list of watford f.c. seasons
league history
Table:
Season[d]

Division[e]

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts[f]

Pos

FA Cup[8][g]

League Cup[24]

Competition

Result

Name

Goals

League[h]

Other[d]

Top scorer[i]

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

—

—

—

Tuggy Beach

11

1898

é

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

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

é

&

&

é

&

é

&

1898–99

South 2L

BCCL

22

10

14

8

2

1

6

1

62

43

35

12

30

17

3rd

1st

QR3

—

—

—

Charlie Hare

22

1899–1900

South 2 ↑

BCCL

20

10

14

7

2

0

4

1

57

40

25

6

30

14

1st

1st

QR4

—

—

—

Charlie Hare

32

1900–01

South 1

28

6

4

18

24

52

16

14th

QR4

—

—

—

Jack Price

9

1901–02

South 1

30

9

4

17

36

60

22

13th

QR4

—

—

—

Herbert Lyon

14

1902–03

South 1 ↓

30

6

4

20

35

87

16

15th

QR3

—

—

—

Ernest Cottrell
Jimmy Tennant

7

1903–04

South 2 ↑

20

18

2

0

70

15

38

1st

QR4

—

—

—

Bertie Banks

22

1904–05

South 1

34

14

3

17

41

44

31

13th

QR6

—

—

—

John Goodall

12

1905–06

South 1

United

34

18

8

13

10

4

16

1

38

49

57

15

26

20

14th

1st

R2

—

—

—

Jimmy Reid

15

1906–07

South 1

United

38

14

13

3

16

1

9

10

46

15

43

38

42

7

9th

8th

R1

—

—

—

Jack Foster

16

1907–08

South 1

38

12

10

16

47

59

34

14th

R1

—

—

—

Jack Foster

12

1908–09

South 1

40

14

9

17

51

64

37

14th

R1

—

—

—

Archie Hubbard

16

1909–10

South 1

42

10

13

19

51

76

33

19th

R1

—

Southern Charity Cup[j]

F

Jimmy Maclaine

15

1910–11

South 1

38

13

9

16

49

65

35

14th

R1

—

Southern Charity Cup[j]

SF

Charlie White

12

1911–12

South 1

38

13

10

15

56

58

36

9th

R1

—

Southern Charity Cup[j]

R1

Tommy Dixon

13

1912–13

South 1

38

12

10

16

43

50

34

14th

QR5

—

Southern Charity Cup[j]

SF

Tommy Dixon

13

1913–14

South 1

38

10

9

19

50

56

29

18th

QR5

—

Southern Charity Cup[j]

R1

Thomas Ashbridge

14

1914–15

South 1

38

22

8

8

68

46

52

1st

QR6

—

Southern Charity Cup[j]

R1

George Edmonds

17

1915–17

é

Due to the First World War, Watford competed in the Wartime London Combination in 1915–16 and 1916–17.[26]

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

é

&

&

é

&

é

&

1917–19

é

Watford did not play any organised fixtures in 1917–18 and 1918–19.[26]

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

é

&

&

é

&

é

&

1919–20

South 1

42

26

6

10

69

42

58

2nd

QR6

—

—

—

George Edmonds

19

1920–21

Division 3

42

20

8

14

59

44

48

6th

R2

—

—

—

Frank Hoddinott

25

1921–22

Division 3S

42

13

18

11

54

48

44

7th

R2

—

—

—

Fred Pagnam

17

1922–23

Division 3S

42

17

10

15

57

54

44

10th

R1

—

—

—

Fred Pagnam[k]

32 ♦

1923–24

Division 3S

42

9

15

18

45

54

33

20th

R3

—

—

—

Eddie Mummery

12

1924–25

Division 3S

42

17

9

16

38

47

43

11th

R1

—

—

—

Len Andrews
Fred Pagnam

7

1925–26

Division 3S

42

15

9

18

73

89

39

15th

R2

—

—

—

Jack Swann

22

1926–27

Division 3S

42

12

8

22

57

87

32

21st
[l]

R2

—

—

—

George Edmonds

13

1927–28

Division 3S

42

14

10

18

68

78

38

15th

R1

—

—

—

Bill Sheppard

25

1928–29

Division 3S

42

19

10

13

79

74

48

8th

R4

—

—

—

Frank McPherson

35

1929–30

Division 3S

42

15

8

19

60

73

38

15th

R2

—

—

—

Frank McPherson

25

1930–31

Division 3S

42

14

7

21

72

75

35

18th

R5

—

—

—

George James

31

1931–32

Division 3S

42

19

8

15

81

79

46

11th

QF

—

—

—

George James

26

1932–33

Division 3S

42

16

12

14

66

63

44

11th

R3

—

—

—

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[m]

W

Tommy Barnett[m]

22

1937–38

Division 3S

42

21

11

10

73

43

53

4th

R3

—

Third Division South Cup

SF

Tommy Jones[m]

15

1938–39

Division 3S

42

17

12

13

62

51

46

4th

R3

—

Third Division South Cup

R1

Len Dunderdale

21

1939–40 [n]

Division 3S

3

0

2

1

4

5

2

99

—

—

—

—

—

Four players[o]

1

1939–46

é

Peacetime competitions were suspended during the Second World War. Watford participated in wartime leagues until 1945–46.[30]

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

é

&

&

é

&

é

&

1945–46

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

~

—

R4

—

—

—

Ron Gray[p]

4

1946–47

Division 3S

42

17

4

20

61

76

39

16th

R2

—

—

—

Ralph Evans

19

1947–48

Division 3S

42

14

10

18

57

79

38

15th

R1

—

—

—

Taffy Davies

11

1948–49

Division 3S

42

10

15

17

41

54

34

17th

R1

—

—

—

Dave Thomas

14

1949–50

Division 3S

42

16

13

13

45

35

45

6th

R4

—

—

—

Dave Thomas

21

1950–51

Division 3S

46

9

11

26

54

88

29

23rd
[q]

R1

—

—

—

Johnny Hartburn

13

1951–52

Division 3S

46

13

10

23

57

81

36

21st

R2

—

—

—

Cyril Thompson

25

1952–53

Division 3S

46

15

17

14

62

63

47

10th

R2

—

—

—

Johnny Meadows

13

1953–54

Division 3S

46

21

10

15

85

69

52

4th

R1

—

—

—

Roy Brown

21

1954–55

Division 3S

46

18

14

14

71

62

50

7th

R3

—

—

—

Maurice Cook

31

1955–56

Division 3S

46

13

11

22

52

85

37

21st

R2

—

Southern Floodlit Cup[r]

R1

Les Graham

16

1956–57

Division 3S

46

18

10

18

72

75

46

11th

R2

—

Southern Floodlit Cup[r]

R2

Les Graham

17

1957–58

Division 3S

46

13

16

17

59

77

42

16th

R1

—

Southern Floodlit Cup[r]

SF

Tommy McMillan

11

1958–59

Division 4

46

16

10

20

81

79

42

15th

R2

—

Southern Floodlit Cup[r]

R1

Johnny Gavin
Peter Gordon

13

1959–60

Division 4 ↑

46

24

9

13

92

67

57

4th

R5

—

Southern Floodlit Cup[r]

R2

Cliff Holton[s]

48 ♦

1960–61

Division 3

46

20

12

14

85

72

52

4th

R3

R1

—

—

Cliff Holton

34

1961–62

Division 3

46

14

13

19

63

74

41

17th

R3

R3

—

—

Ron Crisp

13

1962–63

Division 3

46

17

8

21

82

85

42

17th

R4

R1

—

—

Dai Ward[t]

30

1963–64

Division 3

46

23

12

11

79

59

58

3rd

R2

R1

—

—

Charlie Livesey

25

1964–65

Division 3

46

17

16

13

71

64

50

9th

R1

R2

—

—

George Harris

21

1965–66

Division 3

46

17

13

16

55

51

47

12th

R2

R2

—

—

Cliff Holton

12

1966–67

Division 3

46

20

14

12

61

46

54

3rd

R3

R1

—

—

Terry Garbett

18

1967–68

Division 3

46

21

8

17

74

50

50

6th

R3

R2

—

—

Barry Dyson

15

1968–69

Division 3 ↑

46

27

10

9

74

34

64

1st

R4

R1

—

—

Barry Endean

20

1969–70

C

Division 2

42

9

13

20

44

57

31

19th

SF
[u]

R2

—

—

Barry Endean

14

1970–71

C

Division 2

42

10

13

19

38

60

33

18th

R4

R2

—

—

Ron Wigg

17

1971–72

C

Division 2 ↓

42

5

9

28

24

75

19

22nd

R3

R3

—

—

Keith Eddy

7

1972–73

Division 3

46

12

17

17

43

48

41

19th

R3

R1

—

—

Pat Morrissey

10

1973–74

Division 3

46

19

12

15

64

56

50

7th

R2

R1

—

—

Billy Jennings[v]

29 ♦

1974–75

Division 3 ↓

46

10

17

19

52

75

37

23rd

R1

R1

—

—

Ross Jenkins

11

1975–76

Division 4

46

22

6

18

62

62

50

8th

R1

R2

—

—

Ross Jenkins

19

1976–77

Division 4

46

18

15

13

67

50

51

7th

R3

R3

—

—

Keith Mercer

25

1977–78

Division 4 ↑

46

30

11

5

85

38

71

1st

R3

R3

—

—

Ross Jenkins

18

1978–79

Division 3 ↑

46

24

12

10

83

52

60

2nd

R2

SF

—

—

Ross Jenkins[w]

37 ♦

1979–80

C

Division 2

42

12

13

17

39

46

37

18th

QF

R1

—

—

Luther Blissett

11

1980–81

C

Division 2

42

16

11

15

50

45

43

9th

R4

QF

—

—

Malcolm Poskett

21

1981–82[f]

C

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[x]

QF

Luther Blissett[y]

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

—

—

Luther Blissett

28

1985–86

Division 1

42

16

11

15

69

62

59

12th

QF

R3

—

—

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

C

Division 2

46

22

12

12

74

48

78

4th*
[z]

R5

R2

Full Members Cup

QF

Paul Wilkinson

21

1989–90

C

Division 2

46

14

15

17

58

60

57

15th

R4

R2

Full Members Cup

R2

Paul Wilkinson

16

1990–91

C

Division 2

46

12

15

19

45

59

51

20th

R3

R2

Full Members Cup

R1

Paul Wilkinson

18

1991–92

C

Division 2

46

18

11

17

51

48

65

10th

R3

R2

Full Members Cup

R1

Luther Blissett

12

1992–93

C

Division 1

46

14

13

19

57

71

55

16th

R3

R4

Anglo-Italian Cup

PR

Paul Furlong

22

1993–94

C

Division 1

46

15

9

22

66

80

54

19th

R3

R2

Anglo-Italian Cup

PR

Paul Furlong

19

1994–95

C

Division 1

46

19

13

14

52

46

70

7th

R5

R2

—

—

Craig Ramage

11

1995–96

C

Division 1 ↓

46

10

18

18

62

70

48

23rd

R3

R3

—

—

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

C

Division 1 ↑

46

21

14

11

65

56

77

5th*
[aa]

R3

R1

—

—

Gifton Noel-Williams[43]

10

1999–2000

Premier League ↓

38

6

6

26

35

77

24

20th

R3

R3

—

—

Heiðar Helguson[44]

6

2000–01

C

Division 1

46

20

9

17

76

67

69

9th

R3

R3

—

—

Tommy Mooney[45]

19

2001–02

C

Division 1

46

16

11

19

62

56

59

14th

R3

QF

—

—

Tommy Smith[46]

11

2002–03

C

Division 1

46

17

9

20

54

70

60

13th

SF

R1

—

—

Heiðar Helguson[47]

11

2003–04

C

Division 1

46

15

12

19

54

68

57

16th

R3

R2

—

—

Scott Fitzgerald[48]

10

2004–05

C

Championship

46

12

16

18

52

59

52

18th

R3

SF

—

—

Heiðar Helguson[49]

20

2005–06

C

Championship ↑

46

22

15

9

77

53

81

3rd*
[ab]

R3

R3

—

—

Marlon King[ac]

22 ♦

2006–07

Premier League ↓

38

5

13

20

29

59

28

20th

SF

R4

—

—

Hameur Bouazza[53]

7

2007–08

C

Championship

46

18

16

12

62

56

70

6th*
[ad]

R4

R2

—

—

Darius Henderson[55]

12

2008–09

C

Championship

46

16

10

20

68

72

58

13th

R5

R5

—

—

Tommy Smith[56]

17

2009–10

C

Championship

46

14

12

20

61

68

54

16th

R3

R2

—

—

Danny Graham[57]

14

2010–11

C

Championship

46

16

13

17

77

71

61

14th

R4

R2

—

—

Danny Graham[ae]

27 ♦

2011–12

C

Championship

46

16

16

14

56

64

64

11th

R4

R1

—

—

Troy Deeney[59]

12

2012–13

C

Championship

46

23

8

15

85

58

77

3rd*
[af]

R3

R2

—

—

Matěj Vydra[61]

22

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Return the selected type name(s) only, comma-separated when necessary, in the list of this JSON object {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["sports.pro_athlete", "people.person"]}