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FA Cup semi-finalists, 1970, ... Kenny Jackett spent his entire playing career at Watford. Fifteen Watford managers played for Watford before or whilst managing them.
The club played again in the highest tier in 2006–07 under Aidy Boothroyd's management, and then again from 2015 to 2020, reaching the 2019 FA Cup final, 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 ...
The FA Cup is an association football competition contested between English clubs since 1872 and is the oldest football competition in the world. [1] Winning the competition was seen as an equal achievement to winning the league championship, [2] but the growing importance of the Premier League and UEFA Champions League has seen its importance diminish. [3]
Consequently, Watford qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1983–84. They also reached their first FA Cup final, losing 2–0 to Everton at Wembley Stadium. [8] Following Taylor's departure in 1987, Watford were relegated in 1988. [9] Watford remained in English football's second tier for eight seasons, until they were relegated in 1995–96. [1]
Watford's best performances in the FA Cup came in the 1984 FA Cup and 2019 FA cup, when they reached the final whilst suffering the biggest ever score line defeat in 2019. They have reached the semi-finals on four further occasions, and have also reached the semi-finals of the Football League Cup twice.
The 1986–87 season was Watford's 106th season in existence, and their fifth season in the First Division, following promotion in the 1981–82 season, in which they finished 9th. Along with the First Division, they competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup, being eliminated in the semi-final and third round respectively.
Follow live coverage as Fulham face Watford in the FA Cup today. This season marks the 144th edition of the world’s oldest cup competition, with Manchester United the reigning champions after ...
Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. 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, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886. In the same year, they also entered the ...