1948/1949

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Manager(s)

E. A. Hapgood

Final league position

17th of 22 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 11,161
Away: 12,067

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Walsall

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Exeter City, Swindon Town

Goals from penalty kicks

W. Davies - 2, 41, 42

Sent off

B. Ratcliffe - 8

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Hapgood, E. A.	Own goals	Bates, W. H.►■	Cumner, R. H.►	Davies, G. G.■	Davies, W.	Drury, G. B.►	Eggleston, T.	Farnen, A. L.■	Fisher, K. D. W.	Harper, J. J.	Harris, W. T.■	High, S. W.►■	Hunt, G. H.	Jones, B. J.	Lesslie, K. G.►■	Malpass, S. T.■	Morton, G. D.►	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.►	Osborne, J.■	Paton, T. G.	Ratcliffe, B.►■	Rigg, T.■	Ritchie, R.►■	Surtees, H.■	Thomas, D. W. J.	Woodroffe, L. C.	Young, G.■
Appearances - League							42		13	35	8	27	33	32	8	28	18	19	7	12	1	7	11	22	2	35	18	26	24	12	1	1	38	19	5
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								2	1	5	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							1		0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	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	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	0	0
1	Sat 21 Aug	Swansea Town	A	Lge	0-2	12,107	X			X►		X		X	X			X								X►	X		X►	G			X	X
2	Wed 25 Aug	Newport County	H	Lge	2-2	10,568	X			X		X1(P)	X►	X	X			X					X						X	G			X1	X
3	Sat 28 Aug	Reading	H	Lge	4-1	14,534	X			X1		X		X		X		X				X1►	X				X1		X	G			X1
4	Thu 02 Sep	Newport County	A	Lge	1-1	4,662	X			X		X				X		X				X	X				X	X	X	G			X1
5	Sat 04 Sep	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	1-3	16,003	X			X		X		X		X		X				X	X				X1		X	G			X
6	Wed 08 Sep	Torquay United	H	Lge	1-1	10,149	X			X	G	X	X	X		X		X				X	X				X1		X
7	Sat 11 Sep	Aldershot	H	Lge	0-1	12,253	X			X	G		X			X		X				X	X		X		X	X	X
8	Wed 15 Sep	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-3	7,555	X			X	G	X	X	X				X			X	X					X1	X	X!
9	Sat 18 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-1	12,895	X			X	G	X	X	X				X				X				X	X	X	X
10	Sat 25 Sep	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	2-1	15,060	X	1		X	G	X	X	X				X								X	X1	X	X				X
11	Wed 29 Sep	Millwall	H	Lge	1-1	10,224	X			X		X	X	X				X								X	X	X	X	G			X1
12	Sat 02 Oct	Notts County	H	Lge	1-1	22,612	X			X		X	X	X				X								X	X	X	X	G			X1
13	Sat 09 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	0-0	15,299	X			X		X	X	X				X								X	X	X	X	G			X
14	Sat 16 Oct	Southend United	H	Lge	0-0	13,254	X			X	G	X	X	X	X			X								X	X	X					X
15	Sat 23 Oct	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-1	14,663	X			X	G	X	X	X				X								X	X	X	X				X
16	Sat 30 Oct	Leyton Orient	H	Lge	2-1	13,256	X			X	G■	X1		X		X		X								X	X	X	X				X1
17	Sat 06 Nov	Exeter City	A	Lge	1-2	7,939	X			X1		X	X	X				X						G►		X	X	X	X				X
18	Sat 13 Nov	Bristol City	H	Lge	1-1	12,360	X			X1		X	X	X				X								X	X	X	X	G			X
19	Sat 20 Nov	Northampton Town	A	Lge	1-1	8,437	X			X		X		X				X	X1►							X		X	X	G			X	X
20	Sat 04 Dec	Leytonstone	A	FA1	1-2	6,000	X					X	X	X				X■				X1■				X	X	X	X	G			X
21	Sat 18 Dec	Swansea Town	H	Lge	4-2	11,469	X		X►	X1			X1	X		X							X			X			X	G			X2	X
22	Sat 25 Dec	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-3	14,367	X		X	X			X	X		X							X			X			X	G■			X1	X
23	Mon 27 Dec	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	0-0	11,949	X		X	X			X	X	X	X							X	G		X							X	X
24	Sat 01 Jan	Reading	A	Lge	1-3	8,051	X		X	X			X	X	X	X							X	G		X							X1	X
25	Sat 08 Jan	Port Vale	A	Lge	1-3	8,613	X		X	X				X		X							X■	G		X			X		X►■		X1		X
26	Sat 15 Jan	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	2-0	7,410	X			X			X	X		X	X		X2					G		X			X				X		X
27	Sat 22 Jan	Aldershot	A	Lge	0-0	6,406	X			X			X	X		X	X		X					G		X			X				X		X
28	Sat 29 Jan	Norwich City	H	Lge	1-1	10,129	X	1	X				X	X		X	X		X					G		X			X■				X		X
29	Sat 05 Feb	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	1-2	13,216	X		X				X	X	X	X	X		X					G		X							X1		X■
30	Sat 19 Feb	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	1-2	10,930	X		X1				X	X		X	X		X	X				G	X	X							X
31	Sat 26 Feb	Notts County	A	Lge	0-4	32,069	X		X			X	X	X	X		X		X■					G		X		X					X
32	Sat 05 Mar	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	0-0	8,665	X		X				X	X		X	X			X				G		X		X					X	X
33	Sat 12 Mar	Southend United	A	Lge	1-0	8,312	X		X				X1	X	X■	X	X							G		X		X					X	X
34	Sat 19 Mar	Swindon Town	H	Lge	0-3	8,830	X		X				X	X		X	X			X				G		X		X					X	X
35	Sat 26 Mar	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	0-1	8,479	X		X■	X		X		X		X	X			X				G		X							X	X
36	Sat 02 Apr	Exeter City	H	Lge	0-1	7,611	X			X		X				X	X			X				G		X		X				X■	X	X
37	Sat 09 Apr	Bristol City	A	Lge	1-1	11,902	X			X		X1	X			X	X			X				G		X		X					X	X
38	Fri 15 Apr	Walsall	H	Lge	2-0	9,360	X			X		X	X1			X	X			X				G		X		X					X1	X
39	Sat 16 Apr	Northampton Town	H	Lge	0-1	9,609	X			X			X			X	X			X				G		X	X■	X					X	X
40	Mon 18 Apr	Walsall	A	Lge	1-0	7,167	X			X		X	X			X	X			X				G		X		X					X1	X
41	Sat 23 Apr	Norwich City	A	Lge	1-0	16,509	X			X		X1(P)	X			X	X			X				G		X		X					X	X
42	Sat 30 Apr	Port Vale	H	Lge	2-1	6,316	X			X		X2(P)	X			X	X			X				G		X		X					X	X
43	Sat 07 May	Millwall	A	Lge	2-2	16,585	X			X1		X1	X			X	X			X				G		X		X					X	X
							Manager: Hapgood, E. A.	Own goals	Bates, W. H.►■	Cumner, R. H.►	Davies, G. G.■	Davies, W.	Drury, G. B.►	Eggleston, T.	Farnen, A. L.■	Fisher, K. D. W.	Harper, J. J.	Harris, W. T.■	High, S. W.►■	Hunt, G. H.	Jones, B. J.	Lesslie, K. G.►■	Malpass, S. T.■	Morton, G. D.►	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.►	Osborne, J.■	Paton, T. G.	Ratcliffe, B.►■	Rigg, T.■	Ritchie, R.►■	Surtees, H.■	Thomas, D. W. J.	Woodroffe, L. C.	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 14 Aug	Whites vs Blues	H	2-1	5,439	1: G.G.Davies (gk); S.T.Malpass & B.J.Jones; T.G.Paton, G.H.Hunt & K.D.W.Fisher; K.Lesslie, J.Osborne, S.W.High [1 goal], P.Nolan [1 goal] & H.Surtees 2: T.Rigg (gk); W.T.Harris & H.S.Oliver; T.Eggleston, B.Ratcliffe & A.L.Farnen; L.C.Woodroffe, W.Davies [1 goal], D.W.J.Thomas, G.B.Drury & R.H.Cumner	public trial match
Sat 11 Dec	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	3,153	T.Rigg (gk); S.T.Malpass & H.S.Oliver; T.Eggleston, B.Ratcliffe & K.D.W.Fisher; K.G.Lesslie, W.H.Bates, D.W.J.Thomas, L.C.Woodroffe [1 goal] & R.H.Cumner [1 goal]
Wed 11 May	Edgware Town	A	1-2		The line-up was not published, but Watford fielded "most of the first team". The scorer was W.T.Harris [1 goal]	Edgware Charity Cup