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The Hornets |
Watford FC
Founded 1881 as Watford Rovers FC
Turned professional 1897
Name Changed 1893 to West Herts FC
1898 Watford FC
Players provided 4
Different scorers 2 (6 goals)
Total appearances
42
1982-2018 |
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Vicarage Road |
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Domestic Honours |
Southern Football League winners
1914-15, runners-up 1919-20;
Football League
Division Three (South) Cup runners-up 1934-35, shared
1936-37;
Football League Division Three winners
1968-69, runners-up 1978-79;
Division Four winners 1977-78;
Division Two runners-up 1981-82; Division One
runners-up 1982-83;
Football League Cup best: semi-finals 1978-79 (Nottingham
Forest, agg 1-3), 2004-05;
FA Cup
runners-up 1983-84 (beaten by Everton 0-2), finalist 2018-19;
Full Members
Cup best: quarter-finals 1988-89 (beaten by Queen's Park
Rangers on penalties);
After League restructure: Football League Division Two/League
One winners 1997-98; Division
One/Championship fifth place-play-off
winners 1998-99, third place-play-off
winners 2005-06, sixth place-play-off semi-finalists
2007-08, third place-play-off runners-up 2012-13, runners-up
2014-15 & 2020-21;
FA Premier League best:
eleventh place 2018-19;
Football League Trophy best:
Southern semi-finals 1996-97 (beaten by Peterborough United 0-1); |
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European Honours |
UEFA Cup best:
third round 1983-84 (beaten by Sparta Praha, agg 2-7);
Anglo-Italian Cup best: Preliminary round 1992-93 (third of
three teams), 1993-94 (second of three); |
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venue |
Vicarage Road, since 1922;
Cassio Road, 1890-1922; Colney Butts,
1889-90; Vicarage Meadow, Rose & Crown Meadow,
1883-89; |
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Home strip |
Yellow shirts,
black shorts, yellow socks. |
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