1946/1947

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Manager(s)

J. Bray; W. Findlay

Final league position

16th of 22 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 8,343
Away: 11,515

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Aldershot, Bristol Rovers, Reading

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Mansfield Town, Queens Park Rangers

Goals from penalty kicks

R. Ross - 3, 12, 13, 15, 37

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Bray, J.	Manager: Findlay, W.	Own goals	Beckett, W.■	Birse, C. D. V.►■	Chase, C. T.►	Davies, W.	Drinkwater, C. J.■	Dunderdale, W. L.	Early, M.►■	Evans, D. R.	Farnen, A. L.►	Gallimore, L.■	Gibson, F. A.►■	Gillespie, P.■	Gray, R.■	Harper, J. J.►	Harris, W. T.	Hopkinson, S.►■	Malpass, S. T.►	Morgan, L.►	Rigg, T.►	Robertson, L. V.►■	Ross, R.►■	Thompson, W.►■	Usher, J. A. G.►	Weir, A.►■	Williams, K.►■	Wipfler, C. J.■	Young, G.►
Appearances - League							12	30		7	7	14	38	1	30	5	35	42	8	1	6	16	32	31	1	18	42	32	6	33	9	7	1	2	13	25
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	0
Goals - League									1	1	0	1	6	0	13	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	2	0	0	1	3
Appearances - Other Competitions							0	4		2	2	0	4	0	3	0	4	4	0	0	1	4	3	4	0	0	4	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	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	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions										1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 31 Aug	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	1-2	19,446		X					X		X	X►		X►	X			X					X►	G►	X1►	X►						X►
2	Wed 04 Sep	Mansfield Town	H	Lge	1-2	4,219		X					X		X	X1		X	X			X					X	G	X	X						X
3	Sat 07 Sep	Clapton Orient	H	Lge	3-1	9,093		X					X			X	X1	X	X			X					X	G	X1	X1(P)						X
4	Mon 09 Sep	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	4-3	11,838		X					X		X1		X1	X	X				X►				X	G		X		X1►				X1
5	Sat 14 Sep	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	0-2	14,418		X					X		X		X	X	X			X					X		X	X	G►					X
6	Wed 18 Sep	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	1-0	4,904		X		X			X				X1	X	X	X►■		X					X	G	X	X
7	Sat 21 Sep	Notts County	H	Lge	2-2	10,100		X		X1			X1			X	X	X	X			X					X	G		X						X
8	Sat 28 Sep	Walsall	H	Lge	0-2	9,235		X		X			X			X■	X	X	X■			X					X	G		X						X
9	Sat 05 Oct	Reading	A	Lge	3-2	11,680		X					X		X2		X1	X					X	X			X	G		X					X	X
10	Wed 09 Oct	Mansfield Town	A	Lge	0-2	5,218		X					X		X		X	X					X	X			X	G		X					X	X
11	Sat 12 Oct	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	1-0	9,904		X					X				X1	X					X	X			X	G		X		X			X	X
12	Sat 19 Oct	Northampton Town	A	Lge	1-4	9,976		X					X				X	X					X	X			X	G		X1(P)		X			X	X
13	Sat 26 Oct	Aldershot	H	Lge	4-1	5,937		X					X				X2	X				X	X	X			X	G		X1(P)		X1				X
14	Sat 02 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	1-1	9,458		X			X►		X				X	X				X	X	X1			X	G		X		X
15	Sat 09 Nov	Exeter City	H	Lge	3-1	7,032		X					X		X1		X	X				X	X	X1			X	G		X1(P)						X
16	Sat 16 Nov	Port Vale	A	Lge	0-3	9,539		X					X		X		X	X				X	X	X			X	G		X						X
17	Sat 23 Nov	Bristol City	H	Lge	2-3	11,415		X					X		X		X1	X				X	X	X1			X	G		X						X
18	Sat 30 Nov	Wellington Town	A	FA1	1-1	7,500		X		X			X		X1		X	X				X	X	X			X	G		X
19	Wed 04 Dec	Wellington Town	H	FA1	1-0	6,159		X			X		X		X1		X	X				X	X	X			X	G		X
20	Sat 07 Dec	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-2	5,981		X			X	X►	X					X				X	X	X			X	G	X■							X
21	Sat 14 Dec	Port Vale	H	FA2	1-1	8,499		X		X1	X		X				X	X				X	X	X			X				G				X
22	Mon 16 Dec	Port Vale	A	FA2	1-2	7,342		X					X		X		X1	X			X	X		X			X				G	X			X
23	Sat 21 Dec	Norwich City	H	Lge	4-1	3,078		X	1		X		X		X		X2	X			X	X		X			X				G				X1
24	Wed 25 Dec	Southend United	H	Lge	4-0	6,849		X			X		X		X1		X3	X			X	X		X			X				G				X
25	Thu 26 Dec	Southend United	A	Lge	0-5	15,254		X							X		X	X			X	X■		X			X				G		X►■		X	X
26	Sat 28 Dec	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	0-2	18,610		X							X		X	X			X		X	X			X			X	G	X			X
27	Sat 04 Jan	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	1-3	9,126		X		X		X			X1		X	X			X		X	X			X				G				X
28	Sat 11 Jan	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-5	13,981		X				X		X■			X	X			X■		X	X			X				G				X	X
29	Sat 18 Jan	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	2-0	8,185		X		X		X	X1		X1			X					X			X►	X			X	G				X
30	Sat 25 Jan	Notts County	A	Lge	1-4	9,511		X		X		X	X		X1			X					X			X	X			X	G■				X
31	Sat 01 Feb	Walsall	A	Lge	3-1	6,222		X				X	X		X1		X1	X					X	X1		X	X	G		X
32	Sat 08 Feb	Reading	H	Lge	2-1	4,317		X				X	X1		X1		X	X					X	X		X	X	G		X
33	Sat 15 Feb	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	0-2	10,779		X				X	X		X		X	X					X	X		X	X	G		X
34	Sat 15 Mar	Exeter City	A	Lge	0-1	4,919		X				X	X		X			X					X	X		X	X	G		X				X►
35	Sat 22 Mar	Port Vale	H	Lge	2-0	6,370	X					X	X1		X1			X					X	X		X	X	G		X				X■
36	Sat 29 Mar	Bristol City	A	Lge	2-1	13,700	X					X	X		X2		X	X					X	X		X	X	G		X
37	Fri 04 Apr	Torquay United	H	Lge	3-3	8,923	X					X1	X		X		X1	X					X	X		X	X	G		X1(P)
38	Sat 05 Apr	Swindon Town	H	Lge	1-1	9,992	X			X■		X	X				X	X					X	X1		X	X	G		X
39	Mon 07 Apr	Torquay United	A	Lge	0-2	5,643	X					X	X				X	X					X	X		X	X	G		X		X
40	Sat 12 Apr	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	1-0	11,452	X				X		X		X		X1	X					X	X		X	X	G								X
41	Sat 19 Apr	Cardiff City	H	Lge	2-0	20,030	X				X		X1		X		X	X					X	X1		X	X	G								X
42	Sat 26 Apr	Norwich City	A	Lge	2-4	15,077	X				X■		X1		X		X	X					X	X		X	X	G								X1
43	Sat 03 May	Cardiff City	A	Lge	0-1	30,368	X						X		X		X	X					X	X		X	X	G		X						X
44	Sat 10 May	Northampton Town	H	Lge	1-1	5,655	X						X		X		X	X					X	X		X	X	G		X1						X
45	Sat 17 May	Aldershot	A	Lge	2-1	4,208	X						X		X		X2	X					X			X	X	G		X■					X■	X
46	Mon 24 Mar	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-4	5,376	X						X		X		X	X					X	X	G►■	X	X			X						X1
							Manager: Bray, J.	Manager: Findlay, W.	Own goals	Beckett, W.■	Birse, C. D. V.►■	Chase, C. T.►	Davies, W.	Drinkwater, C. J.■	Dunderdale, W. L.	Early, M.►■	Evans, D. R.	Farnen, A. L.►	Gallimore, L.■	Gibson, F. A.►■	Gillespie, P.■	Gray, R.■	Harper, J. J.►	Harris, W. T.	Hopkinson, S.►■	Malpass, S. T.►	Morgan, L.►	Rigg, T.►	Robertson, L. V.►■	Ross, R.►■	Thompson, W.►■	Usher, J. A. G.►	Weir, A.►■	Williams, K.►■	Wipfler, C. J.■	Young, G.►

► = 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 17 Aug	Whites vs Blues	H	3-2	<2000	1: T.Rigg (gk) (sub: T.Livingstone); G.H.Hunt (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Booker) & W.T.Harris; J.A.G.Usher (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Johnson), A.L.Farnen & J.J.Harper; M.Early, L.V.Robertson (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Borthwell), D.R.Evans [3 goals], W.Beckett & H.Surtees (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Durrell) 2: W.Thompson (gk); L.Morgan (sub: W.F.Cotterill) & L.Gallimore; R.Ross, C.D.V.Birse & R.Gray (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Carless); F.A.Gibson (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Bennett), G.Young [1 goal], W.L.Dunderdale (sub: S.White [1 goal]), C.J.Wipfler & W.Davies	public trial match. The substitute who replaced Usher was not G.E.Johnson of the professional staff, who played in the following trial match but not this one, but "an RAF lad" of the same surname
Sat 24 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	4-2	<2000	1: T.Rigg (gk); L.Morgan & L.Gallimore; R.Ross, R.Morris & G.E.Johnson; M.Early [1 goal], L.V.Robertson, W.L.Dunderdale [1 goal], D.R.Evans [2 goals] & W.Davies (sub: C.J.Wipfler) 2: W Thompson (gk); G H Hunt & W T Harris; J A G Usher (sub: M Hanton) A L Farnen & J J Harper; F A Gibson G Young [1 goal] J Kinder [1 goal] W Beckett (sub: ?? Bampton) & O.E.Tidman