Question: Who managed Watford Football Club's third consecutive season in the Football League First Division and at the end of the season signed a Danish former professional football player whose most notable period of football was four years at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur with whom he won the 1999 League Cup, scoring the winning goal?

Context articles: Arsenal F.C. league record by opponent
List of Watford F.C. players
History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
2002–03 Watford F.C. season
2012–13 Arsenal F.C. season
1914–15 Watford F.C. season
Allan Nielsen
List of Arsenal F.C. records and statistics
List of Sunderland A.F.C. seasons
2011–12 Watford F.C. season

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London.
 The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Royal Arsenal before it was renamed Woolwich Arsenal in 1893.
 They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies.
 The club's name was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury.
 In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1915, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War.
 Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight.
 The club remained in the Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League, of which they were an inaugural member.
 In 2003–04, Arsenal completed a league season without a single defeat, something achieved only once before in English football, by Preston North End in 1888–89.
Watford Football Club is an English association football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire.
 Formed as Watford Rovers in 1881, and renamed West Hertfordshire in 1893, the team joined the Southern League in 1896.
 West Hertfordshire merged with local rivals Watford St. Mary's for the start of the 1898–99 season, adopting the club's present name.
 Between 1898 and 1920, Watford competed in the Southern League, winning the championship in 1914–15.
 The Southern League was suspended for the next four seasons due to the First World War.
 On the league's resumption in 1919–20, Watford finished as runners up on goal average.
 At the start of 1920–21, Watford joined the Football League Third Division, and transferred to the Third Division South when the league was reorganised the following season.
 They have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War, and the 1999–2000 and 2006–07 seasons, when they competed in the Premier League.
 In addition to the latter two seasons, the club also competed in the top division of English football between 1982 and 1988, achieving their highest league placing of second in the 1982–83 season.
The History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., an English football club based in Tottenham, London, began in 1882.
 The club in was formed as Hotspur F.C. by a group of schoolboys, and it was renamed Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in 1884.
 The club became a professional football club in 1895, and won the FA Cup in 1901 before they joined the Football League, becoming the only non-League club to achieve the feat since the formation of the Football League.
 Since then, Tottenham have won the FA Cup a further seven times, the Football League twice, the Football League Cup four times, the UEFA Cup twice and also the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
 The Cup Winners' Cup victory in 1963 made Tottenham the first English team to win a UEFA competition.
 In 1960–61, they were the first team to complete The Double in the 20th century.
The 2002–03 season marked Watford Football Club's third consecutive season in the Football League First Division, following relegation from the Premier League in the 1999–2000 season.
 The club was managed by its former reserve team manager Ray Lewington, following the dismissal of Gianluca Vialli at the end of 2001–02.
 The club finished 13th in the First Division, reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, and were eliminated in the first round of the League Cup.
 Watford were operating under severe financial constraints following the collapse of ITV Digital, and at the end of the season were forced to offload several first team players, including Tommy Smith, Gifton Noel-Williams, Stephen Glass and the club's record signing at the time Allan Nielsen.
The 2012–13 season was Arsenal Football Club's 21st season in the Premier League and 93rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football.
 Arsenal participated in the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League, after finishing third in the previous Premier League season.
 The League Cup however was out of their reach, and despite an entertaining cup run, which included 13 goals scored in two games, Arsenal lost to fourth-division Bradford City in the quarter-finals on penalties.
 In the FA Cup, Arsenal were knocked out by Championship side Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round.
 The Champions League also proved fruitless, as despite a valiant effort in Bavaria winning 2–0, they were ultimately knocked out on the away goals rule against Bayern Munich, thus extending their trophy drought for an eighth season.
 The highest scoring game in their season was the famous 7–5 win in the League Cup (after extra time), where they came back from 4 goals down to beat Reading.
 Arsenal's highest scoring league win was the 7–3 win against Newcastle United in December.
 This season, Arsenal finished fourth after having to close another large points gap (like last season) between themselves and their North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Watford Football Club are an association football team from the county of Hertfordshire, England.
 The 1914–15 season was their nineteenth season of league football, since joining the Southern League as West Hertfordshire for the 1896–97 season.
 Watford finished the season as champions of the Southern League First Division, winning 22 and drawing 8 of their 38 league matches.
 In other competitions, Watford were eliminated from the FA Cup in the sixth qualifying round by Rochdale, and from the Southern Charity Cup by fellow Southern League team Luton Town.
 The club's manager was Harry Kent, and its top scorer George Edmonds, with 17 goals from 35 appearances.
 Other notable players included Skilly Williams, who began what would be a 13-year period as the club's first choice goalkeeper, and Fred Gregory, whose goal against Gillingham sealed the title for Watford.
 Gregory and Williams were also the only two men to play in all 40 of Watford's games.
Allan Nielsen (born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former professional football player whose most notable period of football was four years at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur with whom he won the 1999 League Cup, scoring the winning goal.
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London.
 The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before being renamed as Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893.
 In 1914, the club's name was shortened to Arsenal F.C. after moving to Highbury a year earlier.
 After spending their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies, Arsenal became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893.
 In spite of finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1919, the club was voted to rejoin the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
 Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight.
 The club remained in the Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League, of which they were an inaugural member.
Sunderland Association Football Club was founded in 1879 as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club by James Allan.
 They turned professional in 1885.
 Sunderland won their first Football League championship in the 1891–92 season two years after joining the league.
 They won the next Football League First Division on three occasions in four seasons; in 1892, 1893 and 1895, separated by a runner-up spot in 1894.
 In the 1901–02 season, Sunderland won their fifth Football League First Division championship.
 They came close to completing the "league and cup double" in the 1912–13 season, winning the league but losing to Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.
 The team's next success came in the 1935–36 season when they won the League Championship and also the Charity Shield.
 They had not won the FA Cup until the 1936–37 season when they defeated Preston North End in the 1937 FA Cup Final.
 Sunderland entered The Football League in 1890 and were not relegated from the top division until the 1957–58 season; a total of 58 seasons in the highest division of England.
 Their next trophy came in the 1973 FA Cup Final as they beat Leeds United 1–0.
 They reached the 1985 Football League Cup Final but finished as runners-up to Norwich City after being beaten 1–0.
 In the 1986–87 season Sunderland were relegated to the Football League Third Division for the first time in their history under the management of Lawrie McMenemy, they however, returned to the second division the following season as champions–their lowest position in the English football league system.
 Their first appearance in the Premier League came in the 1999–2000 season after being promoted as champions from Division One.
 In winning promotion the club gained 105 points, which was a record at the time.
 Sunderland gained just 15 points in the 2005-06 season, which set the record for the lowest number of points in a Premier League season, which has since been eclipsed by Derby County.
Watford Football Club (also known simply as Watford, or as The Hornets) is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire.
 The team competed in the Football League Championship in 2011–12, their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of English football since their relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07.
 The 2011–12 season consisted of pre-season friendlies in July 2011, followed by competitive matches in the Football League, FA Cup and Football League Cup between August 2011 and April 2012.
 Assistant manager Sean Dyche became manager in July 2011, following the departure of Malky Mackay.
 The club's captain for the season was central midfielder John Eustace.
 Watford's chairman was Graham Taylor, who previously took Watford from the Fourth Division to the First Division as manager.