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Non-professional players (or any player who has not signed a first team contract) or any other academy player(s) are not on the list. [ a ] It includes appearances and goals in the Premier League , Football League , Southern Football League , FA Cup , Football League Cup , Football League Trophy , Full Members Cup , UEFA Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup .
It includes all players who have played at least one competitive game, progressed through the club's youth system, or were once a professional footballer at the club. It does not include players who only appeared for Watford in wartime competitions; these players should instead be placed in the subcategory, Category:Watford F.C. wartime guest ...
At the age of 34, Aidy Boothroyd was appointed manager of Watford after serving at Leeds United as a coach; [2] 70-year-old Keith Burkinshaw was recruited as his assistant. Boothroyd's inexperience raised concerns among fans, who worried that he would not be able to keep the side in the Championship.
Steve Leo Beleck was one of the first players to join Watford on loan from Udinese Watford sold Will Buckley to Brighton & Hove Albion in 2011 for £1m – Brighton's record transfer fee. [4] [5] Wing back Marco Cassetti Alan Devonshire played 27 games for Watford, after spending the majority of his career at West Ham United.
The origins of the club can be traced back to 1881 when Watford Rovers were formed by Henry Grover, who went on to play for the club as a full back. [5] [6] Rovers, originally composed entirely of amateur players, held home games at several locations in the town of Watford.
Watford joined the Football League in 1920, and since then have won the Third Division twice, [n 1] and the Fourth Division once. They have achieved promotion to the top level of English football on four occasions; as runners-up of the Second Division in 1981–82, and winners of the play-off final (often considered the richest game in football ...
Watford Football Club are an English professional football club based in Hertfordshire. As of 2015–16 they play in the Premier League , the top tier of English football. Their highest finish in English football is 2nd place in the Football League First Division in 1982–83, and they competed in the FA Cup final in 1984 .
Watford were involved in the setting of several Premier League records during the season: when Tottenham Hotspur keeper Paul Robinson accidentally scored for Spurs from a long free-kick that bounced over Ben Foster's head, he became only the third keeper to score in the Premier League (the other two being Peter Schmeichel and Brad Friedel); and when Alec Chamberlain (born in 1964) came on a ...