1960/1961

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Manager(s)

W. A. R. Burgess

Final league position

4th of 24 in Football League Division 3

Average league attendance

Home: 12,602
Away: 8,993

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Coventry City, Grimsby Town, Swindon Town

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Bristol City, Queens Park Rangers

Goals from penalty kicks

C. C. Holton - 34, 35, 38, 43, 47, 49

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Burgess, W. A. R.	Own goals	Barnes, P.►	Bell, R. M.	Benning, M. D.	Bunce, F.	Catleugh, G. C.	Chung, C.	Crisp, R. J.►	Fairbrother, J.	Gregory, A. C.	Harmer, T. C.►	Heard, D. M.►■	Holton, C. C.	Lawson, N.►■	Linton, J.	McNeice, V.	Meldrum, C.►	Nicholas, K. W.	Porter, A.	Pygall, D. A.	Sanchez, J.■	Smith, J.►■	Underwood, E. D.	Uphill, E. D. H.■	Walker, P. M.
Appearances - League							46		6	45	37	43	14	37	7	11	12	30	0	42	0	22	40	9	38	28	9	11	20	24	7	14
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
Goals - League								1	0	0	6	16	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	32	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	8	0	0	7
Appearances - Other Competitions							6		0	6	6	5	1	5	0	2	1	5	1	6	1	6	6	1	4	6	0	0	3	0	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
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 20 Aug	Notts County	H	Lge	2-2	16,218	X		X►	X	X			X			X			X		G			X	X			X2►		X
2	Tue 23 Aug	Brentford	A	Lge	1-2	16,673	X		X	X	X			X			X			X1		G			X	X			X		X
3	Sat 27 Aug	Tranmere Rovers	A	Lge	2-0	7,649	X	1	X	X	X			X			X1			X		G			X	X			X		X
4	Tue 30 Aug	Brentford	H	Lge	6-1	17,883	X		X	X	X	X3		X						X3		G			X	X			X		X
5	Sat 03 Sep	Halifax Town	H	Lge	4-3	13,853	X		X	X	X	X1		X						X2		G			X	X			X1		X
6	Mon 05 Sep	Port Vale	A	Lge	0-3	15,175	X		X	X	X	X		X						X		G			X	X			X		X
7	Sat 10 Sep	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	2-2	6,437	X			X	X	X		X1						X1			X		X	X			X	G	X■
8	Tue 13 Sep	Port Vale	H	Lge	0-0	16,719	X			X	X	X		X						X			X		X		X	X	X	G
9	Sat 17 Sep	Walsall	H	Lge	2-0	14,586	X			X	X	X		X						X1			X		X		X	X	X1	G
10	Tue 20 Sep	Swindon Town	H	Lge	1-0	14,480	X			X	X	X		X						X			X		X1		X	X	X	G
11	Sat 24 Sep	Bury	A	Lge	2-0	9,462	X			X	X1	X		X						X			X		X		X1	X	X	G
12	Wed 28 Sep	Swindon Town	A	Lge	2-1	15,811	X			X	X	X		X						X1			X		X		X	X	X1	G
13	Sat 01 Oct	Chesterfield	H	Lge	3-1	15,085	X			X	X	X		X						X1			X		X		X	X	X2	G
14	Mon 03 Oct	Southend United	A	Lge	1-6	11,476	X			X	X	X		X						X			X		X		X	X	X1	G
15	Sat 08 Oct	Bradford City	A	Lge	2-2	4,572	X			X	X	X		X						X1		G	X		X		X1	X	X
16	Tue 11 Oct	Derby County	H	LC1	2-5	10,936	X			X	X		X			X1	X		X►■	X1	X►■	G	X			X
17	Sat 15 Oct	Barnsley	H	Lge	1-2	14,045	X			X	X	X		X						X1		G	X		X		X	X	X
18	Sat 29 Oct	Colchester United	H	Lge	2-2	13,024	X			X	X	X1		X			X	X►		X1		G	X		X			X
19	Sat 05 Nov	Brentford	H	FA1	2-2	18,716	X			X	X	X1		X				X		X1		G	X		X	X			X
20	Tue 08 Nov	Brentford	A	FA1	2-0	21,000	X			X	X1	X		X		X1		X		X		G	X		X	X
21	Sat 12 Nov	Hull City	H	Lge	2-2	13,746	X			X	X	X		X		X		X		X2		G	X		X	X
22	Sat 19 Nov	Reading	A	Lge	1-1	11,554	X			X	X	X		X		X1		X		X		G	X		X	X
23	Sat 26 Nov	Crystal Palace	A	FA2	0-0	33,699	X			X	X	X		X				X		X		G	X		X	X			X
24	Tue 29 Nov	Crystal Palace	H	FA2	1-0	28,483	X			X	X	X1		X				X		X		G	X		X	X			X
25	Sat 10 Dec	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	0-3	15,546	X			X	X	X		X				X		X		G	X		X	X			X
26	Sat 17 Dec	Notts County	A	Lge	1-3	10,262	X			X	X	X		X				X		X1		G	X		X	X			X
27	Fri 23 Dec	Torquay United	A	Lge	2-2	6,419	X			X	X1	X		X		X		X				G	X	X►		X1						X
28	Tue 27 Dec	Torquay United	H	Lge	3-0	16,275	X			X	X	X2		X		X1		X				G	X	X		X						X
29	Sat 31 Dec	Tranmere Rovers	H	Lge	2-2	12,613	X			X	X2	X	X			X		X				G	X	X		X						X
30	Sat 07 Jan	Rotherham United	A	FA3	0-1	14,854	X			X	X	X		X				X		X		G	X	X		X						X
31	Sat 14 Jan	Halifax Town	A	Lge	0-0	5,293	X				X	X		X				X		X		G	X	X	X	X						X
32	Sat 21 Jan	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	3-1	10,027	X			X	X	X2		X				X		X1		G	X	X		X						X
33	Sat 28 Jan	Grimsby Town	A	Lge	3-1	6,469	X			X	X	X		X				X		X2		G	X	X		X						X1
34	Sat 04 Feb	Walsall	A	Lge	2-5	10,465	X			X	X	X		X				X		X2(2P)		G	X	X		X						X
35	Sat 11 Feb	Bury	H	Lge	1-1	12,996	X			X	X	X		X				X		X1(P)		G	X	X		X						X
36	Sat 18 Feb	Chesterfield	A	Lge	0-2	4,433	X			X	X	X				X		X		X		G	X	X		X		X■
37	Sat 25 Feb	Bristol City	H	Lge	0-1	7,680	X			X		X				X	X	X		X			X		X	X			X	G
38	Mon 06 Mar	Newport County	A	Lge	1-5	5,208	X			X	X	X		X			X	X		X1(P)			X		X	X				G
39	Sat 11 Mar	Newport County	H	Lge	4-1	9,157	X			X	X	X1		X				X		X1			X		X	X				G		X2
40	Tue 14 Mar	Bristol City	A	Lge	1-4	11,892	X			X	X	X	X	X				X		X			X		X					G		X1
41	Sat 18 Mar	Colchester United	A	Lge	4-1	4,648	X			X	X	X1	X	X				X					X		X2				X■	G		X1
42	Wed 22 Mar	Barnsley	A	Lge	1-0	3,627	X			X		X	X	X	X►			X		X1			X		X	X				G
43	Sat 25 Mar	Grimsby Town	H	Lge	2-0	10,384	X			X		X1	X	X	X			X		X1(P)			X		X	X				G
44	Fri 31 Mar	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	1-0	11,424	X			X		X	X	X	X			X1		X			X		X	X				G
45	Sat 01 Apr	Hull City	A	Lge	2-3	7,267	X			X		X	X	X	X1			X		X1			X		X	X				G
46	Mon 03 Apr	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-1	8,311	X			X		X	X	X	X			X		X			X		X	X				G
47	Sat 08 Apr	Reading	H	Lge	2-0	10,247	X			X	X1	X	X			X	X	X		X1(P)			X		X					G
48	Tue 11 Apr	Coventry City	H	Lge	7-2	10,501	X			X		X2	X			X1	X	X1		X1			X		X					G		X2
49	Fri 14 Apr	Coventry City	A	Lge	1-0	10,437	X			X		X	X			X	X	X		X1(P)			X		X					G		X
50	Sat 22 Apr	Bradford City	H	Lge	2-2	9,371	X			X		X	X			X	X	X1		X1			X		X					G		X
51	Tue 25 Apr	Southend United	H	Lge	3-0	7,089	X			X	X	X2	X		X		X	X		X1			X		X					G
52	Sat 29 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	1-2	10,181	X			X	X1	X	X		X		X	X		X			X		X					G
							Manager: Burgess, W. A. R.	Own goals	Barnes, P.►	Bell, R. M.	Benning, M. D.	Bunce, F.	Catleugh, G. C.	Chung, C.	Crisp, R. J.►	Fairbrother, J.	Gregory, A. C.	Harmer, T. C.►	Heard, D. M.►■	Holton, C. C.	Lawson, N.►■	Linton, J.	McNeice, V.	Meldrum, C.►	Nicholas, K. W.	Porter, A.	Pygall, D. A.	Sanchez, J.■	Smith, J.►■	Underwood, E. D.	Uphill, E. D. H.■	Walker, P. M.

► = 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
Mon 08 Aug	Stripes vs Golds	H	4-2	4,567	1: K.D.Warn (gk) (sub: E.D.Underwood); P.W.Conroy & N.Lawson (sub: J.Conbor); G.C.Catleugh, C.Chung & P.Barnes; T.A.T.Hinton [1 goal] (sub: F.Bunce), R.J.Crisp, J Fairbrother [1 goal] D A Pygall E Corbridge [2 goals] 2: J.Linton (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas (sub: N.Lawson); A.Porter, V.McNeice & J.Sanchez (sub: J.A.Meadows); M.D.Benning, J.Smith (sub: P.M.Walker [1 goal]), E.D.H.Uphill, C.C.Holton & A.C.Gregory [1 goal] (sub: D.M.Heard). Meadows appeared as a substitute for Sanchez, but then changed sides with Barnes.	public trial match. The match was of 100 minutes' duration.
Sat 13 Aug	British Olympic XI	A	1-2		E.D.Underwood (gk) (sub: K.D.Warn); R.M.Bell (sub: N.Lawson) & K.W.Nicholas; A.Porter (sub: G.C.Catleugh), C.Chung (sub: V.McNeice) & P.Barnes; M.D.Benning (sub: T.A.T.Hinton), R.J.Crisp, J.Smith, C.C.Holton [1 goal] (sub: D.A.Pygall) & E.Corbridge	at Uxbridge
Mon 21 Nov	Margate	A	4-2	1,071	J.Linton (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; A.Porter, V.McNeice & C.Chung; M.D.Benning, T.C.Harmer, J.Fairbrother [2 goals] (sub: J.Smith [2 goals]), C.C.Holton & F.Bunce
Mon 02 Jan	Ramsgate Athletic	A	4-1		J.Linton (gk); R.M.Bell & C.Meldrum; A.Porter, V.McNeice & G.C.Catleugh (sub: J.Smith); M.D.Benning (sub: J.Fairbrother [1 goal]), T.C.Harmer, C.C.Holton [3 goals, including 2 penalties], P.M.Walker & E.Corbridge
Thu 02 Mar	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	3,340	E.D.Underwood (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; C.C.Holton, V.McNeice & A.Porter; M.D.Benning, T.C.Harmer, C.Chung [1 goal], F.Bunce & A.C.Gregory
Mon 20 Mar	Luton Town	H	2-1	3,296	J.Linton (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; G.C.Catleugh [1 goal], V.McNeice & A.C.Gregory; T.A.T.Hinton, C.C.Holton [1 penalty goal], J.Smith (sub: R.J.Crisp), T.C.Harmer & D.M.Heard (sub: F.Bunce)
Mon 01 May	Hertfordshire FA XI	H	5-1	1,761	J.W.Ward (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; G.C.Catleugh, W.Swain & A.C.Gregory; P.M.Walker [1 goal], C.C.Holton [1 goal], A.F.Stokes [2 goals], T.C.Harmer & F.Bunce [1 goal]	Match to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the county association
Thu 04 May	Swansea Town	H	1-3	1,657	E.D.Underwood (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; G.C.Catleugh, V.McNeice & A.C.Gregory (sub: A.Porter); P.M.Walker, T.C.Harmer, A.F.Stokes, C.C.Holton & F.Bunce [1 goal]