The City Ground

READING 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Aug 16, 2003 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 16, 2003 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Madejski Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Season:: 2003-04
Referee:: Ray Olivier
Sponsor:: Capital One
Attendance:: 16,833
Pos Before/After:: 5 12
Opp Before/After:: 11 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Jan 17, 2004

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4050 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1777 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4659 (of 5724)
Total:: 6307 (of 7505)
Played:: 20 years, 8 months, 9 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Paul Hart
Prior form: W (Old to recent)

Goals

READING
Manager: Alan Pardew
Prior form: D (Old to recent)

Goals
Steven Sidwell (49')
Scott Murray (59')
Shaun Goater (79')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Darren Ward
2	M	27	Matthieu Louis-Jean 70
6	M	21	John Thompson
4	D	37	Des Walker
23	D	19	Wes Morgan
18	M	27	Brynjar Gunnarsson off for Gareth Williams (76')
17	M	22	Michael Stewart
14	F	32	Eoin Jess
7	F	21	Andy Reid
9	F	27	David Johnson
11	F	23	Marlon Harewood
Subs
8	F	21	Gareth Williams on for Brynjar Gunnarsson (76')
16	D	22	Chris Doig
5	D	19	Michael Dawson
21	M	31	Danny Sonner
12	GK	21	Barry Roche

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Marcus Hahnemann
	D	Nicky Shorey
	D	Graeme Murty
	D	Steve Brown
	D	Adrian Williams 23
	M	Steven Sidwell
	M	John Salako (27')
	M	Scott Murray
	M	Andy Hughes
	F	Shaun Goater
	F	Nicky Forster
Subs
		Kevin Watson (27')
		Jamie Ashdown
		Ricky Newman
		John Mackie
		Martin Butler

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Aug 16, 2003)

Home	Score	Away
Cardiff City	0-2	Bradford City
Coventry City	0-0	Walsall
Crewe Alexandra	1-0	Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace	1-0	Watford
Gillingham	0-0	Derby County
Norwich City	2-0	Rotherham United
Reading	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	2-1	Wimbledon
Sunderland	0-1	Millwall
West Bromwich Albion	4-1	Burnley
West Ham United	0-0	Sheffield United
Wigan Athletic	1-1	Preston North End

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Walsall	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W
	2	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	W
	3	Wimbledon	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	4	Millwall	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	5	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W
	6	Crystal Palace	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	W
	7	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W
	8	Bradford City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	9	Norwich City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D
	10	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	11	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D
	12	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	13	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D
	14	Rotherham United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	15	Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D
	16	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Burnley	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	19	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L
	20	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L
	21	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	22	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L
	23	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L
	24	Derby County	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L

Table after:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Stoke City	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	6	WW		2-1
2	2	Millwall	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	6	WW		1-0
3	3	Crystal Palace	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	6	WW		1-0
7	4	Reading	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	4	DW		3-0
4	5	Walsall	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	WD		0-0
2	6	Bradford City	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	DW		2-0
2	7	Norwich City	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	4	DW		2-0
1	8	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	4	WD		0-0
6	9	Wimbledon	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	WL		1-2
13	10	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	0	1	5	5	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	3	LW		4-1
9	11	Crewe Alexandra	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	3	LW		1-0
7	12	Nottingham Forest	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	-1	3	WL		0-3
	13	Gillingham	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD		0-0
1	14	Sheffield United	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	DD		0-0
1	15	Coventry City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
3	16	Preston North End	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	-1	1	LD		1-1
7	17	Ipswich Town	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	DL		0-1
4	18	Wigan Athletic	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	1	LD		1-1
7	19	Cardiff City	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	-2	1	DL		0-2
6	20	Rotherham United	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	1	DL		0-2
3	21	Derby County	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	-3	1	LD		0-0
5	22	Watford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L		0-1
2	23	Sunderland	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	LL		0-1
6	24	Burnley	2	0	0	2	3	7	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	4	-4	0	LL		1-4