1993–94 Reading F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Reading

1993–94 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Mark McGhee
Stadium	Elm Park
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Quinn 35 All: Jimmy Quinn 37
Home colours

Squad

As of match played 5 May 1994

Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age[lower-alpha 1])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
Shaka Hislop	[lower-alpha 2]	GK	22 February 1969 (aged 25)	Howard Bison	1992		72	0
Defenders
Mark Holzman		DF	21 February 1973 (aged 21)	Trainee	1991		43	1
Darren McCance		DF	13 September 1973 (aged 20)	Trainee	1992		2	0
Keith McPherson		DF	11 September 1963 (aged 30)	Northampton Town	1990
Ray Ranson		DF	12 June 1960 (aged 33)	Manchester City	1993		30	0
Ray Wallace		DF	2 October 1969 (aged 24)	loan from Leeds United	1994		3	0
Ady Williams	[lower-alpha 3]	DF	16 September 1971 (aged 22)	Trainee	1989
Tony Witter		DF	12 August 1965 (aged 28)	loan from Queens Park Rangers	1994		4	0
Dylan Kerr		DF	14 January 1967 (aged 27)	Leeds United	1993		55	2
Jeff Hopkins		DF	14 April 1964 (aged 30)	Bristol Rovers	1992		94	3
Midfielders
David Bass		MF	29 November 1974 (aged 19)	Trainee	1992		9	0
Kevin Dillon		MF	18 December 1959 (aged 34)	Newcastle United	1991		119	5
Michael Gilkes	[lower-alpha 4]	MF	20 July 1965 (aged 28)	Leicester City	1984
Mick Gooding		MF	12 April 1959 (aged 35)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1989
Tommy Jones		MF	7 October 1964 (aged 29)	Swindon Town	1992		45	1
Jamie Lambert		MF	14 September 1973 (aged 20)	Trainee	1992		43	4
Phil Parkinson		MF	1 December 1967 (aged 26)	Bury	1992		98	9
Scott Taylor		MF	23 November 1970 (aged 23)	Trainee	1989
Forwards
Stuart Lovell		FW	9 January 1972 (aged 22)	Trainee	1990
Lea Barkus		FW	7 December 1974 (aged 19)	Trainee	1991		17	0
Alan Carey		FW	21 August 1975 (aged 18)	Trainee	1994		1	0
Andy Gray		FW	25 October 1973 (aged 20)	Trainee	1991		20	4
Uwe Hartenberger		FW	1 February 1968 (aged 26)	KFC Uerdingen 05	1993		13	3
Jimmy Quinn		FW	7 December 1959 (aged 34)	Bournemouth	1992		106	63
Out on loan
Left during the season
John Humphrey		DF	31 January 1961 (aged 33)	loan from Crystal Palace	1993		9	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 — DF  ENG John Humphrey (loan return to Crystal Palace)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1993	DF		Ray Ranson	Manchester City
Summer 1993	DF		Dylan Kerr	Leeds United
Summer 1993	FW		Uwe Hartenberger	KFC Uerdingen 05	£100,000	[1]

Loans In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
9 December 1993	DF		John Humphrey	Crystal Palace	9 February 1994
11 February 1994	DF		Tony Witter	Millwall	End of Season
11 March 1994	DF		Ray Wallace	Leeds United	End of Season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 1993	GK		Steve Francis	Huddersfield Town

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 June 1994	DF		Mark Holzman
30 June 1994	DF		Darren McCance
30 June 1994	DF		Ray Ranson	Retired
30 June 1994	MF		Kevin Dillon	Stevenage
30 June 1994	FW		Andy Gray	Leyton Orient	20 July 1994[2]

Competitions

Division two

Results

14 August 1993 1	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Reading	Huddersfield
			Gooding Quinn Lovell	Stadium: Leeds Road

21 August 1993 2	Reading	2–1	Burnley	Reading
	Quinn McPherson		Eyres  ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Elm Park

28 August 1993 3	Brentford	1–0	Reading	London
	Allon			Stadium: Griffin Park

1 September 1993 4	Reading	4–1	Barnet	Reading
	Parkinson Gooding Quinn Gilkes		Haag	Stadium: Elm Park

4 September 1993 5	Reading	3–1	Cambridge United	Reading
	Quinn  ?', ?' Parkinson		Claridge	Stadium: Elm Park

11 September 1993 6	Wrexham	3–2	Reading	Wrexham
	Bennett Phillips Lake		Lovell Jones  ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: Racecourse Ground

15 September 1993 7	Bradford City	2–4	Reading	Bradford
	McCarthy  ?', ?'		Parkinson Quinn  ?', ?' Lovell	Stadium: Valley Parade

18 September 1993 8	Reading	3–2	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
	Quinn  ?', ?' Gooding		Castle  ?' (pen.) Nugent	Stadium: Elm Park

25 September 1993 9	Reading	1–1	Hull City	Reading
	Hopkins		Brown	Stadium: Elm Park

1 October 1993 10	Swansea City	1–1	Reading	Swansea
	McFarlane		Hartenberger	Stadium: Vetch Field

9 October 1993 11	Exeter City	4–6	Reading	Exeter
	Jepson  ?', ?' Ross  ?', ?'		Quinn  ?', ?' Taylor  ?', ?' Lovell  ?', ?'	Stadium: St James Park

16 October 1993 12	Reading	2–1	Leyton Orient	Reading
	Quinn  ?', ?'		West	Stadium: Elm Park

23 October 1993 13	Port Vale	0–4	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
			Lovell Taylor Quinn  ?', ?'	Stadium: Vale Park

30 October 1993 14	Reading	1–0	Fulham	Reading
	Quinn			Stadium: Elm Park

2 November 1993 15	Rotherham United	2–2	Reading	Rotherham
	Hazel Whitworth		Lovell  ?', ?'	Stadium: Millmoor

6 November 1993 16	Reading	1–1	Blackpool	Reading
	Quinn		Griffiths	Stadium: Elm Park

20 November 1993 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Reading	Hove
			Taylor	Stadium: Goldstone Ground

27 November 1993 18	Reading	3–0	Bournemouth	Reading
	Quinn  ?', ?' Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

11 December 1993 19	Burnley	0–1	Reading	Burnley
			Gooding	Stadium: Turf Moor

18 December 1993 20	Reading	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

28 December 1993 21	Reading	2–0	Stockport County	Reading
	Lovell  ?', ?'			Stadium: Elm Park

1 January 1994 22	Cardiff City	3–0	Reading	Cardiff
	Griffiths Aizlewood Richardson			Stadium: Ninian Park

3 January 1994 23	Reading	2–1	York City	Reading
	Quinn  ?', ?'		Hopkins  (o.g.)	Stadium: Elm Park

8 January 1994 24	Reading	4–0	Hartlepool United	Reading
	Quinn Lovell Taylor Gooding			Stadium: Elm Park

15 January 1994 25	Leyton Orient	1–1	Reading	London
	West		Lovell	Stadium: Brisbane Road

22 January 1994 26	Reading	1–0	Exeter City	Reading
	Hartenberger			Stadium: Elm Park

25 January 1994 27	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Reading	Bath
	Clark		Quinn	Stadium: Twerton Park

30 January 1994 28	Fulham	1–0	Reading	London
	Hails			Stadium: Craven Cottage

5 February 1994 29	Reading	1–2	Port Vale	Reading
	Quinn  ?' (pen.)		Kent Foyle	Stadium: Elm Park

12 February 1994 30	Hartlepool United	1–4	Reading	Hartlepool
	McGuckin		Taylor Lovell  ?', ?' Quinn	Stadium: Victoria Park

19 February 1994 31	Reading	2–1	Brentford	Reading
	Hopkins Quinn		Thompson	Stadium: Elm Park

26 February 1994 32	Cambridge United	0–1	Reading	Cambridge
			Quinn	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

5 March 1994 33	Reading	0–1	Wrexham	Reading
			Hunter	Stadium: Elm Park

12 March 1994 34	Plymouth Argyle	3–1	Reading	Plymouth
	Nugent  ?', ?' Dalton		Kerr	Stadium: Home Park

15 March 1994 35	Reading	1–1	Bradford City	Reading
	Lovell		Power	Stadium: Elm Park

19 March 1994 36	Hull City	1–2	Reading	Hull
	Windass  ?' (pen.)		Quinn  ?', ?'	Stadium: Boothferry Park

26 March 1994 37	Reading	2–1	Swansea Town	Reading
	Quinn Lovell		Bowen	Stadium: Elm Park

29 March 1994 38	York City	1–0	Reading	York
	Swann			Stadium: Bootham Crescent

2 April 1994 39	Reading	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Reading
	Quinn Lovell			Stadium: Elm Park

9 April 1994 40	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
	Gilkes		Hopkins  ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: Elm Park

12 April 1994 41	Barnet	0–1	Reading	London
			Lovell	Stadium: Underhill Stadium

16 April 1994 42	Reading	0–0	Rotherham United	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park

23 April 1994 43	Blackpool	0–4	Reading	Blackpool
			Kerr Lovell  ?', ?' Quinn	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

28 April 1994 44	Stockport County	1–1	Reading	Stockport
	Francis		Gooding	Stadium: Edgeley Park

30 April 1994 45	Reading	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
	Quinn  ?' (pen), ?'			Stadium: Elm Park

5 May 1994 46	Bournemouth	1–2	Reading	Bournemouth
	Cotterill Fletcher		Quinn	Stadium: Dean Court

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Reading	46	26	11	9	81	44	+37	89	Division Champions, promoted
2	Port Vale	46	26	10	10	79	46	+33	88	Promoted
3	Plymouth Argyle	46	25	10	11	88	56	+32	85	Participated in play-offs
4	Stockport County	46	24	13	9	74	44	+30	85
5	York City	46	21	12	13	64	40	+24	75

Source:

FA Cup

13 November 1993 First Round	Cambridge United	0–0	Reading	Cambridge
				Stadium: Abbey Stadium

24 November 1993 First Round Replay	Reading	1–2	Cambridge United	Reading
	Gooding		Nyamah Heathcote	Stadium: Elm Park

League Cup

18 August 1993 First Round 1st Leg	Reading	3–0	Northampton Town	Reading
	Quinn Lovell Parkinson	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

7 September 1993 First Round 2nd Leg	Northampton Town	0–2 (0 – 5 agg.)	Reading	Northampton
		Report	Gray Dillon	Stadium: County Ground

22 September 1993 Second Round 1st Leg	Manchester City	1–1	Reading	Manchester
	White	Report	Lovell	Stadium: Maine Road

6 October 1993 Second Round 2nd Leg	Reading	1–2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Manchester City	Reading
	J.Quinn	Report	Lomas N.Quinn	Stadium: Elm Park

Football League Trophy

20 October 1993 First Round Group	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Reading	Hove
		Report	Quinn	Stadium: Goldstone Ground

10 November 1993 First Round Group	Reading	1–0	Fulham	Reading
	Taylor	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

1 December 1993 Second Round	Reading	4–1	Northampton Town	Reading
	Hartenberger Quinn Lambert Gooding	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

11 January 1994 Third Round	Fulham	1–0	Reading	Fulham
		Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 May 1994[3]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Shaka Hislop	56	0	46	0	2	0	4	0	4	0
	DF		Mark Holzman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Darren McCance	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Keith McPherson	27	1	19+1	1	0+1	0	4	0	1+1	0
	DF		Ray Ranson	30	0	22+2	0	2	0	3	0	1	0
	DF		Ray Wallace	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Adi Williams	51	0	41	0	2	0	4	0	4	0
	DF		Tony Witter	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Dylan Kerr	55	2	45	2	2	0	4	0	3+1	0
	DF		Jeff Hopkins	50	2	40+2	2	2	0	2	0	4	0
	MF		Kevin Dillon	39	1	31+1	0	0	0	4	1	3	0
	MF		Michael Gilkes	48	2	29+10	2	2	0	3+1	0	3	0
	MF		Mick Gooding	49	9	41	7	2	1	3	0	3	1
	MF		Tommy Jones	19	0	11+6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Jamie Lambert	8	1	1+5	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
	MF		Phil Parkinson	51	4	42	3	2	0	4	1	2+1	0
	MF		Scott Taylor	47	7	34+4	6	2	0	0+3	0	4	1
	FW		Stuart Lovell	54	22	43+2	20	2	0	4	2	2+1	0
	FW		David Bass	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alan Carey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Andy Gray	7	1	0+5	0	0	0	0+1	1	0+1	0
	FW		Uwe Hartenberger	13	3	0+9	2	0+1	0	0	0	3	1
	FW		Jimmy Quinn	55	40	46	35	2	0	3	2	3+1	3
Players away on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
	DF		John Humphrey	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Name	First Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		Jimmy Quinn	35	0	2	37
2	FW		Stuart Lovell	20	0	2	22
3	MF		Mick Gooding	7	1	0	8
4	MF		Scott Taylor	6	0	0	6
5	MF		Phil Parkinson	3	0	1	4
6	MF		Michael Gilkes	2	0	0	2
	FW		Uwe Hartenberger	2	0	0	2
	DF		Jeff Hopkins	2	0	0	2
	DF		Dylan Kerr	2	0	0	2
10	DF		Keith McPherson	1	0	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
	MF		Kevin Dillon	0	0	1	1
	FW		Andy Gray	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	81	1	7	89

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1993–94 was manufactured by Pelada, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.

1993–94 home colours

1993–94 away colours

Notes

1. Age as of the end of the season
2. Shaka Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
3. 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.
4. Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.

References

1. kicker Sportmagazin Nr.79/39. Wo.; 30. September 1993; S. 21
2. "Andy Gray". soccerbase.com/. Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
3. "Season 1993-94". royalsrecord. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

• Soccerbase.com
• Reading team stats at Neil Brown