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2002/03 Reports

Match facts:

Reading goal: Andy Hughes (54 minutes)
Assist: None
Opposition goals: After 17, 26 and 34 minutes
Half-time: Reading 0 Leicester City 3
Gamebreaker: The appointment of the referee, given that it came before Alan Pardew selected the side
Attendance: 17,156
Weather: Rain, but not enough
Referee: Mark Warren (Walsall) - an absolute tosser

Reading line-up: 31 Marcus Hahnemann; 2 Graeme Murty, 8 Adie Williams, 29 Steve Brown (25 Ricky Newman, half-time), 3 Nicky Shorey; 14 Sammy Igoe (12 Jamie Cureton, 56 minutes), 15 James Harper (9 Martin Butler, 56 minutes), 11 Andy Hughes, 7 Anthony Rougier; 10 Nicky Forster
Subs not used: 21 Jamie Ashdown, 22 Nathan Tyson
Approximate starting formation:

Reading yellow cards: Adrian Williams (standing next to a cheat who had just dived, 27 minutes), Marcus Hahnemann (complaining about an obviously wrong decision, 30 minutes), Ricky Newman ("being a Reading player", 60 minutes), Steve Sidwell (foul, 65 minutes)
Reading red cards: None, surprisingly enough

Match report:

None.

Match notes:

Ricky Newman's yellow card was his tenth of the season, which means he will miss the trips to Millwall and Sheffield United, assuming that the Millwall game is not postponed.

Match preview:

None.

Ticket information:

Because the original game was abandoned, Reading have made all tickets half-price for this match (including for those not at the original game). Season ticket holders do not have to pay. Other details are the same as for standard home games, and are available here along with the standard ticket prices. It is presumably reserved seating in the North Stand.

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