1927/1928

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Manager(s)

F. Pagnam

Final league position

15th of 22 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 7,193
Away: 7,075

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Coventry City, Gillingham

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Millwall, Newport County, Swindon Town

Goals from penalty kicks

W. Sheppard - 11, 39, 42

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Pagnam, F.	Own goals	Armstrong, W. B.►■	Daniels, A.	Davison, J.►	Foster, C. J.■	Fuller, E. W.►	Groome, J. P. G.►	Hewett, J. T.►	Hills, W. R.►	Jewett, G.►	Kirkpatrick, J. M.►■	Leaver, J.■	Mingay, H. J.►■	Morris, H.■	Parker, R.►■	Prior, G.	Sheppard, W.►	Slade, R.	Smith, F. W.	Vanner, H. J.►	Warner, J.	Wilbourn, H.►■	Wilkinson, G. G.■	Woodward, A.	Yates, J.►■	Yates, W.
Appearances - League							42		1	42	32	15	34	16	28	28	24	9	11	2	27	13	36	40	8	31	1	36	2	3	9	2	12
Substitute Appearances - League									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League								1	0	6	0	3	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	25	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							1		0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 27 Aug	Coventry City	H	Lge	3-1	10,151	X			X			X►			X►	X►	X►	X		X		X	X2►				X1					G
2	Mon 29 Aug	Walsall	A	Lge	0-2	7,744	X			X			X			X	X	X	X		X		X	X				X					G
3	Sat 03 Sep	Newport County	A	Lge	2-3	7,362	X			X		X	X	X2►		X		X	X		X		X	X									G
4	Wed 07 Sep	Walsall	H	Lge	4-0	6,459	X			X		X1	X	X1		X1		X	X				X	X1		X							G
5	Sat 10 Sep	Swindon Town	H	Lge	2-5	10,483	X	1		X		X		X		X		X	X				X	X1		X					X		G
6	Sat 17 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	1-2	13,951	X			X	X►			X		X1			X		X			X	X	X		X					G
7	Sat 24 Sep	Luton Town	H	Lge	1-0	12,903	X			X	X	X				X	X		X		X			X1	X	X							G
8	Sat 01 Oct	Charlton Athletic	H	Lge	1-2	5,350	X			X	X	X1	X			X			X					X	X	X		X					G
9	Sat 08 Oct	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-3	7,247	X		X►■	X	X		X			X			X					X1	X	X		X					G
10	Sat 15 Oct	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	1-2	9,016	X			X	X			X		X			X		X		X	X		X		X1					G
11	Sat 22 Oct	Exeter City	A	Lge	3-3	5,750	X			X1		X				X		X			X		X	X1(P)		X		X1			X		G
12	Sat 29 Oct	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	2-1	7,346	X			X1		X				X		X			X		X	X1		X		X			X		G
13	Sat 05 Nov	Millwall	A	Lge	2-4	13,302	X			X		X1			G►	X		X			X		X	X		X		X1			X
14	Sat 12 Nov	Torquay United	H	Lge	1-2	6,929	X			X					G	X		X■			X	X1►	X	X		X		X			X
15	Sat 19 Nov	Norwich City	A	Lge	1-1	6,049	X			X	X	X	X			X				G►		X	X	X1		X					X
16	Wed 30 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	FA1	1-2	6,058	X			X	X	X	X			X				G		X1	X	X		X					X
17	Sat 03 Dec	Southend United	A	Lge	0-3	5,320	X			X	X		X			X	X		X■	G■		X	X	X				X
18	Sat 10 Dec	Coventry City	A	Lge	3-2	7,448	X			X	X		X	X1	G	X	X				X		X	X1				X1
19	Sat 17 Dec	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	0-1	3,798	X			X	X		X	X	G	X	X				X		X	X				X
20	Sat 24 Dec	Brentford	H	Lge	1-1	5,226	X			X	X		X		G	X	X				X	X	X	X1				X
21	Tue 27 Dec	Gillingham	A	Lge	3-0	3,310	X			X	X		X	X	G	X	X				X		X	X3				X
22	Sat 07 Jan	Newport County	H	Lge	2-3	5,972	X			X	X		X	X2	G	X	X				X		X	X				X
23	Sat 14 Jan	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	3-3	5,912	X			X	X		X	X1	G	X	X				X		X	X2		X
24	Sat 21 Jan	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-4	7,356	X			X	X		X	X	G	X	X						X	X		X		X
25	Sat 28 Jan	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	3-3	5,597	X			X	X		X		G	X	X					X	X	X2		X		X1
26	Sat 04 Feb	Luton Town	A	Lge	2-3	8,012	X			X	X		X		G	X	X					X	X	X1		X		X1
27	Sat 11 Feb	Charlton Athletic	A	Lge	2-0	5,464	X			X	X		X		G	X	X					X		X1	X	X		X1
28	Sat 18 Feb	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	2-1	7,246	X			X1			X		G	X					X	X1	X	X	X	X		X
29	Sat 25 Feb	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	1-0	11,281	X			X	X		X	X1	G	X	X						X	X				X				X►
30	Sat 03 Mar	Exeter City	H	Lge	3-2	7,951	X			X	X		X	X1	G		X				X2		X	X				X				X■
31	Sat 10 Mar	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	1-2	9,851	X			X	X	X	X		G		X				X		X			X1		X	X►
32	Sat 17 Mar	Millwall	H	Lge	0-3	13,727	X			X	X	X	X		G		X				X		X	X		X		X
33	Sat 24 Mar	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-1	3,750	X			X	X		X		G		X				X	X	X	X		X		X1
34	Sat 31 Mar	Norwich City	H	Lge	2-0	4,412	X			X1	X		X		G		X				X	X	X			X		X1	X■
35	Sat 07 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	1-1	7,969	X			X	X		X		G		X				X	X	X	X1		X		X
36	Mon 09 Apr	Merthyr Town	H	Lge	1-1	8,360	X			X	X		X		G		X				X	X	X	X1		X		X
37	Tue 10 Apr	Merthyr Town	A	Lge	1-3	2,590	X			X	X	X	X		G		X					X■	X	X		X		X1
38	Sat 14 Apr	Southend United	H	Lge	1-1	5,048	X			X1	X		X		G		X				X		X	X		X		X		X
39	Wed 18 Apr	Northampton Town	H	Lge	2-0	4,221	X			X1	X	X	X		G								X	X1(P)	X	X		X		X
40	Sat 21 Apr	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-5	6,255	X			X	X	X	X		G						X			X	X	X		X		X■
41	Sat 28 Apr	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	2-0	5,102	X			X	X	X■	X	X2	G								X	X		X		X			X
42	Wed 02 May	Gillingham	H	Lge	5-3	3,645	X			X	X		X	X2	G								X	X2(P)		X	X►	X1			X
43	Sat 05 May	Brentford	A	Lge	1-1	4,775	X			X	X		X	X1	G						X■		X	X		X		X			X
							Manager: Pagnam, F.	Own goals	Armstrong, W. B.►■	Daniels, A.	Davison, J.►	Foster, C. J.■	Fuller, E. W.►	Groome, J. P. G.►	Hewett, J. T.►	Hills, W. R.►	Jewett, G.►	Kirkpatrick, J. M.►■	Leaver, J.■	Mingay, H. J.►■	Morris, H.■	Parker, R.►■	Prior, G.	Sheppard, W.►	Slade, R.	Smith, F. W.	Vanner, H. J.►	Warner, J.	Wilbourn, H.►■	Wilkinson, G. G.■	Woodward, A.	Yates, J.►■	Yates, W.

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Wed 10 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	4-3	1,500	1: W.Yates (gk); J.Leaver & J.Kirkpatrick; F.W.Smith, A.Woodward & E.W.Fuller; W.R.Hills, J.Warner [2 goals], J.P.G.Groome [1 goal], C.J.Foster & A.Daniels [1 goal] 2: J.T.Hewett (gk); R.Slade & G.Prior; W.Shaw, G.Bound [1 goal] & J.Yates; H.Morris, G.Jewett, G.G.Wilkinson, W.Sheppard [2 goals] & H.Wilbourn	public trial match
Sat 20 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	5-3		1: W.Yates (gk); G.Prior & J.Kirkpatrick; F.W.Smith, J.Leaver [1 goal] & E.W.Fuller; W.R.Hills, J.Warner [2 goals], J.P.G.Groome, C.J.Foster [2 goals] & A.Daniels 2: J.T.Hewett (gk); R.Slade & H.Langley; H.Morris, G.Bound & A.Woodward;ÃÂ ??ÃÂ O'Brien,ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Ward, G.Jewett [1 goal] (sub: G.G.Wilkinson), W.Sheppard [2 goals] & H.Wilbourn	public trial match
Wed 25 Apr	St Albans City	H	4-3	2,951	J.T.Hewett (gk); G.Prior & J.Davison; F.W.Smith, E.W.Fuller & G.Jewett; H.Morris, J.Warner, J.P.G.Groome [2 goals], W.Sheppard [2 goals] & A.Daniels	Benefit match for F.W.Smith