Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an Inglis professional association fitbaw club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. Thay pley in the Championship. The club wis foondit in 1881, an pleyed at seevral groonds afore flittin intae a permanent location at Vicarage Road in 1922, whare thay remain tae this day. Sin 1997, Watford hae shared the stadium wi Saracens Rugby Club.

The club is best kent for twa spells unner the management o umwhile Ingland manager Graham Taylor. The first lastit frae 1977 til 1987, whan the club rose tae the auld First Division frae the Fowert Division. Ance in the heichest division o Inglis fitbaw, Watford finished seicont in the league in 1983, reached the FA Cup final in 1984, an competit in the UEFA Cup in the 1983-84 season. The seicont period spanned frae 1997 tae 2001, whan Taylor teuk the club frae the recried Seicont Division tae the Premier League in successive seasons. Taylor is currently a non-executive director o the club, an honorary life preses alangside Sir Elton John, wha awned the club durin baith o these eras an haes continued a lang association wi the club. Watford compete in the EFL Championship, follaein relegation frae the Premier League in 2022.

Honours

Honour  Year(s) Fitbaa League First Division  Runners-up  1982–83 Fitbaa League Seicont Division  Runners-up  1981–82  Play-off winners  1998–99, 2005–06 Fitbaa League Third Division  Champions  1968–69, 1997–98 Runners-up  1978–79 Fitbaa League Fowert Division  Champions  1977–78 Soothren Fitbaa League  Champions  1914–15 Runners-up  1919–20 FA Cup  Runners-up  1983–84, 2018-19 Semi-finalists  1969–70, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2006–07 League Cup  Semi-finalists 1978–79, 2004–05

References

Category:Fitbaw clubs in Ingland

Category:Premier League clubs
Category:English Football League clubs
Category:Association fitbaw clubs established in 1881
Category:Southern Football League clubs
Category:1881 establishments in Ingland
Category:Fitbaw clubs in Hertfordshire
Category:Watford
Category:Umwhile Football League clubs
Category:Elton John