second Round Reading 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Northampton Town Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC) Mills Goal 15', 113'
Robson-Kanu Goal 62'		 Report Holt Goal 20'
Thornton Goal 64'
Mills Goal 120' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 6,986
Penalties
Church Penalty missed
Long Penalty scored
Robson-Kanu Penalty scored
Taylor Penalty missed		 Guinan Penalty scored
Thornton Penalty scored
Jacobs Penalty scored
Osman Penalty scored

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup
8 January 2011 Third Round Reading 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT Long Goal 41' Report Attendance: 13,005
29 January 2011 Fourth Round Stevenage 1–2 Reading Broadhall Way
15:00 GMT Charles Goal 72' Report Leigertwood Goal 23'
Long Goal 87'		 Attendance: 6,614
1 March 2011 Fifth Round Everton 0–1 Reading Goodison Park
19:30 GMT Report Mills Goal 26' Attendance: 29,976
13 March 2011 Quarter-Final Manchester City 1–0 Reading City of Manchester Stadium
16:45 GMT Richards Goal 74' Report Attendance: 41,150

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of match played 30 May 2011[47]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Playoffs FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia AUS Adam Federici 39 0 34 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF England ENG Andy Griffin 38 0 33 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Marcus Williams 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 MF Turkey TUR Jem Karacan 48 3 39+1 3 3 0 3 0 1+1 0
5 DF England ENG Matt Mills 45 6 38 2 3 1 3 1 1 2
6 MF Iceland ISL Brynjar Gunnarsson 15 0 10+2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jay Tabb 25 0 15+6 0 0+1 0 2 0 1 0
8 MF Antigua and Barbuda ATG Mikele Leigertwood 29 2 21+1 1 3 0 4 1 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Long 52 25 44 21 3 2 4 2 0+1 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Noel Hunt 40 10 19+14 10 3 0 3 0 1 0
11 MF Jamaica JAM Jobi McAnuff 47 5 40 4 3 1 4 0 0 0
14 MF Mali MLI Jimmy Kébé 42 9 34+2 9 1 0 3 0 1+1 0
15 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Khizanishvili 27 0 21+1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF Iceland ISL Ívar Ingimarsson 14 0 12+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF England ENG Michail Antonio 24 1 2+19 1 0 0 0+1 0 2 0
18 FW Wales WAL Simon Church 44 5 14+23 5 0+2 0 1+3 0 1 0
19 MF Wales WAL Hal Robson-Kanu 34 6 12+15 5 1+1 0 1+3 0 1 1
20 MF England ENG Brian Howard 28 0 19+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2 0
21 GK England ENG Ben Hamer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF England ENG Julian Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ian Harte 47 11 40 11 3 0 4 0 0 0
24 DF England ENG Shaun Cummings 12 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 MF Wales WAL Jake Taylor 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Alex Pearce 24 1 20+1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
29 FW England ENG Nicholas Bignall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 MF England ENG Jordan Obita 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
41 GK England ENG Alex McCarthy 15 0 12+1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
45 FW France FRA Mathieu Manset 14 2 4+9 2 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
8 FW Iceland ISL Gylfi Sigurðsson 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Poland POL Grzegorz Rasiak 2 1 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 DF Scotland SCO Chris Armstrong 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers[]

As of match played 30 May 2011[47]
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship Playoff FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Republic of Ireland 9 Shane Long 21 2 2 0 25
2 DF Republic of Ireland 23 Ian Harte 11 0 0 0 11
3 FW Republic of Ireland 10 Noel Hunt 10 0 0 0 10
4 MF Mali 14 Jimmy Kébé 9 0 0 0 9
5 MF Wales 19 Hal Robson-Kanu 5 0 0 1 6
DF England 5 Matt Mills 2 1 1 2 6
7 MF Jamaica 11 Jobi McAnuff 4 1 0 0 5
FW Wales 18 Simon Church 5 0 0 0 5
9 MF Turkey 4 Jem Karacan 3 0 0 0 3
10 MF Iceland 8 Gylfi Sigurðsson 2 0 0 0 2
FW France 22 Mathieu Manset 2 0 0 0 2
MF Antigua and Barbuda 8 Mikele Leigertwood 1 0 1 0 2
13 DF Scotland 5 Alex Pearce 1 0 0 0 1
MF England 17 Michail Antonio 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goal 0 1 0 0 1
FW Poland 23 Grzegorz Rasiak 0 0 0 1 1
Total 77 5 4 4 90

Disciplinary record[]

As of match played 30 May 2011[48]
Position Nation Number Name Championship Play-offs FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
DF England 5 Matt Mills 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 1
MF Turkey 4 Jem Karacan 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
DF England 2 Andy Griffin 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF Jamaica 11 Jobi McAnuff 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF England 20 Brian Howard 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
MF Mali 14 Jimmy Kébé 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
FW Republic of Ireland 9 Shane Long 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
DF Georgia (country) 15 Zurab Khizanishvili 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1
FW Republic of Ireland 10 Noel Hunt 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
DF Scotland 33 Chris Armstrong 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF Iceland 6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
MF Antigua and Barbuda 8 Mikele Leigertwood 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland 26 Alex Pearce 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Republic of Ireland 7 Jay Tabb 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
MF England 17 Michail Antonio 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF England 24 Shaun Cummings 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Wales 18 Simon Church 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK Australia 1 Adam Federici 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Republic of Ireland 23 Ian Harte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK England 41 Alex McCarthy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Wales 19 Hal Robson-Kanu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF England 3 Marcus Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 68 4 6 1 3 0 4 0 81 5

Awards[]

Player of the season[]

Rank Name
1 Republic of Ireland Shane Long[49]
2 Mali Jimmy Kébé[49]
3 Turkey Jem Karacan[49]

Player of the Month[]

Month Name Award
January Republic of Ireland Shane Long Nominated[50]
March Republic of Ireland Ian Harte Won[51]

Manager of the Month[]

Month Name Award
January Brian McDermott Nominated[52]
March Nominated[53]
April Won[54]

Team of the Week[]

Week Position Player
Week 28 DF Republic of Ireland Ian Harte[55]
ST Republic of Ireland Shane Long[55]
Week 30 DF Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson[56]
Week 32 DF Republic of Ireland Ian Harte[57]
Week 34 MF Mali Jimmy Kébé[58]
Week 36 GK Australia Adam Federici[59]

Team kit[]

The 2010–11 Reading F.C. kits.[60]

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Waitrose

Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Notes[]

  1. ^ Karacan was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his father and has represented Turkey at every youth level.
  2. ^ Tabb was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and represented Ireland at U-21 level in 2005.
  3. ^ Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda and made his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008.
  4. ^ McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.
  5. ^ Kébé was born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, but qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
  6. ^ Church was born in High Wycombe, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales through his grandparents and made his international debut for the Welsh U-21 side in August 2007 before making his full international debut for Wales in May 2009.
  7. ^ Robson-Kanu was born in Ealing, England, and represented England at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Wales through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Welsh U-21 side in May 2010 before making his full international debut for Wales five days later.
  8. ^ Cummings was born in Hammersmith, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 2013.
  9. ^ Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.
  10. ^ Pearce was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Scottish U-21 side in May 2008, going on to represent Ireland at full international level in September 2012.
  11. ^ Davies was born in Aylesbury, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally. Davies was called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad to face Germany on 10 February 2009, but was an unused substitute.
  12. ^ Bell-Baggie was born in Sierra Leone, but qualified to represent England, representing the U-16's and U-17's before making his debut for Sierra Leone in June 2013.
  13. ^ Hector was born in East Ham, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2015.
  14. ^ Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother. Despite appearing for English U-21 side in the 2002 Toulon Tournament. FIFA have now allowed him to represent Scotland. Armstrong went on to play for Scotland B against the Republic of Ireland B team at the Excelsior Stadium on 20 November 2007.

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