1975/1976

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Manager(s)

M. T. Keen

Final league position

8th of 24 in Football League Division 4

Average league attendance

Home: 4,609
Away: 3,627

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Newport County, Scunthorpe United, Southport, Workington

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City, Northampton Town

Goals from penalty kicks

S. M. A. Scullion - 13
D. J. T. Bond - 27, 34, 37, 44

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Keen, M. T.	Own goals	Akers, V. D.►■	Blissett, L. L.►	Bond, D. J. T.	Bristow, G. A.	Butler, D.■	Coffill, P. T.►	Downes, R. D.	Garner, A. H.	Gibbs, P. L.►	Goodeve, K. G. A.■	Greenhalgh, B. A.■	Horsfield, A.►	How, T. A.	Jenkins, R. A.	Joslyn, R. D. W.	Lees, W. J.■	Mayes, A. K.	McCarthy, K. J.►	Mercer, K.	Rankin, A. G.	Scullion, S. M. A.■	Walsh, J. T.
Appearances - League							46		22	1	39	18	2	29	28	43	3	21	5	41	32	39	16	16	11	28	12	43	24	33
Substitute Appearances - League									0	2	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	3	0	11	0	0	0
Goals - League									0	1	10	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	19	0	1	0	1	10	0	2	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							4		4	0	4	0	1	0	3	3	0	3	2	1	3	4	4	2	2	0	1	4	2	1
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 16 Aug	Barnsley	A	Lge	0-1	3,690	X		X►		X				X	X		X	X		X	X	X		X			G
2	Tue 19 Aug	Northampton Town	H	LC1	2-0	3,368	X		X		X				X1	X		X	X1		X	X	X		X			G
3	Sat 23 Aug	Huddersfield Town	H	Lge	0-2	4,500	X		X		X				X	X		X	X		X	X	R		X		S	G
4	Wed 27 Aug	Northampton Town	A	LC1	1-1	4,255	X		X		X				X	X		X1	X		X	X	X		X			G
5	Sat 30 Aug	Darlington	A	Lge	0-1	2,988	X		X		X				X	X		X	R		X	X	X	S	X			G
6	Sat 06 Sep	Hartlepool	H	Lge	2-1	3,598	X		X		X1		X		X			X				X	X	X			X1	G	X
7	Tue 09 Sep	Tottenham Hotspur	H	LC2	0-1	14,997	X		X		X		R		X			X				X	X	X	S		X	G	X
8	Sat 13 Sep	Reading	A	Lge	0-3	5,521	X		X		X		X■		X			X		X►		S	X	X			X	G	R
9	Sat 20 Sep	Doncaster Rovers	H	Lge	2-1	4,228	X		X		X				X	X		X		X1		X1		X				G	X	X
10	Tue 23 Sep	Cambridge United	A	Lge	1-4	3,234	X		X		X				R	X		X		X		X1	S	X				G	X	X
11	Sat 27 Sep	Bradford City	A	Lge	0-1	2,308	X		X		X				X	X		X		X		X		X	X			G		X
12	Sat 04 Oct	Stockport County	H	Lge	1-1	4,143	X		X		X			X►		X		X		R		X1		X	S			G	X	X
13	Sat 11 Oct	Workington	H	Lge	2-0	3,872	X		X		X1			R	S	X		X		X		X		X				G	X1(P)	X
14	Sat 18 Oct	Rochdale	A	Lge	1-2	1,528	X		X		X				X	X		X		X		X1		X				G	X	X
15	Tue 21 Oct	Scunthorpe United	H	Lge	1-0	3,581	X		X		X				X	X		X		X1		X		X				G	X	X
16	Sat 25 Oct	Crewe Alexandra	H	Lge	2-1	4,262	X		R		X				X	X		X		X1		X		X1			S	G	X	X
17	Sat 01 Nov	Northampton Town	A	Lge	0-3	6,656	X		X		R				X	X		X		X		X	S	X				G	X	X
18	Tue 04 Nov	Southport	A	Lge	2-1	1,046	X		X							X		X		X1	X	X1	X		X			G	X	X
19	Sat 08 Nov	AFC Bournemouth	H	Lge	1-1	4,714	X		X		X					X		X		X		X1		X	R		S	G	X	X
20	Sat 15 Nov	Brentford	A	Lge	0-1	6,930	X		X		X					X		X		X		X	X	S	X			G	X	R
21	Sat 22 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	FA1	0-3	9,283	X		X		X					X			S	X	X	X	X	X				G	X	R
22	Fri 28 Nov	Tranmere Rovers	A	Lge	0-3	3,473	X		X					X		X		R	X	X	X	X	X		S	X►		G
23	Sat 06 Dec	Lincoln City	H	Lge	1-3	4,178	X		X					X		X			X	X	X	X1	X			X		G	X
24	Fri 12 Dec	Stockport County	A	Lge	2-2	5,055	X		X					X		X			S■	R1	X	X1	X	X		X		G	X
25	Sat 20 Dec	Newport County	H	Lge	3-1	3,271	X		X					X		X				X1	X	X2	X	X		X		G	X
26	Fri 26 Dec	Swansea City	A	Lge	2-4	4,091	X		X■		S			X		X				X1	X1	X	X	X		X		G	R
27	Sat 27 Dec	Exeter City	H	Lge	2-0	5,055	X				X2(P)	X			X	X		X		X	X	X	X			X		G
28	Sat 03 Jan	Torquay United	A	Lge	0-1	2,515	X				X	X		S		X		X		X	X	X	R			X		G	X
29	Sat 10 Jan	Darlington	H	Lge	2-0	3,865	X				X	X		X		X		X■		X1	X	X				X		G	X1
30	Sat 17 Jan	Doncaster Rovers	A	Lge	2-1	5,845	X				X	X		X		X				X2	X	X				X		G	X	X
31	Sat 24 Jan	Reading	H	Lge	2-1	6,644	X				X	X		R		X				X1	X	X1				X	S	G	X	X
32	Sat 07 Feb	Southport	H	Lge	2-0	4,334	X				X	X		X		X				X	X	X				R	S2	G	X	X
33	Tue 10 Feb	Scunthorpe United	A	Lge	1-0	2,200	X				X1	X		X		X				R	X	X				X	S	G	X	X
34	Sat 14 Feb	AFC Bournemouth	A	Lge	1-4	4,897	X				X1(P)	X		X		X				R	X	X				X	S	G	X■	X
35	Sat 21 Feb	Brentford	H	Lge	3-2	6,223	X				X	X		R	X1	X				X1	X	X1				X	S	G		X
36	Tue 24 Feb	Cambridge United	H	Lge	1-0	4,888	X				X	X		X1	X	X				X	X	X				X		G		X
37	Wed 03 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	A	Lge	2-2	2,068	X				X2(2P)	X		X	X	X				X	X	X				X		G		X
38	Sat 06 Mar	Northampton Town	H	Lge	0-1	7,389	X				X	R		X	X	X				X	X	X				X	S	G		X
39	Sat 13 Mar	Workington	A	Lge	3-1	1,209	X				X	X		X	X					X	X	X2			S	R	X1	G		X
40	Tue 16 Mar	Rochdale	H	Lge	3-0	3,886	X				X	X		X	X	X				R	X	X2				X1	S	G		X
41	Sat 20 Mar	Tranmere Rovers	H	Lge	2-2	5,449	X				X	X		X1	X	X				X	X	R1				X	S	G		X
42	Fri 26 Mar	Lincoln City	A	Lge	1-5	8,798	X				X			X	X	X				X	X			X■		X	X1	G		X
43	Wed 31 Mar	Newport County	A	Lge	2-0	1,092	X				X	S		R	X1	X				X	X	X1				X	X	G		X
44	Sat 03 Apr	Barnsley	H	Lge	1-0	4,203	X			S►	X1(P)			R	X	X				X	X	X				X	X	G		X
45	Tue 06 Apr	Bradford City	H	Lge	3-0	3,745	X			S	X1			X	R	X				X	X	X1				X	X1	G		X
46	Sat 10 Apr	Hartlepool	A	Lge	1-2	1,993	X				X	X		X	X	X				X	X		S			X	X1	G		R
47	Fri 16 Apr	Torquay United	H	Lge	0-0	5,436	X				X	X		R	X	X				X	S				X	X	X	G		X
48	Sat 17 Apr	Swansea City	H	Lge	2-1	4,536	X			X1	X			X1	S	X	G►			X	X				R	X	X			X
49	Mon 19 Apr	Exeter City	A	Lge	3-1	2,489	X				X	X		X	X	X	G				X		X		X		X3			X
50	Sat 24 Apr	Huddersfield Town	A	Lge	0-1	3,787	X					S		X	R	X	G			X	X		X		X	X	X			X
							Manager: Keen, M. T.	Own goals	Akers, V. D.►■	Blissett, L. L.►	Bond, D. J. T.	Bristow, G. A.	Butler, D.■	Coffill, P. T.►	Downes, R. D.	Garner, A. H.	Gibbs, P. L.►	Goodeve, K. G. A.■	Greenhalgh, B. A.■	Horsfield, A.►	How, T. A.	Jenkins, R. A.	Joslyn, R. D. W.	Lees, W. J.■	Mayes, A. K.	McCarthy, K. J.►	Mercer, K.	Rankin, A. G.	Scullion, S. M. A.■	Walsh, 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
Tue 29 Jul	Oxford United	N	3-0		Line-up unknown. Scorers: A.K.Mayes [1 goal] , B.A.Greenhalgh [1 goal] & A.H.Garner [1 goal] .	played in private at Bisham Abbey
Sat 02 Aug	Wimbledon	A	4-2		A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How (sub: J.T.Walsh) & V.D.Akers; R.D.W.Joslyn [1 goal] , K.G.A.Goodeve & A.H.Garner; A.K.Mayes, D.J.T.Bond, B.A.Greenhalgh, R.A.Jenkins [2 goals] & R.D.Downes [1 goal]
Wed 06 Aug	Aldershot	H	6-1	1,254	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & V.D.Akers; R.D.W.Joslyn, A.H.Garner [1 goal] & K.G.A.Goodeve; R.D.Downes [1 goal] , D.J.T.Bond, R.A.Jenkins [1 goal] (sub: K.Mercer [1 goal] ), B.A.Greenhalgh [1 goal] & A.K.Mayes [1 goal]
Sat 09 Aug	Weymouth	A	1-3		A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & V.D.Akers; R.D.W.Joslyn, A.H.Garner & K.G.A.Goodeve; R.D.Downes, D.J.T.Bond, R.A.Jenkins, B.A.Greenhalgh & A.K.Mayes [1 goal]
Wed 10 Dec	Boreham Wood	A	3-2	739	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & V.D.Akers; R.D.W.Joslyn, W.J.Lees & A.H.Garner; P.T.Coffill, K.J.McCarthy, A.Horsfield [3 goals] , R.A.Jenkins (sub: B.A.Greenhalgh) & S.M.A.Scullion
Mon 15 Dec	RAF Stanmore	A	6-0	0	Line-up unknown. Scorers: A.Horsfield [2 goals] , R.A.Jenkins [2 goals] , D.J.T.Bond [1 goal] & J.T.Walsh [1 goal]	Three 30-minute periods played in private
Wed 18 Feb	Tring Town	H	5-0	852	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh [1 goal] ; K.J.McCarthy, G.A.Bristow & A.H.Garner; D.J.T.Bond, P.T.Coffill, K.Mercer [2 goals] , R.A.Jenkins [2 goals] & S.M.A.Scullion	Herts Senior Cup Third Round
Wed 10 Mar	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-6	5,734	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh; K.J.McCarthy, T.J.Mancini & A.H.Garner; I.A.Morgan (sub: D.J.T.Bond), P.T.Coffill (sub: R.A.Jenkins), A.Horsfield, J.P.Greaves & R.D.Downes (sub: A.K.Mayes)
Tue 23 Mar	Letchworth Town	A	2-1	600	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh; K.J.McCarthy, A.H.Garner & R.D.W.Joslyn; D.J.T.Bond, P.T.Coffill [1 goal] , K.Mercer [1 goal] , A.Horsfield & R.D.Downes	Herts Senior Cup Semi Final
Fri 30 Apr	All Star XI	H	1-4	1,500	The Watford team was selected from these 12 players: A.G.Rankin, TA.How, J.T.Walsh, R.D.W.Joslyn, A.Horsfield, A.H.Garner, D.J.T.Bond, P.T.Coffill, K.Mercer, K.J.McCarthy [1 goal] , A.K.Mayes & G.A.Bristow	Testimonial match for club secretary R.Rollitt
Mon 03 May	Hemel Hempstead Town	A	2-1	>400	The Watford team was selected from these 14 players: P.J.Gibbs, G.A.Bristow, M.T.Keen, A.H.Garner, J.T.Walsh, V.D.Akers, L.D.Craker, J.W.Collins, D.J.T.Bond [2 goals] , A.K.Mayes, K.Mercer, A.Horsfield, P.T.Coffill & J.L.Cocks	Testimonial match for Hemel Hempstead Town's W.Ison
Tue 04 May	Bishops Stortford	A	1-3		A.G.Rankin (gk); J.T.Walsh & V.D.Akers; J.W.Collins (sub: J.L.Cocks), A.Horsfield [1 goal] & A.H.Garner; D.J.T.Bond, P.T.Coffill, K.Mercer, A.K.Mayes & G.A.Bristow	At Hitchin - Herts Senior Cup Final