Reading Football Club will play the 2009–10 season in the Football League Championship, having lost 3-0 on aggregate to Burnley in the Championship playoff semi-final. Reading have a new manager, Brendan Rodgers from Watford.
Review & Events
See also Football League Championship 2009-10
Pre Season - July
Reading travelled to Didcot Town for their first Pre-Season match where they ran out 5-1 winners with goals from Sigurdsson, Bignall, Henry, Harper and Church. Reading then lost 2-1 at Kettering Town with Church (11') scoring the only goal for the Berkshire side. Reading drew 2-2 with Premier League side, Chelsea in their final Pre-Season match, with goals from Jimmy Kebe and Scott Davies. However between the defeat to Kettering Town and draw with Chelsea Reading embarked on a tour of Sweden
Tour of Sweden
Reading beat Jonsereds 8-0 with Robson-Kanu scoring a hat trick, Church and Davies scoring braces and a goal from Gunnarsson. The Royals' next game was against Tolo IF whom they beat 4-0 with Shane Long scoring all four of Reading's goals. Reading played Qviding in their 3rd and final game of the tour, winning 2-1, with both goals scored by Noel Hunt after Reading were 1-0 down.
Reading XI, Reserve and Other Matches
A Reading XI beat Tooting & Mitcham 3-0. Later on in the preseaon campaign another Reading XI visited Farnborough where the Hampshire side were eventual 3-2 winners. Reading also played a 'Champions XI' in a Testimonial match, for former player Graeme Murty, winning the match 3-2.
August
With the kick-off to the 2009-10 Championship season beginning on Saturday 8 August, Reading played Notts Forest and just like the season before, drew. Other fixtures in August were the heavy defeats to Newcastle and Sheffield United. However a draw away at Swansea and a convincing win at Barnsley were positives. Top scorer at the end of August is Noel Hunt
September
First match of the month saw Reading draw at home to Doncaster Rovers 0-0. The Royals then lost at home to Cardiff 1-0. The defeat was followed up by a loss to Peterborough. Despite the Royals being 2-0 up at half time, the lead was lost and Peterborough ended up winning 3-2. The month ended with further disappointment at the Madejski Stadium where, despite again taking the lead through an early goal from Grzegorz Rasiak, Reading could only draw 1-1 with Watford.
October
Leroy Lita returned to the Madejski Stadium on 2 October and scored the visitors second goal, as Middlesbrough won 2-0, extending Reading's winless run at home to 14 league games.
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Match Results
| Kick Off |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result |
Scorers |
Referee |
Attendance |
Position |
Report |
| 2009-08-08 15:00 |
Nottingham Forest |
H |
0 – 0 |
|
Phil Crossley |
19,640 |
18th |
[1] |
| 2009-08-15 17:20 |
Newcastle United |
A |
0 – 3 |
|
Anthony Taylor |
36,944 |
23rd |
[2] |
| 2009-08-18 19:45 |
Swansea City |
A |
0 – 0 |
|
Simon Hooper |
12,775 |
19th |
[3] |
| 2009-08-22 15:00 |
Sheffield United |
H |
1 – 3 |
Mills 13' |
Mick Russell |
16,025 |
21st |
[4] |
| 2009-08-29 15:00 |
Barnsley |
A |
3 – 1 |
Pearce 29', Hunt 53' pen, 54' |
Michael Oliver |
11,116 |
18th |
[5] |
| 2009-09-08 15:00 |
Doncaster Rovers |
H |
0 – 0 |
|
Phil Gibbs |
15,697 |
17th |
[6] |
| 2009-09-16 20:00 |
Cardiff |
H |
0 – 1 |
|
Paul Taylor |
16,687 |
18th |
[7] |
| 2009-09-19 15:00 |
Peterborough |
A |
2 – 3 |
Sigurðsson 30', Church 42' |
Chris Sarginson |
8,521 |
21st |
[8] |
| 2009-09-26 15:00 |
Watford |
H |
1 – 1 |
Rasiak 7' |
Mark Haywood |
18,147 |
21st |
[9] |
| 2009-09-29 19:45 |
Preston North End |
A |
2 – 1 |
Church 33', Kébé 42' |
Andy Penn |
10,987 |
19th |
[10] |
| 2009-10-03 15:00 |
Middlesbrough |
H |
0 – 2 |
|
Neil Swarbrick |
17,638 |
20th |
[11] |
| 2009-10-17 15:00 |
West Brom |
A |
1 – 3 |
Mills 6' |
Anthony Taylor |
20,935 |
21st |
[12] |
| 2009-10-20 15:00 |
QPR |
A |
1 – 4 |
Howard 86' |
Andy Hall |
11,400 |
21st |
[13] |
| 2009-10-26 20:00 |
Leicester City |
H |
0 – 1 |
|
Keith Hill |
16,192 |
22nd |
[14] |
| 2009-10-31 15:00 |
Coventry City |
A |
3 – 1 |
Rasiak 1', 72', McAnuff 54' |
Eddie Ilderton |
15,165 |
21st |
[15] |
| 2009-11-07 15:00 |
Ipswich Town |
H |
1 – 1 |
Church 47' |
Dean Whitestone |
19,053 |
22nd |
[16] |
| 2009-11-21 15:00 |
Blackpool |
H |
2 – 1 |
Sigurðsson 52', Rasiak 83' |
Graham Scott |
15,945 |
20th |
[17] |
| 2009-11-28 15:00 |
Derby County |
A |
1 – 2 |
Sigurðsson 56' |
Andy Haines |
30,174 |
21st |
[18] |
| 2009-12-05 15:00 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
A |
2 – 0 |
Rasiak 48', Cissé 66' |
David Webb |
22,090 |
18th |
[19] |
| 2009-12-08 20:00 |
Crystal Palace |
H |
2 – 4 |
Pearce 31', Sigurðsson 80' pen |
Kevin Friend |
16,629 |
19th |
[20] |
|
Scunthorpe United |
H |
1 – 1 |
Rasiak 16' |
TBA |
15,274 |
21st |
[21] |
|
Bristol City |
A |
1 – 1 |
Church 90' |
TBA |
14,366 |
20th |
[22] |
|
Swansea City |
H |
1 – 1 |
Sigurðsson 45' |
TBA |
19,608 |
19th |
[23] |
|
Plymouth Argyle |
A |
1 – 4 |
Sigurðsson 62' |
TBA |
12,091 |
20th |
[24] |
| Kick Off |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result |
Scorers |
Referee |
Attendance |
Report |
| 2010-01-02 17:15 |
Liverpool |
H |
1 - 1 |
Church 24' |
Martin Atkinson |
23,656 |
|
Player details
Last updated: 22:25, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
League Table
Updated to games played on 20 October 2009
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Team Kit
These are the 2009-10 Reading F.C. kits. They are still sponsored by Waitrose and are made by Puma.
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