2009–10_Reading_F.C._season

Reading F.C.
2009–10 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Brendan Rodgers Till 16 December 2009 ; Brian McDermott from 17 December 2009
Football League Championship	9th
FA Cup	Quarter-final vs Aston Villa
Football League Cup	2nd round vs Barnsley
Top goalscorer	League: Gylfi Sigurðsson (16); All: Gylfi Sigurðsson (20)
Highest home attendance	23,656 (v's Liverpool F.C.)
Lowest home attendance	5,576 (v's Barnsley)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Reading F.C. season

Reading F.C. 2009–10 football season

Reading Football Club played the 2009–10 season in the Football League Championship, having lost 3–0 on aggregate to Burnley in the Championship playoff semi-final. Reading had a new manager, Brian McDermott, who succeeded ex-boss Brendan Rodgers on 27 January 2010, after excelling in an FA Cup run as caretaker manager.

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Chris Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother, making his international debut for Scotland B in 2007.
Alex Pearce was born in Wallingford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and has represented Scotland at youth and U-21 level. He would, however, later be called up and make his full international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 2012.
Cummings was born in Hammersmith, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 2013.
Kalifa Cissé was born in Dreux, France, but qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in March 2008, having previously represented them at U-20 level.
Jay Tabb was born in Tooting, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally, and represented Ireland at U-21 level in 2005.
McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.
Jimmy Kébé was born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, but qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
James Henry was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and has represented Scotland at youth level. However, he would later represent England at youth level.
Hal 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.
Jem Karacan was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his father and has represented Turkey at every youth level.
Scott Davies was born in Aylesbury, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at youth and U-21 level.
Michail Antonio was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally, going on to make his debut for Jamaica in 2021.
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.
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.
Simon 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.

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[ArmstrongNat-3] Chris Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother, making his international debut for Scotland B in 2007.

[PearceNat-6] Alex Pearce was born in Wallingford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and has represented Scotland at youth and U-21 level. He would, however, later be called up and make his full international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 2012.

[CummingsNat-7] Cummings was born in Hammersmith, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 2013.

[CisséNat-8] Kalifa Cissé was born in Dreux, France, but qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in March 2008, having previously represented them at U-20 level.

[TabbNat-10] Jay Tabb was born in Tooting, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally, and represented Ireland at U-21 level in 2005.

[McAnuffNat-13] McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.

[KébéNat-14] Jimmy Kébé was born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, but qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.

[HenryNat-16] James Henry was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his parents and has represented Scotland at youth level. However, he would later represent England at youth level.

[Robson-KanuNat-17] Hal 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.

[KaracanNat-18] Jem Karacan was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his father and has represented Turkey at every youth level.

[DaviesNat-19] Scott Davies was born in Aylesbury, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at youth and U-21 level.

[AntonioNat-20] Michail Antonio was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally, going on to make his debut for Jamaica in 2021.

[TaylorNat-22] 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.

[Bell-BaggieNat-23] 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.

[ChurchNat-26] Simon 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.

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Federici		GK	(1985-01-31)31 January 1985 (aged 25)	Torres	2005		70	1
21	Ben Hamer		GK	(1987-11-20)20 November 1987 (aged 22)	Academy	2006		3	0
31	Mikkel Andersen		GK	(1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 21)	AB	2007^[1]	2009	0	0
41	Alex McCarthy		GK	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2007		0	0
Defenders
2	Liam Rosenior		DF	(1984-07-09)9 July 1984 (aged 25)	Fulham	2007^[2]	2010^[2]	69	1
3	Chris Armstrong	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	DF	(1982-08-05)5 August 1982 (aged 27)	Sheffield United	2008^[3]		42	1
5	Matt Mills		DF	(1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 23)	Doncaster Rovers	2009		30	2
16	Ívar Ingimarsson (club captain)^[4]		DF	(1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 32)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2003		266	12
22	Julian Kelly		DF	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2008		12	0
24	Ryan Bertrand		DF	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 20)	on loan from Chelsea	2009	2010	51	1
26	Alex Pearce (vice-captain)^[4]	^{[lower-alpha 2]}	DF	(1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 21)	Academy	2006		53	6
35	Shaun Cummings	^{[lower-alpha 3]}	DF	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 20)	Chelsea	2009		8	0
40	Andy Griffin		DF	(1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 31)	on loan from Stoke City	2010	2010	25	0
44	Zurab Khizanishvili		DF	(1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 28)	on loan from Blackburn Rovers	2010	2010	15	0
Midfielders
4	Kalifa Cissé	^{[lower-alpha 4]}	MF	(1984-01-09)9 January 1984 (aged 26)	Boavista	2007^[5]	2010^[5]	83	7
6	Brynjar Gunnarsson		MF	(1975-10-16)16 October 1975 (aged 34)	Watford	2005		143	10
7	Jay Tabb	^{[lower-alpha 5]}	MF	(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 26)	Coventry City	2009^[6]	2011^[6]	43	0
8	Marek Matějovský		MF	(1981-12-20)20 December 1981 (aged 28)	Mladá Boleslav	2008^[7]	2011^[7]	56	2
11	Jobi McAnuff	^{[lower-alpha 6]}	MF	(1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 28)	Watford	2009	2012	41	3
14	Jimmy Kébé	^{[lower-alpha 7]}	MF	(1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 26)	Lens	2008^[8]	2010^[8]	96	14
17	James Henry	^{[lower-alpha 8]}	MF	(1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 22)	Academy	2004		18	4
19	Hal Robson-Kanu	^{[lower-alpha 9]}	MF	(1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2007		18	0
20	Jem Karacan	^{[lower-alpha 10]}	MF	(1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 21)	Academy	2007		48	2
25	Gylfi Sigurðsson		MF	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2008		47	20
27	Scott Davies	^{[lower-alpha 11]}	MF	(1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 22)	Academy	2004		5	0
28	Michail Antonio	^{[lower-alpha 12]}	MF	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 21)	Tooting & Mitcham United	2008^[9]	2010^[9]	2	0
30	Oliver Bozanic		MF	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 21)	Central Coast Mariners	2007		0	0
33	Mitchell Bryant		MF	(1990-12-22)22 December 1990 (aged 19)	Manchester United	2007		0	0
34	Brian Howard		MF	(1983-01-23)23 January 1983 (aged 27)	Sheffield United	2009	2012	39	3
37	Jake Taylor	^{[lower-alpha 13]}	MF	(1990-12-22)22 December 1990 (aged 19)	Academy	2009		0	0
38	Abdulai Bell-Baggie	^{[lower-alpha 14]}	MF	(1992-04-28)28 April 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2009		0	0
Forwards
9	Shane Long		FW	(1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 23)	Cork City	2005		151	27
10	Noel Hunt		FW	(1982-12-26)26 December 1982 (aged 27)	Dundee United	2008^[10]	2011^[10]	51	15
12	Dave Mooney		FW	(1984-10-30)30 October 1984 (aged 25)	Cork City	2008^[11]	2011^[11]	4	2
18	Simon Church	^{[lower-alpha 15]}	FW	(1988-12-10)10 December 1988 (aged 21)	Academy	2007		44	12
23	Grzegorz Rasiak		FW	(1979-01-12)12 January 1979 (aged 31)	Southampton	2009	2011	34	9
29	Nicholas Bignall		FW	(1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 19)	Academy	2008		3	2
32	Radoslav Vasilev		FW	(1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 19)	Slavia Sofia	2009		0	0
36	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson		FW	(1982-04-01)1 April 1982 (aged 28)	on loan from Esbjerg fB	2010	2010	5	0
Out on loan
Left during the season
11	Stephen Hunt		MF	(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 28)	Brentford	2005		173	20
15	James Harper		MF	(1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 29)	Arsenal	2001		361	23
23	André Bikey		DF	(1985-01-08)8 January 1985 (aged 25)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2007 ^[12]	2010^[12]	73	7
48	Darren O'Dea		DF	(1987-02-04)4 February 1987 (aged 23)	on loan from Celtic	2009	2009	8	0

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
8 August 2009	CB	Matt Mills	Doncaster Rovers	£2,000,000^[13]
27 August 2009	LM	Jobi McAnuff	Watford	Undisclosed^[14]
27 August 2009	FW	Grzegorz Rasiak	Southampton	Undisclosed^[14]
2 September 2009	RB	Shaun Cummings	Chelsea	Undisclosed^[15]
3 September 2009	CM	Brian Howard	Sheffield United	Undisclosed^[16]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
30 June 2009	FW	Kevin Doyle	Wolves	Undisclosed^[17]
11 August 2009	MF	Stephen Hunt	Hull City	Undisclosed^[18]
18 August 2009	CB	André Bikey	Burnley	Undisclosed^[19]
28 January 2010	MF	James Harper	Sheffield United	Free^[20]

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
17 July 2009	Season-long	LB	Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea^[21]
1 September 2009	26 December 2009	CB	Darren O'Dea	Celtic^[22]^[23]
3 January 2010	End of the season	FW	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	Esbjerg^[24]
11 January 2010	End of the season	RB	Andy Griffin	Stoke City^[25]
25 January 2010	End of the season	CB	Zurab Khizanishvili	Blackburn Rovers^[26]

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
17 July 2009	6 Months	MF	Oliver Bozanic	Cheltenham Town
5 August 2009	6 Months	GK	Alex McCarthy	Yeovil Town
31 August 2009	4 Months	FW	Nicholas Bignall	Stockport County
1 September 2009	4 Months	GK	Mikkel Andersen	Bristol Rovers
2 September 2009	Season-long	RB	Liam Rosenior	Ipswich Town
2 September 2009	Season-long	MF	James Harper	Sheffield United
10 September 2009	29 December 2009	MF	James Henry	Millwall

2009–10_Reading_F.C._season

2009–10 Reading F.C. season

Review & events

Preseason – July

Tour of Sweden

Reading XI, reserve and other matches

August

September

October

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Competitions

Championship

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Player details

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Team kit

References

Notes

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Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
7 May 2010^[27]	MF	Oliver Bozanic	Central Coast Mariners	10 May 2010^[28]
7 May 2010^[27]	MF	Mitchell Bryant
7 May 2010^[27]	DF	Liam Rosenior	Hull City	29 October 2010 ^[29]
7 May 2010^[27]	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	July 2010

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League Championship 2009–10	—	9	8 August 2009	2 May 2010
Football League Cup	1st round	2nd round	11 August 2009	25 August 2009
FA Cup	3rd round	6th round	2 January 2010	7 March 2010

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	12	17	68	63	+5	63	10	7	6	39	22	+17	7	5	11	29	41	−12

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	W
Position	18	23	19	21	18	17	18	21	21	19	20	21	21	22	21	22	20	21	18	19	21	20	19	20	21	23	22	22	22	18	20	18	17	16	14	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	11	9

8 August 2009 1	Reading	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Chambers 87'	Attendance: 19,640 Referee: Phil Crossley

15 August 2009 2	Newcastle United	3–0	Reading	St James' Park
17:20 BST (UTC+1)	Ameobi 38', 66', 75' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 36,944 Referee: Anthony Taylor

18 August 2009 3	Swansea City	0–0	Reading	Liberty Stadium
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Attendance: 12,775 Referee: Simon Hooper

22 August 2009 4	Reading	1–3	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Mills 13'	Report	Quinn 42' Ward 62' Cotterill 90+1'	Attendance: 16,025 Referee: Mick Russell

29 August 2009 5	Barnsley	1–3	Reading	Oakwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gray 11'	Report	Pearce 29' Hunt 53' (pen.), 54'	Attendance: 11,116 Referee: Michael Oliver

8 September 2009 6	Reading	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		[Report]		Attendance: 15,697 Referee: Phil Gibbs

20 October 2009 13	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Reading	Loftus Road
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Watson 19' 30' Akos Buzsaky 31' Simpson 39' Vine 71' Agyemang 83'	Report	Ingimarsson 38' 46' Howard 86'	Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Andy Hall

28 November 2009 18	Derby County	2–1	Reading	Pride Park Stadium
15:00 GMT	Green Hulse 73'	Report	Sigurðsson 56'	Attendance: 30,174 Referee: Andy Haines

8 December 2009 20	Reading	2–4	Crystal Palace	Madejski Stadium
20:00 GMT	Pearce 31' Sigurðsson 80' (pen.)	Report	Clyne 7' Ambrose 45+1' Moses 45+2', 88'	Attendance: 16,629 Referee: Kevin Friend

16 September 2009 7	Reading	0–1	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Burke 58' McPhail 75'	Attendance: 16,687 Referee: Paul Taylor

19 September 2009 8	Peterborough United	3–2	Reading	London Road Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Mackail-Smith 48' McLean 54' Boyd 90+1'	Report	Sigurðsson 30' Church 42'	Attendance: 8,521 Referee: Chris Sarginson

26 September 2009 9	Reading	1–1	Watford	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Rasiak 7'	Report	Graham 66' Ellington 67' 80'	Attendance: 18,147 Referee: Mark Haywood

29 September 2009 10	Preston North End	1–2	Reading	Deepdale
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Parkin 85' (pen.)	Report	Church 33' Kébé 42'	Attendance: 10,987 Referee: Andy Penn

3 October 2009 11	Reading	0–2	Middlesbrough	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	St Ledger 12' Lita 55'	Attendance: 17,638 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

17 October 2009 12	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Reading	The Hawthorns
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Thomas 28', 65' Mulumbu 87'	Report	Mills 6'	Attendance: 20,935 Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 October 2009 14	Reading	0–1	Leicester City	Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Waghorn 45'	Attendance: 16,192 Referee: Keith Hill

31 October 2009 15	Coventry City	1–3	Reading	Ricoh Arena
15:00 GMT	Eastwood 64'	Report	Rasiak 1', 72' McAnuff 54'	Attendance: 15,165 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

7 November 2009 16	Reading	1–1	Ipswich Town	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Church 47'	Report	Stead 9'	Attendance: 19,053 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 November 2009 17	Reading	2–1	Blackpool	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 52' Rasiak 83'	Report	Ormerod 58'	Attendance: 15,945 Referee: Graham Scott

5 December 2009 19	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Reading	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 GMT		Report	Rasiak 48' Cissé 66'	Attendance: 22,090 Referee: David Webb

12 December 2009 21	Reading	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Rasiak 16'	Report	Hooper 80'	Attendance: 15,274 Referee: Andy Bates

19 December 2009 22	Bristol City	1–1	Reading	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Hartley 13' (pen.)	Report	Church 90+1' Church 13' 90+2'	Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 December 2009 23	Reading	1–1	Swansea City	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 45'	Report	Pratley 36'	Attendance: 19,608 Referee: M Russell

30 December 2009 24	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Reading	Home Park
15:00 GMT	Judge 13' (pen.), 63' Arnason 59' Barnes 84'	Report	Sigurðsson 62'	Attendance: 12,091 Referee: Simon Hooper

16 January 2010 25	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Reading	City Ground
15:00 GMT	Anderson 11' Earnshaw 41' Shorey 68'	Report	Kebe 90+4'	Attendance: 27,635 Referee: Darren Deadman

26 January 2010 26	Sheffield United	3–0	Reading	Bramall Lane
20:00 GMT	Fortune 12' Cresswell 42' Morgan 80'	Report		Attendance: 24,009 Referee: Phil Crossley

30 January 2010 27	Reading	1–0	Barnsley	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Long 29'	Report		Attendance: 15,580 Referee: James Linnington

6 February 2010 28	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Reading	Keepmoat Stadium
17:15 GMT	Sharp 81' (pen.)	Report	Long 38' Howard 77' Mills 80'	Attendance: 8,827 Referee: Keith Stroud

9 February 2010 29	Reading	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Madejski Stadium
20:00 GMT	Long 51', 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Fletcher 68'	Attendance: 15,484 Referee: Oliver Langford