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Watford Football Club is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship , the second tier of English football . The team played at several grounds in their early history, including what is now West Herts Sports Club, [ 3 ] before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922.
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Watford Football Club is an English association football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. The club was formed in 1898 from the amalgamation of West Herts and Watford St. Mary's. As of the 2022–23 season, it competes in the EFL Championship, the second division of English football.
Watford Football Club is an English association football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. Formed as Watford Rovers in 1881, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886. In the same year, they also entered the county-wide Herts Senior Cup, reaching the final six times over the next ten years.
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In 2019, Watford made it to the FA Cup Final but were beaten by Manchester City. [14] In the 2019–20 season, Watford finished in 19th place in the Premier League and were relegated to the EFL Championship. In the 2020–21 season, Watford finished in second place in the EFL Championship and were promoted back into the Premier League.
The club was formed on 15 April 1898 as a result of the amalgamation of two strong local clubs, Watford St. Mary's and West Herts. West Herts began life as Watford Rovers in 1881, when George Devereux de Vere Capell, Earl of Essex and owner of Cassiobury Park, gave a group of boys permission to use the grounds for football.
Bassini's tenure at Watford was marked by allegations of financial impropriety, [6] culminating in the "Safegate" scandal, when just prior to the sale of the club in June 2012, Bassini called the police after an employee refused to hand him the keys to the club safe. [7] He wore a red builder's helmet when giving interviews to the local paper. [2]