The City Ground

READING 1 - 0 FOREST - Fri Apr 18, 2003 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 18, 2003 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Madejski Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 2002-03
Referee:: Clive Penton
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 21,612
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Aug 16, 2003

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4043 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1772 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4650 (of 5679)
Total:: 6291 (of 7451)

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

FOREST
Manager: Paul Hart
Prior form: WWWLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:

READING
Manager: Alan Pardew
Prior form: LWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Andy Hughes (74)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Darren Ward
2	M	Matthieu Louis-Jean
3	M	Jim Brennan
15	M	John Thompson
17	D	Michael Dawson
16	F	Eugen Bopp
6	M	Riccardo Scimeca (73)
22	F	Eoin Jess off for David Johnson (76)
20	F	Andy Reid
11	F	Marlon Harewood
7	F	Darren Huckerby off for Jack Lester (85)
Subs
9	F	David Johnson on for Eoin Jess (76)
10	F	Jack Lester on for Darren Huckerby (85)
14	D	Chris Doig
4	D	Des Walker
12	GK	Barry Roche

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Marcus Hahnemann
	D	Nicky Shorey
	D	John Mackie (29)
	D	Graeme Murty
	D	Steve Brown
	M	Adrian Williams
	M	Glen Little (45)
	M	Andy Hughes
	M	James Harper
	F	Luke Chadwick (84)
	F	Nicky Forster
Subs
		Ricky Newman (29)
		John Salako (84)
		Darius Henderson (45)
		Jamie Ashdown
		Jamie Cureton

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Fri Apr 18, 2003)

Home	Score	Away
Ipswich Town	3-0	Portsmouth
Reading	1-0	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Portsmouth	42	26	11	5	86	40	15	3	3	46	20	11	8	2	40	20	46	89	WWDWLW
	2	Leicester City	42	25	12	5	68	36	15	4	2	37	11	10	8	3	31	25	32	87	WWWWWD
	3	Sheffield United	41	21	10	10	64	44	11	6	3	30	19	10	4	7	34	25	20	73	WWDDLW
	4	Reading	41	22	4	15	55	41	11	3	7	30	20	11	1	8	25	21	14	70	LWLWLW
	5	Nottingham Forest	42	19	12	11	75	44	13	6	2	52	20	6	6	9	23	24	31	69	WWWLDL
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	14	10	71	40	8	9	4	36	18	10	5	6	35	22	31	68	LDWDWD
	7	Ipswich Town	42	17	13	12	71	56	9	5	7	45	34	8	8	5	26	22	15	64	WWDWLW
	8	Norwich City	42	18	10	14	57	45	13	4	4	34	14	5	6	10	23	31	12	64	WLWWLW
	9	Millwall	42	17	8	17	51	61	9	6	6	29	30	8	2	11	22	31	-10	59	LLWWWW
	10	Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	66	69	10	5	6	35	27	5	6	10	31	42	-3	56	WLLLWL
	11	Crystal Palace	42	13	16	13	55	47	7	9	5	28	17	6	7	8	27	30	8	55	LWDDLW
	12	Preston North End	42	14	13	15	65	66	9	7	5	41	29	5	6	10	24	37	-1	55	WDDLWL
	13	Gillingham	42	14	13	15	53	62	8	6	7	30	30	6	7	8	23	32	-9	55	WLDLDL
	14	Rotherham United	42	14	12	16	56	56	7	8	6	23	22	7	4	10	33	34	0	54	DLWDLD
	15	Watford	41	15	9	17	49	61	9	5	6	29	23	6	4	11	20	38	-12	54	LLLDWW
	16	Burnley	42	14	10	18	60	78	9	4	8	31	37	5	6	10	29	41	-18	52	DLLWLL
	17	Coventry City	42	12	13	17	46	58	6	5	10	23	30	6	8	7	23	28	-12	49	LLLDLD
	18	Bradford City	41	13	10	18	49	62	6	8	7	25	29	7	2	11	24	33	-13	49	WDLWLL
	19	Derby County	42	14	7	21	51	65	8	5	8	31	28	6	2	13	20	37	-14	49	LLLWWL
	20	Walsall	42	13	8	21	52	65	9	2	10	31	32	4	6	11	21	33	-13	47	WLLLWD
	21	Stoke City	42	9	14	19	41	67	7	6	8	22	24	2	8	11	19	43	-26	41	DDWDWL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	10	10	22	42	62	6	5	10	24	30	4	5	12	18	32	-20	40	WLDDWL
	23	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	14	20	46	69	6	6	9	27	31	2	8	11	19	38	-23	38	LDLDWW
	24	Grimsby Town	42	9	10	23	45	80	5	5	11	24	36	4	5	12	21	44	-35	37	WWDLLL

Table after:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Portsmouth	43	26	11	6	86	43	15	3	3	46	20	11	8	3	40	23	43	89	WDWLWL	0-3
	2	Leicester City	42	25	12	5	68	36	15	4	2	37	11	10	8	3	31	25	32	87	WWWWWD
	3	Sheffield United	41	21	10	10	64	44	11	6	3	30	19	10	4	7	34	25	20	73	WWDDLW
	4	Reading	42	23	4	15	56	41	12	3	7	31	20	11	1	8	25	21	15	73	WLWLWW	1-0
	5	Nottingham Forest	43	19	12	12	75	45	13	6	2	52	20	6	6	10	23	25	30	69	WWLDLL	0-1
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	14	10	71	40	8	9	4	36	18	10	5	6	35	22	31	68	LDWDWD
	7	Ipswich Town	43	18	13	12	74	56	10	5	7	48	34	8	8	5	26	22	18	67	WDWLWW	3-0
	8	Norwich City	42	18	10	14	57	45	13	4	4	34	14	5	6	10	23	31	12	64	WLWWLW
	9	Millwall	42	17	8	17	51	61	9	6	6	29	30	8	2	11	22	31	-10	59	LLWWWW
	10	Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	66	69	10	5	6	35	27	5	6	10	31	42	-3	56	WLLLWL
	11	Crystal Palace	42	13	16	13	55	47	7	9	5	28	17	6	7	8	27	30	8	55	LWDDLW
	12	Preston North End	42	14	13	15	65	66	9	7	5	41	29	5	6	10	24	37	-1	55	WDDLWL
	13	Gillingham	42	14	13	15	53	62	8	6	7	30	30	6	7	8	23	32	-9	55	WLDLDL
	14	Rotherham United	42	14	12	16	56	56	7	8	6	23	22	7	4	10	33	34	0	54	DLWDLD
	15	Watford	41	15	9	17	49	61	9	5	6	29	23	6	4	11	20	38	-12	54	LLLDWW
	16	Burnley	42	14	10	18	60	78	9	4	8	31	37	5	6	10	29	41	-18	52	DLLWLL
	17	Coventry City	42	12	13	17	46	58	6	5	10	23	30	6	8	7	23	28	-12	49	LLLDLD
	18	Bradford City	41	13	10	18	49	62	6	8	7	25	29	7	2	11	24	33	-13	49	WDLWLL
	19	Derby County	42	14	7	21	51	65	8	5	8	31	28	6	2	13	20	37	-14	49	LLLWWL
	20	Walsall	42	13	8	21	52	65	9	2	10	31	32	4	6	11	21	33	-13	47	WLLLWD
	21	Stoke City	42	9	14	19	41	67	7	6	8	22	24	2	8	11	19	43	-26	41	DDWDWL
	22	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	10	10	22	42	62	6	5	10	24	30	4	5	12	18	32	-20	40	WLDDWL
	23	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	14	20	46	69	6	6	9	27	31	2	8	11	19	38	-23	38	LDLDWW
	24	Grimsby Town	42	9	10	23	45	80	5	5	11	24	36	4	5	12	21	44	-35	37	WWDLLL