1938/1939

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Manager(s)

W. Findlay

Final league position

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

Average league attendance

Home: 7,539
Away: 8,645

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Exeter City, Port Vale

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Findlay, W.	Own goals	Armstrong, J. H.■	Barnett, T. A.■	Dabbs, B. E.►■	Davies, W.	Dunderdale, W. L.►	Evans, D. R.	Gallimore, L.	Hetherington, J. A.■	Johnson, G. A.■	Johnson, G. E.►■	Jones, D. O. E.►■	Jones, T. J.	Lewis, D. J.■	Lewis, T. G.	McHugh, J.■	McLaren, J.■	Morgan, E.■	O'Brien, R. V.	Reed, A. G.■	Wipfler, C. J.	Woodward, A.■
Appearances - League							42		41	36	3	40	30	31	26	5	1	1	2	42	17	13	22	20	3	38	42	10	39
Substitute Appearances - League									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League								2	1	11	0	3	19	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Appearances - Other Competitions							4		4	4	0	4	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	4	4	0	4
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
Goals - Other Competitions									0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 27 Aug	Bristol City	H	Lge	2-2	11,386	X		X	X		X1	X1►		X					X				G	X	X	X	X
2	Mon 29 Aug	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-2	10,784	X		X			X	X		X	X				X	X			G	X		X	X
3	Sat 03 Sep	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	0-2	18,910	X		X	X		X	X		X					X				G	X■	X	X	X
4	Thu 08 Sep	Newport County	A	Lge	0-1	8,500	X		X	X		X	X		X					X			G			X	X	X	X
5	Sat 10 Sep	Walsall	H	Lge	4-2	8,270	X		X			X	X2		X	X1				X			G			X	X	X1	X
6	Wed 14 Sep	Newport County	H	Lge	1-1	5,310	X		X1			X	X		X	X				X				G		X	X	X	X
7	Sat 17 Sep	Port Vale	H	Lge	2-0	9,503	X		X		X►		X1		X		X■		X►	X				G			X	X1	X
8	Sat 24 Sep	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-3	12,941	X		X		X	X	X		X	X			X■	X				G			X		X
9	Sat 01 Oct	Torquay United	H	Lge	0-0	8,247	X		X		X■	X	X		X	X■				X				G			X	X	X
10	Sat 08 Oct	Clapton Orient	A	Lge	0-0	8,919	X		X	X		X	X		X					X				G		X	X	X	X
11	Sat 15 Oct	Mansfield Town	A	Lge	0-0	6,491	X		X	X		X	X		X					X				G		X	X	X	X
12	Sat 22 Oct	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	1-0	8,818	X		X	X		X		X	X					X		X1		G		X	X		X
13	Wed 26 Oct	Reading	A	D3SC1	1-5		X		X	X		X		X1	X					X		X		G		X	X		X
14	Sat 29 Oct	Southend United	A	Lge	0-3	6,385	X		X	X		X		X	X					X		X		G		X	X		X
15	Sat 05 Nov	Exeter City	H	Lge	4-2	7,256	X		X	X1			X2	X	X					X		X1		G		X	X		X
16	Sat 12 Nov	Cardiff City	A	Lge	3-5	11,646	X		X	X1		X	X	X2	X					X				G		X	X		X
17	Sat 19 Nov	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	0-0	8,636	X			X		X	X	X	X			X►■		X				G		X	X		X
18	Sat 26 Nov	Northampton Town	H	FA1	4-1	9,946	X		X	X1		X1	X	X1	X					X1				G		X	X		X
19	Sat 03 Dec	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	4-1	6,603	X		X	X1		X	X1	X	X					X1				G		X	X		X1
20	Sat 10 Dec	Scunthorpe & Lindsay United	A	FA2	2-1	11,390	X		X	X		X	X1	X	X					X1				G		X	X		X
21	Sat 17 Dec	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	4-1	11,254	X	1	X	X1		X	X1	X1	X					X				G		X	X		X
22	Sat 24 Dec	Bristol City	A	Lge	0-2	7,127	X		X	X		X	X	X	X					X				G		X	X		X
23	Mon 26 Dec	Notts County	H	Lge	0-1	2,522	X		X	X		X	X	X	X					X				G		X	X		X
24	Tue 27 Dec	Notts County	A	Lge	3-0	21,208	X	1	X	X1		X	X1	X	X					X				G		X	X		X
25	Sat 31 Dec	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	4-1	9,853	X		X	X		X2	X1	X	X					X1				G		X	X		X
26	Sat 07 Jan	Tottenham Hotspur	A	FA3	1-7	34,896	X		X	X		X	X1	X	X					X				G■		X	X		X
27	Wed 11 Jan	Reading	A	Lge	2-3	4,420	X		X	X		X	X1	X	X					X1			G			X	X		X
28	Sat 14 Jan	Walsall	A	Lge	0-2	10,002	X		X	X		X	X	X	X					X			G			X	X		X
29	Sat 21 Jan	Port Vale	A	Lge	2-1	5,204	X		X	X		X	X2	X	X					X			G			X	X		X
30	Sat 28 Jan	Swindon Town	H	Lge	4-1	7,450	X		X	X1		X	X1	X	X					X1			G			X	X		X1
31	Sat 04 Feb	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-2	4,373	X		X	X1		X	X	X						X	X		G			X	X		X
32	Sat 11 Feb	Clapton Orient	H	Lge	1-0	8,884	X		X	X1		X	X	X						X	X		G			X	X		X
33	Sat 18 Feb	Mansfield Town	H	Lge	2-0	7,254	X		X	X		X	X1	X						X1	X		G			X	X		X
34	Sat 25 Feb	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	1-1	3,677	X		X	X		X	X	X1						X	X		G			X	X		X
35	Sat 04 Mar	Southend United	H	Lge	3-0	5,708	X		X	X2		X	X1	X						X	X		G			X	X		X
36	Sat 11 Mar	Exeter City	A	Lge	3-1	5,150	X		X	X		X	X3	X						X	X		G			X	X		X
37	Sat 18 Mar	Cardiff City	H	Lge	1-0	6,714	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X1	G			X	X		X
38	Sat 25 Mar	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	1-5	11,450	X		X	X		X		X1						X	X	X	G			X	X		X
39	Sat 01 Apr	Reading	H	Lge	3-1	6,073	X		X	X1		X		X						X	X	X2	G			X	X		X
40	Fri 07 Apr	Aldershot	A	Lge	1-1	6,987	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X1	G			X	X		X
41	Sat 08 Apr	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-1	7,755	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X1	G			X	X		X
42	Mon 10 Apr	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-1	8,771	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X1	G			X	X		X
43	Sat 15 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-1	6,339	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X1	G			X	X		X
44	Sat 22 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	0-1	7,364	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X	G			X	X		X
45	Wed 26 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	0-0	2,260	X		X	X		X		X						X	X	X	G			X	X		X
46	Sat 29 Apr	Northampton Town	H	Lge	2-0	3,465	X		X■	X■		X		X1						X1	X■	X	G■			X	X■		X■
							Manager: Findlay, W.	Own goals	Armstrong, J. H.■	Barnett, T. A.■	Dabbs, B. E.►■	Davies, W.	Dunderdale, W. L.►	Evans, D. R.	Gallimore, L.	Hetherington, J. A.■	Johnson, G. A.■	Johnson, G. E.►■	Jones, D. O. E.►■	Jones, T. J.	Lewis, D. J.■	Lewis, T. G.	McHugh, J.■	McLaren, J.■	Morgan, E.■	O'Brien, R. V.	Reed, A. G.■	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 13 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	2-2	3,034	1: ÃÂ J.McLaren (gk); R.V.O'Brien & L.Gallimore; E.Morgan, J.H.Armstrong & A.G.Reed; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett, W.L.Dunderdale, C.J.Wipfler & W.Davies 2: J.McHugh (gk); D.J.Lewis & B.E.Dabbs; R.Robinson, G.E.Johnson & F.R.McDonough; J.Clark, D.O.E.Jones, D.R.Evans, G.A.Johnson & J.A.Hetherington	public trial match. The five-man forward lines changed sides at half-time. Blues Scorers: Dunderdale (1st half) & Clark (2nd half). Whites Scorers: Jones (D.O.E.) (1st half) & Robinson (2nd half)
Sat 20 Aug	Luton Town	A	1-2	9,103	J.McLaren (gk); R.V.O'Brien & L.Gallimore; E.Morgan, J.H.Armstrong & A.G.Reed; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett, W.L.Dunderdale [1 goal], C.J.Wipfler & W.Davies	Match in aid of the Football League Jubilee Trust Fund
Wed 15 Feb	A Netherlands XI, Netherlands	A	4-1	10,000	J.McHugh (gk); R.V.O'Brien & D.J.Lewis; A.G.Reed, J.H.Armstrong & A.Woodward; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett, W.L.Dunderdale [3 goals], D.R.Evans [1 goal] & W.Davies	at Sparta Rotterdam
Wed 19 Apr	Wisbech Town	A	3-0		J.McHugh (gk); R.V.O'Brien & D.J.Lewis; A.G.Reed, J.H.Armstrong & A.Woodward; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett [1 goal], T.G.Lewis, D.R.Evans [1 goal] & W.Davies [1 goal]	North Cambridgeshire Hospital Cup
Sat 06 May	Wealdstone	A	1-1		J.McHugh (gk); R.V.O'Brien & D.J.Lewis; A.G.Reed, J.H.Armstrong & A.Woodward; T.J.Jones, T.A.Barnett, T.G.Lewis [1 goal], D.R.Evans & W.Davies