Reading FC’s 5 worst managers ever (Ranked) – view.

Sir John Madejski chose both of the exceptionally talented people that Reading hired in the twenty-first century.

After Alan Pardew moved to West Ham United in 2003, the Royals needed a capable replacement.

In addition to leading the team to the English football second division, Pardew may have laid the groundwork for future developments

in the 2000s.

After being named as his replacement, Steve Coppell went on to become an important manager during the Berkshire team’s historic

106-point campaign.

They were able to participate in the Premier League because of this outstanding season, and Brian McDermott—another wise choice—

also led the Royals to promotion to the highest division in England.

However, we’ll examine the team’s five worst managers below, ranking them according to their points-per-game record.

Paul Ince – 1.14 (permanent spell)

Before taking over as interim manager, Paul Ince had been out of the game for eight years, yet he was successful in keeping the Royals

competitive.

He wasn’t the most well-liked choice when he was named the team’s permanent manager in the summer of 2022, but supporters

rallied around him, and they were happy when the team started the 2022–2023 season strong.

Sadly, the club’s victory was short-lived, as they dropped down the standings, their six-point deduction in April 2023 not helping.

He was fired just before the season ended, with the team facing certain relegation, and interim manager Noel Hunt was unable to

maintain the team in the Championship.

Ince’s style of play annoyed a lot of supporters – and he won’t be fondly remembered by fans.

4Jose Gomes – 1.11

Plenty of fans like Jose Gomes a lot more than Ince, but he didn’t do that much better.

Like Ince, he had the assignment of keeping the Berkshire side up and that’s what he was able to do after succeeding Paul Clement in

December 2018.

The Royals’ transfer business during the following month helped his cause, with loan additions Emiliano Martínez, Matt Miazga,

Lewis Baker, Ovie Ejaria and Nelson Oliveira all going on to be big successes.

A big summer of spending in 2019 looked to have given Gomes and the Royals the opportunity to push for a finish at the top end of the

division.

But they were in relegation danger when he was dismissed in October 2019.

3Terry Bullivant – 1.05

Terry “the Taxi” Bullivant didn’t cut the mustard at Elm Park, with results under his stewardship resulting in their relegation from the

First Division.

He wasn’t short of squad options during his time in Berkshire, but he couldn’t make the most of them and a very poor run of form

towards the latter stages of his spell resulted in his departure.

Their start to the 1997/89 season wasn’t ideal either, going winless in their opening six league games and winning just one point from

a possible 18.

2Brendan Rodgers – 1.04

On paper, Brendan Rodgers looked to be a good appointment from Watford.

But the Royals struggled to adapt to his style of play and he didn’t even last a full season at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, being

appointed in the summer of 2009 and then sacked in the December of the same year.

It’s a shame it didn’t work out for Rodgers, because he is a talented manager who went on to be successful elsewhere, doing well

at Swansea City, Celtic and Liverpool.

However, his departure allowed McDermott the opportunity to shine, and that proved to be a turning point for the club.

1Paul Clement – 0.97

This was another appointment that looked fairly good on paper.

Paul Clement was probably the best candidate out there to replace Jaap Stam at the time – and he just about managed to guide the club

to safety at the end of the 2017/18 season.

He had to build on that during the 2018/19 campaign if he was to stay in his job though, and he couldn’t do that.

Unfortunately, the Royals didn’t really have an identity under the former Derby County boss and they lost far more games than they

should have.

It was no surprise when he was dismissed in December 2018.

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