Reading's first season back in Division Four proved instantly forgettable.
Pat Earles, signed midway through the previous season, headed the scorer
charts on his way to becoming one of Reading's all-time top scorers.
Southend Utd H L 0-1
Brentford A D 1-1 Peters
Halifax Town H W 2-1 Earles 2
Torquay Utd A L 0-3
Watford H L 1-3 Earles
Southport H W 3-1 Peters, Williams, Murray
Hartlepool Utd A L 1-2 Earles
York City A L 0-2
Wimbledon H D 2-2 Earles, Cumming
Aldershot H W 1-0 Williams
Northampton T A W 2-0 Bowman, Nelson
Scunthorpe Utd A W 1-0 Cumming
Crewe Alexandra H W 2-0 Sanchez, Nelson
AFC Bournemouth A L 0-1
Swansea City A L 1-2 Earles
Darlington H W 2-1 Davies, Kearns
Grimsby Town A W 1-0 Earles
Huddersfield T H W 1-0 Earles
Barnsley A L 1-4 Kearns
Doncaster Rov H W 3-0 Kearns 2, Earles
Stockport Co A L 0-2
Rochdale H W 4-3 Kearns 2, Earles, Scott (og)
Newport County H W 2-0 Kearns, Bennett
Darlington A L 0-2
AFC Bournemouth H D 0-0
Southend Utd A W 2-0 Kearns 2
Torquay Utd H D 3-3 Kearns 2 (1 pen), Bowman
Hartlepool Utd H L 2-3 Kearney, Earles
Wimbledon A D 1-1 Earles
Northampton T H D 0-0
Watford A L 0-1
Scunthorpe Utd H W 1-0 Kearns
Southport A D 1-1 Kearns
Crewe Alexandra A D 1-1 Bowman
Swansea City H L 1-4 Kearns
Stockport Co H W 2-1 Earles, Kearns
Newport County A D 0-0
Aldershot A D 1-1 Davies
Grimsby Town H D 0-0
Brentford H D 0-0
Huddersfield T A W 2-0 Kearns, Hicks
Halifax Town A W 4-2 Earles 2 (1 pen), Kearney, Lewis
Barnsley H D 0-0
Rochdale A L 0-1
York City H W 1-0 Clements (og)
Doncaster Rov A D 2-2 Bowman 2
PL HW HD HL HF HA AW AD AL AF AA PTS
1. Watford 46 18 4 1 44 14 12 7 4 41 24 71
2. Southend Utd 46 15 5 3 46 18 10 5 8 20 21 60
3. Swansea City 46 16 5 2 54 17 7 5 11 33 30 56
4. Brentford 46 15 6 2 50 17 6 8 9 36 37 56
5. Aldershot 46 15 8 0 45 16 4 8 11 22 31 54
6. Grimsby Town 46 14 6 3 30 15 7 5 11 27 36 53
7. Barnsley 46 15 4 4 44 20 3 10 10 17 29 50
8. READING 46 12 7 4 33 23 6 7 10 22 29 50
9. Torquay Utd 46 12 6 5 43 25 4 9 10 14 31 47
10. Northampton T 46 9 8 6 32 30 8 5 10 31 38 47
11. Huddersfield T 46 13 5 5 41 21 2 10 11 22 34 45
12. Doncaster Rov 46 11 8 4 37 26 3 9 11 15 39 45
13. Wimbledon 46 8 11 4 39 26 6 5 12 27 41 44
14. Scunthorpe Utd 46 12 6 5 31 14 2 10 11 19 41 44
15. Crewe Alexandra 46 11 8 4 34 25 4 6 13 16 44 44
16. Newport County 46 14 6 3 43 22 2 5 16 22 51 43
17. AFC Bournemouth 46 12 6 5 28 20 2 9 12 13 31 43
18. Stockport Co 46 14 4 5 41 19 2 6 15 15 37 42
19. Darlington 46 10 8 5 31 22 4 5 14 21 37 41
20. Halifax Town 46 7 10 6 28 23 3 11 9 24 39 41
21. Hartlepool Utd* 46 12 4 7 34 29 3 3 17 17 55 37
22. York City 46 8 7 8 27 31 4 5 14 23 38 36
23. Southport* 46 5 13 5 30 32 1 6 16 22 44 31
24. Rochdale 46 8 6 9 29 28 0 2 21 14 57 24
* Hartlepool United previously known as Hartlepool
* Southport not re-elected (replaced by Wigan)
R1 Aldershot4 H W 3-1 Earles 2, Kearns
R2 WealdstoneS A L 1-2 Earles
R1(1) Watford4 A L 1-2 Nelson
R1(2) Watford4 H W 1-0 [2-2] Murray (pen)
R1(R) Watford4 A L 0-5
LG FA LC MC ALL PEN HAT RATE
1. Pat Earles 15 3 0 0 18 1 0 0.375
2. Ollie Kearns 16 1 0 0 17 1 0 0.567
3. Richie Bowman 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.102
4. Dennis Nelson 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0.075
5. Gordon Cumming 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.062
Roy Davies 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.054
Mike Kearney 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.100
Gary Peters 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.039
Jerry Williams 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.154
10. John Murray 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0.182
11. Paul Bennett 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.029
Martin Hicks 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.053
Alan Lewis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.026
Lawrie Sanchez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.111
15. Own goals 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.039
Totals 55 4 2 0 61 3 0 1.196
LG FA LC MC ALL SUM
1. Gary Peters 46 2 3 0 51 51
2. Richie Bowman 43+1 2 2+1 0 47+2 49
3. Pat Earles 43 2 3 0 48 48
4. Dennis Nelson 34+1 2 3 0 39+1 40
5. Alan Lewis 33+1 2 3 0 38+1 39
6. Roy Davies 37 0 0 0 37 37
7. Steve Death 33 2 0 0 35 35
8. Paul Bennett 33 1 1 0 35 35
9. Gordon Cumming 28+2 2 0 0 30+2 32
10. Ollie Kearns 27 2 0+1 0 29+1 30
11. Mark White 25 1 0 0 26 26
12. Ray Hiron 12+3 2 3 0 17+3 20
13. Mike Kearney 15+5 0 0 0 15+5 20
14. Martin Hicks 19 0 0 0 19 19
15. Steve Hetzke 16 0 3 0 19 19
16. John Turner 13 0 3 0 16 16
17. Dave Moreline 10 1 3 0 14 14
18. Jerry Williams 7+6 0 0 0 7+6 13
19. John Murray 8 0 3 0 11 11
20. Martyn Britten 6+1 0 3 0 9+1 10
21. Dave Sutton 9 0 0 0 9 9
22. Lawrie Sanchez 7+1 1 0 0 8+1 9
23. Wayne Wanklyn 2+2 0 0 0 2+2 4
24. Gary Goodchild 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 1
Totals 46 2 3 0 51 51
