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- In 1920, they did the first season as a member of the Football League and started in the newly established third division.
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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.
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Watford started the 1982–83 season with four league wins from the opening five fixtures; in the space of seven years, the club had climbed from bottom place in the lowest division of The Football League to top position in the highest division.
History. The club was founded in 1881 as Watford Rovers. It later changed the name to West Hertfordshire in 1893 and finally to just Watford in 1898. In 1920, they did the first season as a member of the Football League and started in the newly established third division.
SeasonLeaguePositionPoints2018-19Premier League11502017-18Premier League14412016-17Premier League17402015-16Premier League1345- Early Years
- Modern Era
- The Birth of Watford Football Club
- Southern League
- The Third Division South Years
- Progression from and Return to The Bottom Division
- The First Graham Taylor Era
- Return to The Lower Leagues
- The Second Graham Taylor Era
- Watford in The 21st Century
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. After the resumption of Southern League football following a four-year hiatus due to the First World War, Watford missed out on a second consecutive...
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, the club reached the final of the Third Division South Cup in 1935 and 1937 (winning on the latter occasion), and Len Dunderdale scored 21 goals for Watford in 1938–39 despite leaving midw...
The club was formed 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. However, the agreement stipulated that the team could not play organised competitive matches on the estate. Members of the group included Henry Grover, the m...
West Hertfordshire joined the Southern Football League in 1896, and started to turn professional the following year. In 1898, they merged with Watford St Mary's to become Watford Football Club. That same year, the club moved on to a ground in Cassio Road. Pressure from the owner eventually forced the manager, Harry Kent, to look for a new permanent...
From 1921–22, the third tier of the Football League consisted of two parallel sections of 22 clubs, fighting both for promotion to the Second Division and also battling to hold on to their hard-won league status. There was a re-election system in place which meant the bottom two teams in each of the two divisions had to apply for re-election in fav...
Watford spent two seasons in the Fourth Division before they gained promotion to the Third Division in 1959–60. Ron Burgess, the former Tottenham Hotspur player was manager during the promotion season, which was largely attributed to Cliff Holton's 48 goals. Holton was sold to Northampton Town the following year after another 34 goals, which caused...
When 32-year-old Graham Taylor was named as Watford's new manager at the start of the 1977–78 season, the club had just been purchased by world-famous star Elton John (a lifelong fan of the club) and were an unremarkable Fourth Division side. In 1977 the greyhound track that encircled the pitch was removed as it was seen to lower the club's profess...
After Graham Taylor left, Dave Bassett was placed in charge. The Hornets suffered a terrible start to the 1987–88 season, and Dave Bassett was let go after a short stint of only eight months. Watford were relegated from the First Division at the end of that season. The next season, 1988–89, Watford failed to return to the First Division after they ...
Graham Taylor returned to Watford as Director of Football in February 1996, with former player Kenny Jackettas head coach, but was unable to stop the club from sliding into Division Two. After a mid-table finish in Division Two at the end of 1996–97, Jackett was demoted to the position of assistant manager and Taylor returned his old role as manage...
Taylor was replaced by Gianluca Vialli. Vialli made several high-profile signings, and wage bills at the club soared, with Vialli himself earning almost a million pounds a year. However, the season was disappointing, with the club finishing 14th in the division, and Vialli was sacked after only one season, having refused to resign. He was replaced ...
View Watford FC statistics from previous seasons, including league position and top goalscorer, on the official website of the Premier League.
By the mid-1920s, NFL membership had grown to 25 teams, and a rival league known as the American Football League was formed. The rival AFL folded after a single season, but it symbolized a growing interest in the professional game.
May 29, 2019 · Watford football club was established back on April 15, 1989, when two local clubs were combined into one. Watford St Mary’s and West Herts joined to become one of the best clubs from the area. Nobody even dreamt back then that Watford would become part of one of the most prestigious leagues in the world — the Premier League.
