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Reading

2010–11 season
Chairman	Sir John Madejski
Manager	Brian McDermott
Championship	5th
Play-offs	Runners-up vsSwansea City
FA Cup	Quarter final vsManchester City
League Cup	2nd round vsNorthampton Town
Top goalscorer	League: Shane Long (23) All: Shane Long (25)
Highest home attendance	23,677 vLeeds United Championship 27 November 2010
Lowest home attendance	14,029 vCoventry City Championship 11 December 2010
Average home league attendance	17,681
Home colours Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The2010–11 season wasReading's third season back in the Championship, since relegation from thePremier League in 2008. Having become Reading manager in January 2010, this wasBrian McDermott's first full season in charge at the club.

See also2010–11 Football League Championship

Summer transfersLeft-backMarcus Williams joined Reading on a free transfer on 11 May 2010, having played seven seasons forScunthorpe United. Right-backAndy Griffin signed for the club for a nominal fee on 1 July, having made 25 league appearances for Reading, on loan fromStoke City in the 2009–10 season. The transfer deadline day saw the arrival ofZurab Khizanishvili on loan fromBlackburn Rovers andIan Harte fromCarlisle United.

Marek Matějovský joinedSparta Prague for a fee of £650,000 on 11 June 2010, having made 56 appearances for the Royals in two-and-a-half years at the club.Kalifa Cissé left the club after three years, signed by former Reading managerSteve Coppell forBristol City on 9 July 2010. Cissé made 83 appearances for Reading, scoring seven goals. The transfer window also saw the departure ofGylfi Sigurðsson to GermanBundesliga club1899 Hoffenheim for £7 million.

Friendlies

Reading opened their pre-season campaign with a 1–0 victory overFarnborough,Noel Hunt scoring the winning goal.

The Royals then departed on tour to Slovenia, where they enjoyed a 3–1 victory over aRed Star Belgrade B-side, a game in which Marcus Williams made his first appearance for the club.Alex Pearce headed a first-half response for Reading, after Belgrade had taken the lead, andSimon Church sealed the victory with two second-half goals. A third consecutive win followed, as Reading defeated top-flight Croatian sideInter Zaprešić 2–0, with goals fromMatt Mills andJames Henry. Reading then suffered their first loss of the pre-season campaign, in the final game of the tour, with a 1–0 defeat againstNK Celje, strikerGorazd Zajc scored the only goal in the game.

Returning to England, Reading got back to winning ways, coming from behind to beatWycombe Wanderers 2–1, thanks to goals fromGylfi Sigurðsson, from the penalty spot, andHal Robson-Kanu. Another 2–1 victory followed in the Royals penultimate pre-season friendly, as another Sigurðsson penalty, and a second half goal fromMichail Antonio saw Reading pastWolverhampton Wanderers. Reading's final game of pre-season was a 4–2 victory atSouthampton, courtesy of goals from Sigurðsson, Church (2) and Antonio.

Reading's league season began in disappointing style with a 2–1 home defeat toScunthorpe United. After the visitors had taken an early lead through a disputedGarry Thompson goal – the linesman flagging for offside and subsequently overruled by the referee – Gylfi Sigurðsson put Reading on level terms from 25 yards. Despite enjoying spells of pressure, the Royals were unable to find another goal, andRob Jones headed home a corner to give Scunthorpe the victory.

Reading progressed to the second round of theLeague Cup with a narrow victory overTorquay United,Grzegorz Rasiak bundling home the winner in the final minute of extra-time. A league draw atPortsmouth followed, the Royals coming from behind to take a point asJimmy Kébé poked the ball home in the 87th minute following a goal-mouth scramble. The next game Reading went 1–0 up against promotion favouritesNottingham Forest from anAlex Pearce volley, but goalkeeperAdam Federici made a horrible mistake in giving Forest the equaliser by kicking the ball intoJem Karacan which resulted inRobert Earnshaw turning in from close range.

Reading then playedLeague Two opponentsNorthampton Town in the League Cup in which Reading went 1–0 up courtesy of a Matt Mills backheeler from aBrian Howard corner. Northampton equalised with a horrible mistake from goalkeeperBen Hamer where he dropped the ball twice in a row to allowAndy Holt a tap-in. Reading went back into the lead with a goal from Hal Robson-Kanu after some saves from the Northampton goalkeeperOscar Jansson, but again Hamer erred, grantingKevin Thornton the equaliser. In extra time, however, Matt Mills put Reading ahead again only to then score an own goal at the end. Reading subsequently lost 4–2 on penalties, with Simon Church andJake Taylor having their shots saved. In their next game, Reading won 2–1 overLeicester City with a lob from Gylfi Sigurðsson and a bullet header from Mills. Leicester had equalised with a long range shot fromLloyd Dyer but Reading scored in the 86th minute to hold Leicester at bay for their first win of the season.

On 11 September, after the international break and the sale of Sigurðsson, Reading beatCrystal Palace 3–0. The first goal was a penalty won and scored byShane Long after he cut in from the left and was taken out byPaddy McCarthy. The second was also a penalty after Jem Karacan ran the whole pitch with the ball, to pass to Long who cut in again and was taken out byJulian Bennett. New signing Ian Harte took responsibility and scored. The third was in extra time when Brian Howard lofted a pass to Jimmy Kébé, who then cut in and fired pastJulián Speroni. Next, Reading had an away game against in-formMillwall where it ended 0–0 after some brilliant saves by Adam Federici and Millwall goalkeeperDavid Forde. Reading then lost 3–1 toMiddlesbrough after they went 1–0 down in 24 seconds thanks to Scottish midfielderBarry Robson. Next, an ex-Reading player came back to haunt them;Leroy Lita scored to make it 2–0, but a few minutes later, Kébé got one back after he dribbled round two players then passed back to Brian Howard, who laid him off.David Wheater, however, capped it off for Middlesbrough with a header past Adam Federici. Just before the full-time whistle Brian Howard was shown a straight red after a tackle onAndy Halliday.

Next, Reading beatBarnsley 3–0 with three goals in the last 12 minutes.Chris Armstrong made a comeback after 11⁄2 seasons out of action with a knee injury. Kébé again put Reading in the lead with a bullet header from substitute Hal Robson-Kanu's cross. Ian Harte then curled a perfect free-kick pastLuke Steele to make it 2–0. Robson-Kanu then capped it off with a 50-yard run and then a cool finish under goalkeeperLuke Steele. On the 61st minute, however,Zurab Khizanishvili was sent off after a tackle that never was onChris Wood. On 28 September, a Tuesday, Reading beatIpswich Town 1–0 after substitute Simon Church came on and after 30 seconds on, he had the ball in the net. Jem Karacan's shot was steered in well by Church and Matt Mills was sent off for two bookable offences; this marked three Reading red cards in three games.

Reading opened October with a trip toPreston North End, earning a 1–1 draw. The Royals went behind in the first-half with a goal from Preston'sKeith Treacy, but in the 55th minute, Reading drew level through a sensational 25-yard volley from Jem Karacan. Reading then lost at home toSwansea City by a slim margin,Scott Sinclair giving ex-Reading managerBrendan Rodgers a happy return with his new Swans side. The Tuesday after, Reading again lost, this time toBristol City with a goal from strikerDanny Haynes on 28 minutes. In the next game, Reading beat an "unbeaten-at-home"Burnley 4–0. The first goal came from a Shane Long penalty which he won after being slipped through byJay Tabb and was fouled byLeon Cort. The next came fromJobi McAnuff after Ian Harte fired in a free-kick and Matt Mills' shot fell to McAnuff to volley in. Soon after, substitute Michail Antonio tapped in Shane Long's cross, while other substitute Simon Church belted in a shot at a tight angle from a Brian Howard pass.

Reading's next match was a 4–3 victory overDoncaster Rovers, coming back from 3–1 down. Matt Mills opened up the scoring early only to haveJames Hayter equalise.Shelton Martis then put Doncaster in the lead, while two minutes into the second-half,Dean Shiels made it 3–1. Reading brought on Noel Hunt and Simon Church, and Hunt made an immediate impact by crossing in for Jem Karacan to head pastNeil Sullivan. Then Harte whipped a superb free-kick into the top corner and to finish off, Church belted in substitute Antonio's squareball.

On 8 March 2011, Chris Armstrong announced his retirement from football following being diagnosed withmultiple sclerosis.^[1] Later on in the day, Reading travelled to Ipswich and won 3–1 thanks to goals from Shane Long, Ian Harte and Noel Hunt, whileConnor Wickham scored a consolation goal in injury time at the end of the second half for Ipswich. Reading's next game was aFA Cupquarter-final match againstManchester City at theCity of Manchester Stadium. Reading played well before eventually conceding a 74th-minute goal toMicah Richards that turned out to be the only goal of the game, thus eliminating Reading from the FA Cup. Reading where back playing in the Championship on 19 March away at Barnsley; it was a close game, with the winner for the Royals coming in the 71st minute thanks to second-half substituteMathieu Manset.

Reading'sGood Friday game against fellow promotion chasersLeeds United ended 0–0 to end a run of eight wins on the trot. On 25 April, a Monday, Reading lost their recent unbeaten record of 13 games in a 3–2 defeat at home to relegation threatenedSheffield United. Reading went 2–0 up inside 20 minutes through Noel Hunt and Hal Robson-Kanu before ex-RoyalDarius Henderson pulled one back on 30 minutes andLee Williamson converted on the stroke of half-time. In the second-half, Henderson scored again to seal the win for the Blades. At Reading's final away game of the season, atCoventry City on Saturday, 30 April, they secured the point they need to secure their place in this season's Championship play-offs with a 0–0 draw.

As of match played 30 May 2011

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 26)	Torres	2005		109	1
21	Ben Hamer		GK	(1987-11-20)20 November 1987 (aged 23)	Academy	2006		5	0
31	Mikkel Andersen		GK	(1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 22)	AB	2007[2]		0	0
41	Alex McCarthy		GK	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 21)	Academy	2007		15	0
42	Simon Locke		GK	(1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 19)	Academy	2007		0	0
Defenders
2	Andy Griffin		DF	(1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 32)	Stoke City	2010		63	0
3	Marcus Williams		DF	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 25)	Scunthorpe United	2010		5	0
5	Matt Mills(vice-captain)		DF	(1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 24)	Doncaster Rovers	2009		75	8
15	Zurab Khizanishvili		DF	(1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 29)	Blackburn Rovers	2010		42	0
16	Ívar Ingimarsson (club captain)[3]		DF	(1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 33)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2003		280	12
22	Julian Kelly		DF	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 21)	Academy	2008		13	0
23	Ian Harte		DF	(1977-08-31)31 August 1977 (aged 33)	Carlisle United	2010		47	11
24	Shaun Cummings	[a]	DF	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 21)	Chelsea	2009		20	0
26	Alex Pearce	[b]	DF	(1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 22)	Academy	2006		77	7
28	Sean Morrison		DF	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 20)	Swindon Town	2010		0	0
34	Ethan Gage		DF	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 20)	Vancouver Whitecaps	2010		0	0
35	Michael Hector	[c]	DF	(1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2010		0	0
36	Jack Mills		DF	(1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 19)	Academy	2010		0	0
Midfielders
4	Jem Karacan	[d]	MF	(1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 22)	Academy	2007		96	5
6	Brynjar Gunnarsson		MF	(1975-10-16)16 October 1975 (aged 35)	Watford	2005		158	10
7	Jay Tabb	[e]	MF	(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 27)	Coventry City	2009[4]	2011[4]	68	0
8	Mikele Leigertwood	[f]	MF	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 28)	on loan fromQueens Park Rangers	2010	2011	29	2
11	Jobi McAnuff	[g]	MF	(1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 29)	Watford	2009	2012	88	8
14	Jimmy Kébé	[h]	MF	(1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 27)	Lens	2008[5]	2010[5]	138	23
17	Michail Antonio	[i]	MF	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 22)	Tooting & Mitcham United	2008[6]	2010[6]	26	1
19	Hal Robson-Kanu	[j]	MF	(1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 22)	Academy	2007		52	6
20	Brian Howard		MF	(1983-01-23)23 January 1983 (aged 28)	Sheffield United	2009	2012	67	3
25	Jake Taylor	[k]	MF	(1990-12-22)22 December 1990 (aged 20)	Academy	2009		2	0
27	Scott Davies	[l]	MF	(1987-07-09)9 July 1987 (aged 23)	Academy	2004		5	0
37	Jordan Obita	[m]	MF	(1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 17)	Academy	2010		1	0
38	James Rowe		MF	(1991-10-21)21 October 1991 (aged 19)	Academy	2010		0	0
40	Lawson D'Ath		MF	(1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2010		0	0
44	Danny Joyce		MF	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2010		0	0
	Erik Opsahl		MF	(1992-07-18)18 July 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2010		0	0
Forwards
9	Shane Long		FW	(1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 24)	Cork City	2005		203	52
10	Noel Hunt		FW	(1982-12-26)26 December 1982 (aged 28)	Dundee United	2008[7]	2011[7]	91	25
12	Dave Mooney		FW	(1984-10-30)30 October 1984 (aged 26)	Cork City	2008[8]	2011[8]	4	2
18	Simon Church	[n]	FW	(1988-12-10)10 December 1988 (aged 22)	Academy	2007		88	17
29	Nicholas Bignall		FW	(1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 20)	Academy	2008		4	2
30	Abdulai Bell-Baggie	[o]	FW	(1992-04-28)28 April 1992 (aged 19)	Academy	2009		0	0
32	Jacob Walcott		FW	(1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2010		0	0
39	Brett Williams		FW	(1987-12-01)1 December 1987 (aged 23)	Eastleigh	2011		0	0
45	Mathieu Manset		FW	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 21)	Hereford United	2011		14	2
Out on loan
Left during the season
3	Chris Armstrong	[p]	DF	(1982-08-05)5 August 1982 (aged 28)	Sheffield United	2008[9]		49	1
8	Gylfi Sigurðsson		MF	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 21)	Academy	2008		51	22
23	Grzegorz Rasiak		FW	(1979-01-12)12 January 1979 (aged 32)	Southampton	2009	2011	36	9

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 May 2010	DF		Marcus Williams	Scunthorpe United	Free	[10]
1 July 2010	DF		Andy Griffin	Stoke City	£250,000	[11][12]
31 August 2010	DF		Ian Harte	Carlisle United	Undisclosed	[13]
18 January 2011	DF		Sean Morrison	Swindon Town	£250,000	[14]
18 January 2011	FW		Brett Williams	Eastleigh	£50,000	[14]
21 January 2011	FW		Mathieu Manset	Hereford United	Undisclosed	[15]
31 January 2011	DF		Ethan Gage	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free	[16]
31 January 2011	MF		Erik Opsahl	St John's University	Free	[16]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 August 2010	DF		Zurab Khizanishvili	Blackburn Rovers	End of the season	[13]
23 October 2010	MF		Mikele Leigertwood	Queens Park Rangers	End of the season	[17]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
13 June 2010	MF		Marek Matějovský	Sparta Prague	£650,000	[18]
9 July 2010	MF		Kalifa Cissé	Bristol City	£400,000	[11][19]
28 July 2010	MF		James Henry	Millwall	£200,000	[11][20]
20 August 2010	FW		Grzegorz Rasiak	AEL Limassol	Free	[21]
31 August 2010	MF		Gylfi Sigurðsson	1899 Hoffenheim	Undisclosed	[22]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 August 2010	GK		Mikkel Andersen	Bristol Rovers	5 January 2011	[23]
5 August 2010	FW		Dave Mooney	Colchester United	End of the season	[24]
13 August 2010	MF		Abdulai Bell-Baggie	Port Vale	13 September 2010	[25]
13 August 2010	GK		Alex McCarthy	Brentford	31 August 2010	[26]
21 August 2010	DF		Michael Hector	Oxford City	21 September 2010	[27]
21 August 2010	DF		Jack Mills	Oxford City	21 September 2010	[27]
31 August 2010	GK		Ben Hamer	Brentford	17 January 2011	[28]
10 September 2010	MF		Scott Davies	Wycombe Wanderers	10 November 2010	[29]
8 October 2010	FW		Nicholas Bignall	Southampton	8 November 2010	[30]
7 November 2010	DF		Michael Hector	Horsham	7 January 2011	[31]
12 November 2010	FW		Nicholas Bignall	Bournemouth	31 December 2010	[32]
12 November 2010	DF		Marcus Williams	Peterborough United	31 December 2010	[33]
25 November 2010	MF		Abdulai Bell-Baggie	Crawley Town	20 January 2011	[34]
25 November 2010	GK		Simon Locke	Dagenham & Redbridge	28 December 2011	[35]
2 January 2011	MF		James Rowe	Lewes	2 February 2011	[36]
7 January 2011	GK		Simon Locke	Basingstoke Town	7 February 2011	[37]
13 January 2011	DF		Julian Kelly	Lincoln City	End of the season	[38]
19 January 2011	GK		Ben Hamer	Exeter City	End of the season	[39]
19 January 2011	FW		Jacob Walcott	Telstar	End of the season	[40]
28 January 2011	MF		Scott Davies	Bristol Rovers	End of the season	[41]
31 January 2011	FW		Nicholas Bignall	Brentford	End of the season	[42]
2 February 2011	DF		Michael Hector	Dundalk	30 June 2011	[43]
2 February 2011	DF		Jack Mills	Telstar	End of the season
15 February 2011	MF		Danny Joyce	Bohemians	30 June 2011
23 March 2011	DF		Sean Morrison	Huddersfield Town	End of the season	[44]
24 March 2011	DF		Marcus Williams	Scunthorpe United	End of the season	[45]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
8 March 2011	DF		Chris Armstrong	Retired		[46]
2 June 2011	MF		Abdulai Bell-Baggie	Yeovil Town	August 2011	[47][48]
2 June 2011	DF		Ívar Ingimarsson	Ipswich Town	13 June 2011	[47][49]
2 June 2011	MF		Danny Joyce	Bohemian	January 2012	[47][50][51]
2 June 2011	FW		David Mooney	Leyton Orient	23 July 2011	[47][52]
2 June 2011	MF		Erik Opsahl	Dalkurd FF	1 September 2011	[47][53]
2 June 2011	MF		James Rowe	Forest Green Rovers	2 August 2011	[47][54][55]

Reading vScunthorpe United

7 August 20101	Reading	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Sigurðsson 26'	Report	Thompson 9' Jones 60'	Attendance: 15,914

Portsmouth v Reading

14 August 20102	Portsmouth	1–1	Reading	Fratton Park
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Çiftçi 8'	Report	Kébé 86'	Attendance: 16,497

Reading vNottingham Forest

21 August 20103	Reading	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Pearce 16'	Report	Earnshaw 49'	Attendance: 17,324

Leicester City v Reading

28 August 20104	Leicester City	1–2	Reading	Walkers Stadium
17:20BST (UTC+1)	Dyer 52'	Report	Sigurðsson 23' Mills 86'	Attendance: 19,611

Reading vCrystal Palace

11 September 20105	Reading	3–0	Crystal Palace	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Long 37' (pen.) Harte 65' (pen.) Kébé 90'	Report		Attendance: 17,921

Middlesbrough v Reading

18 September 20107	Middlesbrough	3–1	Reading	Riverside Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Robson 1' Lita 41' Wheater 67'	Report	Kébé 44'	Attendance: 15,158

Reading vBarnsley

25 September 20108	Reading	3–0	Barnsley	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Kébé 78' Harte 90' Robson-Kanu 90'	Report		Attendance: 14,830

Reading vIpswich Town

28 September 20109	Reading	1–0	Ipswich Town	Madejski Stadium
19:45BST (UTC+1)	Church 88'	Report		Attendance: 15,763

Preston North End v Reading

2 October 201010	Preston North End	1–1	Reading	Deepdale
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Treacy 22'	Report	Karacan 50'	Attendance: 10,269

Reading vSwansea City

16 October 201011	Reading	0–1	Swansea City	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)		Report	Sinclair 35'	Attendance: 18,418

Bristol City v Reading

19 October 201012	Bristol City	1–0	Reading	Ashton Gate
19:45BST (UTC+1)	Haynes 29'	Report		Attendance: 13,519

Burnley v Reading

23 October 201013	Burnley	0–4	Reading	Turf Moor
15:00BST (UTC+1)		Report	Long 8' (pen.) McAnuff 64' Antonio 85' Church 90'	Attendance: 14,895

Reading vDoncaster Rovers

30 October 201014	Reading	4–3	Doncaster Rovers	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Mills 10' Karacan 59' Harte 73' Church 88'	Report	Hayter 25' Martis 41' Shiels 47'	Attendance: 15,553

Queens Park Rangers v Reading

6 November 201015	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	Reading	Loftus Road
15:00GMT	Taarabt 26' (pen.) Faurlín 61' Smith 71'	Report	Long 68'	Attendance: 15,692

Reading vCardiff City

10 November 201016	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium
20:00GMT	Hunt 5'	Report	Bothroyd 79'	Attendance: 17,960

Reading vNorwich City

13 November 201017	Reading	3–3	Norwich City	Madejski Stadium
17:20GMT	Harte 29' Hunt 59' Long 62' (pen.)	Report	R. Martin 16' Holt 26' C.Martin 32'	Attendance: 15,934

Watford v Reading

20 November 201018	Watford	1–1	Reading	Vicarage Road
15:00GMT	Deeney 40'	Report	Hunt 15'	Attendance: 12,196

Derby County v Reading

18 December 201021	Derby County	1–2	Reading	Pride Park Stadium
15:00GMT	Commons 61'	Report	Long 43' (pen.),88'	Attendance: 24,514

Reading vBristol City

26 December 201022	Reading	4–1	Bristol City	Madejski Stadium
15:00GMT	McAnuff 31' Hunt 43' Long 66',89'	Report	Stead 15'	Attendance: 19,293

Hull City v Reading

28 December 201023	Hull City	1–1	Reading	KC Stadium
15:00GMT	Harper 39'	Report	Church 81'	Attendance: 21,975

Swansea City v Reading

1 January 201124	Swansea City	1–0	Reading	Liberty Stadium
15:00GMT	Pratley 66'	Report		Attendance: 14,329

Reading vBurnley

3 January 201125	Reading	2–1	Burnley	Madejski Stadium
15:00GMT	Long 31',68'	Report	Wallace 29'	Attendance: 16,151

Doncaster Rovers v Reading

15 January 201126	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Reading	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00GMT		Report	Long 29' Kébé 67' McAnuff 74'	Attendance: 9,496

Reading vHull City

22 January 201127	Reading	1–1	Hull City	Madejski Stadium
15:00GMT	Harte 80' (pen.)	Report	Evans 51'	Attendance: 16,494

Cardiff City v Reading

2 February 201128	Cardiff City	2–2	Reading	Cardiff City Stadium
19:45GMT	Bothroyd 48' Bellamy 90+7'	Report	Leigertwood 21' Manset 90+2'	Attendance: 21,405

Reading vQueens Park Rangers

4 February 201129	Reading	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Madejski Stadium
19:45GMT		Report	Routledge 83' Ephraim 42'	Attendance: 18,982

Norwich City v Reading

12 February 201130	Norwich City	2–1	Reading	Carrow Road
15:00GMT	Lansbury 16' Holt 90+4'	Report	Long 26' Karacan 65'	Attendance: 25,560

Sheffield United v Reading

15 February 201131	Sheffield United	1–1	Reading	Bramall Lane
19:45GMT	Bogdanović 88' (pen.)	Report	Long 81'	Attendance: 19,271

Reading vWatford

19 February 201132	Reading	1–1	Watford	Madejski Stadium
15:00GMT	Hunt 50'	Report	Weimann 27'	Attendance: 16,934

Reading vMillwall

22 February 201133	Reading	2–1	Millwall	Madejski Stadium
20:00GMT	Hunt 3' Long 55'	Report	Harris 46'	Attendance: 15,934

Crystal Palace v Reading

26 February 201134	Crystal Palace	3–3	Reading	Selhurst Park
15:00GMT	Ambrose 1' Danns 25' Easter 63'	Report	Long 30' (pen.) Kébé 49' Hunt 73'	Attendance: 13,845

Reading vMiddlesbrough

5 March 201135	Reading	5–2	Middlesbrough	Madejski Stadium
15:00GMT	Robson-Kanu 14' Harte 35',48' Long 53',68'	Report	Lita 29',72' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,568

Ipswich Town v Reading

8 March 201136	Ipswich Town	1–3	Reading	Portman Road
19:45GMT	Wickham 90+3'	Report	Long 18' Harte 86' Hunt 89'	Attendance: 17,308

Barnsley v Reading

19 March 201137	Barnsley	0–1	Reading	Oakwell
15:00GMT		Report	Manset 71'	Attendance: 10,284

Reading vPortsmouth

2 April 201138	Reading	2–0	Portsmouth	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Long 30',37' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 21,896

Reading vPreston North End

5 April 201139	Reading	2–1	Preston North End	Madejski Stadium
20:00BST (UTC+1)	Kébé 20' Robson-Kanu 81'	Report	McCarthy 51' (o.g.)	Attendance: 14,844

Nottingham Forest v Reading

9 April 201140	Nottingham Forest	3–4	Reading	City Ground
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Kris Boyd 37' (pen.) Earnshaw 50' McGugan 88' (pen.)	Report	Harte 20' Karacan 53' Kébé 61' Church 90+1'	Attendance: 22,495

Scunthorpe United v Reading

12 April 201141	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Reading	Glanford Park
19:45BST (UTC+1)		[Report]	Long 57' Harte 63' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,458

Reading vLeicester City

16 April 201142	Reading	3–1	Leicester City	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Kébé 19' McAnuff 21' Hunt 67'	Report	King 79'	Attendance: 19,199

Reading vSheffield United

25 April 201144	Reading	2–3	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
15:00BST (UTC+1)	Hunt 8' Robson-Kanu 17'	Report[permanent dead link]	Henderson 29',50' Williamson 45'	Attendance: 19,165

Reading vDerby County

7 May 201146	Reading	2–1	Derby County	Madejski Stadium
12:45BST (UTC+1)	Harte 24' (pen.) Robson-Kanu 72'	Report	Ward 32'	Attendance: 21,902

Cardiff City v Reading

17 May 20112nd Leg	Cardiff City	0–3 (0–3agg.)	Reading	Cardiff City Stadium
19:45BST (UTC)		Report	Long 28',45' (pen.) McAnuff 84'	Attendance: 24,081 Referee:Howard Webb

Reading vSwansea City

30 May 2011	Reading	2–4	Swansea City	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00BST (UTC)	Allen 49' (o.g.) Mills 57'	Report	Sinclair 21' (pen.),22',80' (pen.) Dobbie 40'	Attendance: 86,581 Referee:Phil Dowd

Reading

Swansea City

READING: GK 1 Adam Federici RB 2 Andy Griffin  8'  84' CB 5 Matt Mills (c) CB 15 Zurab Khizanishvili  12' LB 23 Ian Harte CM 4 Jem Karacan CM 8 Mikele Leigertwood RW 14 Jimmy Kébé LW 11 Jobi McAnuff  39' CF 9 Shane Long CF 10 Noel Hunt  76' Substitutes: GK 41 Alex McCarthy DF 24 Shaun Cummings DF 26 Alex Pearce MF 7 Jay Tabb  HT' MF 19 Hal Robson-Kanu  84' MF 20 Brian Howard FW 18 Simon Church  76' Manager: Brian McDermott

SWANSEA CITY: GK 1 Dorus de Vries RB 22 Àngel Rangel CB 16 Garry Monk (c) CB 2 Ashley Williams LB 5 Alan Tate CM 37 Leon Britton  77' CM 24 Joe Allen  54'  89' RW 12 Nathan Dyer AM 14 Stephen Dobbie  55' LW 21 Scott Sinclair CF 15 Fabio Borini  12' Substitutes: GK 25 Yves Ma-Kalambay DF 17 Albert Serrán MF 8 Darren Pratley  55' MF 27 Mark Gower  82'  77' MF 29 Ashley Richards FW 9 Craig Beattie FW 19 Luke Moore  89' Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Torquay United v Reading

11 August 2010First round	Torquay United	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Reading	Plainmoor
19:45BST (UTC)		Report	Rasiak 120'	Attendance: 2,832

Reading vNorthampton Town

24 August 2010Second round	Reading	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4p)	Northampton Town	Madejski Stadium
20:00BST (UTC)	Mills 15',113' Robson-Kanu 62'	Report	Holt 20' Thornton 64' Mills 120' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,986
	Penalties
	Church Long Robson-Kanu Taylor		Guinan Thornton Jacobs Osman

Reading vWest Bromwich Albion

8 January 2011Third round	Reading	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Madejski Stadium
15:00GMT	Long 41'	Report		Attendance: 13,005

Stevenage v Reading

29 January 2011Fourth round	Stevenage	1–2	Reading	Broadhall Way
15:00GMT	Charles 72'	Report	Leigertwood 23' Long 87'	Attendance: 6,614

Everton v Reading

1 March 2011Fifth round	Everton	0–1	Reading	Goodison Park
19:30GMT		Report	Mills 26'	Attendance: 29,976

Manchester City v Reading

13 March 2011Quarter-Final	Manchester City	1–0	Reading	City of Manchester Stadium
16:45GMT	Richards 74'	Report		Attendance: 41,150

As of match played 30 May 2011^[56]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		Playoffs		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Adam Federici	39	0	34	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Andy Griffin	38	0	33	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Marcus Williams	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	TUR	Jem Karacan	48	3	39+1	3	3	0	3	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Mills	45	6	38	2	3	1	3	1	1	2
6	MF	ISL	Brynjar Gunnarsson	15	0	10+2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	IRL	Jay Tabb	25	0	15+6	0	0+1	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF	ATG	Mikele Leigertwood	29	2	21+1	1	3	0	4	1	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Shane Long	52	25	44	21	3	2	4	2	0+1	0
10	FW	IRL	Noel Hunt	40	10	19+14	10	3	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF	JAM	Jobi McAnuff	47	5	40	4	3	1	4	0	0	0
14	MF	MLI	Jimmy Kébé	42	9	34+2	9	1	0	3	0	1+1	0
15	DF	GEO	Zurab Khizanishvili	27	0	21+1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF	ISL	Ívar Ingimarsson	14	0	12+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Michail Antonio	24	1	2+19	1	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
18	FW	WAL	Simon Church	44	5	14+23	5	0+2	0	1+3	0	1	0
19	MF	WAL	Hal Robson-Kanu	34	6	12+15	5	1+1	0	1+3	0	1	1
20	MF	ENG	Brian Howard	28	0	19+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
21	GK	ENG	Ben Hamer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF	ENG	Julian Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	IRL	Ian Harte	47	11	40	11	3	0	4	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Shaun Cummings	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF	WAL	Jake Taylor	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	SCO	Alex Pearce	24	1	20+1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
29	FW	ENG	Nicholas Bignall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	MF	ENG	Jordan Obita	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
41	GK	ENG	Alex McCarthy	15	0	12+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	FW	FRA	Mathieu Manset	14	2	4+9	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
8	FW	ISL	Gylfi Sigurðsson	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	POL	Grzegorz Rasiak	2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
33	DF	SCO	Chris Armstrong	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of match played 30 May 2011^[56]

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	Playoff	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Shane Long	21	2	2	0	25
2	DF		23	Ian Harte	11	0	0	0	11
3	FW		10	Noel Hunt	10	0	0	0	10
4	MF		14	Jimmy Kébé	9	0	0	0	9
5	MF		19	Hal Robson-Kanu	5	0	0	1	6
	DF		5	Matt Mills	2	1	1	2	6
7	MF		11	Jobi McAnuff	4	1	0	0	5
	FW		18	Simon Church	5	0	0	0	5
9	MF		4	Jem Karacan	3	0	0	0	3
10	MF		8	Gylfi Sigurðsson	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		22	Mathieu Manset	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		8	Mikele Leigertwood	1	0	1	0	2
13	DF		5	Alex Pearce	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		17	Michail Antonio	1	0	0	0	1
				Own goal	0	1	0	0	1
	FW		23	Grzegorz Rasiak	0	0	0	1	1
Total					77	5	4	4	90

As of match played 30 May 2011^[57]

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship		Play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
DF		5	Matt Mills	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	1
MF		4	Jem Karacan	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
DF		2	Andy Griffin	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MF		11	Jobi McAnuff	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MF		20	Brian Howard	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
MF		14	Jimmy Kébé	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
FW		9	Shane Long	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
DF		15	Zurab Khizanishvili	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
FW		10	Noel Hunt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF		33	Chris Armstrong	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MF		6	Brynjar Gunnarsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
MF		8	Mikele Leigertwood	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
DF		26	Alex Pearce	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		7	Jay Tabb	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
MF		17	Michail Antonio	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF		24	Shaun Cummings	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW		18	Simon Church	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		1	Adam Federici	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		23	Ian Harte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		41	Alex McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		19	Hal Robson-Kanu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		3	Marcus Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total				68	4	6	1	3	0	4	0	81	5