1961/1962

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Manager(s)

W. A. R. Burgess

Final league position

17th of 24 in Football League Division 3

Average league attendance

Home: 10,609
Away: 10,017

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Port Vale, Queens Park Rangers, Torquay United

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Coventry City, Peterborough United

Goals from penalty kicks

T. C. Harmer - 27
A. C. Gregory - 41

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Burgess, W. A. R.	Own goals	Barnes, P.■	Bell, R. M.	Benning, M. D.■	Brown, R. H.►	Bunce, F.	Catleugh, G. C.	Chung, C.	Crisp, R. J.	Day, R. A.►■	Fairbrother, J.	Gregory, A. C.	Harmer, T. C.■	Harris, G. A.►	Holton, C. C.	Linton, J.	Mancini, T. J.►	McNeice, V.	Meldrum, C.	Nicholas, K. W.	Porter, A.	Ryden, J. J.►■	Stokes, A. F.►■	Underwood, E. D.	Walker, P. M.	Williams, T. J.►■
Appearances - League							46		4	40	18	21	44	22	11	34	1	15	36	33	1	3	0	2	41	17	31	20	24	14	46	16	12
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
Goals - League								2	0	0	4	6	7	2	2	10	0	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	6
Appearances - Other Competitions							8		0	7	6	2	7	7	1	7	0	2	6	6	0	0	1	1	6	6	2	2	2	2	7	6	2
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
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
1	Sat 19 Aug	Northampton Town	H	Lge	0-0	16,849	X			X	X		X							X		X			X		X	X	X►	X►	G
2	Tue 22 Aug	Peterborough United	H	Lge	2-3	20,889	X				X1		X						X	X		X1			X		X	X	X	X	G
3	Sat 26 Aug	Lincoln City	H	Lge	3-3	12,790	X				X		X2						X	X		X			X		X	X1	X	X	G
4	Mon 28 Aug	Peterborough United	A	Lge	3-4	18,078	X						X	X		X2				X					X		X	X	X	X	G		X1►
5	Sat 02 Sep	Torquay United	A	Lge	4-3	6,246	X			X			X			X				X					X		X	X	X	X1	G		X3
6	Tue 05 Sep	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	1-1	15,562	X			X			X			X1				X					X		X	X	X	X	G		X
7	Sat 09 Sep	Swindon Town	H	Lge	2-0	10,339	X	1		X			X			X				X					X		X	X	X	X	G		X1
8	Mon 11 Sep	Halifax Town	H	LC1	3-0	6,298	X			X			X1			X				X					X	X		X	X	X1	G		X1
9	Sat 16 Sep	Halifax Town	A	Lge	0-2	5,666	X			X			X			X				X					X		X	X	X	X	G		X
10	Thu 21 Sep	Hull City	A	Lge	0-1	14,376	X			X			X			X				X					X		X	X	X	X	G		X
11	Sat 23 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	3-2	15,555	X			X			X					X2							X		X	X	X1	X	G	X	X
12	Tue 26 Sep	Hull City	H	Lge	1-1	12,406	X			X			X					X	X						X		X		X	X	G	X1	X
13	Sat 30 Sep	Barnsley	A	Lge	0-3	5,602	X			X			X					X	X						X		X		X	X	G	X	X
14	Tue 03 Oct	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	3-2	14,228	X			X	X1		X1			X		X1	X						X	X			X		G	X
15	Sat 07 Oct	Port Vale	A	Lge	3-1	10,120	X			X	X		X1			X		X2	X						X	X			X		G	X
16	Wed 11 Oct	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	1-1	23,390	X	1		X	X		X			X		X	X						X	X			X		G	X
17	Sat 14 Oct	Bristol City	H	Lge	1-1	11,860	X			X	X		X			X		X	X						X	X			X		G	X1
18	Mon 16 Oct	Reading	H	LC2	3-1	6,420	X				X		X2	X		X1			X					X►		X		X		X	G	X
19	Wed 18 Oct	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	1-5	5,711	X			X	X1		X	X		X			X						X	X			X	X	G
20	Sat 21 Oct	Southend United	A	Lge	1-0	9,399	X			X	X		X			X			X						X	X			X	X1■	G	X
21	Sat 28 Oct	Notts County	H	Lge	3-1	10,086	X			X	X		X1	X		X1		X1	X	X					X	X					G
22	Sat 04 Nov	Southend United	A	FA1	2-0	12,375	X			X	X		X	X		X		X	X2	X					X	X					G
23	Sat 11 Nov	Brentford	H	Lge	2-1	8,356	X			X	X		X	X1		X		X1	X	X					X	X					G
24	Wed 15 Nov	York City	A	LC3	1-1	8,508	X			X	X		X	X		X1			X	X			G		X	X						X
25	Fri 17 Nov	Reading	A	Lge	2-3	11,578	X			X	X1		X	X		X			X	X1					X	X					G	X
26	Tue 21 Nov	York City	H	LC3	2-2 (AET, ?-? after 90m)	7,095	X			X	X			X		X			X	X					X	X					G	X2	X
27	Sat 25 Nov	Romford	A	FA2	3-1	12,110	X			X	X	X1►	X1	X					X	X1(P)					X	X					G	X
28	Sat 02 Dec	Bradford Park Avenue	A	Lge	1-1	8,948	X			X	X	X1	X	X					X	X					X	X					G	X
29	Mon 04 Dec	York City	A	LC3	2-3	7,019	X			X	X		X	X	X	X1				X							X		X		G	X1
30	Sat 09 Dec	Grimsby Town	H	Lge	2-1	8,917	X			X	X	X1	X	X					X	X					X	X					G	X1
31	Sat 16 Dec	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-2	12,590	X			X	X	X	X	X					X	X					X	X					G	X
32	Sat 23 Dec	Lincoln City	A	Lge	0-0	4,286	X			X	X	X	X	X					X	X					X	X					G	X
33	Tue 26 Dec	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-0	9,441	X			X	X	X	X	X					X	X					X	X					G	X
34	Sat 30 Dec	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	1-4	8,383	X			X		X1	X	X		X		X	X						X	X					G	X
35	Sat 06 Jan	Preston North End	A	FA3	2-3	16,518	X			X		X	X	X		X		X1	X						X		X1				G	X
36	Sat 13 Jan	Torquay United	H	Lge	4-1	7,832	X			X		X	X1	X		X2		X1	X						X		X				G	X
37	Sat 20 Jan	Swindon Town	A	Lge	1-3	7,688	X			X		X	X	X	X	X		X1	X						X		X				G
38	Sat 27 Jan	Newport County	H	Lge	3-1	8,183	X			X		X1	X	X	X	X1		X1	X						X		X				G
39	Sat 03 Feb	Halifax Town	H	Lge	0-0	7,237	X			X		X	X	X		X		X	X	X					X		X				G
40	Sat 10 Feb	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	2-1	11,142	X			X		X	X	X1		X1		X	X	X					X		X				G
41	Sat 17 Feb	Barnsley	H	Lge	3-1	7,826	X			X	X■	X1	X	X		X1			X1(P)	X					X		X				G
42	Sat 24 Feb	Port Vale	H	Lge	2-0	7,778	X			X		X	X	X		X1			X	X					X		X				G		X1
43	Sat 03 Mar	Bristol City	A	Lge	1-2	11,712	X			X		X	X	X		X			X1	X					X		X				G		X
44	Fri 09 Mar	Southend United	H	Lge	1-3	8,245	X			X		X1	X	X		X			X	X					X		X				G		X■
45	Mon 12 Mar	Coventry City	A	Lge	0-1	7,233	X			X		X		X	X		X►■		X	X					X		X	X			G
46	Sat 17 Mar	Notts County	A	Lge	0-1	6,987	X			X		X		X	X	X			X	X							X	X	X		G
47	Fri 23 Mar	Coventry City	H	Lge	0-1	5,611	X			X		X	X		X	X			X	X							X	X	X		G
48	Fri 30 Mar	Brentford	A	Lge	1-3	6,450	X		X	X		X	X			X			X1	X					X		X	X			G
49	Fri 06 Apr	Reading	H	Lge	1-1	4,961	X		X	X		X	X		X	X			X	X1							X	X			G
50	Sat 14 Apr	Newport County	A	Lge	0-0	2,346	X		X	X		X	X		X	X				X					X		X	X			G
51	Fri 20 Apr	Portsmouth	H	Lge	0-0	12,689	X			X			X		X	X			X	X					X		X	X	X		G
52	Sat 21 Apr	Bradford Park Avenue	H	Lge	0-2	6,360	X		X■				X		X	X				X	X►				X		X	X	X		G
53	Mon 23 Apr	Portsmouth	A	Lge	1-2	18,169	X						X		X1	X			X	X				X		X	X	X	X		G
54	Sat 28 Apr	Grimsby Town	A	Lge	3-5	14,299	X						X1		X1	X			X	X1■				X		X	X	X	X■		G
							Manager: Burgess, W. A. R.	Own goals	Barnes, P.■	Bell, R. M.	Benning, M. D.■	Brown, R. H.►	Bunce, F.	Catleugh, G. C.	Chung, C.	Crisp, R. J.	Day, R. A.►■	Fairbrother, J.	Gregory, A. C.	Harmer, T. C.■	Harris, G. A.►	Holton, C. C.	Linton, J.	Mancini, T. J.►	McNeice, V.	Meldrum, C.	Nicholas, K. W.	Porter, A.	Ryden, J. J.►■	Stokes, A. F.►■	Underwood, E. D.	Walker, P. M.	Williams, T. J.►■

► = 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
Wed 02 Aug	Luton Town	H	2-3	0	J.W.Ward (gk) (sub: E.D.Underwood); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas (sub: C.Meldrum); A.Porter, V.McNeice & J.J.Ryden; M.D.Benning (sub: T.J.Williams), C.C.Holton, A.F.Stokes, T.C.Harmer [1 goal]& F.Bunce	played in private. 1 own goal
Wed 09 Aug	Luton Town	A	1-4	0	line-up unknown. Scorer: C.C.Holton [1 goal]	played in private
Mon 14 Aug	Kettering Town	A	5-2	2,500	E.D.Underwood (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; A.Porter, V.McNeice & J.J.Ryden; M.D.Benning, T.C.Harmer [1 goal], A.F.Stokes, C.C.Holton [1 goal] & F.Bunce [3 goals]
Mon 05 Feb	Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	H	3-1	4,219	E.D.Underwood (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; G.C.Catleugh, V.McNeice & A.C.Gregory; M.D.Benning (sub: F.Bunce), R.J.Crisp [1 goal], J.Fairbrother [1 goal], T.C.Harmer [1 goal], R.H.Brown (sub: C.Chung)
Wed 14 Feb	Wealdstone	A	3-2	3,000	E D Underwood (gk); R M Bell & K W Nicholas; G C Catleugh V McNeice & A C Gregory [2 goals]; T J Williams R J Crisp R H Brown [1 goal] T C Harmer & B E Owen
Mon 19 Feb	FA Amateur XI	H	0-0	2,943	J.Linton (gk); G.Lewis & K.W.Nicholas; G.C.Catleugh, V.McNeice & A.C.Gregory; P.M.Walker, F.Bunce, R.H.Brown, T.C.Harmer & B.E.Owen
Mon 30 Apr	Luton Town	H	2-0	1,431	J.Linton (gk); K.W.Nicholas & C.Meldrum; A.Porter, T.J.Mancini & P.Barnes; F.Bunce [1 goal], A.C.Gregory, C.Chung [1 goal], T.C.Harmer & G.A.Harris	Rigby Taylor Cup