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In 1898, West Herts amalgamated with Watford St Mary's to form a new club, Watford Football Club. [1] The club participated in the Southern League from 1896 until 1920, experiencing considerable success. They won six league titles in this period, including the Southern League First Division in 1914–15. [2]
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 1926–27 , but were unanimously re-elected to the league after a ballot of clubs in the top two divisions of The Football League. [ 11 ]
Graham Taylor led Watford to their highest ever league position in 1983.. Watford Football Club are an English association football club, based in Watford, Hertfordshire.As of 2022, the team competes in the EFL Championship, the second-highest level of the English football league system.
On 30 May, Watford announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Boreham Wood and Stevenage. [73] However, the friendly against Stevenage was later cancelled as they were drawn against each other in the 1st round of EFL Cup.
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Watford being drawn at home against Milton Keynes Dons. [70] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Plymouth Argyle. [71] On 28 August, Watford drew against the prior season's Premier League champions Manchester City in an away clash at the Etihad Stadium. [72] [73]
The 2022–23 season was the 124th season in the existence of Watford Football Club and the club's first season back in the Championship since the 2020–21 following their relegation from the Premier League last season. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Watford joined the Football League in 1920, and since then have won the Third Division twice, [n 1] and the Fourth Division once. They have achieved promotion to the top level of English football on four occasions; as runners-up of the Second Division in 1981–82, and winners of the play-off final (often considered the richest game in football ...
The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in existence of Watford Football Club and their first season back in the Premier League following their immediate return with promotion from the Championship in the previous season. Watford also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.