1937/1938

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Manager(s)

W. Findlay

Final league position

4th of 22 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 10,529
Away: 10,582

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Bristol Rovers, Mansfield Town, Notts County, Swindon Town, Torquay United

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Crystal Palace, Northampton Town

Goals from penalty kicks

E. Morgan - 12, 16, 17, 35, 46

Sent off

J. Brown - 19

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Findlay, W.	Own goals	Armstrong, J. H.	Barnett, T. A.	Black, W.►■	Brown, J.►■	Davies, W.	Devan, W. G.■	Evans, D. R.►	Fletcher, L.■	Gallimore, L.►	Hawkins, H.►■	Hetherington, J. A.►	Johnson, G. A.►	Jones, T. J.	Laing, D. B. P.►■	Lewis, D. J.	Lewis, T. G.	McHugh, J.	McLaren, J.	Morgan, E.	O'Brien, R. V.	Ovenstone, D.►■	Reed, A. G.	Robinson, R.►■	Walters, T. C.■	Wipfler, C. J.►	Woodward, A.
Appearances - League							42		42	42	16	6	7	4	16	0	30	5	3	22	40	15	6	5	3	39	37	42	1	37	2	15	12	15
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	0
Goals - League								4	0	9	3	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	8	14	5	0	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	6	5	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							11		7	7	4	3	2	0	5	1	7	4	0	2	7	4	3	4	3	8	11	11	1	8	5	7	4	3
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	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
1	Sat 28 Aug	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	4-0	11,544	X	1	X	X2	X►		X								X1					G	X	X		X			X►	X
2	Wed 01 Sep	Bristol City	H	Lge	3-1	7,733	X		X	X	X		X1	X							X2					G	X	X		X				X
3	Sat 04 Sep	Gillingham	A	Lge	0-0	8,408	X		X	X	X		X	X							X					G	X	X		X				X
4	Wed 08 Sep	Bristol City	A	Lge	1-3	10,259	X		X	X	X		X	X1							X					G	X	X		X				X
5	Sat 11 Sep	Exeter City	H	Lge	0-0	9,109	X		X	X	X		X					X►			X		X			G	X	X		X
6	Mon 13 Sep	Notts County	H	D3SCS	8-3	1,065	X		X	X2	X4		X					X			X1					G	X1	X		X				X
7	Wed 15 Sep	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	1-4	6,391	X		X	X	X		X1					X			X					G	X	X		X				X
8	Sat 18 Sep	Swindon Town	A	Lge	2-0	12,169	X		X	X	X1		X		X►						X1		X			G	X	X		X
9	Sat 25 Sep	Aldershot	H	Lge	5-1	8,585	X	2	X	X1	X			X■	X						X2		X			G	X	X		X
10	Wed 29 Sep	Millwall	H	D3SCF	2-2	2,714	X		X		X				X2						X		X	X		G	X	X	X►	X
11	Sat 02 Oct	Millwall	A	Lge	1-1	32,385	X		X	X	X1	X►			X						X		X			G	X	X		X
12	Sat 09 Oct	Reading	H	Lge	4-0	12,247	X		X	X	X1	X1			X1						X		X			G	X1(P)	X		X
13	Sat 16 Oct	Northampton Town	H	Lge	1-3	11,100	X		X	X	X	X1			X								X			G	X	X	X■	X
14	Mon 18 Oct	Millwall	A	D3SCF	1-1	3,396	X		X	X	X				X		X►	X								G	X	X		X		X1
15	Thu 21 Oct	Newport County	A	D3SC1	1-1	1,000	X				X				X			X					X			G	X	X			X►	X2	X	X
16	Sat 23 Oct	Walsall	A	Lge	1-3	4,815	X		X	X	X				X		X									G	X1(P)	X		X		X	X
17	Wed 27 Oct	Newport County	H	D3SC1	4-0	261	X			X		X1	X				X							X2	G		X1(P)	X		X	X	X
18	Sat 30 Oct	Cardiff City	H	Lge	4-0	11,183	X		X	X2		X					X				X			X2	G		X	X					X	X
19	Sat 06 Nov	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	0-0	6,412	X		X	X		X!					X				X			X	G		X	X					X	X
20	Wed 10 Nov	Notts County	A	D3SC2	2-0	1,000	X		X			X			X1		X				X			X1	G		X	X			X		X
21	Sat 13 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-1	9,281	X		X	X		X					X				X			X	G		X	X					X1	X
22	Sat 20 Nov	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	0-2	12,533	X		X	X							X				X	X►		X		G	X	X		X	X
23	Sat 27 Nov	Cheltenham Town	H	FA1	3-0	8,149	X		X	X					X		X				X1			X1		G	X	X		X			X1
24	Sat 04 Dec	Clapton Orient	A	Lge	1-1	6,485	X		X	X							X			X►	X	X1		X		G	X	X		X
25	Sat 11 Dec	Walsall	H	FA2	3-0	10,303	X		X	X1							X			X1	X	X				G	X	X		X		X1
26	Sat 18 Dec	Mansfield Town	A	Lge	1-0	5,274	X		X	X							X			X	X	X				G	X	X		X		X1
27	Sat 25 Dec	Newport County	H	Lge	3-0	7,473	X		X	X							X			X1	X	X2				G	X	X		X		X
28	Mon 27 Dec	Newport County	A	Lge	0-0	13,820	X		X	X							X			X	X	X				G	X	X		X		X
29	Tue 28 Dec	Torquay United	H	Lge	4-0	5,138	X		X	X2							X			X	X	X1				G	X	X				X1		X
30	Sat 01 Jan	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	2-0	9,670	X		X	X							X			X1	X	X				G	X	X		X		X1
31	Sat 08 Jan	Sunderland	A	FA3	0-1	35,713	X		X	X							X			X	X	X				G	X	X		X		X
32	Sat 15 Jan	Gillingham	H	Lge	1-1	7,843	X		X	X							X			X	X1	X				G	X	X		X		X
33	Wed 19 Jan	Southend United	H	Lge	3-1	4,524	X		X	X1							X			X1	X1	X				G	X	X		X		X
34	Sat 22 Jan	Exeter City	A	Lge	2-1	7,001	X		X	X							X			X1	X	X				G	X	X		X		X1
35	Sat 29 Jan	Swindon Town	H	Lge	4-0	11,343	X		X	X							X			X1	X	X				G	X1(P)	X		X		X2
36	Sat 05 Feb	Aldershot	A	Lge	0-1	7,289	X		X	X							X			X	X	X				G	X	X		X		X
37	Sat 12 Feb	Millwall	H	Lge	1-1	13,816	X		X	X							X			X	X1	X				G	X	X		X		X
38	Sat 19 Feb	Reading	A	Lge	1-4	12,560	X		X	X							X			X	X	X				G	X1	X		X		X
39	Sat 26 Feb	Northampton Town	A	Lge	2-3	7,085	X		X	X							X		X►		X					G	X	X1		X		X	X1
40	Mon 28 Feb	Queens Park Rangers	A	D3SC3	3-2	2,095	X					X■						X			X	X1	X			G	X	X		X	X	X2
41	Sat 05 Mar	Walsall	H	Lge	2-1	9,575	X		X	X							X	X	X		X1					G	X1	X		X		X
42	Sat 12 Mar	Cardiff City	A	Lge	1-1	25,349	X		X	X1	X						X	X	X		X					G	X	X		X
43	Wed 16 Mar	Reading	A	D3SCS	0-3	2,107	X			X						X■	X					X			G		X	X			X	X■	X	X
44	Sat 19 Mar	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-2	10,294	X		X	X	X				X		X	X■			X					G	X	X		X
45	Sat 26 Mar	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	2-1	14,781	X		X	X	X				X		X			X1	X1					G	X	X		X
46	Sat 02 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	3-1	20,456	X		X	X	X■				X1					X1	X					G	X1(P)	X		X				X
47	Sat 09 Apr	Southend United	A	Lge	2-2	6,760	X		X	X					X		X			X	X1	X1■				G	X	X						X
48	Fri 15 Apr	Notts County	H	Lge	2-0	14,984	X		X	X					X		X			X	X					G	X	X		X			X2
49	Sat 16 Apr	Clapton Orient	H	Lge	2-0	11,943	X		X	X					X2		X			X	X					G		X		X	X■		X
50	Mon 18 Apr	Notts County	A	Lge	2-1	8,789	X		X	X					X		X			X	X1					G		X		X			X1	X
51	Sat 23 Apr	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-0	3,986	X		X	X					X		X			X	X1					G		X		X			X	X
52	Sat 30 Apr	Mansfield Town	H	Lge	2-0	9,222	X		X	X					X1		X			X1	X					G		X		X			X	X
53	Sat 07 May	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	1-2	13,713	X	1	X	X					X		X			X	X					G		X		X			X	X
							Manager: Findlay, W.	Own goals	Armstrong, J. H.	Barnett, T. A.	Black, W.►■	Brown, J.►■	Davies, W.	Devan, W. G.■	Evans, D. R.►	Fletcher, L.■	Gallimore, L.►	Hawkins, H.►■	Hetherington, J. A.►	Johnson, G. A.►	Jones, T. J.	Laing, D. B. P.►■	Lewis, D. J.	Lewis, T. G.	McHugh, J.	McLaren, J.	Morgan, E.	O'Brien, R. V.	Ovenstone, D.►■	Reed, A. G.	Robinson, R.►■	Walters, T. C.■	Wipfler, C. J.►	Woodward, A.

► = 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
Sat 14 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	3-1	586	1: J.McLaren (gk); R.V.O'Brien & L.Gallimore; E.Morgan, A.Woodward & A.G.Reed; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett (sub: C.Curtis), T.C.Walters (sub: W.G.Bucknall), C.J.Wipfler & W.Davies [3 goals] 2: ÃÂ J.McHugh (gk); D.J.Lewis (sub: C.Ewington) & T.G.Lewis; G.A.Johnson, J.H.Armstrong & R.Robinson (sub: J.J.Harper); D.Ovenstone [1 goal], S.P.Kilcar, W.Black, H.Hawkins & W.G.Devan (sub: D.R.Evans)	public trial match of 80 minutes duration.
Sat 21 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	10-3	2,942	1: J.McLaren (gk); R.V.O'Brien & L.Gallimore; E.Morgan, A.Woodward & A.G.Reed; D.Ovenstone [1 goal], S.P.Kilcar [1 goal], W.Black [4 goals], H.Hawkins [1 goal] & W.G.Devan 2: T.G.Lewis (gk); D.J.Lewis & W.T.Harris; G.A.Johnson, J.H.Armstrong & R.Robinson; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett, T.C.Walters [2 goals], C.J.Wipfler [1 goal] & W.Davies	public trial match. second-half details : Blues: J.McLaren (gk); R.V.O'Brien & L.Gallimore; E.Morgan, A.Woodward & A.G.Reed; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett [1 goal], W.Black, C.J.Wipfler & W.Davies [2 goals] Whites: A.Wilson (gk); D.J.Lewis & T.G.Lewis; G.A.Johnson, J.H.Armstrong & R.Robinson; D.Ovenstone, D.R.Evans, L.Fletcher, H.Hawkins & W.G.Devan
Thu 14 Oct	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-3		J.McLaren (gk); R.V.O'Brien & D.J.Lewis; E.Morgan [1 goal], J.H.Armstrong & A.G.Reed; D.Ovenstone, T.A.Barnett, W.Black, D.R.Evans [1 goal] & J.Brown [1 goal]	Charity match at Bury St Edmunds in aid of Bury St Edmunds Hospital. Gate receipts: £53.