1992–93 Reading F.C. season

Reading
1992–93 season
Chairman	John Madejski
Manager	Mark McGhee ; (Player Manager)
Stadium	Elm Park
Second Division	8th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Quinn (17); All: Jimmy Quinn (23)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Last updated February 28, 2025

During the 1992–93 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. In 1991, following the breakaway of the 22 First Division clubs to form the Premier League, the Football League divisions were renamed. As a result of the re-branding, the Third Division was renamed the Second Division.^[1] Reading went on to finish 8th in the league, missing out on the play-offs by 3 points, reached the Third round of the FA Cup and the Second round of both the League Cup and League Trophy.

Squad

As of match played 8 May 1993

Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age^[a])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
Steve Francis		GK	(1964-05-29)29 May 1964 (aged 28)	Chelsea	1987
Shaka Hislop	^[b]	GK	(1969-02-22)22 February 1969 (aged 24)	Howard Bison	1992		16	0
Defenders
Mark Holzman		DF	(1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 20)	Trainee	1991		42	1
Darren Jackson		DF	(1971-09-24)24 September 1971 (aged 21)	loan from Oxford United	1992		6	0
Darren McCance		DF	(1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 19)	Trainee	1992		1	0
Keith McPherson		DF	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 29)	Northampton Town	1990
Steve Richardson		DF	(1962-02-11)11 February 1962 (aged 31)	Southampton	1982
Adi Viveash		DF	(1969-09-30)30 September 1969 (aged 23)	loan from Swindon Town	1992	1993	6	1
Ady Williams	^[c]	DF	(1971-09-16)16 September 1971 (aged 21)	Trainee	1989
David McDonald		DF	(1971-01-02)2 January 1971 (aged 22)	loan from Tottenham Hotspur	1993	1993	11	0
Jeff Hopkins		DF	(1964-04-14)14 April 1964 (aged 29)	Bristol Rovers	1992		44	1
Midfielders
David Bass		MF	(1974-11-29)29 November 1974 (aged 18)	Trainee	1991		8	0
Kevin Dillon		MF	(1959-12-18)18 December 1959 (aged 33)	Newcastle United	1991		80	4
Michael Gilkes	^[d]	MF	(1965-07-20)20 July 1965 (aged 27)	Leicester City	1984
Mick Gooding		MF	(1959-04-12)12 April 1959 (aged 34)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1989
Tommy Jones		MF	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 28)	Swindon Town	1992		26	1
Jamie Lambert		MF	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 19)	Trainee	1992		35	3
Phil Parkinson		MF	(1967-12-01)1 December 1967 (aged 25)	Bury	1992		47	5
Scott Taylor		MF	(1970-11-23)23 November 1970 (aged 22)	Trainee	1989
Forwards
Stuart Lovell		FW	(1972-01-09)9 January 1972 (aged 21)	Trainee	1990
Lea Barkus		FW	(1974-12-07)7 December 1974 (aged 18)	Trainee	1991		17	0
Andy Gray		FW	(1973-10-25)25 October 1973 (aged 19)	Trainee	1991		13	3
Jimmy Quinn		FW	(1959-12-07)7 December 1959 (aged 33)	Bournemouth	1992		51	23
Mark McGhee (Player-Manager)		FW	(1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 35)	IK Brage	1991		50	7
Out on loan
Left during the season
Danny Bailey		MF	(1964-05-21)21 May 1964 (aged 28)	Exeter City	1990
Paul Moody		FW	(1967-06-13)13 June 1967 (aged 25)	loan from Southampton	1992	1992	6	1

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Danny Bailey (to Exeter City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Paul Moody (loan return to Southampton)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 1992	MF	Jamie Lambert	Trainee	Promoted	^[2]
9 July 1992	MF	Tommy Jones	Swindon Town	£125,000	^[3]
10 July 1992	MF	Phil Parkinson	Bury	£50,000	^[4]^[5]
13 July 1992	DF	Jeff Hopkins	Bristol Rovers	Free	^[6]
27 July 1992	FW	Jimmy Quinn	Bournemouth	£55,000	^[7]
9 September 1992	GK	Shaka Hislop	Howard University		^[8]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1992	MF	Linden Jones	Newport County
Summer 1992	FW	Trevor Senior	Woking
9 July 1992	FW	Craig Maskell	Swindon Town	£225,000	^[9]
20 July 1992	FW	David Robinson	Blackpool	Free	^[10]
7 December 1992	MF	Danny Bailey	Exeter City	Free	^[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
9 December 1992	FW	Paul Moody	Southampton	31 May 1993	^[12]
4 January 1993	DF	Adi Viveash	Swindon Town	31 May 1993	^[13]
6 March 1993	DF	David McDonald	Tottenham Hotspur	31 May 1993	^[14]
	DF	Darren Jackson	Oxford United

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
29 July 1992^[11]	MF		Danny Bailey	Fulham	1 September 1992	^[15]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 June 1993	DF		Steve Richardson	Newbury Town
30 June 1993	FW		Mark McGhee	Retired, appointed Reading Manager	1 July 1993

Competitions

Division Two

Results

15 August 19921	Hartlepool United	1–1	Reading	Hartlepool
	Quinn	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park

22 August 19922	Reading	1–1	Leyton Orient	Reading
	McGhee	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

29 August 19923	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Reading	Bolton
		Report	Williams	Stadium: Burnden Park

5 September 19924	Reading	1–2	Hull City	Reading
	Taylor	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

9 September 19925	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	Reading	West Bromwich
		Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns

16 September 19926	Reading	3–1	Rotherham United	Reading
	Quinn Gilkes	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

19 September 19927	Reading	4–0	Wigan Athletic	Reading
	Quinn Gilkes Gooding	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

26 September 19928	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Reading	Hove
		Report	Lovell	Stadium: Goldstone Ground

2 October 19929	Reading	3–0	Fulham	Reading
	Lovell Quinn Gilkes	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

10 October 199210	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Reading	Huddersfield
		Report		Stadium: Leeds Road

17 October 199211	Reading	1–1	Bradford City	Reading
	Gilkes	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

20 October 199212	Preston North End	2–0	Reading	Preston
		Report		Stadium: Deepdale

24 October 199213	Swansea City	2–1	Reading	Swansea
		Report	Williams	Stadium: Vetch Field

31 October 199214	Reading	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
	Jones Quinn McPherson	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

3 November 199215	Burnley	1–1	Reading	Burnley
		Report	McGhee	Stadium: Turf Moor

7 November 199216	Reading	0–0	Blackpool	Reading
		Report		Stadium: Elm Park

21 November 199217	Bournemouth	1–1	Reading	Bournemouth
		Report	Gilkes	Stadium: Dean Court

28 November 199218	Reading	2–3	Exeter City	Reading
	Quinn Parkinson	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

12 December 199219	Chester City	0–3	Reading	Chester
		Report	Gilkes Lambert	Stadium: Deva Stadium

19 December 199220	Reading	2–4	Stockport County	Reading
	Gilkes Moody	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

26 December 199221	Reading	0–1	Stoke City	Reading
		Report		Stadium: Elm Park

28 December 199222	Mansfield Town	1–1	Reading	Mansfield
		Report	Lambert	Stadium: Field Mill

9 January 199323	Rotherham United	3–2	Reading	Rotherham
		Report	Quinn	Stadium: Millmoor

16 January 199324	Reading	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
	Taylor Gooding	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

23 January 199325	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Reading	Wigan
		Report	Lambert	Stadium: Springfield Park

27 January 199326	Reading	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Reading
	Williams	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

30 January 199327	Leyton Orient	1–2	Reading	Leyton
		Report	Dillon Parkinson	Stadium: Brisbane Road

6 February 199328	Reading	2–0	Hartlepool United	Reading
	Williams Quinn	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

13 February 199329	Hull City	1–1	Reading	Kingston upon Hull
		Report	Gray	Stadium: Boothferry Park

20 February 199330	Reading	4–0	Preston North End	Reading
	Taylor Gilkes Gray Quinn	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

27 February 199331	Reading	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Reading
	Gray Gilkes	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

6 March 199332	Fulham	0–0	Reading	Fulham
		Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage

10 March 199333	Reading	1–0	Port Vale	Reading
	Hopkins	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

13 March 199434	Blackpool	0–1	Reading	Blackpool
		Report	Quinn	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

20 March 199335	Reading	1–0	Burnley	Reading
	Gilkes	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

23 March 199336	Exeter City	0–0	Reading	Exeter
		Report		Stadium: St James Park

27 March 199337	Reading	3–2	Bournemouth	Reading
	Lovell Quinn	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

3 April 199338	Port Vale	3–1	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
		Report	Quinn	Stadium: Vale Park

7 April 199339	Reading	1–0	Chester	Reading
	Parkinson	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

10 April 199340	Stoke City	2–0	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
		Report		Stadium: Victoria Ground

12 April 199341	Reading	3–1	Mansfield Town	Reading
	Lovell Gooding Taylor	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

16 April 199342	Stockport County	2–2	Reading	Stockport
		Report	Quinn (pen.) Lovell	Stadium: Edgeley Park

21 April 199343	Reading	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Reading
	Parkinson	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

24 April 199344	Bradford City	3–0	Reading	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

1 May 199345	Reading	2–0	Swansea City	Reading
	Quinn (pen.) Lovell	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

8 May 199346	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Reading	Plymouth
		Report	Lovell Gilkes	Stadium: Home Park

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Stockport County	46	19	15	12	81	57	+24	72	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
7	Leyton Orient	46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72
8	Reading	46	18	15	13	66	51	+15	69
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	20	9	17	63	59	+4	69
10	Bradford City	46	18	14	14	69	67	+2	68

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

FA Cup

15 November 1992First Round	Reading	1–0	Birmingham City	Reading
	Quinn	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

5 December 1992Second Round	Reading	3–0	Leyton Orient	Reading
	Quinn (pen.) Parkinson	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

2 January 1993Third Round	Manchester City	1–1	Reading	Manchester
		Report	Taylor	Stadium: Maine Road

13 January 1993Third Round Replay	Reading	0–4	Manchester City	Reading
		Report		Stadium: Elm Park

League Cup

22 September 1992Second Round 1st Leg	Watford	2–2	Reading	Watford
		Report	Quinn Williams	Stadium: Vicarage Road

7 October 1992Second Round 2nd Leg	Reading	0–2 (2–4 agg.)	Watford	Reading
		Report		Stadium: Elm Park

Football League Trophy

1 December 1992First Round Group	Reading	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
	Gilkes	Report		Stadium: Elm Park

5 January 1993First Round Group	Bournemouth	1–1	Reading	Bournemouth
		Report	Viveash	Stadium: Dean Court

9 February 1993Second Round	Exeter City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Reading	Exeter
	Quinn	Report		Stadium: St James Park

Squad statistics

As of match played 8 May 1993^[16]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Steve Francis	39	0	34	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Shaka Hislop	16	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	WAL	Jeff Hopkins	44	1	36	1	4	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Darren Jackson	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Darren McCance	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRL	David McDonald	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Keith McPherson	52	1	44	1	4	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Richardson	16	0	11+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Adi Viveash	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	Ady Williams	40	5	30+1	4	4	0	2	1	3	0
	MF	ENG	David Bass	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Kevin Dillon	47	1	40	1	3	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Michael Gilkes	45	13	38	12	4	0	2	0	1	1
	MF	ENG	Mick Gooding	49	3	38+2	3	3+1	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Holzman	20	0	12+4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Jones	26	1	21	1	2	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jamie Lambert	35	3	9+18	3	4	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
	MF	ENG	Phil Parkinson	47	5	38+1	4	3	1	2	0	2+1	0
	MF	ENG	Scott Taylor	39	6	30+2	5	3	1	1	0	2+1	0
	FW	ENG	Lea Barkus	11	0	4+5	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Gray	12	3	8+3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	AUS	Stuart Lovell	26	8	18+4	8	0+3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Mark McGhee	13	2	9+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	NIR	Jimmy Quinn	51	23	42	17	4	3	2	1	3	2
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
	FW	ENG	Paul Moody	6	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Name	Division 2	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	FW	Jimmy Quinn	17	3	1	2	23
2	MF	Michael Gilkes	12	0	0	1	13
3	FW	Stuart Lovell	8	0	0	0	8
4	MF	Scott Taylor	5	1	0	0	6
5	MF	Phil Parkinson	4	1	0	0	5
5	DF	Ady Williams	4	0	1	0	5
7	MF	Mick Gooding	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	Andy Gray	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	Jamie Lambert	3	0	0	0	3
10	FW	Mark McGhee	2	0	0	0	2
12	MF	Kevin Dillon	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Jeff Hopkins	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Tommy Jones	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Keith McPherson	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Paul Moody	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Adi Viveash	0	0	0	1	1
		TOTALS	66	5	2	4	77

Team kit

Reading's kit for the 1992–93 was manufactured by Brooks Sports, and the main sponsor was Auto Trader.

1992–93 home colours

1992–93 away colours

Notes

↑ Age as of the end of the season
↑ Shaka Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
↑ Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and would make his international debut for Wales on 23 May 1994.
↑ Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.

References

↑ "History: 1988–2013". The Football League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ "Jamie Lambert". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Tom Jones". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Sport in Short: Football" . The Independent. London. 6 July 1992. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
↑ "Phil Parkinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Jeff Hopkins". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Jimmy Quinn". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Shaka Hislop". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Craig Maskell". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "David Robinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
1 2 "Danny Bailey". readingfcformerplayers. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "Paul Moody". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Adrian Viveash". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "David McDonald". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Danny Bailey – Soccerbase". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Season 1992–93". royalsrecord. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

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[2] Age as of the end of the season

[HislopNat-3] Shaka Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.

[WilliamsNat-4] Ady Williams was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and would make his international debut for Wales on 23 May 1994.

[GilkesNat-5] Michael Gilkes was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in 2000.

[1] "History: 1988–2013". The Football League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[6] "Jamie Lambert". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[7] "Tom Jones". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[8] "Sport in Short: Football" . The Independent. London. 6 July 1992. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.

[9] "Phil Parkinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[10] "Jeff Hopkins". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[11] "Jimmy Quinn". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[12] "Shaka Hislop". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[13] "Craig Maskell". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[14] "David Robinson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[Danny_Bailey-15] 1 2 "Danny Bailey". readingfcformerplayers. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[16] "Paul Moody". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[17] "Adrian Viveash". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[18] "David McDonald". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[19] "Danny Bailey – Soccerbase". soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[Season_1992–93_Stats-20] "Season 1992–93". royalsrecord. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

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