The Under-19 FA Premier Academy League had 39 teams, split into four groups. Reading were in Group A.
Final Group A Table
Compared to the official table, this table
shows Chelsea scoring and Charlton Athletic conceding one extra
goal -
that's because I'm right and the FA Premier Academy League were
wrong!
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| Arsenal | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 58 |
| Chelsea | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 46 |
| Crystal Palace | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 40 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 39 |
| Charlton Athletic | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 34 |
| Millwall | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 45 | -8 | 34 |
| Southampton | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 32 |
| Bristol City | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 59 | -20 | 32 |
| Wimbledon | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 39 | -11 | 27 |
| Reading | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 61 | -30 | 20 |
Each team was supposed to play 28 games in the
season, but Peterborough United withdrew from the League just
before the season started - those teams supposed to be playing
Peterborough twice played an extra fixture against each other
instead.
The group winners went forward to a play-off semi-final.
The Under-17 FA Premier Academy League had 35
teams, split into four groups. Reading were in Group A.
All 35 teams then took part in a play-off competition, in which
Reading were in Group 5.
Final Group A Table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 46 |
| Arsenal | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 43 |
| Crystal Palace | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 44 | -1 | 37 |
| Charlton Athletic | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 28 |
| Wimbledon | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 41 | -10 | 26 |
| Southampton | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 25 |
| Millwall | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 49 | -16 | 25 |
| Bristol City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 51 | -19 | 23 |
| Reading | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 51 | -26 | 23 |
The League positions determined the progress into play-off groups for all teams.
Play-off Group 5
16/3/2002 - Reading
0 Liverpool 0
16/3/2002 - Leicester City 0 Sheffield United 1
23/3/2002 - Leicester City 1 Reading 2
23/3/2002 - Liverpool 2 Sheffield United 0
6/4/2002 - Liverpool 0 Leicester City 0
6/4/2002 - Sheffield
United 3 Reading 0
Final Play-off Group 5 Table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| Sheffield United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| Reading | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
Sheffield United progressed to the knockout stage.
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