1962/1963

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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: 9,758
Away: 8,965

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Brighton & Hove Albion, Halifax Town, Notts County

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Bristol Rovers, Millwall, Peterborough United

Sent off

R. M. Howfield - 20

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Burgess, W. A. R.	Own goals	Bell, R. M.	Brown, R. H.■	Bunce, F.■	Catleugh, G. C.	Chung, C.	Crisp, R. J.	Fairbrother, J.■	Fraser, J. W.►	Gregory, A. C.	Harris, G. A.	Howfield, R. M.	Jennings, P. A.►	Jones, B. E.►■	Larkin, B. P.►	Linton, J.■	Livesey, C. E.►	Mancini, T. J.	McNeice, V.	Meldrum, C.■	Nicholas, K. W.	Owen, B. E.►	Porter, A.■	Underwood, E. D.■	Ward, D.►	Woods, D. J.►■
Appearances - League							46		37	7	6	4	26	8	14	14	38	36	38	2	2	36	6	19	6	43	6	44	3	14	38	46	13
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								1	0	4	0	0	4	0	6	2	4	12	11	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	29	2
Appearances - Other Competitions							6		6	0	1	0	6	0	1	5	5	6	5	0	0	4	2	3	1	5	1	5	0	0	4	6	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
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	Sat 18 Aug	Southend United	H	Lge	3-1	11,487	X				X				X2		X		X			X►				X	X	X		X	G	X1►
2	Thu 23 Aug	Notts County	A	Lge	3-1	6,121	X				X				X2		X		X			X				X	X	X1		X	G	X
3	Sat 25 Aug	Millwall	A	Lge	0-6	16,125	X				X				X		X		X			X				X	X	X		X	G	X
4	Tue 28 Aug	Notts County	H	Lge	4-0	11,423	X								X1		X	X	X1			X				X	X	X		X	G	X2
5	Sat 01 Sep	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	4-3	10,601	X								X		X1	X1	X1			X				X	X	X		X	G	X1
6	Tue 04 Sep	Coventry City	A	Lge	1-3	16,287	X								X		X	X1	X			X				X	X	X		X	G	X
7	Thu 06 Sep	Colchester United	H	LC1	1-2	4,730	X		X				X		X	X1►		X	X			X	G			X	X■					X
8	Sat 08 Sep	Port Vale	A	Lge	3-1	11,108	X		X	X2						X	X1	X	X			X				X		X			G	X
9	Tue 11 Sep	Coventry City	H	Lge	6-1	10,277	X		X	X1						X1	X	X2	X			X				X		X			G	X2
10	Sat 15 Sep	Reading	H	Lge	4-0	13,281	X	1	X	X						X	X	X	X1			X				X		X			G	X2
11	Wed 19 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	0-1	11,493	X		X	X						X	X	X	X			X				X		X			G	X
12	Sat 22 Sep	Bristol City	A	Lge	3-3	13,426	X		X						X	X	X	X	X1			X1	G			X		X				X1
13	Sat 22 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	0-1	16,016	X		X						X	X	X	X	X			X	G			X		X				X
14	Sat 29 Sep	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	2-0	11,826	X		X					X		X	X	X2	X							X		X		X	G	X
15	Tue 02 Oct	Bradford Park Avenue	H	Lge	3-2	12,136	X		X		X			X		X	X		X2							X		X		X	G	X1
16	Sat 06 Oct	Swindon Town	A	Lge	1-3	13,988	X		X		X		X			X	X1		X			X				X		X			G	X
17	Wed 10 Oct	Bradford Park Avenue	A	Lge	0-1	6,492	X		X		X		X			X	X		X			X				X		X			G	X
18	Sat 13 Oct	Peterborough United	H	Lge	2-3	13,606	X		X				X1				X		X1			X				X		X		X	G	X	X►
19	Sat 20 Oct	Barnsley	A	Lge	1-4	7,793	X		X				X				X		X			X		X►	X			X			G	X1	X
20	Sat 27 Oct	Northampton Town	H	Lge	4-2	19,015	X		X				X				X	X1	X1!			X			X			X			G	X1	X1
21	Sat 03 Nov	Poole Town	H	FA1	2-2	12,545	X		X		X■		X1				X	X	X1			X			X			X			G	X
22	Tue 06 Nov	Poole Town	A	FA1	2-1	6,575	X		X				X			X	X1	X1	X			X				X		X			G	X
23	Sat 10 Nov	Hull City	H	Lge	4-2	7,518	X		X				X1				X	X	X			X				X		X			G	X2	X1
24	Sat 17 Nov	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	1-0	10,716	X		X				X				X	X1	X			X				X		X			G	X	X
25	Sat 24 Nov	Southend United	A	FA2	2-0	16,892	X		X				X1			X	X	X1				X		X		X		X			G	X
26	Sat 01 Dec	Halifax Town	A	Lge	3-1	3,090	X		X				X				X	X	X1			X				X		X			G	X2	X
27	Sat 08 Dec	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	0-1	7,837	X		X				X				X	X	X			X				X		X			G	X	X
28	Sat 15 Dec	Southend United	A	Lge	1-1	9,252	X		X				X				X	X	X					X		X		X			G	X1	X
29	Wed 26 Dec	Carlisle United	A	Lge	1-2	5,497	X		X				X				X	X	X					X1		X		X			G	X	X
30	Sat 29 Dec	Carlisle United	H	Lge	5-1	8,397	X		X				X			X1	X	X1	X					X		X		X			G	X3
31	Wed 20 Feb	Rotherham United	H	FA3	2-0	5,165	X		X				X			X	X	X1	X1					X		X		X			G	X
32	Sat 23 Feb	Swindon Town	H	Lge	3-3	11,338	X		X				X1			X	X	X	X1					X1		X		X			G	X
33	Wed 27 Feb	Southampton	A	FA4	1-3	13,336	X		X				X			X	X	X	X				G	X		X		X				X1
34	Sat 02 Mar	Peterborough United	A	Lge	0-4	12,692	X		X				X				X	X	X				G	X		X		X		X		X
35	Tue 12 Mar	Barnsley	H	Lge	0-0	6,717	X		X				X				X	X	X					X		X		X			G	X	X
36	Sat 16 Mar	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-1	12,230	X		X				X			X			X			X		X		X		X			G	X	X
37	Sat 23 Mar	Queens Park Rangers	H	Lge	2-5	10,597	X		X				X			X	X		X			X		X		X		X			G	X2
38	Tue 26 Mar	Bristol City	H	Lge	1-4	5,972	X		X			X	X				X	X	X1			X			X			X			G	X
39	Sat 30 Mar	Hull City	A	Lge	0-1	5,462	X					X	X	X			X	X				X	G		X	X		X				X
40	Wed 03 Apr	Reading	A	Lge	0-0	5,684	X					X	X		X			X	X			X	G		X	X		X				X
41	Sat 06 Apr	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	1-4	8,471	X					X	X		X			X	X			X	G■		X	X		X				X1
42	Tue 09 Apr	Wrexham	H	Lge	3-1	5,301	X		X				X		X1			X1	X			X		X		X		X			G	X1
43	Sat 13 Apr	Wrexham	A	Lge	0-0	7,127	X		X				X		X			X	X			X		X		X		X			G	X
44	Mon 15 Apr	Colchester United	H	Lge	1-1	6,693	X		X				X		X			X1	X			X		X		X		X			G	X
45	Tue 16 Apr	Colchester United	A	Lge	2-3	5,315	X		X						X■		X1	X1	X			X		X		X		X			G	X
46	Sat 20 Apr	Halifax Town	H	Lge	2-1	3,688	X		X	X1				X			X	X				X		X		X		X			G	X1
47	Sat 27 Apr	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-3	7,806	X		X	X				X				X				X		X		X		X			G	X1	X
48	Tue 30 Apr	Millwall	H	Lge	0-2	6,278	X		X	X■				X				X				X		X		X		X			G	X	X■
49	Sat 04 May	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	4-1	9,392	X		X				X1				X	X				X				X		X	X►	X2	G	X1
50	Sat 11 May	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	0-3	4,069	X		X				X				X	X				X		X		X		X		X	G■	X
51	Mon 13 May	Queens Park Rangers	A	Lge	2-2	5,040	X		X					X			X	X		G►	X►			X		X			X	X		X2
52	Sat 18 May	Port Vale	H	Lge	1-2	5,955	X		X					X			X	X		G	X■			X1		X			X	X■		X
							Manager: Burgess, W. A. R.	Own goals	Bell, R. M.	Brown, R. H.■	Bunce, F.■	Catleugh, G. C.	Chung, C.	Crisp, R. J.	Fairbrother, J.■	Fraser, J. W.►	Gregory, A. C.	Harris, G. A.	Howfield, R. M.	Jennings, P. A.►	Jones, B. E.►■	Larkin, B. P.►	Linton, J.■	Livesey, C. E.►	Mancini, T. J.	McNeice, V.	Meldrum, C.■	Nicholas, K. W.	Owen, B. E.►	Porter, A.■	Underwood, E. D.■	Ward, D.►	Woods, D. 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
Sat 04 Aug	Cambridge United	A	3-1	1,500	E.D.Underwood (gk); T.J.Stacey & K.W.Nicholas (sub: T.J.Mancini); A.C.Gregory [1 penalty goal]; V.McNeice & B.P.Larkin [1 goal]; R.J.Crisp (G.A.Harris), D.Ward [1 goal], J.Fairbrother, T.C.Harmer (sub: A.Porter) & R.M.Howfield
Sat 11 Aug	Brentford	A	0-0		E.D.Underwood (gk); T.J.Stacey & K.W.Nicholas; A.Porter, T.J.Mancini (sub: V.McNeice) & A.C.Gregory; R.M.Howfield, D.Ward, R.H.Brown, B.P.Larkin & F.Bunce
Tue 14 Aug	Aldershot	H	4-2		E.D.Underwood (gk); T.J.Stacey (sub: T.J.Mancini) & C.Meldrum; A.Porter, V.McNeice & A.C.Gregory [1 penalty goal]; R.M.Howfield [1 goal], D.Ward [1 goal], J.Fairbrother (sub: R.J.Crisp), B.P.Larkin [1 goal] & F.Bunce (sub: T.C.Harmer)
Tue 20 Nov	Ramsgate Athletic	A	1-2		E.D.Underwood (gk); R.M.Bell & K.W.Nicholas; B.P.Larkin, V.McNeice & A.C.Gregory [1 goal]; J.W.Fraser, C.E.Livesey, C.Chung, D.Ward & G.A.Harris