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2002/03 Reports

Competition Date Opponent Venue Result
Nationwide League Division 1 Thursday, 26th December (12noon) Coventry City Away Lost 0-2

Match facts:

Reading goals: None
Assists: None
Opposition goals: After 39 and 52 minutes
Half-time: Coventry City 1 Reading 0
Gamebreaker: Coventry's first goal
Attendance:
19,526
Weather: Light rain and brief sunny spells
Referee: Paul Taylor (Cheshunt)

Reading line-up: 31 Marcus Hahnemann; 2 Graeme Murty, 8 Adie Williams, 29 Steve Brown, 3 Nicky Shorey; 15 James Harper, 25 Ricky Newman (7 Anthony Rougier, 91 minutes, in second-half injury-time), 4 Kevin Watson (24 Darius Henderson, 60 minutes), 17 John Salako (22 Nathan Tyson, 60 minutes); 11 Andy Hughes, 12 Jamie Cureton
Subs not used: 23 John Mackie, 14 Sammy Igoe
Starting formation:

Hahnemann

Murty

Williams

Brown

Shorey

Harper

Newman

Watson

Salako

  Hughes Cureton  

Reading yellow cards: Nicky Shorey (foul, 33 minutes), Kevin Watson (foul, 58 minutes), Ricky Newman ("foul", 65 minutes)
Reading red cards: None

Match report:

To follow

Match notes:

To follow

Match preview:

None.

Ticket information:

Highfield Road has changed dramatically since Reading's last visit over 30 years ago. Went all-seater, back to having terraces, then back to all-seater again. Stands built, knocked down and replaced. Current set-up sees away fans gettings part of one of the side stands, both upper and lower tier if necessary, with up to 4,000 seats available.

However, we have only been allocated 2,027, which go on sale to season ticket holders from Monday, 2nd December (maximum of two per season ticket), to Supporters Trust members from Monday, 9th December (one per member) and on general sale from Wednesday, 11th December. Prices are as follows:
Adults - £18
Seniors - £9
Under-16s - £6
Wheelchair - £5 (plus £5 for a helper)

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