2009–10 Reading F.C. 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.

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 →

Review & events

See also: 2009–10 Football League Championship

Preseason – 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 preseason 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 Nottingham 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.

Squad

As of match played 2 May 2010

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]		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	[a]	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]	[b]	DF	(1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 21)	Academy	2006		53	6
35	Shaun Cummings	[c]	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	[d]	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	[e]	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	[f]	MF	(1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 28)	Watford	2009	2012	41	3
14	Jimmy Kébé	[g]	MF	(1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 26)	Lens	2008[8]	2010[8]	96	14
17	James Henry	[h]	MF	(1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 22)	Academy	2004		18	4
19	Hal Robson-Kanu	[i]	MF	(1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2007		18	0
20	Jem Karacan	[j]	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	[k]	MF	(1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 22)	Academy	2004		5	0
28	Michail Antonio	[l]	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	[m]	MF	(1990-12-22)22 December 1990 (aged 19)	Academy	2009		0	0
38	Abdulai Bell-Baggie	[n]	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	[o]	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

Transfers

Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2009 and List of English football transfers winter 2009–10

In

Date	Position	Nationality	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]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	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]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	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]

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	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

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	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

Competitions

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

Updated to match played 2 May 2011
Source: Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2009–10 Football League 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	17	12	17	68	63	+5	63	10	7	6	39	22	+17	7	5	11	29	41	−12

Last updated: 28 December 2011.
Source: Reading FC

Results by round

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

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Reading v Nottingham Forest

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

Newcastle United v Reading

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

Swansea City v Reading

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

Reading v Sheffield United

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

Barnsley v Reading

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

Reading v Doncaster Rovers

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

Reading v Cardiff City

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

Peterborough United v Reading

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

Reading v Watford

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

Preston North End v Reading

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

Reading v Middlesbrough

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

West Bromwich Albion v Reading

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

Queens Park Rangers v Reading

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

Reading v Leicester City

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

Coventry City v Reading

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

Reading v Ipswich Town

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

Reading v Blackpool

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

Derby County v Reading

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

Sheffield Wednesday v Reading

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

Reading v Crystal Palace

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

Reading v Scunthorpe United

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

Bristol City v Reading

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

Reading v Swansea City

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

Plymouth Argyle v Reading

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

Nottingham Forest v Reading

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

Sheffield United v Reading

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

Reading v Barnsley

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

Doncaster Rovers v Reading

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

Reading v Plymouth Argyle

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

Crystal Palace v Reading

17 February 2010 30	Crystal Palace	1–3	Reading	Selhurst Park
19:45 GMT	Scannell 55'	Report	Church 23', 81' Kébé 47'	Attendance: 13,259 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Blackpool v Reading

20 February 2010 31	Blackpool	2–0	Reading	Bloomfield Road
15:00 GMT	Campbell 41' Adam 74'	Report		Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Craig Pawson

Reading v Sheffield Wednesday

27 February 2010 32	Reading	5–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Kebe 42', 71' Rasiak 45+1', 65' Church 52'	Report		Attendance: 17,573 Referee: Graham Hegley

Reading v Derby County

10 March 2010 33	Reading	4–1	Derby County	Madejski Stadium
20:00 GMT	Long 8' Kébé 35' Bertrand 69' Church 84'	Report	Sunu 21' Deeney  41'	Attendance: 14,096 Referee: K Wright

Reading v Bristol City

13 March 2010 34	Reading	2–0	Bristol City	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 12', 22' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 17,900 Referee: Paul Taylor

Reading v Queens Park Rangers

16 March 2010 35	Reading	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Madejski Stadium
20:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 85' (pen.)	Report	Stewart  32'  44'	Attendance: 16,886 Referee: Gavin Ward

Middlesbrough v Reading

20 March 2010 36	Middlesbrough	1–1	Reading	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT	Killen 47'	Report	Wheater 63' (o.g.)	Attendance: 17,082 Referee: A Hall

Leicester City v Reading

24 March 2010 37	Leicester City	1–2	Reading	Walkers Stadium
19:45 GMT	Waghorn 40'	Report	Kébé 16' Sigurðsson 90+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 20,108 Referee: D Foster

Reading v West Bromwich Albion

27 March 2010 38	Reading	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 6'	Report	Tamas 84'	Attendance: 20,515 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Ipswich Town v Reading

3 April 2010 39	Ipswich Town	2–1	Reading	Portman Road
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McAuley 41' Walters 45'	Report	Mills  30' Sigurðsson 90'	Attendance: 21,403 Referee: Keith Stroud

Reading v Coventry City

5 April 2010 40	Reading	3–0	Coventry City	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Rasiak 15' Church 22' (pen.) Kébé 40'	Report		Attendance: 17,435 Referee: A Woolmer

Cardiff City v Reading

10 April 2010 41	Cardiff City	0–0	Reading	Cardiff City Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Attendance: 21,248 Referee: A Bates

Reading v Newcastle United

13 April 2010 42	Reading	1–2	Newcastle United	Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Simpson 72' (o.g.)	Report	Nolan 20', 42'	Attendance: 23,163 Referee: F Graham

Reading v Peterborough United

17 April 2010 43	Reading	6–0	Peterborough United	Madejski Stadium
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pearce 3' Sigurðsson 25' (pen.), 76' McAnuff 29' Kébé 44' Long 59'	Report		Attendance: 15,982 Referee: C Boyeson

Scunthorpe United v Reading

20 April 2010 44	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Reading	Glanford Park
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hooper 82' Sparrow 89'	Report	Pearce 48' Sigurðsson 72' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,299 Referee: G Salisbury

Watford v Reading

24 April 2010 45	Watford	3–0	Reading	Vicarage Road
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Graham 30', 55' Helguson 47'	Report		Attendance: 15,949 Referee: Kevin Friend

Reading v Preston North End

2 May 2010 46	Reading	4–1	Preston North End	Madejski Stadium
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kébé 12' McAnuff 17' Sigurðsson 72' Church 90+3'	Report	Wallace 64'	Attendance: 19,239

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Swansea City	46	17	18	11	40	37	+3	69
8	Sheffield United	46	17	14	15	62	55	+7	65
9	Reading	46	17	12	17	68	63	+5	63
10	Bristol City	46	15	18	13	56	65	−9	63
11	Middlesbrough	46	16	14	16	58	50	+8	62

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

FA Cup

Main article: 2009–10 FA Cup

Reading v Liverpool

2 January 2010 Third round	Reading	1–1	Liverpool	Madejski Stadium
17:15 GMT	Church 24'	Report	Gerrard 36'	Attendance: 23,656 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Reading

13 January 2010 Third round replay	Liverpool	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Reading	Anfield
19:45 GMT	Bertrand 45+1' (o.g.)	Report	Sigurðsson 90+4' (pen.) Long 100'	Attendance: 31,063 Referee: Phil Dowd

Reading v Burnley

23 January 2010 Fourth round	Reading	1–0	Burnley	Madejski Stadium
12:45 GMT	Sigurðsson 87'	Report		Attendance: 12,910 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Reading v West Bromwich Albion

13 February 2010 Fifth round	Reading	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00 GMT	Kebe 1' Long  48' Church 73'	Report	Koren 18' Mulumbu  46'  61' Mattock 87'	Attendance: 18,008 Referee: Chris Foy

West Bromwich Albion v Reading

24 February 2010 Fifth round replay	West Bromwich Albion	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Reading	The Hawthorns
12:45 GMT	Koren 6', 47'	Report	Kebe 9' Howard 90+3' Sigurðsson 95' McAnuff  120'1	Attendance: 13,985 Referee: Lee Mason

Reading v Aston Villa

7 March 2010 Sixth round	Reading	2–4	Aston Villa	Madejski Stadium
13:45 GMT	Long 27', 42'	Report	Young 47' Carew 51', 55', 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 23,175 Referee: Mike Dean

Notes

• Jobi McAnuff was sent off for violent conduct after the final whistle.

Football League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Football League Cup

Reading v Burton Albion

11 August 2009 First round	Reading	5–1	Burton Albion	Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Mooney 6', 77' Bignall 7', 9' Sigurðsson 27'	Report	Phillips 59'	Attendance: 5,893 Referee: Gavin Ward

Reading v Barnsley

25 August 2009 Second round	Reading	1–2	Barnsley	Madejski Stadium
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kozluk 89' (o.g.)	Report	Bogdanović 56', 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,576 Referee: Graham Horwood

Player details

Appearances and goals

As of match played 2 May 2010^[30]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Adam Federici	52	0	46	0	6	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Chris Armstrong	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF	MLI	Kalifa Cissé	19	1	14+3	1	2	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Mills	30	2	22+1	2	6	0	1	0
6	MF	ISL	Brynjar Gunnarsson	32	0	18+8	0	4+1	0	1	0
7	MF	IRL	Jay Tabb	32	0	27+1	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
8	MF	CZE	Marek Matějovský	17	0	13+2	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	IRL	Shane Long	36	9	22+9	6	2+3	3	0	0
10	FW	IRL	Noel Hunt	12	2	5+5	2	0	0	0+2	0
11	MF	JAM	Jobi McAnuff	41	3	36	3	5	0	0	0
12	FW	IRL	Dave Mooney	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
14	MF	MLI	Jimmy Kébé	47	12	30+12	10	3+2	2	0	0
16	DF	ISL	Ivar Ingimarsson	31	0	25	0	6	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	James Henry	6	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	2	0
18	FW	WAL	Simon Church	42	12	22+14	10	5+1	2	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Hal Robson-Kanu	18	0	4+13	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	TUR	Jem Karacan	31	0	19+8	0	4	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Ben Hamer	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
22	DF	ENG	Julian Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	POL	Grzegorz Rasiak	34	9	14+15	9	3+2	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Ryan Bertrand	51	1	44	1	6	0	1	0
25	MF	ISL	Gylfi Sigurðsson	44	20	32+6	16	5	3	1	1
26	DF	SCO	Alex Pearce	28	4	24+1	4	0+1	0	2	0
27	MF	IRL	Scott Davies	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	ENG	Michail Antonio	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	FW	ENG	Nicholas Bignall	3	2	0+1	0	0	0	2	2
34	MF	ENG	Brian Howard	39	3	30+4	2	3+2	1	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Shaun Cummings	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	ISL	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	DF	ENG	Andy Griffin	25	0	21	0	4	0	0	0
44	DF	GEO	Zurab Khizanishvili	15	0	12+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
2	DF	ENG	Liam Rosenior	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	James Harper	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	2	0
48	DF	IRL	Darren O'Dea	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

As of match played 2 May 2010^[30]

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	MF		25	Gylfi Sigurðsson	16	3	1	20
2	FW		18	Simon Church	10	2	0	12
	MF		14	Jimmy Kébé	10	2	0	12
4	FW		9	Shane Long	6	3	0	9
	FW		23	Grzegorz Rasiak	9	0	0	9
6	DF		26	Alex Pearce	4	0	0	4
7	MF		34	Brian Howard	2	1	0	3
	MF		11	Jobi McAnuff	3	0	0	3
				Own Goal	2	0	1	3
9	FW		29	Nicholas Bignall	0	0	2	2
	FW		10	Noel Hunt	2	0	0	2
	DF		5	Matt Mills	2	0	0	2
	FW		12	David Mooney	0	0	2	2
13	DF		24	Ryan Bertrand	1	0	0	1
	MF		4	Kalifa Cissé	1	0	0	1
Total					68	11	6	85

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
4		MF	Kalifa Cissé	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Matt Mills	6	2	3	0	0	0	9	2
6		MF	Brynjar Gunnarsson	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Jay Tabb	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Marek Matejovsky	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Shane Long	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
11		MF	Jobi McAnuff	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
14		MF	Jimmy Kébé	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
16		DF	Ivar Ingimarsson	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
18		FW	Simon Church	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Hal Robson-Kanu	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	Jem Karacan	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
23		FW	Grzegorz Rasiak	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Ryan Bertrand	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
25		MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
26		DF	Alex Pearce	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
34		MF	Brian Howard	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
40		DF	Andy Griffin	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
44		DF	Zurab Khizanishvili	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	60	3	11	2	1	0	72	5

Team kit

The 2009–10 Reading F.C. kits.^[31]

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Waitrose

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours