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Cliff Holton has scored the most goals for Watford in a single season; 48 in all competitions in the 1959–60 season, including 42 in the Football League. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Eddie Mummery 's five-goal haul against Newport County on 5 January 1924 is the club record for goals scored by a player in a Football League match. [ 5 ]
Paul Atkinson, Mo Johnston and Neil Price all featured for Watford in the 1984 FA Cup Final. Nick Wright scored the opening goal in Watford's 2–0 win over Bolton in the 1999 Football League First Division play-off final, a game that Israel international Alon Hazan also participated in.
Between 1896 and 1920, West Herts (and later Watford) competed in the Southern League, along with many future Football League sides from Southern England and Wales. The team won the league title in 1914–15, and finished as runners-up to Portsmouth on goal average in 1919–20.
It includes all players who have played at least one competitive game, progressed through the club's youth system, or were once a professional footballer at the club. It does not include players who only appeared for Watford in wartime competitions; these players should instead be placed in the subcategory, Category:Watford F.C. wartime guest ...
Watford's biggest ever competitive win came in 1900, when the team defeated Maidenhead 11–0 in the Southern League Second Division. [15] The team's biggest Football League winning margin is 8–0; this first occurred in a Third Division South match against Newport County in 1924, and was repeated in a First Division match against Sunderland ...
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Watford being drawn at home against Milton Keynes Dons. [80] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Plymouth Argyle. [81] On 28 August, Watford drew against the prior season's Premier League champions Manchester City in an away clash at the Etihad Stadium. [82] [83]
Watford Football Club are an English professional football club based in Hertfordshire. As of 2015–16 they play in the Premier League , the top tier of English football. Their highest finish in English football is 2nd place in the Football League First Division in 1982–83, and they competed in the FA Cup final in 1984 .
Watford Rovers became West Herts in 1891, and joined the Southern League for the 1896–97 season. The team started to change from one composed entirely of amateurs to one including paid professionals. In 1898, West Herts amalgamated with Watford St Mary's to form a new club, Watford Football Club. [1]