The City Ground

READING 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 2005 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 2005 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Madejski Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 2004-05
Referee:: Steve Tanner
Sponsor:: Capital One
Attendance:: 17,905
Pos Before/After:: 23 23
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Aug 10, 2008

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4137 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1864 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4758 (of 5724)
Total:: 6412 (of 7505)
Played:: 19 years, 10 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Gary Megson
Prior form: DDDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals

READING
Manager: Steve Coppell
Prior form: WLWDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
James Harper (74')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
22	GK	32	Paul Gerrard 34 71
2	M	29	Matthieu Louis-Jean
10	F	32	Gareth Taylor
36	D	36	Andy Melville
4	D	21	Wes Morgan
28	M	19	James Perch
26	M	20	Ross Gardner 80
5	M	33	Darryl Powell off for Neil Harris (75')
8	M	30	Paul Evans
17	M	21	Kris Commons off for Colin Doyle (72')
34	F	26	Scott Dobie off for Eugen Bopp (85')
Subs
33	F	27	Neil Harris on for Darryl Powell (75')
1	GK	19	Colin Doyle on for Kris Commons (72')
23	F	21	Eugen Bopp on for Scott Dobie (85')
29	M	32	Jon Olav Hjelde
16	D	24	Chris Doig

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Marcus Hahnemann
	D	Nicky Shorey
	D	Ricky Newman (51')
	D	Martin Keown
	D	Graeme Murty
	M	Ibrahima Sonko
	M	Steven Sidwell 66
	M	James Harper
	M	Paul Brooker (66')
	F	Dave Kitson (85')
	F	Nicky Forster
Subs
		Glen Little (51')
		Andy Hughes (85')
		Les Ferdinand (66')
		Jamie Young
		Ivar Ingimarsson

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 16, 2005)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-1	Brighton and Hove Albion
Coventry City	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Gillingham	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Leicester City	0-2	Wigan Athletic
Preston North End	3-0	Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Leeds United
Reading	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United	0-1	Watford
Stoke City	2-0	Plymouth Argyle
West Ham United	1-1	Millwall

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								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	Sunderland	42	26	6	10	69	37	14	4	3	42	20	12	2	7	27	17	32	84	WWWWWL	Safe
	2	Wigan Athletic	42	23	10	9	73	33	12	4	5	39	14	11	6	4	34	19	40	79	WWDLLW	Safe
	3	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	76	51	16	2	3	46	23	7	8	6	30	28	25	79	WWDWWL	Safe
	4	Preston North End	42	20	11	11	61	52	13	6	2	40	21	7	5	9	21	31	9	71	DDWDWW	Safe
	5	Derby County	42	20	10	12	64	52	8	7	6	33	29	12	3	6	31	23	12	70	WDLWWW	Safe
	6	Reading	42	18	13	11	48	37	12	7	2	31	13	6	6	9	17	24	11	67	WLWDWW	Safe
	7	Sheffield United	43	18	12	13	55	51	9	7	6	28	22	9	5	7	27	29	4	66	WDWWDL	Safe
	8	West Ham United	41	19	8	14	59	50	12	4	5	34	21	7	4	9	25	29	9	65	LDDWWW	Safe
	9	Millwall	42	16	10	16	47	43	11	4	6	31	21	5	6	10	16	22	4	58	LDWLLW	Safe
	10	Leeds United	42	14	15	13	47	48	7	8	6	27	25	7	7	7	20	23	-1	57	DDDDLW
	11	Queens Park Rangers	41	16	9	16	51	53	9	6	6	29	24	7	3	10	22	29	-2	57	WDWLDL
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	20	10	62	54	7	11	3	34	24	5	9	7	28	30	8	56	DWDDDW
	13	Stoke City	41	15	10	16	32	35	10	2	8	20	16	5	8	8	12	19	-3	55	WLDLLL
	14	Burnley	41	13	13	15	33	37	8	6	6	21	18	5	7	9	12	19	-4	52	WLLWLL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	9	19	51	59	9	6	6	30	22	5	3	13	21	37	-8	51	WLLDWW
	16	Leicester City	40	10	19	11	44	41	6	7	6	20	17	4	12	5	24	24	3	49	DDDWDD
	17	Coventry City	42	12	11	19	51	66	7	6	8	24	24	5	5	11	27	42	-15	47	DDLWWL
	18	Gillingham	42	12	11	19	41	60	10	4	7	20	21	2	7	12	21	39	-19	47	DWDDDW
	19	Cardiff City	41	11	13	17	43	46	8	4	9	21	19	3	9	8	22	27	-3	46	DLDDWL
	20	Crewe Alexandra	42	11	13	18	62	77	5	8	8	35	35	6	5	10	27	42	-15	46	LDDDLL
	21	Watford	42	10	15	17	49	57	5	9	7	24	23	5	6	10	25	34	-8	45	LDLLLL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	12	9	21	35	61	7	5	9	21	26	5	4	12	14	35	-26	45	LLLLLD
	23	Nottingham Forest	42	8	16	18	38	61	6	9	6	23	26	2	7	12	15	35	-23	40	DDDLLD
	24	Rotherham United	42	5	13	24	35	65	2	7	12	17	32	3	6	12	18	33	-30	28	LWLWLL	Relegated

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								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	Sunderland	42	26	6	10	69	37	14	4	3	42	20	12	2	7	27	17	32	84	WWWWWL	Safe
	2	Wigan Athletic	43	24	10	9	75	33	12	4	5	39	14	12	6	4	36	19	42	82	WDLLWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	76	51	16	2	3	46	23	7	8	6	30	28	25	79	WWDWWL	Safe
	4	Preston North End	43	21	11	11	64	52	14	6	2	43	21	7	5	9	21	31	12	74	DWDWWW	Safe	3-0
	5	Derby County	42	20	10	12	64	52	8	7	6	33	29	12	3	6	31	23	12	70	WDLWWW	Safe
	6	Reading	43	19	13	11	49	37	13	7	2	32	13	6	6	9	17	24	12	70	LWDWWW	Safe	1-0
1	7	West Ham United	42	19	9	14	60	51	12	5	5	35	22	7	4	9	25	29	9	66	DDWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Sheffield United	43	18	12	13	55	51	9	7	6	28	22	9	5	7	27	29	4	66	WDWWDL	Safe
	9	Millwall	43	16	11	16	48	44	11	4	6	31	21	5	7	10	17	23	4	59	DWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	10	Leeds United	43	14	16	13	48	49	7	8	6	27	25	7	8	7	21	24	-1	58	DDDLWD	Safe	1-1
2	11	Stoke City	42	16	10	16	34	35	11	2	8	22	16	5	8	8	12	19	-1	58	LDLLLW	Safe	2-0
1	12	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	52	54	9	7	6	30	25	7	3	10	22	29	-2	58	DWLDLD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	12	21	10	64	56	7	11	3	34	24	5	10	7	30	32	8	57	WDDDWD	Safe	2-2
	14	Burnley	42	13	14	15	34	38	8	7	6	22	19	5	7	9	12	19	-4	53	LLWLLD		1-1
	15	Plymouth Argyle	43	14	9	20	51	61	9	6	6	30	22	5	3	14	21	39	-10	51	LLDWWL		0-2
	16	Leicester City	41	10	19	12	44	43	6	7	7	20	19	4	12	5	24	24	1	49	DDWDDL		0-2
4	17	Watford	43	11	15	17	50	57	5	9	7	24	23	6	6	10	26	34	-7	48	DLLLLW		1-0
1	18	Coventry City	43	12	12	19	53	68	7	7	8	26	26	5	5	11	27	42	-15	48	DLWWLD		2-2
1	19	Gillingham	43	12	12	19	42	61	10	5	7	21	22	2	7	12	21	39	-19	48	WDDDWD		1-1
	20	Crewe Alexandra	43	11	14	18	63	78	5	8	8	35	35	6	6	10	28	43	-15	47	DDDLLD		1-1
2	21	Cardiff City	42	11	13	18	43	49	8	4	9	21	19	3	9	9	22	30	-6	46	LDDWLL		0-3
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	43	12	10	21	36	62	7	5	9	21	26	5	5	12	15	36	-26	46	LLLLDD		1-1
	23	Nottingham Forest	43	8	16	19	38	62	6	9	6	23	26	2	7	13	15	36	-24	40	DDLLDL		0-1
	24	Rotherham United	43	5	13	25	35	66	2	7	13	17	33	3	6	12	18	33	-31	28	WLWLLL	Relegated	0-1