1968/1969

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Manager(s)

Final league position

1st of 24 in Football League Division 3 (Promoted)

Average league attendance

Home: 13,576
Away: 9,154

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Barrow, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crewe Alexandra, Gillingham, Oldham Athletic, Plymouth Argyle, Reading, Rotherham United, Tranmere Rovers

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Barnsley, Stockport County

Goals from penalty kicks

K. Eddy - 3, 11, 20, 40

Sent off

B. Garvey - 11, B. Endean - 51, J. T. Walley - 51

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Furphy, K.	Own goals	Dyson, J. B.■	Eddy, K.	Endean, B.►	Garbett, T. G.	Garvey, B.	Green, H. R.►	Hale, R.	Lees, W. J.►	Lewis, B.	Low, A. R.■	Owen, B. E.	Packer, M. D.►	Scullion, S. M. A.	Sinclair, R.►	Slater, R.	Walker, M. S. G.►	Walley, J. T.	Welbourne, D.	Williams, J. R.
Appearances - League							46		18	46	28	39	33	12	39	14	10	6	30	1	42	6	4	42	46	46	44
Substitute Appearances - League									0	0	2	1	0	7	1	3	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - League								3	4	8	18	10	0	5	1	3	3	1	4	0	6	2	0	0	4	2	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							6		2	6	5	6	4	1	6	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	1	5	6	6	6
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 10 Aug	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-1	8,077	X		X	X			X		X	R►	X1		S		X		G		X	X	X
2	Wed 14 Aug	Luton Town	A	LC1	0-3	20,167	X		X	X		X	X		X		R		S		X		G		X	X	X
3	Sat 17 Aug	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	2-0	9,574	X		X1	X1(P)		X	X	X►			X				X		G		X	X	X
4	Tue 27 Aug	Walsall	H	Lge	0-0	9,403	X		X	X		X	X	X	S		X				X		G		X	X	R
5	Sat 31 Aug	Stockport County	H	Lge	0-1	8,517	X		X	X		X	X	R			S		X	X►	X		G		X	X
6	Sat 07 Sep	Swindon Town	H	Lge	0-0	8,709	X		X	X		X	X	S			X		R		X			G►	X	X	X
7	Tue 10 Sep	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-2	6,824	X		X	X		X	X	X				X	R		S			G	X	X	X
8	Fri 13 Sep	Reading	A	Lge	1-0	11,926	X		X	X		X1	X					X	X		X			G	X	X	X
9	Mon 16 Sep	Hartlepool	A	Lge	1-2	5,140	X		R	X	S►	X	X				X	X			X			G	X	X	X
10	Sat 21 Sep	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	Lge	1-0	7,688	X	1	X1	X		X	X		X			X			X			G	X	X	X
11	Sat 28 Sep	Crewe Alexandra	A	Lge	3-2	5,740	X		X	X1(P)		X	X!		X			X			X2			G	X	X	X
12	Sat 05 Oct	Luton Town	H	Lge	1-0	22,133	X		X	X		X	X		X			X1			X			G	X	X	X
13	Tue 08 Oct	Walsall	A	Lge	0-0	6,074	X		X	X		X	X		X				X		X			G	X	X	X
14	Sat 12 Oct	Oldham Athletic	A	Lge	3-0	4,019	X		X1	X		R2	X		X			S■	X		X			G	X	X	X
15	Sat 19 Oct	Barrow	H	Lge	4-0	10,639	X		X1	X		X1	X		X				X1		X			G	X1	X	X
16	Sat 26 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	1-0	8,335	X		X	X	S	X1	X		X				R		X			G	X	X	X
17	Sat 02 Nov	Gillingham	H	Lge	2-1	11,625	X		X	X2		X	X		X				X		X			G	X	X	X
18	Mon 04 Nov	Barnsley	H	Lge	1-2	10,612	X		R	X		X	X		X		S		X1		X			G	X	X	X
19	Sat 09 Nov	Orient	A	Lge	1-1	6,525	X			X1	X	X	X	S	X				R		X			G	X	X	X
20	Sat 16 Nov	Cheltenham Town	A	FA1	4-0	5,800	X			X1(P)	X1	X1	X		X1				X		X			G	X	X	X
21	Sat 23 Nov	Rotherham United	A	Lge	2-0	9,013	X	1		X	X	X	X		X	S			R		X1			G	X	X	X
22	Sat 30 Nov	Torquay United	H	Lge	0-0	11,172	X			X	X	X	X		X				X		X			G	X	X	X
23	Sat 07 Dec	Brentford	H	FA2	1-0	12,871	X		X	X	X	X1			X				X		X			G	X	X	X
24	Sat 14 Dec	Oldham Athletic	H	Lge	2-0	6,950	X		X■	X	X2	X			X				X		X			G	X	X	X
25	Sat 21 Dec	Barrow	A	Lge	4-1	4,553	X			X1	X2	X1	X		X				X		X			G	X	X	X
26	Sat 28 Dec	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-0	12,536	X			X	X	X	X	S1	X				R		X			G	X	X	X
27	Sat 04 Jan	Port Vale	H	FA3	2-0	14,076	X			X	X1	X	X		X				X		X1			G	X	X	X
28	Sat 11 Jan	Gillingham	A	Lge	5-0	6,641	X			X	X3	X	X	S1	R				X1		X			G	X	X	X
29	Sat 18 Jan	Orient	H	Lge	0-0	13,328	X			X	X	X	X	S	R				X		X			G	X	X	X
30	Sat 25 Jan	Manchester United	A	FA4	1-1	63,498	X			X	R	X	X	S	X				X		X1			G	X	X	X
31	Fri 31 Jan	Tranmere Rovers	A	Lge	3-0	6,802	X			X	X	X2	X		X				X		X			G	X1	X	X
32	Mon 03 Feb	Manchester United	H	FA4	0-2	34,099	X			X	X	X		X	X				X		X			G	X	X	X
33	Sat 08 Feb	Rotherham United	H	Lge	5-1	10,681	X			X	R1		X	X	X1	S2			X		X			G	X1	X	X
34	Sat 15 Feb	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-2	7,043	X			X	X1		X	R	X	S			X		X			G	X	X	X
35	Sat 22 Feb	Mansfield Town	H	Lge	2-1	13,347	X			X	X1			X1	X	X	S		R		X			G	X	X	X
36	Sat 01 Mar	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	1-0	13,454	X			X	X			X1	X	X			X		X			G	X	X	X
37	Mon 03 Mar	Southport	A	Lge	1-1	4,075	X			X	X1	X	X		X				X		X			G	X	X	X
38	Sat 08 Mar	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	1-1	6,507	X			X	X1	X	X		X	X	X		X					G	X	X
39	Tue 11 Mar	Tranmere Rovers	H	Lge	3-1	13,335	X			X	X1	X	X		X				X1		X			G	X1	X	X
40	Fri 14 Mar	Northampton Town	H	Lge	3-0	16,549	X			X2(P)	X	X1	X		X				X		X			G	X	X	X
41	Fri 21 Mar	Stockport County	A	Lge	2-4	7,029	X			X	X	X	R		X		X1				X	S►		G	X	X1	X
42	Sat 29 Mar	Swindon Town	A	Lge	1-0	28,898	X			X	X1	X			X	X	X				X			G	X	X	X
43	Tue 01 Apr	Southport	H	Lge	1-0	18,685	X			X	X	X		S	X	X	R				X			G	X	X1	X
44	Sat 05 Apr	Crewe Alexandra	H	Lge	4-0	19,112	X			X	X2	X		X1	X	X					X1			G	X	X	X
45	Mon 07 Apr	Hartlepool	H	Lge	0-0	20,771	X			X	X	X		R	X	X	S				X			G	X	X	X
46	Tue 08 Apr	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	2-1	16,203	X			X		X		X	X	X	S1		R			X1		G	X	X	X
47	Sat 12 Apr	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	Lge	3-1	10,574	X	1		X	X1	X1		S	X	X			R			X		G	X	X	X
48	Tue 15 Apr	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	1-0	22,515	X			X	X	X			X	X					X	X1		G	X	X	X
49	Sat 19 Apr	Reading	H	Lge	1-0	20,923	X			X	R	X			X	X	S				X1	X		G	X	X	X
50	Tue 22 Apr	Barnsley	A	Lge	2-3	6,555	X			X	X1	X			X	X1					X	X		G	X	X	X
51	Wed 30 Apr	Luton Town	A	Lge	1-2	25,234	X			X	X!	S			X	X			R		X1	X		G	X!	X	X
52	Mon 05 May	Mansfield Town	A	Lge	0-3	8,754	X			X	X		X	X	X		X				R	S		G	X	X	X
							Manager: Furphy, K.	Own goals	Dyson, J. B.■	Eddy, K.	Endean, B.►	Garbett, T. G.	Garvey, B.	Green, H. R.►	Hale, R.	Lees, W. J.►	Lewis, B.	Low, A. R.■	Owen, B. E.	Packer, M. D.►	Scullion, S. M. A.	Sinclair, R.►	Slater, R.	Walker, M. S. G.►	Walley, J. T.	Welbourne, D.	Williams, J. R.

► = 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
Thu 18 Jul	Arsenal	A	2-1	0	The entire Watford playing staff of 26 were used. Scorers: B.E.Owen [1 goal] & B.Lewis [1 goal].	Played in private at London Colney
Fri 19 Jul	Brentford	A	1-1	0	line-up unknown. Scorer: B.Lewis [1 goal].	played in private
Wed 24 Jul	Fulham	H	0-2	0	line-up unknown	played in private
Tue 30 Jul	Hartlepool	A	0-1	3,382	R.Slater (gk); D.Welbourne & J.R.Williams; R.Hale, B.Garvey & K.Eddy; B.E.Owen, A.R.Low, T.G.Garbett, J.T.Walley (sub: W.J.Lees) & B.Lewis
Wed 31 Jul	Middlesbrough	A	0-5	0	line-up unknown	played in private
Fri 02 Aug	Darlington	A	0-1	1,112	R.Slater (gk); D.Welbourne & J.R.Williams; R.Hale, B.Garvey & K.Eddy; S.M.A.Scullion, J.B.Dyson, A.R.Low, J.T.Walley & B.Lewis
Mon 05 Aug	Bradford City	A	2-1	2,157	R.Slater (gk); D.Welbourne & J.R.Williams; R.Hale, B.Garvey & K.Eddy; S.M.A.Scullion, A.R.Low (sub: B.E.Owen [1 goal]), W.J.Lees [1 goal], J.T.Walley & B.Lewis
Wed 22 Jan	A Jersey XI	A	1-0	3,500	M.S.G.Walker (gk); D.Welbourne & J.R.Williams; K.Eddy, B.Garvey & J.T.Walley; S.M.A.Scullion, R.Hale [1 goal], T.G.Garbett, H.R.Green & B.E.Owen (sub: R.Slater)	at Springfield Stadium. Two other substitutes were used, including K.Furphy
Thu 08 May	Arsenal	H	1-2	15,229	M S G Walker (gk); K Furphy & J R Williams; K Eddy B Garvey & D Welbourne; S M A Scullion R Hale R Sinclair (sub: H R Green) B Endean & B Lewis [1 goal]	Testimonial match for K.Furphy
Sat 31 May	Sliema Wanderers, Malta	A	3-0	several thousand	M.S.G.Walker (gk); D.Welbourne & J.R.Williams (sub: M.D.Packer); R.Hale (sub: W.J.Lees), B.Garvey & J.T.Walley [1 goal]; S.M.A.Scullion, R.Sinclair [1 goal], T.G.Garbett, B.Endean [1 goal] (sub: B.E.Owen) & B.Lewis (sub: H.R.Green)
Sun 01 Jun	Valletta, Malta	A	2-1	several thousand	M.S.G.Walker (gk) (sub: R.Slater); D.Welbourne (sub: M.D.Packer) & J.R.Williams; T.G.Garbett (sub: K.Furphy), B.Garvey (sub: W.J.Lees [1 goal]) & J.T.Walley; B.Lewis (sub: S.M.A.Scullion), R.Hale, R.Sinclair, B.Endean (sub: H.R.Green) & B.E.Owen	1 own goal