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2011–12 Reading F.C. season

Reading

2011-12 season

Chairman

Sir John Madejski

Manager

Brian McDermott

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2011-12 season will be Reading F.C.'s fourth consecutive season in the Championship since relegation from the Premier League in 2008. It is Brian McDermott's second full season in charge at the club.

Season review

Pre-season

Summer transfers
On 2 June Reading announced that long time defender and club captain Ivar Ingimarsson was being released, along with David Mooney, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Danny Joyce, James Rowe and Erik Opsahl. It was also revealed that Julian Kelly and Scott Davies where also leaving to join Notts County and Crawley Town respectively. On the same day Reading announced the signings of Australian youth internationals, and brothers, Cameron and Ryan Edwards from Perth Glory and the Australian Institute of Sport respectively, as well as confirming that Mikele Leigertwood would be joining from Queens Park Rangers for a substantial fee upon the opening of the transfer window.

Friendlies
On 2 June Reading announced that they would be partaking in a Pre-Season trip to Slovenia to play a selection of games between 11 and 20 July, but the opponents had yet to be confirmed. It was also announced that Reading would have a friendly away against Northampton Town on 27 July.

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	From	Fee
MF	Mikele Leigertwood	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
MF	Cameron Edwards	Perth Glory
MF	Ryan Edwards	Australian Institute of Sport

Out

Pos.	Name	To	Fee
MF	Scott Davies	Crawley Town	Free
DF	Julian Kelly	Notts County	Free
DF	Ivar Ingimarsson	Ipswich Town	Free
FW	David Mooney		Released
MF	Abdulai Bell-Baggie		Released
DF	Danny Joyce		Released
MF	James Rowe		Released
MF			Released

Squad

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Adam Federici
2	DF	Andy Griffin
3	DF	Marcus Williams
4	MF	Jem Karacan
5	DF	Matthew Mills (vice-captain)
6	MF	Brynjar Gunnarsson
7	MF	Jay Tabb
8	MF	Mikele Leigertwood
9	FW	Shane Long
10	FW	Noel Hunt
11	MF	Jobi McAnuff
14	MF	Jimmy Kébé
17	MF	Michail Antonio
18	FW	Simon Church

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Hal Robson-Kanu
20	MF	Brian Howard
23	DF	Ian Harte
24	DF	Shaun Cummings
25	MF	Jake Taylor
26	DF	Alex Pearce
28	DF	Sean Morrison
31	GK	Mikkel Andersen
37	MF	Jordan Obita
39	FW	Brett Williams
40	MF	Lawson D'Ath
41	GK	Alex McCarthy
45	FW	Mathieu Manset
-	DF	Ethan Gage

Competitions

Last updated: 20 May 2011
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Starting XI

The following players have been named in the most starting line-ups.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Starts
1
2
3
5
6
7
4
8
11
9
10

Pre-season friendlies

09 July 2011	Eastleigh	v	Reading XI	Silverlake Stadium
		[ Report]

12 July 2011	Swindon Supermarine	v	Reading XI	The Webb's Wood Stadium
		[ Report]

15 July 2011	v	Reading	, Slovenia
	[ Report]

19 July 2011	v	Reading	, Slovenia
	[ Report]

16 July 2011	Poole Town	v	Reading XI	Tatnam
		[ Report]

19 July 2011	Woking	v	Reading XI	Kingfield Stadium
		[ Report]

23 July 2011	Northampton Town	v	Reading	Sixfields Stadium
		[ Report]

26 July 2011	Bristol Rovers	v	Reading	Memorial Stadium
19:45		[ Report]

26 July 2011	Swindon Town	v	Reading	County Ground
19:45		[ Report]

26 July 2011	Farnborough	v	Reading XI	Rushmoor Stadium
19:45		[ Report]

Championship

Results summary

Last updated: 30 May 2011
Source: Reading FC

Fixtures & results

League table

League Cup

FA Cup

First team statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Adam Federici	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Andy Griffin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Marcus Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Jem Karacan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Matthew Mills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Brynjar Gunnarsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Jay Tabb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Mikele Leigertwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Shane Long	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Noel Hunt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Jobi McAnuff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Jimmy Kébé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Michail Antonio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Simon Church	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Hal Robson-Kanu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Brian Howard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	Ben Hamer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Ian Harte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Shaun Cummings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Jake Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Alex Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Sean Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Nicholas Bignall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Mikkel Andersen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	Michael Hector	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Jordan Obita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Brett Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Lawson D'Ath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	Alex McCarthy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	GK	Simon Locke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	Mathieu Manset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	Ethan Gage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF	Cameron Edwards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	Ryan Edwards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2 July 2011
Source: [1]
Substitute appearances in brackets.

Awards

Player of the Year

Rank	Name
1
2
3

npower Player of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award

npower Championship Manager of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award

npower Championship Team of the Week

Week	Position	Player

Team kit

These are the 2011–12 Reading F.C. kits.

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Waitrose

Reading's Home Kit

Reading's Away Kit

Reading's Third Kit

References

Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Reading_F.C._season

2011-06-29

2011-12 Reading F.C. season