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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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Gino Pozzo (born 1965) [2] is an Italian businessman and managing director and legal owner of Watford, who owns a sports investment group focused on the football sector.
Pozzo bought Udinese in July 1986, but after a betting scandal, the team was demoted to the second-tier Serie B.The club then suffered a nine-point deduction in the Serie A championship of 1986–87 season after winning promotion, ultimately leading to another relegation despite the acquisition of several prominent players, including Francesco Graziani, Fulvio Collovati and Daniel Bertoni.
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 ...
Watford remained in the Third Division South for the next 37 years, and experienced scarce success. Fred Pagnam finished as the Division's top scorer in 1922–23, [4] the club reached the final of the Third Division South Cup in 1935 and 1937 (winning on the latter occasion), [5] and Len Dunderdale scored 21 goals for Watford in 1938–39 despite leaving midway through the season. [6]
Following Watford's defeat to Crystal Palace in the 2013 Football League Championship play-off final, Bassini sent a series of gloating texts to local newspaper Watford Observer, reveling in his joy at their loss. [11] [12] In July 2013, The High Court ordered his company Watford Leisure Limited be placed in liquidation. [13]
West Herts amalgamated with local rivals Watford St. Mary's for the start of the 1898–99 season, to form a new club, Watford Football Club. [2] Between 1898 and 1920, Watford competed in the Southern League, winning the championship in 1914–15. The Southern League was suspended for the next four seasons due to the First World War.