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</ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Managers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Managers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Managers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Managers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Club_officials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_officials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Club officials </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_officials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Honours </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Records </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Footnotes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" 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title="واتفورد فوتبال کولوبو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="واتفورد فوتبال کولوبو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Bali</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC" title="ওয়াটফোর্ড ফুটবল ক্লাব – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ওয়াটফোর্ড ফুটবল ক্লাব" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4" title="ФК Уотфард – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="ФК Уотфард" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8E%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B1)" title="Ўотфард (футбольны клюб) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ўотфард (футбольны клюб)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AC" title="वाटफोर्ड फुटबॉल क्लब – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="वाटफोर्ड फुटबॉल क्लब" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%E2%80%9E%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%E2%80%9C" title="ФК „Уотфорд“ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="ФК „Уотфорд“" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_FC" title="Watford FC – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Watford FC" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" title="Watford Football Club – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Watford Football Club" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_FC" title="Watford FC – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Watford FC" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Watford" title="FC Watford – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="FC Watford" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_FC" title="Watford FC – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Watford FC" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A6%CE%9A" title="Γουότφορντ ΦΚ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γουότφορντ ΦΚ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" title="Watford Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Watford Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" title="Watford Football Club – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Watford Football Club" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="باشگاه فوتبال واتفورد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال واتفورد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" title="Watford Football Club – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Watford Football Club" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">Fiji Hindi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" title="Watford Football Club – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Watford Football Club" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%93%ED%8D%BC%EB%93%9C_FC" title="왓퍼드 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="왓퍼드 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%A9%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%96%D4%B1" title="Ուոթֆորդ ՖԱ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ուոթֆորդ ՖԱ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" title="Watford Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Watford Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93_(%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C)" title="ווטפורד (כדורגל) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ווטפורד (כדורגל)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%98)" title="უოტფორდი (საფეხბურთო კლუბი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="უოტფორდი (საფეხბურთო კლუბი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B)" title="Уотфорд (футбол клубы) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уотфорд (футбол клубы)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_FC" title="Watford FC – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Watford FC" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_FC" title="Watford FC – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Watford FC" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a 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nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Watford F.C." data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%AC" title="ਵੌਟਫ਼ਰਡ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਕਲੱਬ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵੌਟਫ਼ਰਡ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਕਲੱਬ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" 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text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Watford Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>The Hornets</li> <li>Yellow Army</li> <li>The 'Orns</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1881; 143 years ago (1881)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Vicarage_Road" title="Vicarage Road">Vicarage Road</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; 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left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #533785"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Kit_socks_watford2425tl.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third colours</a></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /> <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Watford_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Watford F.C. season">Current season</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Watford Football Club is a professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, England. The club competes in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a>, the second tier of <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football</a>. The team played at several grounds in their early history, including what is now West Herts Sports Club,<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Vicarage_Road" title="Vicarage Road">Vicarage Road</a> in 1922. They have a <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C.%E2%80%93Watford_F.C._rivalry" title="Luton Town F.C.–Watford F.C. rivalry">long-standing rivalry</a> with nearby club <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>. <a href="/wiki/Graham_Taylor" title="Graham Taylor">Graham Taylor</a>'s tenure as manager at the club between 1977 and 1987 saw Watford rise from the fourth tier to the first. The team finished second in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Watford_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Watford F.C. season">1982–83</a>, competed in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_UEFA_Cup" title="1983–84 UEFA Cup">1983–84</a>, and reached the <a href="/wiki/1984_FA_Cup_final" title="1984 FA Cup final">1984 FA Cup final</a>. Watford declined between 1987 and 1997, before Taylor returned as manager, leading the team to successive <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotions</a> from the renamed <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a><a href="#cite_note-d3-5">[a]</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> for one season in <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Watford_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Watford F.C. season">1999–2000</a>. The club played again in the highest tier in <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Watford_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Watford F.C. season">2006–07</a> under <a href="/wiki/Aidy_Boothroyd" title="Aidy Boothroyd">Aidy Boothroyd</a>'s management, and then again from 2015 to 2020, reaching the <a href="/wiki/2019_FA_Cup_final" title="2019 FA Cup final">2019 FA Cup final</a>, their second FA Cup final, but losing to a record-equalling 6–0 score line. In April 2021, Watford were promoted back into the Premier League having spent just one season in the Championship, but were relegated back to the Championship in May 2022. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Watford_F.C." title="History of Watford F.C.">History of Watford F.C.</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years">edit</a>]</div> The origins of the club can be traced back to 1881 when Watford Rovers were formed by Henry Grover, who went on to play for the club as a <a href="/wiki/Full-back_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-back (football)">full back</a>.<a href="#cite_note-wfcnotablepeople-6">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-j15-7">[6]</a> Rovers, originally composed entirely of <a href="/wiki/Amateur_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateur football">amateur players</a>, held home games at several locations in the <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">town of Watford</a>.<a href="#cite_note-j15-7">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-chronology-8">[7]</a> The team first competed in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_FA_Cup" title="1886–87 FA Cup">1886–87 season</a>, and in 1889 Watford won the <a href="/wiki/Herts_Senior_Cup" title="Herts Senior Cup">County Cup</a> for the first time. The team became the football section of "West Hertfordshire Club and Ground" in 1891, and consequently moved to a ground on <a href="/wiki/Cassio_Road" title="Cassio Road">Cassio Road</a>. In 1893 Watford Rovers changed their name to "West Herts" and in 1896 they joined the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern Football League</a>. West Herts fortunes slumped at the start of the 1897–98 season and attendances were less than 200. They took the bold step of turning professional and their fortunes revived. Watford St. Mary's were runners up in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup of 1894–95 and attracted crowds of 400 to 500 even when West Herts were at home. The two clubs talked of an amalgamation, which ultimately occurred on 15 April 1898. This was reported by the <a href="/wiki/Watford_Observer" title="Watford Observer">Watford Observer</a> of 7 May 1898. It was agreed that the two clubs should complete their remaining fixtures for the season. The new club was named Watford Football Club.<a href="#cite_note-chronology-8">[7]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SkillyWilliams.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The head and shoulders of a man, wearing a hat and coat." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/SkillyWilliams.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="150" /></a><figcaption>Long-serving <a href="/wiki/Skilly_Williams" title="Skilly Williams">Skilly Williams</a> was Watford's first choice goalkeeper between 1914 and 1926.</figcaption></figure>Following <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegation</a> to the Southern League Second Division in 1903, Watford appointed its first manager – former England international and First Division top scorer <a href="/wiki/John_Goodall" title="John Goodall">John Goodall</a>. He led Watford to promotion, and kept the team in the division until his departure in 1910.<a href="#cite_note-managers-9">[8]</a> Despite financial constraints, Watford won the Southern League title in the <a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Watford_F.C._season" title="1914–15 Watford F.C. season">1914–15 season</a> under his successor, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kent_(footballer)" title="Harry Kent (footballer)">Harry Kent</a>. Watford held the title for five years following the suspension of the Southern League during the First World War – after finishing the <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Watford_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Watford F.C. season">1919–20 season</a> runners-up on <a href="/wiki/Goal_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal average">goal average</a>, the club resigned from the Southern League to join the new <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Football League Third Division</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a> From <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="1921–22 in English football">1921–22</a>, the third tier of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a> consisted of two parallel sections of 22 clubs, fighting both for promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> and also battling to hold on to their league status.<a href="#cite_note-arsenal-4">[4]</a> There was a re-election system in place which meant the bottom two teams in each of the two divisions had to apply for re-election to the league.<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a> Watford finished outside the top six league positions in every season between 1922 and 1934. Following Kent's departure in 1926, they finished 21st out of 22 clubs in <a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_in_English_football" title="1926–27 in English football">1926–27</a>, but were unanimously re-elected to the league after a ballot of clubs in the top two divisions of The Football League.<a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> By contrast, under <a href="/wiki/Neil_McBain" title="Neil McBain">Neil McBain</a> and subsequently <a href="/wiki/Bill_Findlay_(footballer)" title="Bill Findlay (footballer)">Bill Findlay</a>, the team recorded five consecutive top six finishes between <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_in_English_football" title="1934–35 in English football">1934–35</a> and <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_in_English_football" title="1938–39 in English football">1938–39</a>, and won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South_Cup" title="Football League Third Division South Cup">Football League Third Division South Cup</a> in 1937.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> The Football League was suspended in 1939 due to the Second World War. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_era">Post-war era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war era">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg/250px-Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg/375px-Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg/500px-Watford_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1097" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>Chart of yearly table positions of Watford in the English football league.</figcaption></figure>Football resumed in 1946, with Watford still in the Third Division South. A 23rd-placed finish in <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_in_English_football" title="1950–51 in English football">1950–51</a> meant that the club had to apply for re-election to the league once more, but again teams in the First and Second Divisions unanimously voted for Watford to stay in the league.<a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a> McBain returned in 1956,<a href="#cite_note-managers-9">[8]</a> and the team remained in the division until 1958; the league was restructured into four national divisions for the <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football" title="1958–59 in English football">1958–59</a> season, and Watford were placed in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ron_Burgess_(footballer)" title="Ron Burgess (footballer)">Ron Burgess</a> replaced McBain during that season, and in the following campaign Burgess presided over Watford's first Football League promotion. This team included Fourth Division top scorer <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Holton" title="Cliff Holton">Cliff Holton</a>,<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a> who scored a club record 42 league goals in the season.<a href="#cite_note-wfcrecords-16">[15]</a> Holton was sold to Northampton the following year after another 34 goals, to the anger of supporters.<a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> Burgess was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGarry_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill McGarry (footballer)">Bill McGarry</a>, who bought new players such as <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Livesey" title="Charlie Livesey">Charlie Livesey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Saunders" title="Ron Saunders">Ron Saunders</a>, and in his only season at the club led the club to what was at the time its highest ever league position: third in the Third Division.<a href="#cite_note-mcgarry-18">[17]</a> Eighteen-year-old Northern Irish goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Pat Jennings</a> also featured under McGarry, and made his international debut despite being a Third Division player.<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a> McGarry joined <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich</a> in 1964, and was replaced by player-manager <a href="/wiki/Ken_Furphy" title="Ken Furphy">Ken Furphy</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington</a><a href="#cite_note-mcgarry-18">[17]</a> Furphy rebuilt the team around players such as <a href="/wiki/Keith_Eddy" title="Keith Eddy">Keith Eddy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bond_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis Bond (footballer)">Dennis Bond</a>, but after holding <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> to a draw in the FA Cup and narrowly failing to win promotion in <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_in_English_football" title="1966–67 in English football">1966–67</a>, Bond was sold to <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>30,000, Watford's record transfer receipt at the time.<a href="#cite_note-Jones_1996,_p._43-20">[19]</a> Furphy's rebuilding came to fruition in 1969 with the signing of <a href="/wiki/Barry_Endean" title="Barry Endean">Barry Endean</a>, whose arrival marked the start of an unbeaten run after Christmas.<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> Watford secured the Third Division title in April, at home to <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a>. A year later Watford reached the FA Cup semi-final for the first time, defeating <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> teams <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> and Liverpool along the way.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> Hampered by a lack of funds, however, Furphy eventually joined <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>, to be succeeded by <a href="/wiki/George_Kirby_(footballer)" title="George Kirby (footballer)">George Kirby</a>. Forced to sell players to survive, Watford fell back into the Third Division in 1972. The team continued to struggle in the third tier, and despite a managerial change, Watford were relegated again in 1975.<a href="#cite_note-managers-9">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> <table class="toccolours" style="width:180px; float: right;"> <tbody><tr> <td> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 175px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/175px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/263px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/350px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:64px; top:9.5px"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sherwood" title="Steve Sherwood">Sherwood</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:11.5px; top:62px"><a href="/wiki/David_Bardsley" title="David Bardsley">Bardsley</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:43px; top:44.5px"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Sinnott" title="Lee Sinnott">Sinnott</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:92px; top:44.5px"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Terry" title="Steve Terry">Terry</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:130.5px; top:62px"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Price_(footballer)" title="Neil Price (footballer)">Price</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:11.5px; top:125px"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Callaghan" title="Nigel Callaghan">Callaghan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:46.5px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Les_Taylor_(footballer)" title="Les Taylor (footballer)">L Taylor</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:92px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Jackett" title="Kenny Jackett">Jackett</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:46.5px; top:174px"><a href="/wiki/George_Reilly" title="George Reilly">Reilly</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:92px; top:174px"><a href="/wiki/Mo_Johnston" title="Mo Johnston">Johnston</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:127px; top:125px"><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Watford's starting line-up for the <a href="/wiki/1984_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 FA Cup Final">1984 FA Cup Final</a>. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Atkinson_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Paul Atkinson (footballer, born 1961)">Paul Atkinson</a> came on as a substitute; Graham Taylor managed the team, with Dan Ridler his assistant.<a href="#cite_note-fa1984cupfinal-24">[23]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elton_John_era">Elton John era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elton John era">edit</a>]</div> Lifelong Watford supporter musician <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> became club chairman in 1976. The singer declared an ambition to take the team into the First Division, and sacked Kirby's successor <a href="/wiki/Mike_Keen" title="Mike Keen">Mike Keen</a> in April 1977.<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> When <a href="/wiki/Graham_Taylor" title="Graham Taylor">Graham Taylor</a> was named as Keen's successor, the club was still in the Fourth Division.<a href="#cite_note-bbctaylor-26">[25]</a> Taylor achieved promotion in his <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Watford_F.C._season" title="1977–78 Watford F.C. season">first season</a>; Watford won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> title, recording the most wins, fewest defeats, most goals scored and fewest goals conceded of any side in the division.<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> Promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> followed in <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1978–79 in English football">1978–79</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ross_Jenkins_(footballer,_born_1951)" title="Ross Jenkins (footballer, born 1951)">Ross Jenkins</a> finished the season as the league's top scorer with 29 goals. Watford consolidated with 18th and 9th-placed finishes over the following two seasons, and secured promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> for the first time in <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1981–82 in English football">1981–82</a>, finishing second behind <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C._and_Watford_F.C._rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Luton Town F.C. and Watford F.C. rivalry">rivals</a> <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbctaylor-26">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-promotion1982-28">[27]</a> Watford started the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Watford_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Watford F.C. season">1982–83</a> season with four league wins from the opening five fixtures; in the space of seven years, the club had climbed from bottom place in the lowest division of The Football League to top position in the highest division.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-top-30">[29]</a> Watford were unable to maintain a title challenge, but eventually finished the season second behind Liverpool, which ensured <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Cup</a> qualification for the following season. <a href="/wiki/Luther_Blissett" title="Luther Blissett">Luther Blissett</a> finished the season as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions" title="List of English football champions">First Division top scorer</a>, before signing for Italian <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> side <a href="/wiki/A.C._Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Milan">Milan</a> for £1 million at the end of the season.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> An <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_Final" title="FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a> appearance followed in <a href="/wiki/1984_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 FA Cup Final">the 1984 fixture</a>, where they lost to <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fa1984cupfinal-24">[23]</a> After guiding Watford to a ninth-place finish in <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87</a>, Taylor left the club to manage <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbctaylor-26">[25]</a> Following Taylor's departure, <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bassett" title="Dave Bassett">Dave Bassett</a> was appointed as his replacement, and England <a href="/wiki/Winger_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (football)">winger</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">John Barnes</a> was sold to Liverpool. After 4 wins from his opening 23 league fixtures, Bassett was sacked in January 1988. Watford were bottom of the First Division at the time of his departure, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harrison_(footballer)" title="Steve Harrison (footballer)">Steve Harrison</a> could not prevent relegation at the end of the season. In <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1988–89 in English football">1988–89</a>, Harrison's Watford failed to return to the First Division, after defeat in the Second Division play-offs. The under-18 team won the <a href="/wiki/FA_Youth_Cup" title="FA Youth Cup">FA Youth Cup</a>, beating <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> 2–1 after extra time,<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> with future <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England international</a> <a href="/wiki/David_James_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="David James (footballer, born 1970)">David James</a> in goal for the Hornets. Harrison departed in 1990, and over the next few years, the closest Watford came to promotion was a seventh-placed finish in Division One<a href="#cite_note-flc-34">[b]</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1994–95 in English football">1994–95 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-recentseasons-35">[33]</a> However, in the following season – <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Roeder" title="Glenn Roeder">Glenn Roeder</a>'s third as manager – Watford struggled. Despite the return of Graham Taylor as caretaker manager in February 1996, the club was relegated to Division Two.<a href="#cite_note-managers-9">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbctaylor-26">[25]</a> Following the relegation, Taylor became director of football, with former Watford midfielder <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Jackett" title="Kenny Jackett">Kenny Jackett</a> as manager. After a mid-table finish in Division Two in <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1996–97 in English football">1996–97</a>, Jackett was demoted to the position of assistant manager. Taylor returned as manager, and won the Second Division title in <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1997–98 in English football">1997–98</a> – Watford's second league title under his management. A second successive promotion followed in <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Watford_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Watford F.C. season">1998–99</a>, thanks to a 2–0 <a href="/wiki/1999_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Football League First Division play-off Final">play-off final</a> victory over <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>. Watford's first <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Watford_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Watford F.C. season">Premiership season</a> started with an early victory over Liverpool, but Watford's form soon faded, and the club were relegated after finishing bottom. Graham Taylor retired at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Watford_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Watford F.C. season">2000–01 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-bbctaylor-26">[25]</a> and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Gianluca_Vialli" title="Gianluca Vialli">Gianluca Vialli</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[34]</a> Wage bills at the club rose by £4 million during Vialli's tenure, and the club finished 14th in the division in 2001–02. Vialli was sacked at the end of the season, following a dispute with the club's board over the wage bill.<a href="#cite_note-37">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a> He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewington" title="Ray Lewington">Ray Lewington</a>, who had joined the club the previous summer as Vialli's reserve team manager.<a href="#cite_note-39">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_struggles">Financial struggles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Financial struggles">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Two men wearing yellow shirts, red shorts and red socks, standing on a grass field. Both appear to be celebrating: one man has his arms aloft, the other is following him." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg/270px-Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg/405px-Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg/540px-Nyron_Nosworthy_Watford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="1415" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nyron_Nosworthy" title="Nyron Nosworthy">Nyron Nosworthy</a> celebrates a goal against <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> in the 2011–12 season.</figcaption></figure>Watford's weak financial position was exposed in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Watford_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Watford F.C. season">2002–03</a>, following the collapse of <a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[39]</a> The club was facing administration, but an agreement by players and staff to a 12% wage deferral helped the club's cash flow, and a run to the FA Cup semi-final generated vital revenue.<a href="#cite_note-bbc2003cuprun-42">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[41]</a> Financial constraints saw a large number of players released that summer. After consolidating in <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Watford_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Watford F.C. season">2003–04</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Watford_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Watford F.C. season">the following season</a> started well, with the club in the upper half of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> at the end of September. Poor form, however, saw the club drop towards the relegation zone. Despite reaching the semi-final of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a>, Watford's league form did not improve, and Lewington was sacked in March 2005.<a href="#cite_note-44">[42]</a> His successor, <a href="/wiki/Aidy_Boothroyd" title="Aidy Boothroyd">Aidy Boothroyd</a>,<a href="#cite_note-boothroydsummary-45">[43]</a> led the club to Championship survival.<a href="#cite_note-recentseasons-35">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_the_Premier_League">Return to the Premier League</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Return to the Premier League">edit</a>]</div> Watford finished third in the league in Boothroyd's <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Watford_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Watford F.C. season">first full season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-recentseasons-35">[33]</a> and defeated <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> 3–0 in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Championship_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Football League Championship play-off Final">play-off final</a> to gain promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Leedsplayoff-46">[44]</a> But the team did not record a Premier League win until November, and <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Young" title="Ashley Young">Ashley Young</a> was sold to Aston Villa for a club record fee of £9.65 million in January 2007.<a href="#cite_note-wfcrecords-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbcsellyoung-47">[45]</a> Watford finished bottom after only winning five league games,<a href="#cite_note-recentseasons-35">[33]</a> but did reach the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-48">[46]</a> Boothroyd continued as manager, and spent heavily on players, including a then-club record £3.25 million for <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Ellington" title="Nathan Ellington">Nathan Ellington</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbcbuyellington-49">[47]</a> Watford led the Championship by several points early in <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Watford_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Watford F.C. season">2007–08</a>, but only finished sixth;<a href="#cite_note-recentseasons-35">[33]</a> Boothroyd's team were defeated 6–1 on aggregate by <a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> in the play-off semi-finals.<a href="#cite_note-50">[48]</a> Boothroyd left the club by mutual consent three months into the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Watford_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Watford F.C. season">2008–09 season</a>, with Watford 21st in the Championship table.<a href="#cite_note-boothroydsummary-45">[43]</a> Under Boothroyd's successor, <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Rodgers" title="Brendan Rodgers">Brendan Rodgers</a>, Watford finished 13th. Rodgers left to manage <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> at the end of the season;<a href="#cite_note-51">[49]</a> <a href="/wiki/Malky_Mackay" title="Malky Mackay">Malky Mackay</a>, who had previously served as caretaker manager, was his replacement.<a href="#cite_note-MM-52">[50]</a> Amid the departures of several key players during Mackay's tenure, including <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Smith_(footballer,_born_1980)" title="Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1980)">Tommy Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jay_DeMerit" title="Jay DeMerit">Jay DeMerit</a>, and the club coming close to <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a>,<a href="#cite_note-53">[51]</a> Watford finished 16th in <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Watford_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Watford F.C. season">2009–10</a> and 14th the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Watford_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Watford F.C. season">following season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-managers2-54">[52]</a> Mackay left to manage <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> in June 2011 and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sean_Dyche" title="Sean Dyche">Sean Dyche</a>.<a href="#cite_note-MMCC-55">[53]</a> Despite presiding over Watford's highest league position in four years by finishing 11th, Dyche was dismissed as Watford manager in July 2012.<a href="#cite_note-56">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pozzo_family_era">Pozzo family era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pozzo family era">edit</a>]</div> In June 2012, <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Bassini" title="Laurence Bassini">Laurence Bassini</a> completed the sale of the club to the Pozzo family (<a href="/wiki/Gino_Pozzo" title="Gino Pozzo">Gino Pozzo</a> and his father). Following Dyche's sacking, the new owners brought in former <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> international <a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Gianfranco Zola</a> to take charge.<a href="#cite_note-zolajoins-57">[55]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Watford_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Watford F.C. season">2012–13 season</a> Watford finished third in the Championship, and reached the play-off final where they were defeated in the final by <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> 1–0 via an extra-time penalty by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Phillips_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin Phillips (footballer)">Kevin Phillips</a>. The following season, <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Sannino" title="Giuseppe Sannino">Giuseppe Sannino</a> replaced Zola, as their new manager and the team finished the season in 13th place. Sannino resigned at the start of the 2014–15 season and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent" class="mw-redirect" title="Óscar García Junyent">Óscar García</a>, who left shortly afterwards for "health reasons". <a href="/wiki/Billy_McKinlay" title="Billy McKinlay">Billy McKinlay</a> replaced him but, despite winning 4 points out of a possible 6 under his stewardship, after just eight days he too was replaced, by <a href="/wiki/Slavi%C5%A1a_Jokanovi%C4%87" title="Slaviša Jokanović">Slaviša Jokanović</a>. With Jokanović managing the team, Watford finished second in the Championship, after being edged out on the final day by champions AFC Bournemouth, and were promoted.<a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> Watford did not renew Jokanović's contract and he was replaced by the Spaniard <a href="/wiki/Quique_S%C3%A1nchez_Flores" title="Quique Sánchez Flores">Quique Sánchez Flores</a> ahead of the 2015–16 season.<a href="#cite_note-60">[58]</a> Under Sánchez Flores Watford finished 13th in the Premier League,<a href="#cite_note-61">[59]</a> and reached the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_FA_Cup" title="2015–16 FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, ending Arsenal's bid to win the competition for three successive times,<a href="#cite_note-62">[60]</a> but were beaten 2–1 by <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>. Near the end of the season, in May 2016, Sánchez Flores and the club enacted a break clause in his contract, and he was replaced by Italian coach <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mazzarri" title="Walter Mazzarri">Walter Mazzarri</a> who signed a three-year contract.<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a> At the end of the next season, in May 2017, Watford finished 17th and Mazzari resigned,<a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> replaced by <a href="/wiki/Marco_Silva" title="Marco Silva">Marco Silva</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[63]</a> The new coach was sacked after approximately six months, following interest from Everton, in January 2018, and the club hired <a href="/wiki/Javi_Gracia" title="Javi Gracia">Javi Gracia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[64]</a> In April 2019 Watford came back from 2–0 down to beat <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> to reach the <a href="/wiki/2019_FA_Cup_final" title="2019 FA Cup final">FA Cup final</a> for the second time in their history, with <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Deulofeu" title="Gerard Deulofeu">Gerard Deulofeu</a> scoring twice and <a href="/wiki/Troy_Deeney" title="Troy Deeney">Troy Deeney</a> scoring a penalty in the 94th minute to take it to extra time.<a href="#cite_note-67">[65]</a> They met <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2019_FA_Cup_final" title="2019 FA Cup final">final</a> and were defeated 6–0, a joint record margin of victory for an FA Cup Final. In the league Watford finished 11th, with 50 points, both club records for the Premier League era.<a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a> After four games of being in charge in the 2019–20 season, Gracia was sacked due to poor form in the league. 30 minutes after he was sacked, former manager Quique Sánchez Flores was again appointed. He survived only until 1 December 2019 after getting only one win since his appointment in September. A caretaker manager was appointed for one game before <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Pearson" title="Nigel Pearson">Nigel Pearson</a> came into management. Watford ended Liverpool's unbeaten run of 44 top-flight games in February 2020,<a href="#cite_note-69">[67]</a> but Pearson was sacked 2 games before the end of the season,<a href="#cite_note-70">[68]</a> and the club were relegated, finishing 19th out of 20.<a href="#cite_note-71">[69]</a> Watford finished the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_Championship" title="2020–21 EFL Championship">2020–21 Championship season</a> in second place, gaining immediate promotion back to the Premier League, but again finished the following season 19th out of 20 and were relegated back to the Championship.<a href="#cite_note-72">[70]</a> On June 4th 2024, the Pozzo family decided to put up 10% of the club for sale under fan ownership in order to generate cash for the club. <a href="#cite_note-73">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_identity">Club identity</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Club identity">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Watford_F.C._kits" class="extiw" title="commons:Watford F.C. kits">Watford F.C. kits</a>.</div></div> </div> <div class="thumb tleft" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; 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left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #3333EE"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Watford's colours were blue and white from 1927 until 1959.</div></div></div> Watford's kit has changed considerably over the course of the club's history. The club's kit featured various combinations of red, green and yellow stripes, before a new colour scheme of black and white was adopted for the 1909–10 season. These colours were retained until the 1920s, when the club introduced an all-blue shirt. After a change of colours to gold shirts and black shorts for 1959–60, the team's nickname was changed to The Hornets, after a popular vote via the supporters club. These colours remained until 1976, when Watford's kits started featuring red, and the gold was changed to yellow. That colour scheme has continued into the 21st century.<a href="#cite_note-historicalkits-74">[72]</a> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:120px;"> <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFCC33;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFCC33;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Kit_body_vneckblack.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFCC33;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #000000"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #FFCC33"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></div> </div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">The club changed to a gold and black colour scheme in 1959–60.</div></div></div> Watford's initial nickname was The Brewers, in reference to the <a href="/wiki/Benskins_Brewery" title="Benskins Brewery">Benskins Brewery</a>, which owned the freehold of Vicarage Road.<a href="#cite_note-benskins-75">[73]</a> This nickname did not prove particularly popular, and upon the adoption of a blue-and-white colour scheme in the 1920s, the club became predominantly known as The Blues. When Watford changed kit colours in 1959, supporters chose The Hornets as the team's new nickname, and the club later introduced a crest depicting a hornet.<a href="#cite_note-historicalkits-74">[72]</a> In 1974 the design was changed to depict Harry the Hornet, the club's mascot.<a href="#cite_note-historicalkits-74">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[74]</a> The club's nickname remains, but in 1978 the hornet crest was replaced by a depiction of a <a href="/wiki/Hart_(deer)" title="Hart (deer)">hart</a> – a male red fallow deer– on a yellow and black background. A hart represents the town's location in the county of <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>. It has now been confirmed by the club that it was in fact a Moose on the crest and not a Hart as previously thought by Watford fans. <a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a> Until <a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[c]</a> and, later, Stevenage joined the Football League, Watford were Hertfordshire's only league club.<a href="#cite_note-81">[78]</a> Other nicknames have since been adopted, including Yellow Army<a href="#cite_note-82">[79]</a> and The 'Orns.<a href="#cite_note-83">[80]</a> Until April 2019, when Watford played at <a href="/wiki/Vicarage_Road" title="Vicarage Road">Vicarage Road</a> their players traditionally entered the pitch at the start of the game to the <a href="/wiki/Z-Cars" title="Z-Cars">Z-Cars</a> <a href="/wiki/Theme_from_Z-Cars" title="Theme from Z-Cars">theme tune</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[81]</a> However, in mid-April 2019 the team changed their entrance song to Elton John's "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Still_Standing" title="I'm Still Standing">I'm Still Standing</a>".<a href="#cite_note-85">[82]</a> The club returned to Z Cars as the theme to welcome players to the pitch in August 2019 at the start of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20 Premier League</a> season, following fan pressure and petitions.<a href="#cite_note-86">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kit_manufacturers_and_shirt_sponsors">Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Kit manufacturer </th> <th>Shirt sponsor </th></tr> <tr> <td>1974–1982 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Umbro" title="Umbro">Umbro</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iveco" title="Iveco">Iveco</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985–1988 </td> <td>Solvite </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1989 </td> <td>Eagle Express </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Herald_and_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Northumberland Herald and Post">Herald & Post</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bukta" title="Bukta">Bukta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RCI_(company)" title="RCI (company)">RCI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hummel_International" title="Hummel International">Hummel</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Blaupunkt" title="Blaupunkt">Blaupunkt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mizuno_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mizuno Corporation">Mizuno</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1998 </td> <td rowspan="2">CTX </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Le_Coq_Sportif" title="Le Coq Sportif">Le Coq Sportif</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phones_4u" title="Phones 4u">Phones 4u</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2003 </td> <td rowspan="2">Kit@ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TotalEnergies" title="TotalEnergies">TotalEnergies</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–2007 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Diadora" title="Diadora">Diadora</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loans.co.uk" class="mw-redirect" title="Loans.co.uk">Loans.co.uk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beko" title="Beko">Beko</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joma" title="Joma">Joma</a> </td> <td>Evolution HDTV </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010–2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burrda_Sport" title="Burrda Sport">Burrda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burrda_Sport" title="Burrda Sport">Burrda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2013 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Puma_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Puma AG">Puma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_Manager" title="Football Manager">Football Manager</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–2016 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=138.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="138.com (page does not exist)">138.com</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dryworld" title="Dryworld">Dryworld</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–2019 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FxPro" title="FxPro">FxPro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–2020 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sportsbet.io&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sportsbet.io (page does not exist)">Sportsbet.io</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020–2021 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kelme_(company)" title="Kelme (company)">Kelme</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021–2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stake.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake.com">Stake.com</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[86]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023- </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=MrQ&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MrQ (page does not exist)">MrQ</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[87]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium">Stadium</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stadium">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vicarage_Road" title="Vicarage Road">Vicarage Road</a></div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Watford_v_Coventry,_Vicarage_Road,_2000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Watford_v_Coventry%2C_Vicarage_Road%2C_2000.jpg/230px-Watford_v_Coventry%2C_Vicarage_Road%2C_2000.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Watford_v_Coventry%2C_Vicarage_Road%2C_2000.jpg/345px-Watford_v_Coventry%2C_Vicarage_Road%2C_2000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Watford_v_Coventry%2C_Vicarage_Road%2C_2000.jpg/460px-Watford_v_Coventry%2C_Vicarage_Road%2C_2000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="457" /></a><figcaption>Watford fans at Vicarage Road, on the last day of the <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Watford_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Watford F.C. season">1999–2000 season</a></figcaption></figure> Watford Rovers played at several grounds in the late 19th century, including <a href="/wiki/Cassiobury_Park" title="Cassiobury Park">Cassiobury Park</a>, Vicarage Meadow and Market Street, <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>. In 1890, the team moved to a site on <a href="/wiki/Cassio_Road" title="Cassio Road">Cassio Road</a>, and remained there for 32 years, before moving to Watford's current stadium at nearby <a href="/wiki/Vicarage_Road" title="Vicarage Road">Vicarage Road</a> in 1922.<a href="#cite_note-chronology-8">[7]</a> The new stadium was initially owned by <a href="/wiki/Benskins_Brewery" title="Benskins Brewery">Benskins Brewery</a>; the club rented the ground until 2001, when it purchased the freehold outright. However, the club's financial situation worsened following the purchase, and in 2002 Watford sold the ground for £6 million in a deal which entitled Watford to buy the stadium back for £7 million in future. Watford took up this option in 2004 using a campaign backed and funded by the fans called "Lets buy back the Vic".<a href="#cite_note-91">[88]</a> Vicarage Road is a four-sided ground with a capacity of 21,577.<a href="#cite_note-expansion_2-92">[89]</a> The East Stand, part of which was constructed in 1922, was closed to the general public in 2008 for health and safety reasons, although it still hosted the dressing rooms and the matchday press area.<a href="#cite_note-93">[90]</a> In November 2013, the East Stand was demolished and in its place a new steel-framed, 3,500-seater stand was constructed. The stand opened fully on Boxing Day 2014 and was named The Elton John Stand after the club's longstanding chairman.<a href="#cite_note-94">[91]</a> The Graham Taylor Stand<a href="#cite_note-95">[92]</a> (previously the Rous Stand), built in 1986, has two tiers and runs the length of the pitch, with the upper section containing the club's corporate hospitality. At either end of the pitch, The Vicarage Road Stand is split between the club's family section and away supporters, while the Rookery Stand is for home supporters only. Both stands were built in the 1990s, financed by proceeds from player sales.<a href="#cite_note-96">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[94]</a> In the summer of 2015, The Elton John Stand was revamped in order to accommodate an extra 700 seats.<a href="#cite_note-98">[95]</a> This number was revised a day later to around 1,000 extra seats following the announcement of an expansion in the north-east corner.<a href="#cite_note-expansion_2-92">[89]</a> Between 1997 and early 2013, Watford shared Vicarage Road with <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> side <a href="/wiki/Saracens_F.C." title="Saracens F.C.">Saracens F.C.</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[97]</a> The stadium has hosted matches for the <a href="/wiki/England_national_under-21_football_team" title="England national under-21 football team">England under-21s</a>,<a href="#cite_note-101">[98]</a> and senior international football between overseas teams.<a href="#cite_note-102">[99]</a> Elton John has also used Vicarage Road as a venue for concerts: He first played at the stadium in 1974 and returned in 2005 and 2010 to stage fundraising concerts for the club.<a href="#cite_note-103">[100]</a> Former events include horse and carriage shows<a href="#cite_note-j15-7">[6]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greyhound_racing" title="Greyhound racing">greyhound racing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[101]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Watford_Training_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Watford Training Ground">Watford Training Ground</a> is located on the <a href="/wiki/University_College_London_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="University College London Union">University College London Union</a> (UCLU) Shenley Sports grounds in <a href="/wiki/St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Luton_rivalry">Luton rivalry</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Luton rivalry">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C.%E2%80%93Watford_F.C._rivalry" title="Luton Town F.C.–Watford F.C. rivalry">Luton Town F.C.–Watford F.C. rivalry</a></div> Watford fans maintain a rivalry with those of <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>. The two sides met regularly in the Southern League between 1900 and 1920,<a href="#cite_note-105">[102]</a> and continued to do so in The Football League until 1937,<a href="#cite_note-head2head-106">[103]</a> when Luton gained promotion from Division Three South. Luton remained in a higher division than Watford until 1963.<a href="#cite_note-hertsbeds-107">[104]</a> Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Watford and Luton met sporadically. Despite this, the rivalry grew in significance, particularly following an ill-tempered match between the sides in 1969, in which three players were sent off.<a href="#cite_note-hertsbeds-107">[104]</a> Both sides won promotion to the First Division in the 1981–82 season, with Luton taking the championship ahead of Watford.<a href="#cite_note-promotion1982-28">[27]</a> They were also relegated together from the new Division 1 in 1995–96, with Watford finishing 23rd ahead of bottom-placed Luton.<a href="#cite_note-108">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-flc-34">[b]</a> Watford's promotion from Division 2 in 1997–98 meant that the two sides did not meet again until Luton won promotion to the Championship for the 2005–06 season.<a href="#cite_note-flc-34">[b]</a> The only meeting between those seasons – a League Cup tie in the 2002–03 season – was marred by violence inside Vicarage Road.<a href="#cite_note-109">[106]</a> On 2 January 2006, Watford won 2–1 at Kenilworth Road in the Championship, followed by a 1–1 draw between the sides, on 9 April 2006, a point that secured Watford's place in the 2006 Championship play-offs, from which they eventually won promotion to the Premier League for the second time, beating Leeds United, 3–0, at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[107]</a> Over a fourteen-season span, Watford played in a higher division than Luton (between the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_in_English_football" title="2019–20 in English football">2019–20</a> seasons), with Luton dropping out of the football league altogether for six seasons between <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="2014–15 in English football">2014–15</a>.<a href="#cite_note-recentseasons-35">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[108]</a> The rivalry between the two clubs resumed in the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="2020–21 in English football">2020–21</a> season. On 26 September 2020, Watford won the first league match of the season between the two clubs, 1–0, at Vicarage Road.<a href="#cite_note-112">[109]</a> On 17 April 2021 in the reverse fixture at Kenilworth Road, Luton won, 1–0, so the spoils for the season were shared. With Watford's promotion back to the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> for season <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="2021–22 in English football">2021–22</a>, the rivalry did not commence that year; although it resumed for the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_in_English_football" title="2022–23 in English football">2022–23</a> season after Watford's immediate relegation from the Premier League, whilst Luton remained in the Championship. Luton were promoted to the <a href="/wiki/2023-24_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2023-24 Premier League">2023-24 Premier League</a>, but were relegated back to the Championship after one season. The head-to-head record between the clubs, in competitions which currently exist, stands at Luton 55 wins, Watford 38 wins, with 29 draws.<a href="#cite_note-114">[d]</a> Watford have remained the higher ranked team at the end of every season since 1997 (and for 28 of the last 29 seasons, with only 1996–97 seeing Luton finish higher in the league than Watford) whilst Luton still have many more years in a higher league throughout both teams history. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Players">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Watford_F.C._players" title="List of Watford F.C. players">List of Watford F.C. players</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current squad">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of 30 August 2024<a href="#cite_note-115">[111]</a></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Football_Association" title="Austrian Football Association">AUT</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bachmann" title="Daniel Bachmann">Daniel Bachmann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vice-captain_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-captain (association football)">captain</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Ngakia" title="Jeremy Ngakia">Jeremy Ngakia</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Chile" title="Football Federation of Chile">CHI</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Sierralta" title="Francisco Sierralta">Francisco Sierralta</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Cameroon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_Football_Federation" title="Cameroonian Football Federation">CMR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A9vin_Keben" title="Kévin Keben">Kévin Keben</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Porteous" title="Ryan Porteous">Ryan Porteous</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Mattie_Pollock" title="Mattie Pollock">Mattie Pollock</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ince" title="Tom Ince">Tom Ince</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Football_Federation" title="Georgian Football Federation">GEO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Giorgi_Chakvetadze" title="Giorgi Chakvetadze">Giorgi Chakvetadze</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Morocco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Moroccan_Football_Federation" title="Royal Moroccan Football Federation">MAR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Imran_Louza" title="Imran Louza">Imran Louza</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">IRL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Rocco_Vata" title="Rocco Vata">Rocco Vata</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">12 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Football_Association" title="Swedish Football Association">SWE</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Sema" title="Ken Sema">Ken Sema</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">BRA</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Kayky_Almeida" title="Kayky Almeida">Kayky Almeida</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association" title="Royal Belgian Football Association">BEL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Dwomoh" title="Pierre Dwomoh">Pierre Dwomoh</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Football_Federation" title="Croatian Football Federation">CRO</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Tikvi%C4%87" title="Antonio Tikvić">Antonio Tikvić</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Udinese_Calcio" title="Udinese Calcio">Udinese</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">FRA</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Moussa_Sissoko" title="Moussa Sissoko">Moussa Sissoko</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">CAN</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Jebbison" title="Daniel Jebbison">Daniel Jebbison</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Ivory Coast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ivorian_Football_Federation" title="Ivorian Football Federation">CIV</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Vakoun_Issouf_Bayo" title="Vakoun Issouf Bayo">Vakoun Bayo</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Udinese_Calcio" title="Udinese Calcio">Udinese</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Mali" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malian_Football_Federation" title="Malian Football Federation">MLI</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Mamadou_Doumbia_(footballer,_born_2006)" title="Mamadou Doumbia (footballer, born 2006)">Mamadou Doumbia</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Italian_Football_Federation" title="Italian Football Federation">ITA</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Ogbonna" title="Angelo Ogbonna">Angelo Ogbonna</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/James_Morris_(footballer,_born_2001)" title="James Morris (footballer, born 2001)">James Morris</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bond" title="Jonathan Bond">Jonathan Bond</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Federation" title="Nigeria Football Federation">NGA</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Dele-Bashiru" title="Tom Dele-Bashiru">Tom Dele-Bashiru</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">34 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">GER</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Kwadwo_Baah" title="Kwadwo Baah">Kwadwo Baah</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">36 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">IRL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Festy_Ebosele" title="Festy Ebosele">Festy Ebosele</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/Udinese_Calcio" title="Udinese Calcio">Udinese</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">37 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Algeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Algerian_Football_Federation" title="Algerian Football Federation">ALG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Larouci" title="Yasser Larouci">Yasser Larouci</a> (on loan from <a href="/wiki/ES_Troyes_AC" title="ES Troyes AC">Troyes</a>) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">39 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Democratic Republic of the Congo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Congolese_Association_Football_Federation" title="Congolese Association Football Federation">COD</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Edo_Kayembe" title="Edo Kayembe">Edo Kayembe</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">45 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Andrews_(footballer)" title="Ryan Andrews (footballer)">Ryan Andrews</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Out on loan">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Danish_Football_Association" title="Danish Football Association">DEN</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Mileta_Rajovi%C4%87" title="Mileta Rajović">Mileta Rajović</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%B8ndby_IF" title="Brøndby IF">Brøndby</a> until 30 June 2025) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">40 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Myles_Roberts" title="Myles Roberts">Myles Roberts</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Partick_Thistle_F.C." title="Partick Thistle F.C.">Partick Thistle</a> until 30 June 2025) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Grieves" title="Jack Grieves">Jack Grieves</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Ross_County_F.C." title="Ross County F.C.">Ross County</a> until 30 June 2025) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Colombian_Football_Federation" title="Colombian Football Federation">COL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Cabezas_Hurtado" title="Jorge Cabezas Hurtado">Jorge Cabezas Hurtado</a> (at <a href="/wiki/PAOK_FC" title="PAOK FC">PAOK</a> until 30 June 2025) </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Football_Federation" title="Portuguese Football Federation">POR</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Ferreira_(footballer)" title="João Ferreira (footballer)">João Ferreira</a> (at <a href="/wiki/SC_Braga" class="mw-redirect" title="SC Braga">SC Braga</a> until 30 June 2025) </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under-21s_and_Academy">Under-21s and Academy </h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Under-21s and Academy">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C._Under-21s_and_Academy" title="Watford F.C. Under-21s and Academy">Watford F.C. Under-21s and Academy</a></div> U21 players to have been given a senior squad number for Watford in 2024-25 or made a senior appearance <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">41 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Alfie Marriott </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">44 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Eames" title="Albert Eames">Albert Eames</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">47 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Zavier Messiah-Edwards </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">49 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Michael Adu-Poku </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">50 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Football_Association" title="Swedish Football Association">SWE</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Jonathan Macaulay </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">51 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">George Abbott </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">52 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Leo Ramirez-Espain </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">53 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_Football_Federation" title="Afghanistan Football Federation">AFG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">Amin Nabizada </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">54 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><a href="/wiki/Tobi_Adeyemo" title="Tobi Adeyemo">Tobi Adeyemo</a> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">56 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;">James Clarridge </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managers">Managers</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Managers">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Watford_F.C._managers" title="List of Watford F.C. managers">List of Watford F.C. managers</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Graham_Taylor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Graham_Taylor.jpg/175px-Graham_Taylor.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Graham_Taylor.jpg/263px-Graham_Taylor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Graham_Taylor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="419" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Graham_Taylor" title="Graham Taylor">Graham Taylor</a> took Watford from the Fourth Division to the First, between 1977 and 1982.</figcaption></figure>Watford's team was selected by committee until 1903, when former <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> international <a href="/wiki/John_Goodall" title="John Goodall">John Goodall</a> was appointed <a href="/wiki/Player-coach" title="Player-coach">player-manager</a>. The impact was immediate, as Watford secured promotion to the Southern League First Division in 1903–04. Goodall retired as a player in 1907, and left the club in 1910. He was replaced by his former captain, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kent_(footballer)" title="Harry Kent (footballer)">Harry Kent</a>, who become known for his financial management of the club; under Kent, Watford frequently made a profit in the transfer market.<a href="#cite_note-116">[112]</a> Kent led the club to the Southern League title in <a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Watford_F.C._season" title="1914–15 Watford F.C. season">1914–15</a>, and missed out on a second title in <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Watford_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Watford F.C. season">1919–20</a> on <a href="/wiki/Goal_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal average">goal average</a>, before resigning in 1926. His three immediate successors – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Pagnam" title="Fred Pagnam">Fred Pagnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_McBain" title="Neil McBain">Neil McBain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Findlay_(footballer)" title="Bill Findlay (footballer)">Bill Findlay</a> – all played for Watford before and during the early part of their managerial tenures. None were able to lead the team to promotion from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South" title="Football League Third Division South">Third Division South</a>, although Findlay did lead Watford to a <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_South_Cup" title="Football League Third Division South Cup">Third Division South Cup</a> win in 1937. Up until Findlay's departure in 1947, Watford had been managed by five managers in 44 years, all of whom played for the team. By contrast, six men managed the club between 1947 and 1956, only two of whom were former Watford players.<a href="#cite_note-managers-9">[8]</a> After a further three years under McBain between 1956 and 1959, Watford's following three managers presided over improved teams. <a href="/wiki/Ron_Burgess_(footballer)" title="Ron Burgess (footballer)">Ron Burgess</a> led Watford to promotion from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> in 1959–60. <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGarry" title="Bill McGarry">Bill McGarry</a> was only in charge for one full season (1963–64), but Watford recorded a finish of third in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a>, the club's highest Football League finish until that point. His successor <a href="/wiki/Ken_Furphy" title="Ken Furphy">Ken Furphy</a> matched that achievement in 1966–67, and led Watford to the Third Division title in 1969, before taking the club to its first <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> semi-final in 1970. Following Furphy's departure in 1971, Watford entered a period of decline, experiencing relegation under subsequent managers <a href="/wiki/George_Kirby_(footballer)" title="George Kirby (footballer)">George Kirby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Keen" title="Mike Keen">Mike Keen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-managers-9">[8]</a> Graham Taylor took charge of Watford in 1977. He led the club to promotion to the Third Division in 1978, the Second Division in 1979, and the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> for the first time in Watford's history in 1982. After a second-placed finish in the First Division in 1983, Watford competed in European competition for the first time in 1983–84, as well as reaching the <a href="/wiki/1984_FA_Cup_final" title="1984 FA Cup final">1984 FA Cup final</a>. Taylor left the club at the end of 1986–87. Under the six subsequent permanent managers (<a href="/wiki/Dave_Bassett" title="Dave Bassett">Dave Bassett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harrison_(footballer)" title="Steve Harrison (footballer)">Steve Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Lee" title="Colin Lee">Colin Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Perryman" title="Steve Perryman">Steve Perryman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Roeder" title="Glenn Roeder">Glenn Roeder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Jackett" title="Kenny Jackett">Kenny Jackett</a>), Watford slid from 9th in the top tier in 1987, to 13th in the third tier in 1997. Taylor returned as manager for the start of the 1997–98 season. He led the club to consecutive promotions, but could not prevent relegation from the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Watford_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Watford F.C. season">1999–2000</a>. Since Taylor's retirement in 2001, Watford have had twelve managers. Of these, <a href="/wiki/Aidy_Boothroyd" title="Aidy Boothroyd">Aidy Boothroyd</a> took Watford back to the Premier League in 2006, but Watford were relegated in 2007, and Boothroyd departed in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-117">[113]</a> Following Watford's takeover by the Pozzo family, <a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Gianfranco Zola</a> was appointed head coach, replacing former centre back <a href="/wiki/Sean_Dyche" title="Sean Dyche">Sean Dyche</a> in July 2012,.<a href="#cite_note-managers2-54">[52]</a> Zola took Watford to third position in the Championship in 2012–13 but resigned on 16 December 2013. He was replaced by fellow Italian <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Sannino" title="Giuseppe Sannino">Beppe Sannino</a> in December 2013. Sannino guided the team to a final league position of 13th. Despite winning four of the first five league matches of the 2014–15 season, and with Watford sitting in 2nd place, Sannino's position had become the subject of much speculation following rumours of dressing-room unrest and some players taking a dislike to his style of management. Sannino resigned from his position as head coach on 31 August 2014 after just over eight months in charge. His final game in charge was a 4–2 win at home to <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a> the day before. Sannino's departure initiated a bizarre sequence of events which led to Watford having three further head coaches in little more than a month. On 2 September, Watford confirmed the appointment of former <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Garc%C3%ADa_Junyent" class="mw-redirect" title="Óscar García Junyent">Óscar García</a> as the successor to Sannino, beating off competition from fellow <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> side <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United F.C">Leeds United</a> for his services. García, however, resigned from his position on 29 September 2014 for health reasons, having been admitted to hospital with chest pains a couple of weeks prior. <a href="/wiki/Billy_McKinlay" title="Billy McKinlay">Billy McKinlay</a>, who had only been appointed first team coach on 26 September 2014, was appointed as his immediate successor on the same day – his first position in management.<a href="#cite_note-118">[114]</a> A week later, McKinlay was released by mutual consent and former <a href="/wiki/FK_Partizan" title="FK Partizan">Partizan</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Slavi%C5%A1a_Jokanovi%C4%87" title="Slaviša Jokanović">Slaviša Jokanović</a> appointed in his place, apparently because the club favoured a head coach with greater experience.<a href="#cite_note-119">[115]</a> On 4 June 2015, <a href="/wiki/Quique_S%C3%A1nchez_Flores" title="Quique Sánchez Flores">Quique Sánchez Flores</a> was announced as the new head coach as the replacement to Jokanović,<a href="#cite_note-120">[116]</a> who had failed to agree contract terms. Despite going on to lead the newly promoted Watford to a comfortable mid-table position in the Premier League and the semi-final of the FA Cup, it was announced on 13 May 2016 that Sánchez Flores would be leaving the club at the end of the season.<a href="#cite_note-121">[117]</a> Following Sánchez Flores's departure, Walter Mazzarri was announced as Watford's head coach starting on 1 July 2016.<a href="#cite_note-122">[118]</a> Mazzari's tenure as manager was terminated at the end of the season. On 27 May 2017 <a href="/wiki/Marco_Silva" title="Marco Silva">Marco Silva</a> was appointed head coach.<a href="#cite_note-123">[119]</a> On 21 January 2018, <a href="/wiki/Javi_Gracia" title="Javi Gracia">Javi Gracia</a> was appointed as head coach following Silva's departure.<a href="#cite_note-124">[120]</a> Gracia has been met with widespread praise since his appointment after a successful 2018–19 Premier League campaign which saw Watford finish with their highest points tally ever in English Premier League football. Since around 2019, the club have gained notoriety for an excessive number of managerial sackings and a lack of giving managers time, instead sacking them very quickly after a poor run of form. After a disappointing start to the 2019–20 season, Javi Gracia was sacked and replaced by previous manager Quique Sánchez Flores. Then Quique Sánchez Flores was fired again after a 2–1 loss to Southampton on 1 December. On 6 December 2019, <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Pearson" title="Nigel Pearson">Nigel Pearson</a> agreed to take manager's job, with Craig Shakespeare as his assistant, on a short-term contract to the end of the season.<a href="#cite_note-125">[121]</a> He was sacked on 19 July 2020 with two games to go with Hayden Mullins appointed as interim coach until the end of the season.<a href="#cite_note-126">[122]</a> In the 2020–21 season, there were two more coaches, beginning with <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Ivic" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladimir Ivic">Vladimir Ivic</a>, and followed by <a href="/wiki/Xisco_Munoz" class="mw-redirect" title="Xisco Munoz">Xisco Munoz</a>, who ultimately steered Watford towards promotion to the Premier League. Xisco continued to coach the team for the 2021–22 Premier League campaign until October 2021, and was subsequently followed by <a href="/wiki/Claudio_Ranieri" title="Claudio Ranieri">Claudio Ranieri</a> from October 2021 to January 2022. Former England manager <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hodgson" title="Roy Hodgson">Roy Hodgson</a> took hold of the reigns from February 2022 until the season's end, where Watford finished in 19th place and were relegated from the Premier League. <a href="/wiki/Rob_Edwards_(footballer,_born_1982)" title="Rob Edwards (footballer, born 1982)">Rob Edwards</a> was announced as the new manager for the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_EFL_Championship" title="2022–23 EFL Championship">2022–23</a> season, but was released by the club in September 2022 after 11 games in charge. Rob Edwards subsequently has gone on to have considerable success at <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C.%E2%80%93Watford_F.C._rivalry" title="Luton Town F.C.–Watford F.C. rivalry">rivals</a> <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[123]</a> <a href="/wiki/Slaven_Bili%C4%87" title="Slaven Bilić">Slaven Bilić</a> was announced as his replacement on an 18-month contract.<a href="#cite_note-128">[124]</a> Bilic was subsequently sacked on 7 March 2023 and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wilder" title="Chris Wilder">Chris Wilder</a> on a short-term contract until the end of the season, making it the third time in four seasons the club has had three head coaches in one season.<a href="#cite_note-129">[125]</a> On the 10 May 2023, French coach <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9rien_Isma%C3%ABl" title="Valérien Ismaël">Valérien Ismaël</a> was appointed head coach ahead of the 2023-24 Championship season.<a href="#cite_note-130">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_officials">Club officials</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Club officials">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Head coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cleverley" title="Tom Cleverley">Tom Cleverley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Damon_Lathrope" title="Damon Lathrope">Damon Lathrope</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>First-team development coach </td> <td>Armando Kavaja </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goalkeeping coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Brunner" title="Alex Brunner">Alex Brunner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>First-team analysts </td> <td>Chris Douglas Michael Johnson </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sporting director </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gianluca_Nani" title="Gianluca Nani">Gianluca Nani</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Academy director </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Johnson_(soccer)" title="Richard Johnson (soccer)">Richard Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Academy head of technical development </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gilligan" title="Jimmy Gilligan">Jimmy Gilligan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Under-21s lead coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Daniels_(footballer)" title="Charlie Daniels (footballer)">Charlie Daniels</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Under-21s assistant coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Gosling" title="Dan Gosling">Dan Gosling</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Under-18s lead coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bevans" title="Matt Bevans">Matt Bevans</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Under-18s assistant coach </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doyley" title="Lloyd Doyley">Lloyd Doyley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of academy goalkeeping </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Phillips_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gary Phillips (footballer)">Gary Phillips</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Honours">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a complete record of the club's achievements, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Watford_F.C._seasons" title="List of Watford F.C. seasons">List of Watford F.C. seasons</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg/250px-Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg/375px-Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg/500px-Milleniumstadiumchampionshipplayofffinal06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption>Victory in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2006 Football League Championship play-off final">2006 Football League Championship play-off final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United FC">Leeds United</a> gained Watford promotion to the Premier League<a href="#cite_note-Leedsplayoff-46">[44]</a></figcaption></figure> League <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> (level 1) <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Football_League" title="1982–83 Football League">1982–83</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a> (level 2) <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Football_League" title="1981–82 Football League">1981–82</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_League_Championship" title="2014–15 Football League Championship">2014–15</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_EFL_Championship" title="2020–21 EFL Championship">2020–21</a></li> <li>Play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/1999_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1999 Football League First Division play-off final">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2006 Football League Championship play-off final">2006</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> (level 3) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Football_League" title="1968–69 Football League">1968–69</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Football_League" title="1997–98 Football League">1997–98</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Football_League" title="1978–79 Football League">1978–79</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> (level 4) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Football_League" title="1977–78 Football League">1977–78</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern Football League</a> <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Southern_Football_League" title="1914–15 Southern Football League">1914–15</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League" title="1919–20 Southern Football League">1919–20</a></li></ul></li></ul> Cup <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <ul><li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_FA_Cup" title="1983–84 FA Cup">1983–84</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_FA_Cup" title="2018–19 FA Cup">2018–19</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Records">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Watford_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Watford F.C. records and statistics">List of Watford F.C. records and statistics</a></div> Striker <a href="/wiki/Luther_Blissett" title="Luther Blissett">Luther Blissett</a> holds the record for Watford appearances, having played 503 matches in all competitions between 1976 and 1992, and his 415 appearances in <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">The Football League</a> during the same period is also a club record. Blissett holds the corresponding goalscoring records, with 186 career Watford goals, 148 of which were in the league. The records for the most league goals in a season is held by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Holton" title="Cliff Holton">Cliff Holton</a>, having scored 42 goals in the 1959–60 season. The highest number of goals scored by a player in a single game at a professional level is the six registered by Harry Barton against <a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a> in September 1903.<a href="#cite_note-wfcrecords-16">[15]</a> Watford's biggest ever competitive win came in 1900, when the team defeated <a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Maidenhead F.C.">Maidenhead</a> 11–0 in the Southern League Second Division.<a href="#cite_note-wfcrecords-16">[15]</a> The team's biggest Football League winning margin is 8–0; this first occurred in a Third Division South match against <a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a> in 1924, and was repeated in a First Division match against <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> in 1982. Both of these matches were at home – Watford have won an away league match by five goals on six occasions, most recently in the 6–1 win against Leeds United at <a href="/wiki/Elland_Road" title="Elland Road">Elland Road</a> in 2012. The most goals scored in a Football League game involving Watford is 11, in Watford's 7–4 victories against <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> in 1934, 1937 and 2003 respectively.<a href="#cite_note-stattorecords-131">[127]</a> The club's highest home attendance is 34,099, for a fourth round FA Cup match against <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> on 3 February 1969. The record home league attendance is 27,968 against <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> in August of the same year.<a href="#cite_note-wfcrecords-16">[15]</a> Watford's home capacity has since been reduced due to all-seater requirements; it currently stands at 21,577.<a href="#cite_note-capacity-132">[128]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Footnotes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-d3-5"><a href="#cite_ref-d3_5-0">^</a> The <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> was renamed the Second Division upon the inception of the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> in 1992–93.<a href="#cite_note-arsenal-4">[4]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-flc-34">^ <a href="#cite_ref-flc_34-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-flc_34-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-flc_34-2">c</a> The second division was renamed Division 1 upon the inception of the Premier League in 1992–93,<a href="#cite_note-arsenal-4">[4]</a> and rebranded as the Football League Championship in 2004–05.<a href="#cite_note-Joy_divisions-33">[32]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a> Although now located in Greater London, Barnet continue to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Herts_Senior_Cup" title="Herts Senior Cup">Herts Senior Cup</a>, organised by the <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Hertfordshire Football Association">Hertfordshire Football Association</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a> This refers to games played in <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">The Football League</a>, <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">Football League Cup</a>. Soccerbase covers matches played in these competitions since Watford joined the Football League in 1920 – the record in these matches is Luton 35 wins, Watford 27 wins, 22 draws.<a href="#cite_note-head2head-106">[103]</a> The teams met five times in the FA Cup prior to the 1920–21 season: Luton won 4 games, and the other was drawn.<a href="#cite_note-113">[110]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cap201920-1"><a href="#cite_ref-cap201920_1-0">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2020/07/24/70ec483e-7207-42cd-89d9-576e53befedd/2019-20-PL-Handbook-240720.pdf">"Premier League Handbook 2019/20"</a> (PDF). 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A. (7 March 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/07/watford-sack-manager-slaven-bilic-to-re-energise-championship-push">"Watford sack Slaven Bilic and appoint Chris Wilder as new manager"</a>. The Guardian. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">0261-3077</a>. 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Retrieved 11 May 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.watfordfc.com&rft.atitle=Official%3A+Isma%C3%ABl+Appointed+Head+Coach&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.watfordfc.com%2Fnews%2Fofficial-ismael-appointed-head-coach&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-stattorecords-131"><a href="#cite_ref-stattorecords_131-0">^</a> Brown, Tony. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/records">"Watford records"</a>. statto.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-capacity-132"><a href="#cite_ref-capacity_132-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120421020630/http://www.football-league.co.uk/clubs/20100801/watford_2293498_692872">"Watford Football Club"</a>. <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">The Football League</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-league.co.uk/clubs/20100801/watford_2293498_692872">the original</a> on 21 April 2012. 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Tales from the Vicarage, volume one. Peloton Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9567814-2-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9567814-2-0"><bdi>978-0-9567814-2-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tales+from+the+Vicarage%2C+volume+one&rft.pub=Peloton+Publishing&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-9567814-2-0&rft.aulast=Birnie&rft.aufirst=Lionel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirnie2011" class="citation book cs1">Birnie, Lionel (2011). The 100 Greatest Watford Wins. Peloton Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9567814-1-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9567814-1-3"><bdi>978-0-9567814-1-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+100+Greatest+Watford+Wins&rft.pub=Peloton+Publishing&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-9567814-1-3&rft.aulast=Birnie&rft.aufirst=Lionel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirnie2010" class="citation book cs1">Birnie, Lionel (2010). Enjoy the Game – Watford FC, The Story of the Eighties. Peloton Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9567814-0-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9567814-0-6"><bdi>978-0-9567814-0-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Enjoy+the+Game+%E2%80%93+Watford+FC%2C+The+Story+of+the+Eighties&rft.pub=Peloton+Publishing&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-9567814-0-6&rft.aulast=Birnie&rft.aufirst=Lionel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirnie2001" class="citation book cs1">Birnie, Lionel & Cozzi, Alan (2001). Four Seasons – Watford FC 1997–2001. lionelbirnie.com. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9541757-0-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9541757-0-0"><bdi>0-9541757-0-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Four+Seasons+%E2%80%93+Watford+FC+1997%E2%80%932001&rft.pub=lionelbirnie.com&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-9541757-0-0&rft.aulast=Birnie&rft.aufirst=Lionel+%26+Cozzi%2C+Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillips,_Oliver2001" class="citation book cs1">Phillips, Oliver (2001). The Golden Boys: A Study of Watford's Cult Heroes. Alpine Press Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9528631-6-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9528631-6-2"><bdi>0-9528631-6-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Golden+Boys%3A+A+Study+of+Watford%27s+Cult+Heroes&rft.pub=Alpine+Press+Ltd&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-9528631-6-2&rft.au=Phillips%2C+Oliver&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones1998" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. T.G. Jones. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9527458-1-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9527458-1-X"><bdi>0-9527458-1-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Watford+Season+by+Season&rft.pub=T.G.+Jones&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0-9527458-1-X&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Trefor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones1996" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Trefor (1996). Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. T.G. Jones. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9527458-0-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-9527458-0-1"><bdi>0-9527458-0-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Watford+Football+Club+Illustrated+Who%27s+Who&rft.pub=T.G.+Jones&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-9527458-0-1&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Trefor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillips1991" class="citation book cs1">Phillips, Oliver (1991). The Official Centenary History of Watford FC 1881–1991. Watford Football Club. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9509601-6-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9509601-6-0"><bdi>0-9509601-6-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Official+Centenary+History+of+Watford+FC+1881%E2%80%931991&rft.pub=Watford+Football+Club&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-9509601-6-0&rft.aulast=Phillips&rft.aufirst=Oliver&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatford+F.C." class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_F.C.&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_EFL_Championship" title="2024–25 EFL Championship">2024–25 clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> (2004–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Npower_(United_Kingdom)" title="Npower (United Kingdom)">Npower</a> (2010–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Betting_%26_Gaming#Sky_Bet" title="Sky Betting & Gaming">Sky Bet</a> (2013–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Current: <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship_play-offs" title="EFL Championship play-offs">Play-offs</a> - <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a></li> <li>Past: <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Franco-Scottish_Friendship_Cup" title="Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup">Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Italian_Cup" title="Anglo-Italian Cup">Anglo-Italian Cup</a> - <a href="/wiki/Full_Members%27_Cup" title="Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prospects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Promotion to <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a></li> <li>Relegation to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Premier_League" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_seasons" title="List of Premier League seasons">Seasons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_FA_Premier_League" title="1992–93 FA Premier League">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_FA_Premier_League" title="1993–94 FA Premier League">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_FA_Premier_League" title="1994–95 FA Premier League">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_FA_Premier_League" title="1995–96 FA Premier League">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_FA_Premier_League" title="1996–97 FA Premier League">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_FA_Premier_League" title="1997–98 FA Premier League">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_FA_Premier_League" title="1998–99 FA Premier League">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_FA_Premier_League" title="1999–2000 FA Premier League">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_FA_Premier_League" title="2000–01 FA Premier League">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_FA_Premier_League" title="2001–02 FA Premier League">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League" title="2002–03 FA Premier League">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_FA_Premier_League" title="2003–04 FA Premier League">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League" title="2004–05 FA Premier League">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Premier_League" title="2005–06 FA Premier League">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Premier League">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Premier_League" title="2011–12 Premier League">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Premier League">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Premier League">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Premier League">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Premier_League" title="2017–18 Premier League">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Premier_League" title="2018–19 Premier League">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Premier_League" title="2019–20 Premier League">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Premier League">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Premier_League" title="2022–23 Premier League">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Premier_League" title="2023–24 Premier League">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Clubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Premier_League" title="2024–25 Premier League">2024–25</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_clubs" title="List of Premier League clubs">Teams</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions#Premier_League_(1992–present)" title="List of English football champions">winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Performance_record_of_clubs_in_the_Premier_League" title="Performance record of clubs in the Premier League">performance record</a></li></ul></li> <li>Players <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Premier League players">foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_goalscorers" title="List of foreign 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