Reading

FM08 Release

Club
118Reputation
8Last season
—Squad value
24225Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
42Players
—Average age
—Under 21
116Average ability
144Average potential
—Squad value
£354,500Wage bill per week
16Nationalities
—Home-grown
—Expiring contracts
141CA16
153PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 42 registered members of the primary team, not just the rows listed below; hover a figure for the population it was computed from. The wage bill is the sum of recorded contract wages, not an asserted payroll. This version's export records no game start year, so ages and the contract-expiry window cannot be computed. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials; a coded potential enters PA16 at its band's midpoint and the figure says how many did. Home-grown counts players whose person_trained_status names this club.

Best eleven

FMDB calculation
The FMDB's own selection: the highest recorded current ability per slot of the supplied 4-3-3, each player used once, and only where player_position.competency for that slot is at least 10. Mean ability of the eleven 142, from the 42 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Reading
Short name
—
Nickname
—
Nation
England
City
—
Current division
English Premier Division
Continental competition
—
Founded
1871
Reputation
118
Colours
#FFFFFF #0050D0
Captain
—
Vice-captain
—
Other teams
—
Reputation scope
—
Reputation stars
—

Finances

Partial export
Balance
—
Transfer budget
—
Wage budget
—
Debt
—
Club value
—
Financial status
—
Owner
—
Shirt sponsor
—

Balance is club_finance_detail.cash and Debt its basic_loan_debt, as authored. Every other club_finance row — loans, gifts and FFP totals — is listed by the source family loan_source_type gives it, with the amount's meaning on hover, rather than summed into a figure the source does not state. Club value, a named owner and a shirt sponsor are not established by the export.

Squad

42 people with a club_squad_number row for this teamSet-piece takers
Squad members with number, position, age, nationality, ability, contract, wage, value and last season
No start year CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2007–08 HG Not in this export
1Marcus HahnemannGK—United States1401552009-06-30£15,000———
2Graeme MurtyDR—Scotland1391392009-06-30£15,000———
3Nicky ShoreyDL—England1481582009-06-30£6,000———
4Khalifa CisséDC—Mali1381482010-06-30£8,000———
5Ibrahima SonkoDC—Senegal1401552010-06-30£15,000———
6Brynjar Björn GunnarssonDMC—Iceland1331402009-06-30£15,000———
7Glen LittleMR—England1431502008-06-30£15,000———
8Leroy LitaFC—England1401552009-06-30£8,000———
9Kevin DoyleFC—Republic of Ireland1481602010-06-30£20,000———
10Stephen HuntML—Republic of Ireland1421442011-06-30£21,000———
11John OsterMR—Wales1261402008-06-30£15,000———
12Dave KitsonFC—England1451522010-06-30£15,000———
14John HallsDR—England1181302008-06-30£6,000———
15James HarperDMC—England1421502010-06-30£20,000———
16Ívar IngimarssonDC—Iceland1401452010-06-30£20,000———
17Bobby ConveyAML—United States1411502009-06-30£15,000———
18Samuel Okeremute SodjeDC—Nigeria1201272009-06-30£2,500———
19Liam RoseniorDR—England1361552010-06-30£10,000———
20Emerse FaéDMC—Ivory Coast1371602010-06-30£20,000———
21Graham StackGK—Republic of Ireland961202008-06-30£4,000———
22André Stéphane Bikey AmuguDC—Cameroon1331502010-06-30£15,000———
23Ulises de la CruzDR—Ecuador1251352008-06-30£10,500———
24Shane LongFC—Republic of Ireland1351552011-06-30£15,000———
25Alan BennettDC—Republic of Ireland1151402009-06-30£4,000—10 (0)—
26Curtis OsanoDR—Kenya72-72008-06-30£500———
27Aaron BrownDC—England901202008-06-30£1,500———
28Marek MatejovskyAMC—Czech Republic1381402011-06-30£13,000—15 (1)—
29Michael DuberryDC—England1211302008-06-30£6,000———
30Jimmy Boubou KébéAMR—Mali1091252010-06-30£10,000—16 (5)—
32Adam FedericiGK—Australia1321502009-06-30£3,000———
33Scott Julian GolbourneDL—England95-82008-06-30£1,500—6 (0)—
34James HenryMR—England95-82008-06-30£500—11 (4)—
35Alexander PearceDC—Scotland90-82010-06-30£2,000—11 (0)—
36Mikkel AndersenGK—Denmark85-82009-06-30£1,000———
37Hal Robson-KanuAML—England75-82009-06-30£500———
38Adam BygraveDC—England70-72008-06-30£500———
39Simon ChurchFC—England89-72009-06-30£500———
40Jem Paul KaracanMC—England90-82009-06-30£500—13 (1)—
41Ben HamerGK—England671302008-06-30£500—9 (0)—
42Oliver BozanicML—Australia80-72009-06-30£2,000———
43Viktor Unnar IllugasonFC—Iceland75-72009-06-30£500———
44Scott DaviesMC—Republic of Ireland70-72008-06-30£500———

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2007–08 season, the latest player_history season recorded for anyone in this squad; it is named explicitly because no database records the date the game starts on.

Highest potential

FMDB calculation
Highest recorded potential ability across every team the club owns
Player Pos Age CA PA Value
Kevin DoyleFC—148160—
Emerse FaéDMC—137160—
Nicky ShoreyDL—148158—
Marcus HahnemannGK—140155—
Ibrahima SonkoDC—140155—
Leroy LitaFC—140155—

The highest recorded player.potential_ability across all 1 of this club's team, one row per person. A negative potential is a coded band rather than a fixed ability and is shown as the code it is, never ranked as a number. Ages are season-start ages where the export records a start year; the list is ranked on potential alone, so it is not an age-filtered wonderkid list.

Facilities

Training only in the export
  • Training facilities16
  • Youth facilities—
  • Youth recruitment—
  • Junior coaching—
  • Corporate facilities—
Training ground
—
Academy
—
Morale
15
Season ticket holders
18000
Average attendance
23844
Lowest and highest
12000 / 32000

club_facility carries training facilities only, in every version: youth facilities, youth recruitment, junior coaching and academy category are not in the export. The training ground is the stadium row that club_server names.

Key staff

Managing Director
—
Director of Football
—
Assistant Manager
Kevin Dillon
Head of Youth Development
—

Roles held now from staff_history. "Unknown person" is a spell whose person uid this version does not contain.

League position by season

25 seasons on this page
Reading league position by season11224 1982–831986–871990–911994–951998–992002–032006–07Coca-Cola League 1, 1982–83: position 21 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1984–85: position 9 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1985–86: position 1 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1988–89: position 18 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1989–90: position 10 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1990–91: position 15 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1991–92: position 12 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1992–93: position 8 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1993–94: position 1 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1998–99: position 11 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 1999–00: position 10 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 2000–01: position 3 of 24Coca-Cola League 1, 2001–02: position 2 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 1986–87: position 13 of 22Coca-Cola Championship, 1987–88: position 22 of 23Coca-Cola Championship, 1994–95: position 2 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 1995–96: position 19 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 1996–97: position 18 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 1997–98: position 24 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 2002–03: position 4 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 2003–04: position 9 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 2004–05: position 7 of 24Coca-Cola Championship, 2005–06: position 1 of 24English Premier Division, 2006–07: position 8 of 20Coca-Cola League 2, 1983–84: position 3 of 24
Finishing position as recorded, 1 at the top, from the 25 season rows on this page.
Reading league position by season
SeasonCompetitionPosition
2006–07English Premier Division8
2005–06Coca-Cola Championship1
2004–05Coca-Cola Championship7
2003–04Coca-Cola Championship9
2002–03Coca-Cola Championship4
2001–02Coca-Cola League 12
2000–01Coca-Cola League 13
1999–00Coca-Cola League 110
1998–99Coca-Cola League 111
1997–98Coca-Cola Championship24
1996–97Coca-Cola Championship18
1995–96Coca-Cola Championship19
1994–95Coca-Cola Championship2
1993–94Coca-Cola League 11
1992–93Coca-Cola League 18
1991–92Coca-Cola League 112
1990–91Coca-Cola League 115
1989–90Coca-Cola League 110
1988–89Coca-Cola League 118
1987–88Coca-Cola Championship22
1986–87Coca-Cola Championship13
1985–86Coca-Cola League 11
1984–85Coca-Cola League 19
1983–84Coca-Cola League 23
1982–83Coca-Cola League 121

Honours

FMDB calculation

Competitions won by any of this club's 1 recorded team, counted from comp_history. Every recorded season in this version. It records no cancelled, abandoned or joint-winner flags, so none are excluded. The newer nation_cup_history export covers national-team tournament runs; it does not establish club cup-run coverage.

Transfers

Exported; UI pending
Record signing
—
Record sale
—
Net spend
—
Date Player From or to Fee
————

Modern exports separate completed transfer events, agreed future moves and club fee records. This panel has not integrated them. Unknown fees and incomplete coverage cannot establish full net spend.

Stadium

In the export
Capacity
24225
Seated
24225
Expandable to
37500
Built
1998-07-01
Pitch
105 × 68
Roof
—
Owner
—

Affiliates

Not in this export
Club Relationship Terms
———

Affiliations from club_link in both directions, with the yearly cost, dates, loan counts and wage share the row records. link_type_id has no lookup table in the catalog, so the relationship is shown as its code rather than given a name. Owned teams are listed separately under Other teams.

Fans

Not in this export
Supporter profile
—
Expectation
—
Season ticket waiting list
—

Supporter values are the researched 1–20 figures in club_supporter_profile; the expectation is the media's predicted finish in club_media_expectation; ticket prices are from club_finance_detail. Supporter-type percentages and a waiting list are not exported.

Across versions

Recorded
Reading reputation across versions05K10K CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 8 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 8 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 9 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 9 Reputation, FM05 Release: 93 Reputation, FM05 Update: 97 Reputation, FM06 Release: 97 Reputation, FM07 Release: 118 Reputation, FM07 Update: 118 Reputation, FM08 Release: 118 Reputation, FM09 Release: 108 Reputation, FM09 Update: 108 Reputation, FM10 Release: 5,150 Reputation, FM10 Update: 103 Reputation, FM11 Release: 5,150 Reputation, FM11 Update: 103 Reputation, FM12 Release: 5,150 Reputation, FM12 Update: 5,350 Reputation, FM13 Release: 5,900 Reputation, FM14 Release: 5,750 Reputation, FM14 Update: 5,750 Reputation, FM15 Release: 5,750 Reputation, FM15 Update: 5,750 Reputation, FM16 Release: 5,550 Reputation, FM16 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM17 Release: 5,700 Reputation, FM17 Update: 5,700 Reputation, FM18 Release: 116 Reputation, FM18 Update: 5,750 Reputation, FM19 Release: 114 Reputation, FM19 Update: 5,700 Reputation, FM20 Release: 113 Reputation, FM20 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM21 Release: 111 Reputation, FM21 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM22 Release: 5,650 Reputation, FM23 Release: 5,600 Reputation, FM24 Update: 5,300 Reputation, FM26 Release: 5,200 Reputation, FM26 Update: 5,200
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.

Current staff

12 spells
Roles held now, from staff_history spells with no end date or one still in the future
Role Person Joined Until Rating FMDB calculation
CoachNaseem Bashir———
CoachBrendan Rodgers1999-07-01——
CoachWally Downes2004-06-01——
ChairmanJohn Madejski1990-06-01——
Director Of FootballNicky Hammond2003-09-01——
PhysioRebecca Brown2006-07-01——
ManagerBrian McDermott2000-09-01——
ManagerSteve Coppell2003-10-09——
ManagerEamonn Dolan2004-10-01——
Assistant ManagerKevin Dillon2001-12-01——
Goalkeeping CoachSalvatore Bibbo2004-06-01——
Head PhysioJon Fearn2001-06-01——

Playing spells belong to a career and are shown on the person's own page. A further 0 current spells point at a person uid this version does not contain.

Season records

Points as stored, never recomputed
League seasons, as stored: points include any deduction applied at the time
Season Competition Pos Of P W D L GF GA Pts
2006–07English Premier Division8203816715524755
2005–06Coca-Cola Championship12446311329932106
2004–05Coca-Cola Championship72446191314514470
2003–04Coca-Cola Championship92446201016555770
2002–03Coca-Cola Championship4244625417614679
2001–02Coca-Cola League 12244623158704384
2000–01Coca-Cola League 132446251110865286
1999–00Coca-Cola League 1102446161416576362
1998–99Coca-Cola League 1112446161317546361
1997–98Coca-Cola Championship24244611926397842
1996–97Coca-Cola Championship182446151219586757
1995–96Coca-Cola Championship192446131716546356
1994–95Coca-Cola Championship22446231013584479
1993–94Coca-Cola League 11244626119814489
1992–93Coca-Cola League 182446181513665169
1991–92Coca-Cola League 1122446161317596261
1990–91Coca-Cola League 115244617821536659
1989–90Coca-Cola League 1102446151912575364
1988–89Coca-Cola League 1182446151120687256
1987–88Coca-Cola Championship222344101222447042
1986–87Coca-Cola Championship132242141117525953
1985–86Coca-Cola League 11244629710675194
1984–85Coca-Cola League 192446191215686269
1983–84Coca-Cola League 23244622168845682
1982–83Coca-Cola League 1212446121717647953

Club records

More record types
Club records
Record type Holder Name as recorded Value
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record_type is a raw code; the two rows read as most appearances and most goals. Attendance record, biggest win and heaviest defeat belong here too.

Derbies and partnerships

Derbies involving this club
Derby Opponent W Needs data D L First match Needs data Reputation
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No partnerships recorded

club_partnership is empty or near-empty in most versions of the source.

Kits

Season and slots
  • Kit 1, style 10, -1
  • Kit 1, style -1, -1
  • Kit 1, style -1, -1
  • Kit 1, style -1, -1
  • Kit 2, style 10, -1
  • Kit 2, style -1, -1
  • Kit 2, style -1, -1
  • Kit 2, style -1, -1

Showing up to 8 of 13 loaded kit rows. Legacy colour slots are shown. Modern kit-part and style exports now describe the parts, but these drawings have not integrated them.

Data wishlist for this page

20 data pointsWhole site
  • export_meta.game_start_year Season-start ages, under-21 count and this season's expiring contracts Now liveAges are taken at 1 July of the exported game start year and the expiry window closes on 30 June of the next; the convention is stated on every figure because no .dat database stores an in-game date. CSV-era versions carry no start year and say so.
  • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability over the squad CA16 and PA16 Now liveFMDB means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials in the primary squad; a coded potential is counted at its band midpoint (config/potential.php) and the figure says how many were.
  • player over club_squad_number Squad ability, potential, value and recorded wage totals Now liveFigures cover the whole primary-team squad with recorded-value coverage. League-relative ability stars are not implemented.
  • player.current_ability and player_position Best eleven Now liveFMDB selects eligible players for a fixed 4-3-3 from at most 60 candidates. Empty positions stay blank and a team average requires eleven filled slots.
  • person_trained_status, person_days_at_location Training days and home-grown squad status Partial exportThe squad table and the home-grown count show recorded trained-at-club and trained-in-nation relationships where the version exports them. Rule codes are not interpreted and training days are not shown; neither is a ruling on eligibility under a competition rule.
  • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability Squad member ability and potential Now liveThe squad table displays stored figures where recorded; coded potential is not a fixed ability.
  • player_history Squad appearances and goals for a named season Now liveThe page uses the latest season recorded for anyone in the squad, not an inferred last season relative to a game date.
  • player.potential_ability across the club teams Highest potential at the club Now livePlayers are deduplicated across the club teams. This is not an age-based wonderkid list.
  • club_finance, club_finance_source, club_finance_detail, club_director Balance, budgets, debt rows, embargo and directors Partial exportCash balance, basic loan debt, the embargo flag and directors are displayed, and every other finance row is listed by its loan_source_type family with the amount meaning on hover. Club valuation, a named owner, a financial-status label and a shirt sponsor are not established: owner type, financial state and income type are raw codes.
  • club_facility, club_server.training_ground_stadium_uid Youth facilities, recruitment, junior coaching and academy status Needs source dataOnly training_facilities is present in any version; the training ground is shown where club_server names one. A corporate revenue field is not a facilities rating.
  • club identity Club nickname Needs source dataThe current club catalog has no nickname column; a short name is not a nickname.
  • transfer_event, future_transfer, club_transfer_record Transfers and record signing or sale Exported; UI pendingCompleted FM24/FM26 events, agreed future moves and recorded club fee records now have separate tables. They are not integrated into this panel; incomplete or unknown fees cannot support complete net-spend totals.
  • club_link Affiliations and agreement terms Partial exportLinks in both directions are displayed with cost, dates, loan counts and wage share. link_type_id, flags and reasons have no lookup, so the relationship is shown as a code; club_partnership is a player-pair relation.
  • comp_history for every recorded club team Confirmed titles with competition and years Now liveThe honours calculation covers all recorded club teams, with edition and stage checks where available. nation_cup_history describes national-team tournament runs, not club cup coverage.
  • stadium Stadium capacity, build date, pitch dimensions, roof and owner Now liveThese fields are rendered where recorded. Pitch type and heating remain available source fields not shown in this club panel.
  • staff_history, staff_ability, staff_coaching Staff quality by recorded job Now liveFMDB computes role-specific attribute means with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars or a staff-subtype census.
  • club_supporter_profile, club_media_expectation Supporter loyalty, passion, patience, affluence, temperament, expectations and media prediction Now liveResearched FM23+ supporter values and the predicted league finish are displayed where exported; computed supporter-type percentages are deliberately absent.
  • derby Derby record and history Now liveRecorded results are oriented to this club; dates and reputation remain missing where unrecorded.
  • club across versions Reputation across versions Partial exportRaw reputation history is live. Squad value and average ability across versions are not implemented; reputation-scale integration is also pending.
  • club_kit, club_kit_part, kit_display_type, kit_style Kit seasons, parts and patterns Partial exportThe page shows legacy kit rows and colour slots. Modern exports now identify parts, goalkeeper kits and style lookups; drawings have not integrated them, and numbering differs by era.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.