List_of_Watford_F.C._players_(fewer_than_50_appearances)

List of Watford F.C. players (1–49 appearances)

List of Watford F.C. players (1–49 appearances)

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Watford Football Club is an English association football club, based in Watford, Hertfordshire. The club's history can be traced back to 1881; it took its current name in 1898, following the merger of West Hertfordshire and Watford St. Mary's. Since moving from a ground in Cassio Road in 1922, they have played their home matches at Vicarage Road stadium.[1]

Academy graduate Britt Assombalonga made his Watford debut in 2012.

Many players have contributed significantly to the history of the club, despite playing a relatively small number of games. Paul Atkinson, Mo Johnston and Neil Price all featured for Watford in the 1984 FA Cup Final. Nick Wright scored the opening goal in Watford's 20 win over Bolton in the 1999 Football League First Division play-off final, a game that Israel international Alon Hazan also participated in. Several players have gone on to become Premier League footballers following successful loan spells at Watford, including Chris Eagles and England international Adam Johnson; others such as Alexandre Bonnot and Steve Brooker played their only top division games in English football with Watford. In the 200910 season, on-loan Tom Cleverley became the first person ever to win the club's Player of the Season award having made fewer than 50 Watford appearances. Others made significant contributions to the club after their careers ended. Examples include Ron Gray, who managed the club after he retired as a player, and Price, who at various points commentated on the club's matches for the BBC, worked for the club, and formed the Watford Former Players' Association.[2]

This list contains players who have made 49 or fewer competitive appearances for Watford. 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 the Anglo-Italian Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. The table does not include appearances and goals from 19391940, when the season was abandoned after three matches due to the Second World War. Two playersBilly Law and Tom Postlethwaitemade their only competitive appearances for the club in this season, and are therefore not listed.[3] International appearances and goals given are for the senior national team only. Where a player represented his country, but not at full international level, details are given in the notes column.

Key

Current players' statistics correct as of 5 September 2014.

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Players

England international James Bagshaw played for Watford towards the end of his career.
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.
Defender Carl Dickinson joined Watford in 2011
Defender Tommie Hoban
Scotland striker Chris Iwelumo joined Watford in 2011.
Henri Lansbury spent the 200910 season on loan to Watford from Arsenal.
Stephen McGinn playing for Scotland under-21s.
USA international goalkeeper Tony Meola made a solitary Watford appearance in 1990.
Academy graduate Sean Murray made his first-team debut at the end of the 201011 season.
Defender Andrew Taylor scored the first goal of his professional career in 2011, while on loan to Watford from Middlesbrough.[6]
Andros Townsend has played for several clubs on loan from Tottenham, including Watford.
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Notes

Devon White played 45 games for Watford between 1996 and 1997.
  1. Years given denote the span between a player's first and last peacetime appearance—they do not take into account appearances for Watford while peacetime competitions were suspended due to the First and Second World Wars. Where a player spent multiple periods at the club, these periods are denoted as multiple ranges of years.
  2. Where a player did not compete internationally, no country is denoted. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level for each country is shown. Between 1926 and 1950, two competing teams claimed to represent the island of Ireland.
    Ireland denotes players who played for the Irish Football Association team.
    Republic of Ireland denotes players who played for the Football Association of Ireland team.
    For more information, see Ireland national football team (1882–1950) and Republic of Ireland national football team.[7][8]
  3. Represented England at semi-professional level.
  4. Represented England at youth level.
  5. Represented England at schoolboy level.
  6. Represented Belgium at under-21 level
  7. Player made additional appearances for West Hertfordshire prior to the start of the 189899 season.[18]
  8. Represented Great Britain at the World Student Games.
  9. Represented Scotland at junior level
  10. Represented Wales at youth level
  11. Represented England at amateur level
  12. Represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games
  13. Represented England at under-21 level
  14. Crownshaw was contracted to Watford between 1909 and 1916. He played regularly for the reserves, and for the first team during wartime competitions. He made his sole competitive first team appearance in 1913.[11]
  15. Represented Wales at schoolboy level.
  16. Represented Wales at amateur level.
  17. Played for England in "unofficial" international matches.
  18. Represented England at under-23 level.
  19. Represented Republic of Ireland at under-21 level.
  20. Ron Gray managed the club from 1950 until 1951.[12]
  21. Played for Scotland at under-23 level.[13]
  22. Represented Scotland at youth level.
  23. Represented Republic of Ireland at youth level.
  24. Represented England in an "unofficial" senior match.[15]
  25. McCarthy played for England at youth level, but Wales at under-21 level.[16]
  26. Represented Scotland at schoolboy level.[17]
  27. Represented Scotland at under-21 level.
  28. Now known as Colin Miles.
  29. Represented Northern Ireland at under-21 level.

References

Academy graduate Liam Henderson
General
  • Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
  • "TheFA.com: Archive". The Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  • "Watford player appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  • Watford Football Club archive 1881-2017
Specific
  1. Jones p. 9
  2. Smith, Frank (30 March 2012). "A pub 'to call home and their own'". Watford Observer.
  3. Jones p.253
  4. "Official: Buckley moves for £1m". Watford Football Club. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  5. Camillin, Paul (6 June 2011). "Albion Sign Buckley in Record Deal". Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  6. "Watford 3–0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
  8. Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
  9. "Moses Ashikodi". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  10. Jones p. 30
  11. Trefor Jones (1998). Watford Season by Season. pp. 58–59. ISBN 0-9527458-1-X.
  12. Jones p. 270
  13. Jones pp.279288
  14. "Hoban plays as Irish pegged back". Watford Observer. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  15. Jones p. 148
  16. Jones p. 152
  17. Jones p. 282
  18. Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. pp. 24–27. ISBN 0-9527458-1-X.


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