15 August 2012
By Hob Nob Anyone?
With the summer coming to an end and the new 2012/2013 Premier League season about to kick-off, the Royals have finalised their squad for the new season. The official squad numbers are shown below, with the new signings getting low numbers as a clear indication of their importance for the coming campaign. Striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has taken shirt number 7, with Chris Gunter getting the number 2 shirt and Adrian Mariappa getting number 6. Returning full-back Nicky Shorey will wear his familiar number 3, Garath McCleary gets number 12, while Danny Guthrie will be squad number 20. Meanwhile a number of younger squad players will start the season out on loan to ensure they get some first team action this season:
| Squad Number | ||
| 1 | Adam Federici | |
| 2 | Chris Gunter | |
| 3 | Nicky Shorey | |
| 4 | Jem Karacan | |
| 5 | Alex Pearce | |
| 6 | Adrian Mariappa | |
| 7 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | |
| 8 | Mikele Leigertwood | |
| 9 | Adam Le Fondre | |
| 10 | Noel Hunt | |
| 11 | Jobi McAnuff | |
| 12 | Garath McCleary | |
| 14 | Jimmy Kebe | |
| 15 | Sean Morrison | |
| 16 | Jay Tabb | |
| 17 | Kaspars Gorkss | |
| 18 | Simon Church | |
| 19 | Hal Robson-Kanu | |
| 20 | Danny Guthrie | |
| 21 | Alex McCarthy | |
| 23 | Ian Harte | |
| 24 | Shaun Cummings | |
| 25 | Jake Taylor | |
| 26 | Brynjar Gunnarsson | |
| 27 | Karl Sheppard | On loan to Accrington |
| 29 | Nicholas Bignall | |
| 31 | Mikkel Andersen | |
| 32 | Nick Arnold | |
| 33 | Jason Roberts | |
| 34 | Angus MacDonald | On loan to AFC Wimbledon |
| 35 | Michael Hector | On loan to Shrewsbury |
| 36 | Gozie Ugwu | On loan to Yeovil |
| 37 | Jordan Obita | |
| 38 | Charlie Losasso | |
| 39 | Brett Williams | |
| 40 | Lawson D'Ath | |
| 42 | Jonathan Henly | |
| 43 | Josh Webb | |
| 44 | Dominic Samuel | |
| 45 | Ryan Edwards | |
| 46 | Matt Partridge | |
| 47 | Pierce Sweeney | |
| Joseph Mills | On loan to Burnley |
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