List of Watford F.C. seasons
League history
From 1896–97 until 1919–20, the Football League and Southern League ran in parallel, and were organised by separate bodies. The Southern League was therefore not part of the English football league pyramid.

List of Watford F.C. seasons

Section Title: League history
Table Section Text: From 1896–97 until 1919–20, the Football League and Southern League ran in parallel, and were organised by separate bodies. The Southern League was therefore not part of the English football league pyramid.

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup	Competition	Result	Name	Goals

League	Other	Top scorer

1896–97	South 2	24	11	1	12	41	49	23	9th	QR3	&—	Herts Senior Cup	W	William Saunders	15

1897–98	South 2	22	11	6	5	50	48	28	3rd	PR	&—	é—	&—	Tuggy Beach	11

1898	After merging with amateur team Watford St Mary's, the club was renamed Watford Football Club.

1898–99	South 2LBCCL	2210	148	21	61	6243	3512	3017	3rd1st	QR3	&—	é—	&—	Charlie Hare	22

1899–1900	South 2 BCCL	2010	147	20	41	5740	256	3014	1st1st	QR4	&—	é—	&—	Charlie Hare	32

1900–01	South 1	28	6	4	18	24	52	16	14th	QR4	&—	é—	&—	Jack Price	9

1901–02	South 1	30	9	4	17	36	60	22	13th	QR4	&—	é—	&—	Herbert Lyon	14

1902–03	South 1	30	6	4	20	35	87	16	15th	QR3	&—	é—	&—	Ernest Cottrell Jimmy Tennant	7

1903–04	South 2	20	18	2	0	70	15	38	1st	QR4	&—	é—	&—	Bertie Banks	22

1904–05	South 1	34	14	3	17	41	44	31	13th	QR6	&—	é—	&—	John Goodall	12

1905–06	South 1United	3418	813	104	161	3849	5715	2620	14th1st	R2	&—	é—	&—	Jimmy Reid	15

1906–07	South 1United	3814	133	161	910	4615	4338	427	9th8th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Jack Foster	16

1907–08	South 1	38	12	10	16	47	59	34	14th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Jack Foster	12

1908–09	South 1	40	14	9	17	51	64	37	14th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Archie Hubbard	16

1909–10	South 1	42	10	13	19	51	76	33	19th	R1	&—	Southern Charity Cup	F	Jimmy Maclaine	15

1910–11	South 1	38	13	9	16	49	65	35	14th	R1	&—	Southern Charity Cup	SF	Charlie White	12

1911–12	South 1	38	13	10	15	56	58	36	9th	R1	&—	Southern Charity Cup	R1	Tommy Dixon	13

1912–13	South 1	38	12	10	16	43	50	34	14th	QR5	&—	Southern Charity Cup	SF	Tommy Dixon	13

1913–14	South 1	38	10	9	19	50	56	29	18th	QR5	&—	Southern Charity Cup	R1	Thomas Ashbridge	14

1914–15	South 1	38	22	8	8	68	46	52	1st	QR6	&—	Southern Charity Cup	R1	George Edmonds	17

1915–17	Due to the First World War, Watford competed in the Wartime London Combination in 1915–16 and 1916–17.

1917–19	Watford did not play any organised fixtures in 1917–18 and 1918–19.

1919–20	South 1	42	26	6	10	69	42	58	2nd	QR6	&—	é—	&—	George Edmonds	19

1920–21	Division 3	42	20	8	14	59	44	48	6th	R2	&—	é—	&—	Frank Hoddinott	25

1921–22	Division 3S	42	13	18	11	54	48	44	7th	R2	&—	é—	&—	Fred Pagnam	17

1922–23	Division 3S	42	17	10	15	57	54	44	10th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Fred Pagnam	32 ♦

1923–24	Division 3S	42	9	15	18	45	54	33	20th	R3	&—	é—	&—	Eddie Mummery	12

1924–25	Division 3S	42	17	9	16	38	47	43	11th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Len Andrews Fred Pagnam	7

1925–26	Division 3S	42	15	9	18	73	89	39	15th	R2	&—	é—	&—	Jack Swann	22

1926–27	Division 3S	42	12	8	22	57	87	32	21st	R2	&—	é—	&—	George Edmonds	13

1927–28	Division 3S	42	14	10	18	68	78	38	15th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Bill Sheppard	25

1928–29	Division 3S	42	19	10	13	79	74	48	8th	R4	&—	é—	&—	Frank McPherson	35

1929–30	Division 3S	42	15	8	19	60	73	38	15th	R2	&—	é—	&—	Frank McPherson	25

1930–31	Division 3S	42	14	7	21	72	75	35	18th	R5	&—	é—	&—	George James	31

1931–32	Division 3S	42	19	8	15	81	79	46	11th	QF	&—	é—	&—	George James	26

1932–33	Division 3S	42	16	12	14	66	63	44	11th	R3	&—	é—	&—	Billy Lane	22

1933–34	Division 3S	42	15	7	20	71	63	37	15th	R1	&—	Third Division South Cup	R2	Tommy Barnett	17

1934–35	Division 3S	42	19	9	14	76	49	47	6th	R2	&—	Third Division South Cup	F	Billy Lane	35

1935–36	Division 3S	42	20	9	13	80	54	49	5th	R4	&—	Third Division South Cup	R1	Tommy Barnett	17

1936–37	Division 3S	42	19	11	12	85	60	49	4th	R1	&—	Third Division South Cup	W	Tommy Barnett	22

1937–38	Division 3S	42	21	11	10	73	43	53	4th	R3	&—	Third Division South Cup	SF	Tommy Jones	15

1938–39	Division 3S	42	17	12	13	62	51	46	4th	R3	&—	Third Division South Cup	R1	Len Dunderdale	21

1939–40	Division 3S	3	0	2	1	4	5	2	—	&—	&—	é—	&—	Four players	1

1939–46	Peacetime competitions were suspended during the Second World War. Watford participated in wartime leagues until 1945–46.

1945–46	é—	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—	—	R4	&—	é—	&—	Ron Gray	4

1946–47	Division 3S	42	17	4	20	61	76	39	16th	R2	&—	é—	&—	Ralph Evans	19

1947–48	Division 3S	42	14	10	18	57	79	38	15th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Taffy Davies	11

1948–49	Division 3S	42	10	15	17	41	54	34	17th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Dave Thomas	14

1949–50	Division 3S	42	16	13	13	45	35	45	6th	R4	&—	é—	&—	Dave Thomas	21

1950–51	Division 3S	46	9	11	26	54	88	29	23rd	R1	&—	é—	&—	Johnny Hartburn	13

1951–52	Division 3S	46	13	10	23	57	81	36	21st	R2	&—	é—	&—	Cyril Thompson	25

1952–53	Division 3S	46	15	17	14	62	63	47	10th	R2	&—	é—	&—	Johnny Meadows	13

1953–54	Division 3S	46	21	10	15	85	69	52	4th	R1	&—	é—	&—	Roy Brown	21

1954–55	Division 3S	46	18	14	14	71	62	50	7th	R3	&—	é—	&—	Maurice Cook	31

1955–56	Division 3S	46	13	11	22	52	85	37	21st	R2	&—	Southern Floodlit Cup	R1	Les Graham	16

1956–57	Division 3S	46	18	10	18	72	75	46	11th	R2	&—	Southern Floodlit Cup	R2	Les Graham	17

1957–58	Division 3S	46	13	16	17	59	77	42	16th	R1	&—	Southern Floodlit Cup	SF	Tommy McMillan	11

1958–59	Division 4	46	16	10	20	81	79	42	15th	R2	&—	Southern Floodlit Cup	R1	Johnny Gavin Peter Gordon	13

1959–60	Division 4	46	24	9	13	92	67	57	4th	R5	&—	Southern Floodlit Cup	R2	Cliff Holton	48 ♦

1960–61	Division 3	46	20	12	14	85	72	52	4th	R3	R1	é—	&—	Cliff Holton	34

1961–62	Division 3	46	14	13	19	63	74	41	17th	R3	R3	é—	&—	Ron Crisp	13

1962–63	Division 3	46	17	8	21	82	85	42	17th	R4	R1	é—	&—	Dai Ward	30

1963–64	Division 3	46	23	12	11	79	59	58	3rd	R2	R1	é—	&—	Charlie Livesey	25

1964–65	Division 3	46	17	16	13	71	64	50	9th	R1	R2	é—	&—	George Harris	21

1965–66	Division 3	46	17	13	16	55	51	47	12th	R2	R2	é—	&—	Cliff Holton	12

1966–67	Division 3	46	20	14	12	61	46	54	3rd	R3	R1	é—	&—	Terry Garbett	18

1967–68	Division 3	46	21	8	17	74	50	50	6th	R3	R2	é—	&—	Barry Dyson	15

1968–69	Division 3	46	27	10	9	74	34	64	1st	R4	R1	é—	&—	Barry Endean	20

1969–70	Division 2	42	9	13	20	44	57	31	19th	SF	R2	é—	&—	Barry Endean	14

1970–71	Division 2	42	10	13	19	38	60	33	18th	R4	R2	é—	&—	Ron Wigg	17

1971–72	Division 2	42	5	9	28	24	75	19	22nd	R3	R3	é—	&—	Keith Eddy	7

1972–73	Division 3	46	12	17	17	43	48	41	19th	R3	R1	é—	&—	Pat Morrissey	10

1973–74	Division 3	46	19	12	15	64	56	50	7th	R2	R1	é—	&—	Billy Jennings	29 ♦

1974–75	Division 3	46	10	17	19	52	75	37	23rd	R1	R1	é—	&—	Ross Jenkins	11

1975–76	Division 4	46	22	6	18	62	62	50	8th	R1	R2	é—	&—	Ross Jenkins	19

1976–77	Division 4	46	18	15	13	67	50	51	7th	R3	R3	é—	&—	Keith Mercer	25

1977–78	Division 4	46	30	11	5	85	38	71	1st	R3	R3	é—	&—	Ross Jenkins	18

1978–79	Division 3	46	24	12	10	83	52	60	2nd	R2	SF	é—	&—	Ross Jenkins	37 ♦

1979–80	Division 2	42	12	13	17	39	46	37	18th	QF	R1	é—	&—	Luther Blissett	11

1980–81	Division 2	42	16	11	15	50	45	43	9th	R4	QF	é—	&—	Malcolm Poskett	21

1981–82	Division 2	42	23	11	8	76	42	80	2nd	R5	QF	Football League Group Cup	QF	Luther Blissett	25

1982–83	Division 1	42	22	5	15	74	57	71	2nd	R5	R3	Football League Trophy	QF	Luther Blissett	33 ♦

1983–84	Division 1	42	16	9	17	68	77	57	11th	F	R2	UEFA Cup	R3	Mo Johnston	24

1984–85	Division 1	42	14	13	15	81	71	55	11th	R5	QF	é—	&—	Luther Blissett	28

1985–86	Division 1	42	16	11	15	69	62	59	12th	QF	R3	é—	&—	Colin West	16

1986–87	Division 1	42	18	9	15	67	54	63	9th	SF	R3	Full Members Cup	R3	Mark Falco	16

1987–88	Division 1	40	7	11	22	27	51	32	20th	QF	R4	Full Members Cup	R3	Malcolm Allen	9

1988–89	Division 2	46	22	12	12	74	48	78	4th*	R5	R2	Full Members Cup	QF	Paul Wilkinson	21

1989–90	Division 2	46	14	15	17	58	60	57	15th	R4	R2	Full Members Cup	R2	Paul Wilkinson	16

1990–91	Division 2	46	12	15	19	45	59	51	20th	R3	R2	Full Members Cup	R1	Paul Wilkinson	18

1991–92	Division 2	46	18	11	17	51	48	65	10th	R3	R2	Full Members Cup	R1	Luther Blissett	12

1992–93	Division 1	46	14	13	19	57	71	55	16th	R3	R4	Anglo-Italian Cup	PR	Paul Furlong	22

1993–94	Division 1	46	15	9	22	66	80	54	19th	R3	R2	Anglo-Italian Cup	PR	Paul Furlong	19

1994–95	Division 1	46	19	13	14	52	46	70	7th	R5	R2	é—	&—	Craig Ramage	11

1995–96	Division 1	46	10	18	18	62	70	48	23rd	R3	R3	é—	&—	Craig Ramage	15

1996–97	Division 2	46	16	19	11	45	38	67	13th	R4	R2	Associate Members Cup	SF	Tommy Mooney	12

1997–98	Division 2	46	24	16	6	67	41	88	1st	R3	R2	Associate Members Cup	R1	Peter Kennedy	13

1998–99	Division 1	46	21	14	11	65	56	77	5th*	R3	R1	é—	&—	Gifton Noel-Williams	10

1999–2000	Premier League	38	6	6	26	35	77	24	20th	R3	R3	é—	&—	Heiðar Helguson	6

2000–01	Division 1	46	20	9	17	76	67	69	9th	R3	R3	é—	&—	Tommy Mooney	19

2001–02	Division 1	46	16	11	19	62	56	59	14th	R3	QF	é—	&—	Tommy Smith	11

2002–03	Division 1	46	17	9	20	54	70	60	13th	SF	R1	é—	&—	Heiðar Helguson	11

2003–04	Division 1	46	15	12	19	54	68	57	16th	R3	R2	é—	&—	Scott Fitzgerald	10

2004–05	Championship	46	12	16	18	52	59	52	18th	R3	SF	é—	&—	Heiðar Helguson	20

2005–06	Championship	46	22	15	9	77	53	81	3rd*	R3	R3	é—	&—	Marlon King	22 ♦

2006–07	Premier League	38	5	13	20	29	59	28	20th	SF	R4	é—	&—	Hameur Bouazza	7

2007–08	Championship	46	18	16	12	62	56	70	6th*	R4	R2	é—	&—	Darius Henderson	12

2008–09	Championship	46	16	10	20	68	72	58	13th	R5	R5	é—	&—	Tommy Smith	17

2009–10	Championship	46	14	12	20	61	68	54	16th	R3	R2	é—	&—	Danny Graham	14

2010–11	Championship	46	16	13	17	77	71	61	14th	R4	R2	é—	&—	Danny Graham	27 ♦

2011–12	Championship	46	16	16	14	56	64	64	11th	R4	R1	é—	&—	Troy Deeney	12

2012–13	Championship	46	23	8	15	85	58	77	3rd*	R3	R2	é—	&—	Matěj Vydra	22

2013–14	Championship	46	15	15	16	74	64	60	13th	R4	R3	é—	&—	Troy Deeney	25

2014–15	Championship	46	27	8	11	91	50	89	2nd	R3	R2	é—	&—	Troy Deeney	21

2015–16	Premier League	38	12	9	17	40	50	45	13th	SF	R2	é—	&—	Troy Deeney Odion Ighalo	17

2016–17	Premier League	38	11	7	20	40	68	40	17th	R4	R2	é—	&—	Troy Deeney	10

2017–18	Premier League	38	11	8	19	44	64	41	14th	R4	R2	é—	&—	Abdoulaye Doucoure	7

Sentence(s)

Fred Pagnam finished as the Division's top scorer in 1922–23, the Watford F.C. 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.

final_sentence: Fred Pagnam finished as the Division's top scorer in 1922–23, the Watford F.C. 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.