Bristol City 1-4 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008

Result

Bristol City 1-4 Reading

Championship · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Bristol City 1-4 Reading: match report

Bristol City lost to Reading 1-4 in the Championship on Saturday 1 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.

Kevin Doyle opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bristol City's goal came from S. John (90'). Reading scored through Kevin Doyle (14'), N. Hunt (16'), Kevin Doyle (47') and Kalifa Cisse (54').

Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 8th on 21 points from 14 and Reading 4th on 24 points from 14. Bristol City went on to finish that season 10th with 61 points, and Reading 5th with 77.

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Reading's L-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Kevin DoyleReading · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · N. HuntReading · 0-2
  • 19'Yellow card · Nicky MaynardBristol City
  • 21'Yellow card · Ivar IngimarssonReading
  • 47'Goal · Kevin DoyleReading · 0-3
  • 49'Yellow card · Kevin DoyleReading
  • 54'Goal · Kalifa CisseReading · 0-4
  • 90'Yellow card · Liam RoseniorReading
  • 90'Goal · S. JohnBristol City · 1-4

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior