1951/1952

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Manager(s)

A. Green

Final league position

21st of 24 in Football League Division 3 (South)

Average league attendance

Home: 9,609
Away: 12,490

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Colchester United, Millwall, Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United

Goals from penalty kicks

W. M. Jones - 28
T. G. Brown - 40

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Green, A.	Own goals	Adams, L. E.►■	Brown, T. G.	Collins, A. N.	Cook, R. K.►	Day, B. J.►■	Eastway, R. J.►■	Eggleston, T.	Ephgrave, G. A.►■	Evans, B. R.►■	Haigh, G.►■	Harper, I. R.►■	Harper, J. J.■	Jackett, F.	Jones, B. J.	Jones, W. M.■	Kelly, J.	Laing, R. S.■	Maskell, D.►■	Meadows, J. A.►	Morton, G. D.■	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.■	Paton, T. G.■	Saphin, R. F. E.►	Small, D.■	Steiner, G. G.►■	Thompson, C. A.	Underwood, E. D.►	Wilson, J. T.
Appearances - League							46		1	27	38	40	3	12	44	4	2	29	3	14	11	44	17	16	20	5	18	2	13	18	25	39	1	3	41	1	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	0	0	0
Goals - League								2	0	2	2	6	0	0	5	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	3
Appearances - Other Competitions							2		0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1
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	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
1	Sat 18 Aug	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	3-2	12,417	X					X1►			X		X1►	X►				X				X►				X	X	G►			X1		X
2	Thu 23 Aug	Leyton Orient	H	Lge	0-1	12,137	X					X			X		X■	X				X				X				X	X	G			X		X
3	Sat 25 Aug	Aldershot	H	Lge	2-2	10,362	X	1				X1			X			X			X	X	X1			X				X	X	G			X
4	Wed 29 Aug	Leyton Orient	A	Lge	0-0	11,664	X					X			X			X			X	X	X			X				X	X	G			X
5	Sat 01 Sep	Port Vale	A	Lge	1-1	11,790	X				X	X		X►				X			X	X	X1							X	X	G			X
6	Thu 06 Sep	Swindon Town	H	Lge	1-7	9,808	X			X	X	X			X	G►					X	X	X							X	X				X1
7	Sat 08 Sep	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-0	20,561	X			X	X	X			X	G				X		X	X				X►			X					X1
8	Wed 12 Sep	Swindon Town	A	Lge	1-0	11,828	X				X	X1			X	G				X		X	X		X		X			X					X
9	Sat 15 Sep	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	1-3	9,017	X				X	X			X	G■				X		X	X		X		X			X					X1
10	Sat 22 Sep	Norwich City	A	Lge	0-3	25,123	X					X			X					X		X	X		X		X		X	X		G					X
11	Sat 29 Sep	Exeter City	H	Lge	1-1	10,310	X				X1	X			X			X		X		X			X		X			X		G					X
12	Sat 06 Oct	Reading	H	Lge	3-1	12,472	X				X	X1			X			X1		X		X	X1	X				G		X					X
13	Sat 13 Oct	Newport County	A	Lge	5-2	9,636	X				X	X			X			X		X		X	X1	X				G■		X					X3
14	Sat 20 Oct	Southend United	H	Lge	0-0	14,128	X				X	X			X					X		X	X	X	X						X	G			X
15	Sat 27 Oct	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	0-0	11,609	X				X	X			X					X		X	X		X		X				X	G			X
16	Sat 03 Nov	Millwall	H	Lge	1-2	17,053	X				X	X			X					X		X	X				X1			X	X	G			X
17	Sat 10 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	1-4	18,203	X			X	X	X			X1					X		X			X		X			X		G			X
18	Sat 17 Nov	Gillingham	H	Lge	2-2	10,771	X	1			X	X		X	X2			X				X								X	X	G			X		X
19	Sat 24 Nov	Aylesbury United	A	FA1	5-0	8,000	X				X	X1		X	X			X2				X					X				X	G			X2		X
20	Sat 01 Dec	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	1-1	10,829	X				X	X		X	X							X			X		X				X	G			X1		X
21	Sat 08 Dec	Bristol City	A	Lge	3-1	8,511	X				X	X		X	X			X1				X	X				X				X	G			X2
22	Sat 15 Dec	Hartlepools United	H	FA2	1-2	15,179	X				X	X		X	X			X				X	X				X				X	G			X1
23	Sat 22 Dec	Aldershot	A	Lge	0-2	4,986	X				X	X		X	X			X				X	X				X				X	G			X
24	Tue 25 Dec	Northampton Town	H	Lge	2-4	7,847	X			X	X	X		X	X			X1				X					X				X	G			X1
25	Wed 26 Dec	Northampton Town	A	Lge	4-1	18,295	X			X	X	X1		X	X			X				X					X		X			G			X3
26	Sat 29 Dec	Port Vale	H	Lge	2-0	9,023	X			X	X	X		X	X1			X1				X					X		X			G			X
27	Sat 05 Jan	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	0-3	10,947	X			X	X	X		X	X			X				X					X		X			G			X
28	Sat 12 Jan	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	4-1	7,784	X			X		X			X			X				X	X2(P)		X		X				X	G			X2
29	Wed 16 Jan	Colchester United	H	Lge	0-1	3,528	X			X					X			X				X	X■		X		X		X			G	X■		X
30	Sat 19 Jan	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	1-3	20,381	X			X	X	X			X1			X				X		X	X				X			G			X
31	Sat 26 Jan	Norwich City	H	Lge	1-1	10,040	X			X	X	X			X			X				X		X	X				X			G			X1
32	Sat 02 Feb	Walsall	A	Lge	1-3	6,581	X			X	X	X			X			X				X		X1	X				X			G			X
33	Sat 09 Feb	Exeter City	A	Lge	0-3	9,597	X			X	X	X			X							X		X	X		X		X			G			X
34	Sat 16 Feb	Reading	A	Lge	1-4	15,261	X			X	X	X1	X►	X					X►			X		X	X				X			G
35	Sat 23 Feb	Walsall	H	Lge	2-0	8,909	X		X►■	X	X	X	X		X							X		X							X	G			X2
36	Sat 01 Mar	Newport County	H	Lge	1-1	9,553	X			X	X1	X			X				X			X		X	X						X	G			X
37	Sat 08 Mar	Southend United	A	Lge	1-5	8,779	X			X	X	X			X				X■			X		X	X						X				X1	G►
38	Sat 15 Mar	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	1-2	7,207	X			X	X	X	X■		X							X		X	X1						X	G					X
39	Sat 22 Mar	Millwall	A	Lge	0-1	19,669	X				X	X			X			X		X	X	X									X	G			X		X
40	Thu 03 Apr	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	3-1	4,488	X			X1(P)	X	X			X			X		X	X	X									X	G					X2
41	Sat 05 Apr	Gillingham	A	Lge	0-1	9,578	X			X	X				X			X		X■	X	X									X	G			X		X
42	Fri 11 Apr	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	2-0	10,273	X			X	X				X			X			X	X								X	X	G			X1		X1
43	Sat 12 Apr	Torquay United	H	Lge	1-2	8,452	X			X	X				X			X1			X	X		X						X■		G			X		X
44	Mon 14 Apr	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	0-2	12,093	X			X		X			X						X	X		X		X■					X	G			X		X
45	Sat 19 Apr	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	0-3	8,901	X			X	X				X			X			X				X						X■	G		X►	X		X
46	Wed 23 Apr	Torquay United	A	Lge	0-2	5,686	X			X	X			X	X			X							X■				X			G		X	X		X
47	Sat 26 Apr	Bristol City	H	Lge	3-1	6,078	X			X1	X	X		X■	X			X				X		X					X			G			X1
48	Sat 03 May	Colchester United	A	Lge	0-1	6,128	X			X	X	X			X			X■				X		X					X			G		X■	X
							Manager: Green, A.	Own goals	Adams, L. E.►■	Brown, T. G.	Collins, A. N.	Cook, R. K.►	Day, B. J.►■	Eastway, R. J.►■	Eggleston, T.	Ephgrave, G. A.►■	Evans, B. R.►■	Haigh, G.►■	Harper, I. R.►■	Harper, J. J.■	Jackett, F.	Jones, B. J.	Jones, W. M.■	Kelly, J.	Laing, R. S.■	Maskell, D.►■	Meadows, J. A.►	Morton, G. D.■	Nolan, P.	Oliver, H. S.■	Paton, T. G.■	Saphin, R. F. E.►	Small, D.■	Steiner, G. G.►■	Thompson, C. A.	Underwood, E. D.►	Wilson, J. T.

► = 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 11 Aug	Blues vs Whites	H	4-0	1,629	1: R.F.E.Saphin (gk); R.J.Eastway & B.J.Jones; T.G.Paton, P.Nolan & J.T.Wilson [1 goal];ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Collings (sub: R.K.Cook), G.Haigh [1 goal], C.A.Thompson [1 goal], W.M.Jones (sub: B.R.Evans [1 goal]) & D.Maskell 2: D.Syrett (gk) (sub: J.Walker); J.J.Harper & G.G.Steiner; F.Jackett,ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Wright & J.A.Meadows (sub: P.Boniface); R.K.Cook (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Collings), R.G.Daly, P.Rigg (sub:ÃÂ ??ÃÂ Melsford), B.R.Evans (sub: A.N.Collins) & R.S.Laing	public trial match. Some players changed sides during the match.
Wed 05 Dec	Headington United	A	3-4	7,000	R.F.E.Saphin (gk); R.J.Eastway & B.J.Jones; T.Eggleston, T.G.Paton & J.A.Meadows; T.G.Brown [1 goal], G.Haigh, C.A.Thompson, W.M.Jones [1 goal] & A.N.Collins	1 own goal. The match was played under floodlights, at a time when few clubs had this facility