1991–92 Reading F.C. season

Reading 1991–92 football season

Reading

1991–92 season

Chairman

John Madejski

Player-manager

Mark McGhee

Stadium

Elm Park

FA Cup

League Cup

League Trophy

Top goalscorer

Craig Maskell (16)

Home colours

← 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

As of match played 2 May 1992

Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age^[a])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
Steve Francis		GK	(1964-05-29)29 May 1964 (aged 27)	Chelsea	1987
Danny Honey		GK		Trainee	1989
Defenders
Nathan Fealey		DF		Trainee	1991		1	0
Mark Holzman		DF	(1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 19)	Trainee	1991		22	1
Keith McPherson		DF	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 28)	Northampton Town	1990
Steve Richardson		DF	(1962-02-11)11 February 1962 (aged 30)	Southampton	1982
Floyd Streete		DF	(1959-05-05)5 May 1959 (aged 32)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1990
Linden Jones		DF	(1961-03-05)5 March 1961 (aged 31)	Newport County	1987
Ady Williams	^[b]	DF	(1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 20)	Trainee	1989
Midfielders
Danny Bailey		MF	(1964-05-21)21 May 1964 (aged 27)	Exeter City	1989
David Bass		MF	(1974-11-29)29 November 1974 (aged 17)	Trainee	1991		3	0
Kevin Dillon		MF	(1959-12-18)18 December 1959 (aged 32)	Newcastle United	1991		33	3
Aaron Giamettei		MF	(1973-10-11)11 October 1973 (aged 18)	Trainee	1992		2	0
Michael Gilkes	^[c]	MF	(1965-07-20)20 July 1965 (aged 26)	Leicester City	1984
Mick Gooding		MF	(1959-04-12)12 April 1959 (aged 33)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1989
Chris Seymour		MF	(1971-09-14)14 September 1971 (aged 20)	Trainee	1991
Scott Taylor		MF	(1970-11-23)23 November 1970 (aged 21)	Trainee	1989
Forwards
Stuart Lovell		FW	(1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 20)	Trainee	1990
Lea Barkus		FW	(1974-12-07)7 December 1974 (aged 17)	Trainee	1991		6	0
Andy Gray		FW	(1973-10-25)25 October 1973 (aged 18)	Trainee	1991		1	0
Craig Maskell		FW	(1968-04-10)10 April 1968 (aged 24)	Huddersfield Town	1990
David Robinson		FW	(1969-11-27)27 November 1969 (aged 22)	Newcastle United	1992		8	0
Trevor Senior		FW	(1961-11-28)28 November 1961 (aged 30)	Middlesbrough	1988
Gerry Britton		FW	(1970-10-20)20 October 1970 (aged 21)	loan from Celtic	1991	1992	4	0
Mark McGhee (Player-Manager)		FW	(1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 34)	IK Brage	1991		37	5
Out on loan
Left during the season
John Keeley		GK	(1961-07-27)27 July 1961 (aged 30)	loan from Oldham Athletic	1992	1992	6	0
Jim Leighton		GK	(1958-07-24)24 July 1958 (aged 33)	loan from Manchester United	1991	1992	11	0
David Lee		DF	(1969-11-26)26 November 1969 (aged 22)	loan from Chelsea	1992	1992	5	0
Steve Morrow		DF	(1970-07-02)2 July 1970 (aged 21)	loan from Arsenal	1991
David Byrne		MF	(1961-03-05)5 March 1961 (aged 31)	loan from Watford	1991	1991	7	2
Allan Cockram		MF	(1963-10-08)8 October 1963 (aged 28)	Woking	1991
Neale Cooper	^[d]	MF	(1963-11-24)24 November 1963 (aged 28)	Aberdeen	1991		9	0
Dave Leworthy		FW	(1962-10-22)22 October 1962 (aged 29)	Oxford United	1989
Steve Archibald		FW	(1956-09-27)27 September 1956 (aged 35)	Clyde	1992		1	0

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	ENG	John Keeley (loan return to Oldham Athletic)
—	GK	SCO	Jim Leighton (loan return to Manchester United)
—	DF	ENG	David Lee (loan return to Chelsea)
—	DF	ENG	Steve Morrow (loan return to Arsenal)
—	MF	ENG	David Byrne (loan return to Watford)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Allan Cockram (to Farnborough Town)
—	MF	SCO	Neale Cooper (to Dunfermline Athletic)
—	FW	ENG	Dave Leworthy (to Farnborough Town)
—	FW	SCO	Steve Archibald (to Fulham)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1991	MF	Allan Cockram	Woking
Summer 1991	MF	Kevin Dillon	Newcastle United	Free
10 May 1991	FW	Mark McGhee	IK Brage
1 July 1991	MF	Neale Cooper	Aberdeen		^[1]
26 March 1992	FW	David Robinson	Newcastle United	Free	^[2]
Winter 1992	FW	Steve Archibald	Clyde

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
Summer 1991	MF	David Byrne	Watford	Winter 1992
29 November 1991	GK	Jim Leighton	Manchester United	6 February 1992	^[3]
30 October 1991	DF	Steve Morrow	Arsenal	3 March 1992	^[4]
30 January 1992	DF	David Lee	Swindon Town	25 March 1992	^[5]
6 February 1992	GK	John Keeley	Oldham Athletic	4 March 1992	^[6]
Winter 1992	FW	Gerry Britton	Celtic	Summer 1992

Out

Date	Position	Name	To
Summer 1991	DF	Martin Hicks	Birmingham City
29 November 1991^[1]	MF	Neale Cooper	Dunfermline Athletic
Winter 1992	FW	Dave Leworthy	Farnborough Town
Winter 1992	FW	Steve Archibald	Fulham

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined
Summer 1991^[7]	FW	George Friel
Winter 1992	MF	Allan Cockram	Farnborough Town
30 June 1992	GK	Danny Honey
30 June 1992	DF	Nathan Fealey
30 June 1992	DF	Floyd Streete	Leighton Town
30 June 1992	MF	Aaron Giamettei
30 June 1992	MF	Chris Seymour

Competitions

Division Three

Results

Reading v Hull City

17 August 1991 1	Reading	0–1	Hull City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Hartlepool United v Reading

24 August 1991 2	Hartlepool United	0–2	Reading	Hartlepool
				Stadium: Victoria Park

Reading v Bury

31 August 1991 3	Reading	3–2	Bury	Reading
	Senior McPherson McGhee			Stadium: Elm Park

Swansea City v Reading

3 September 1991 4	Swansea City	1–2	Reading	Swansea
			D.Byrne Senior	Stadium: Vetch Field

Reading v Birmingham City

7 September 1991 5	Reading	1–1	Birmingham City	Reading
	D.Byrne			Stadium: Elm Park

Brentford v Reading

14 September 191 6	Brentford	1–0	Reading	Brentford
				Stadium: Griffin Park

Torquay United v Reading

17 September 1991 7	Torquay United	1–2	Reading	Torquay
			Senior M.Holzman	Stadium: Plainmoor

Reading v Bradford City

21 September 1991 8	Reading	1–2	Bradford City	Reading
	Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

Exeter City v Reading

28 September 1991 9	Exeter City	2–1	Reading	Exeter
			Lovell	Stadium: St James Park

Reading v Bournemouth

5 October 1991 10	Reading	0–0	Bournemouth	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Wigan Athletic v Reading

11 October 1991 11	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Reading	Wigan
			Cockram	Stadium: Springfield Park

Reading v Peterborough United

19 October 1991 12	Reading	1–1	Peterborough United	Reading
	Dillon .' (pen.)			Stadium: Elm Park

Shrewsbury Town v Reading

26 October 1991 13	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Reading	Shrewsbury
			Dillon Taylor	Stadium: Gay Meadow

Bolton Wanderers v Reading

2 November 1991 14	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Reading	Bolton
			Gooding	Stadium: Burnden Park

Reading v Darlington

5 November 1991 15	Reading	2–2	Darlington	Reading
	Maskell Williams			Stadium: Elm Park

Reading v West Bromwich Albion

9 November 1991 16	Reading	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Reading
	Taylor			Stadium: Elm Park

Chester City v Reading

23 November 1991 17	Chester City	2–2	Reading	Macclesfield
			Maskell .' (pen.)	Stadium: Moss Rose
Note: Chester City ground shared with Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose, after leaving The Stadium.

Reading v Stockport County

30 November 1991 18	Reading	1–1	Stockport County	Reading
	Maskell			Stadium: Elm Park

Reading v Hartlepool United

20 December 1991 19	Reading	0–1	Hartlepool United	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Bury v Reading

26 December 1991 20	Bury	0–1	Reading	Bury
			Maskell	Stadium: Gigg Lane

Hull City v Reading

28 December 1991 21	Hull City	0–1	Reading	Hull
			Senior	Stadium: Boothferry Park

Reading v Swansea City

1 January 1992 22	Reading	1–0	Swansea City	Reading
	Senior			Stadium: Elm Park

Reading v Huddersfield Town

11 January 1992 23	Reading	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Reading
	Senior			Stadium: Elm Park

Stoke City v Reading

18 January 1992 24	Stoke City	3–0	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
				Stadium: Victoria Ground

Peterborough United v Reading

1 February 1992 25	Peterborough United	5–3	Reading	Peterborough
			Richardson D.Lee Maskell .' (pen.)	Stadium: London Road Stadium

Reading v Shrewsbury Town

8 February 1992 26	Reading	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Reading
	D.Lee Senior			Stadium: Elm Park

Stockport County v Reading

11 February 1992 27	Stockport County	1–0	Reading	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park

Reading v Fulham

15 February 1992 28	Reading	0–2	Fulham	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Huddersfield Town v Reading

22 February 1992 29	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Reading	Huddersfield
			D.Lee Williams	Stadium: Leeds Road

Reading v Preston North End

29 February 1992 30	Reading	2–2	Preston North End	Reading
	D.Lee			Stadium: Elm Park

Reading v Stoke City

4 March 1992 31	Reading	3–4	Stoke City	Reading
	Lovell Williams Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

Leyton Orient v Reading

7 March 1992 32	Leyton Orient	1–1	Reading	Leyton
			Maskell	Stadium: Brisbane Road

Darlington v Reading

10 March 1992 33	Darlington	2–4	Reading	Darlington
			Maskell Cork .' (o.g.)	Stadium: Feethams

Reading v Bolton Wanderers

14 March 1992 34	Reading	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Reading
	Brown .' (o.g.)			Stadium: Elm Park

West Bromwich Albion v Reading

21 March 1992 35	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Reading	West Bromwich
				Stadium: The Hawthorns

Reading v Chester City

28 March 1992 36	Reading	0–0	Chester City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Reading v Brentford

1 April 1992 37	Reading	0–0	Brentford	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Birmingham City v Reading

4 April 1992 38	Birmingham City	2–0	Reading	Birmingham
				Stadium: St Andrew's

Fulham v Reading

7 April 1992 39	Fulham	1–0	Reading	Fulham
				Stadium: Craven Cottage

Reading v Torquay United

11 April 1992 40	Reading	6–1	Torquay United	Reading
	Dillon Lovell Barkus McGhee Maskell			Stadium: Elm Park

Preston North End v Reading

14 April 1992 41	Preston North End	1–1	Reading	Preston
			Maskell	Stadium: Deepdale

Bradford City v Reading

18 April 1992 42	Bradford City	1–0	Reading	Bradford
				Stadium: Valley Parade

Reading v Exeter City

20 April 1992 43	Reading	1–0	Exeter City	Reading
	McGhee			Stadium: Elm Park

Bournemouth v Reading

25 April 1992 44	Bournemouth	3–2	Reading	Bournemouth
			Watson .' (o.g.) Williams	Stadium: Dean Court

Reading v Leyton Orient

29 April 1992 45	Reading	3–2	Leyton Orient	Reading
	Maskell McGhee			Stadium: Elm Park

Reading v Wigan Athletic

2 May 1992 46	Reading	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Reading
	Maskell McGhee Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Leyton Orient	46	18	11	17	62	52	+10	65
11	Hartlepool United	46	18	11	17	57	57	0	65
12	Reading	46	16	13	17	59	62	−3	61
13	Bolton Wanderers	46	14	17	15	57	56	+1	59
14	Hull City	46	16	11	19	54	54	0	59

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

FA Cup

Slough Town v Reading

16 November 1991 1st Round	Slough Town	3–3	Reading	Slough
			Williams Gooding Taylor	Stadium: Holloways Park

Reading v Slough Town

27 November 1991 1st Round Replay	Reading	2–1	Slough Town	Reading
	Williams Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

Peterborough United v Reading

7 December 1991 2nd Round	Peterborough United	0–0	Reading	Peterborough
				Stadium: London Road Stadium

Reading v Peterborough United

17 December 1991 2nd Round Replay	Reading	1–0	Peterborough United	Reading
	Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

Bolton Wanderers v Reading

4 January 1992 3rd Round	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Reading	Bolton
	Philliskirk			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 7,301

League Cup

Cambridge United v Reading

21 August 1991 1st Round 1st Leg	Cambridge United	1–0	Reading	Cambridge
				Stadium: Abbey Stadium

Reading v Cambridge United

28 August 1991 1st Round 2nd Leg	Reading	0–3 (0–4 agg.)	Cambridge United	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

Autoglass Trophy

Leyton Orient v Reading

22 October 1991 Southern Primarily Group 3	Leyton Orient	1–0	Reading	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,052^[8]

Northampton Town v Reading

20 November 1991 Southern Primarily Group 3	Northampton Town	2–0	Reading	Northampton
				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,151

Squad statistics

As of match played 2 May 1992^[9]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Steve Francis	37	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	GK	ENG	Danny Honey	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Nathan Fealey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Linden Jones	32	0	28+1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Keith McPherson	53	1	44	1	5	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Richardson	46	1	38	1	5	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	JAM	Floyd Streete	41	0	34	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Ady Williams	48	6	40	4	5	2	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Danny Bailey	27	0	23+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	David Bass	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Kevin Dillon	33	3	29	3	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Aaron Giamettei	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Michael Gilkes	27	0	19+1	0	4	0	1+1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Mick Gooding	49	4	39+1	3	5	1	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Holzman	22	1	11+5	1	2	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Chris Seymour	6	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Scott Taylor	34	3	22+7	2	1	1	1+1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Lea Barkus	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Gerry Britton	4	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Gray	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Stuart Lovell	30	6	16+8	4	2+2	2	0	0	1+1	0
	FW	ENG	Craig Maskell	40	16	29+5	16	5	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Mark McGhee	37	5	23+9	5	1	0	1+1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	David Robinson	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Trevor Senior	28	7	20+5	7	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
	GK	ENG	John Keeley	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Jim Leighton	11	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	David Lee	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	NIR	Steve Morrow	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	David Byrne	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Allan Cockram	8	1	2+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Neale Cooper	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Dave Leworthy	9	0	3+3	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Steve Archibald	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	Craig Maskell	16	0	16
2	FW	Trevor Senior	7	0	7
3	FW	Stuart Lovell	4	2	6
3	DF	Ady Williams	4	2	6
5	DF	David Lee	5	0	5
5	FW	Mark McGhee	5	0	5
7	MF	Mick Gooding	3	1	4
8	FW	Kevin Dillon	3	0	3
	Own goal		3	0	3
	MF	Scott Taylor	2	1	3
11	MF	David Byrne	2	0	2
12	FW	Lea Barkus	1	0	1
	MF	Allan Cockram	1	0	1
	MF	Mark Holzman	1	0	1
	DF	Keith McPherson	1	0	1
	DF	Steve Richardson	1	0	1
		TOTALS	59	6	68

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1991–92 was manufactured by Matchwinner, and the main sponsor was HAT Painting.

1991–92 home colours

1991–92 away colours

Notes

^ Age as of the end of the season
^ 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.
^ Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.
^ Neale Cooper was born in Darjeeling, India, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his debut for Scotland U21 in 1981.

References

^ ^a ^b "Neale Cooper". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "David Robinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "Jim Leighton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "Steve Morrow". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "David Lee". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "John Keeley". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "George Friel". readingfcformerplayers. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "Reading's results from season 1991/1992". Reading-Mad. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "Season 1991–92". royalsrecord. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

External links

Soccerbase.com

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