Reading F.C. Player of the Season

For a list of all Reading players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Reading F.C. players. For the current Reading first-team squad, see Reading F.C. § Current squad.

Liam Moore, the 2017-18 recipient of the award.

Reading Football Club are an English football club, from Reading, Berkshire. Established in 1871, the club is one of the oldest teams in England, but did not join The Football League until 1920, and had never played in the top tier of English football league system before the 2006–07 season.

Winners

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Season Name Nationality Position Notes Ref
1963–64 Colin Meldrum  England Defender [1]
1964–65 Colin Meldrum  England Defender First player to win the award in consecutive years
1965–66 Jimmy Wheeler  England Forward
1966–67 George Harris  England Midfielder
1967–68 Mike Dixon  England Goalkeeper
1968–69 Peter Silvester  England Forward
1969–70 Steve Death  England Goalkeeper Denis Allen second; Tony Wagstaff third.
1970–71 Terry Bell  England Forward
1971–72 Gordon Cumming  England Midfielder
1972–73 Steve Death  England Goalkeeper
1973–74 Steve Death  England Goalkeeper
1974–75 Robin Friday  England Forward
1975–76 Robin Friday  England Forward
1976–77 Steve Death  England Goalkeeper
1977–78 Richie Bowman  England Midfielder
1978–79 Richie Bowman  England Midfielder
1979–80 Mark White  England Defender
1980–81 Steve Hetzke  England Defender
1981–82 Jerry Williams  England Midfielder
1982–83 Steve Richardson  England Defender
1983–84 Steve Richardson  England Defender
1984–85 Steve Wood  England Defender
1985–86 Steve Wood  England Defender
1986–87 Kevin Bremner  Scotland Forward
1987–88 Steve Francis  England Goalkeeper
1988–89 Trevor Senior  England Forward
1989–90 Martin Hicks  England Defender
1990–91 Keith McPherson  England Defender
1991–92 Mick Gooding  England Midfielder
1992–93 Mick Gooding  England Midfielder
1993–94 Dylan Kerr  Malta Defender
1994–95 Shaka Hislop  Trinidad and Tobago Goalkeeper First winner from outside Europe
1995–96 Mick Gooding  England Midfielder
1996–97 Trevor Morley  England Forward
1997–98 Phil Parkinson  England Midfielder
1998–99 Phil Parkinson  England Midfielder
1999–2000 Darren Caskey  England Midfielder
2000–01 Martin Butler  England Forward
2001–02 Graeme Murty  Scotland Defender
2002–03 James Harper  England Midfielder
2003–04 Graeme Murty  Scotland Defender
2004–05 Dave Kitson  England Forward
2005–06 Kevin Doyle  Republic of Ireland Forward
2006–07 Ivar Ingimarsson  Iceland Defender
2007–08 Stephen Hunt  Republic of Ireland Midfielder [2]
2008–09 Chris Armstrong  England Defender
2009–10 Gylfi Sigurðsson  Iceland Midfielder
2010–11 Shane Long  Republic of Ireland Forward [3]
2011–12 Alex Pearce  Republic of Ireland Defender [4]
2012–13 Adam Le Fondre  England Forward England Alex McCarthy second; Wales Hal Robson-Kanu third. [5]
2013–14 Jordan Obita  England Midfielder Wales Chris Gunter second; United States Danny Williams third. [6]
2014–15 Adam Federici  Australia Goalkeeper Scotland Jamie Mackie and Jamaica Michael Hector shortlisted. [7]
2015–16 Ali Al-Habsi  Oman Goalkeeper [8]
2016–17 Ali Al-Habsi  Oman Goalkeeper [9]
2017–18 Liam Moore  England Defender The Gambia Modou Barrow second; Republic of Ireland Liam Kelly third. [10]
2018–19 Andy Rinomhota  England Midfielder Ghana Andy Yiadom second; Ivory Coast Yakou Méïté third. [11]
2019–20 Rafael Cabral  Brazil Goalkeeper [12]
2020–21 Josh Laurent  England Midfielder [13]
2021–22 Andy Yiadom  Ghana Defender [14]
2022–23 Tom Ince  England Forward England Joe Lumley second; England Andy Carroll third. [15]
2023–24 Lewis Wing  England Midfielder New Zealand Tyler Bindon second; England Harvey Knibbs third. [16]

Wins by player

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Winner Total wins Season(s)
England Steve Death 4 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77
England Mick Gooding 3 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96
England Colin Meldrum 2 1963–64, 1964–65
England Robin Friday 2 1974–75, 1975–76
England Richie Bowman 2 1977–78, 1978–79
England Steve Richardson 2 1982–83, 1983–84
England Steve Wood 2 1984–85, 1985–86
England Phil Parkinson 2 1997–98, 1998–99
Scotland Graeme Murty 2 2001–02, 2003–04
Oman Ali Al-Habsi 2 2015–16, 2016–17
England Jimmy Wheeler 1 1965–66
England George Harris 1 1966–67
England Mike Dixon 1 1967–68
England Peter Silvester 1 1968–69
England Terry Bell 1 1970–71
England Gordon Cumming 1 1971–72
England Mark White 1 1979–80
England Steve Hetzke 1 1980–81
England Jerry Williams 1 1981–82
Scotland Kevin Bremner 1 1986–87
England Steve Francis 1 1987–88
England Trevor Senior 1 1988–89
England Martin Hicks 1 1989–90
England Keith McPherson 1 1990–91
Malta Dylan Kerr 1 1993–94
Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop 1 1994–95
England Trevor Morley 1 1996–97
England Darren Caskey 1 1999–00
England Martin Butler 1 2000–01
England James Harper 1 2002–03
England Dave Kitson 1 2004–05
Ireland Kevin Doyle 1 2005–06
Iceland Ivar Ingimarsson 1 2006–07
Ireland Stephen Hunt 1 2007–08
England Chris Armstrong 1 2008–09
Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson 1 2009–10
Ireland Shane Long 1 2010–11
Ireland Alex Pearce 1 2011–12
England Adam Le Fondre 1 2012–13
England Jordan Obita 1 2013–14
Australia Adam Federici 1 2014–15
England Liam Moore 1 2017–18
England Andy Rinomhota 1 2018–19
Brazil Rafael Cabral 1 2019–20
England Josh Laurent 1 2020–21
Ghana Andy Yiadom 1 2021–22
England Tom Ince 1 2022–23
England Lewis Wing 1 2023–24

Wins by playing position

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Position Number of wins
Defender 18
Midfielder 16
Forward 14
Goalkeeper 11

Wins by nationality

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Nationality Number of winners
 England 43
 Scotland 4
 Republic of Ireland 3
 Iceland 2
 Oman 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 1
 Australia 1
 Brazil 1
 Ghana 1
 Malta 1

References

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  1. ^ "Players of the Season". Reading FC. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Hunt voted the official readingfc.co.uk / Courage player of the month". readingfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Long voted Player of the Season". Reading FC. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Pearce named Player of the Season". Reading F.C. 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Le Fondre wins season award". Reading F.C. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Obita wins Player of the Season". Reading F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Federici wins fans' Player of the Year award". Reading F.C. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. ^ "McDermott pays tribute to 'a wonderful human being'". Reading F.C. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Ali 'happy and proud' to be named Player of the Season!". Reading F.C. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Liam Moore - Your Be Wiser Fans' Player of the Season!". Reading F.C. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Home of the Royals!".
  12. ^ "Rafael crowned as your Player of the Season 2019-20!". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Josh Laurent voted your 2020/21 Player of the Season!". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  14. ^ "ANDY YIADOM ANNOUNCED AS PLAYER OF THE SEASON FOR 2021-22". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  15. ^ "YOUR PLAYER OF THE SEASON 2022-23 TOM INCE". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  16. ^ "LEWIS WING WINS PLAYER OF THE SEASON!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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