1976/1977

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Manager(s)

M. T. Keen

Final league position

7th of 24 in Football League Division 4

Average league attendance

Home: 6,032
Away: 4,135

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Southport, Swansea City, Workington

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Brentford

Goals from penalty kicks

D. J. T. Bond - 11, 23, 35, 42

Sent off

A. J. Geidmintis - 41, 47, A. K. Mayes - 47

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Keen, M. T.	Own goals	Blissett, L. L.	Bond, D. J. T.	Bristow, G. A.■	Coffill, P. T.	Craker, L. D.■	Downes, R. D.	Eades, T. G.►■	Garner, A. H.	Geidmintis, A. J.►	Gibbs, P. L.■	Horsfield, A.■	How, T. A.	Jenkins, R. A.	Joslyn, R. D. W.	Mayes, A. K.	McCarthy, K. J.	Mercer, K.	Poole, R. J.►■	Pritchett, K. B.►	Rankin, A. G.	Sherwood, S.►	Walley, J. T.■	Walsh, J. T.
Appearances - League							46		1	44	0	23	9	35	4	46	32	1	37	16	22	37	40	6	46	3	32	37	8	12	15
Substitute Appearances - League									3	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	2
Goals - League								1	0	5	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	10	3	14	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							7		0	6	0	3	1	6	0	7	6	0	4	4	3	7	4	2	4	2	3	7	0	4	4
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 14 Aug	Brentford	H	LC1	1-1	4,827	X			X1				X		X			X	X	X	X		R	S			G		X	X
2	Tue 17 Aug	Brentford	A	LC1	2-0	5,540	X							X		X	X►			X	X1	X		X	X1			G		X	X
3	Sat 21 Aug	Southend United	A	Lge	1-2	5,267	X			X				X		X	S			X	X	R		X	X1			G		X	X
4	Tue 24 Aug	Hartlepool	H	Lge	4-0	4,667	X			X		X		X		X				X	X3	R	S		X1			G		X	X
5	Sat 28 Aug	Scunthorpe United	H	Lge	2-1	5,001	X			X		X		X		X			R	X		X1	S1		X			G		X	X
6	Tue 31 Aug	Crystal Palace	A	LC2	3-1	14,105	X			X		S		X		X	X			X		X1	X2			R►		G		X	X
7	Sat 04 Sep	Cambridge United	A	Lge	0-4	4,403	X		S	X				R		X	X	G■		X		X	X		X					X	X
8	Sat 11 Sep	Colchester United	H	Lge	2-1	5,386	X			R		X		X		X1				X		X	X1		X	S		G		X	X
9	Sat 18 Sep	Rochdale	A	Lge	1-3	1,760	X		S			X				X				X		X1	X	R	X	X		G		X	X
10	Tue 21 Sep	Sheffield Wednesday	A	LC3	1-3	15,787	X			X			X			X	R			X		X1	X		S	X		G		X	X
11	Sat 25 Sep	Exeter City	H	Lge	4-1	5,079	X			X1(P)		S	X		X►	X				X		X1	X1		X	R1		G			X
12	Sat 02 Oct	Halifax Town	H	Lge	0-0	4,353	X			X			X		X	X				X		X	X		X	X		G			X
13	Sat 09 Oct	Crewe Alexandra	A	Lge	0-2	2,684	X			X		X	R		X	X				X		X	X		X	S		G			X
14	Sat 16 Oct	AFC Bournemouth	H	Lge	1-1	5,697	X					X	X		X■	X1				X	X	X	X		X			G			X
15	Sat 23 Oct	Workington	A	Lge	1-0	1,623	X			X			X			X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X1			G
16	Tue 26 Oct	Huddersfield Town	A	Lge	2-2	5,299	X			X			X1			X	X		X1	X	X	X	X		X			G
17	Sat 30 Oct	Barnsley	H	Lge	1-0	5,313	X			X			X			X	X		X	R	X1	X	X	S	X			G
18	Tue 02 Nov	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-1	5,228	X			X		S	X			X	X		X		X	X	X1		R			G			X
19	Sat 06 Nov	Torquay United	A	Lge	1-3	2,593	X			X	S■		R■			X	X		X		X	X	X		X1		X►	G
20	Sat 20 Nov	Gillingham	A	FA1	1-0	6,818	X			X		X		X		X	X		X			X	X1		X		X	G
21	Sat 27 Nov	Bradford City	A	Lge	0-0	4,316	X			X		X		X		X	X		X		S	X	X		R		X	G
22	Sat 04 Dec	Swansea City	H	Lge	2-0	4,595	X			X		R		X		X	X		X			X	X1		X1	S	X	G
23	Sat 11 Dec	Hillingdon Borough	A	FA2	3-2	5,042	X			X1(P)		X1		R		X	X		X		S	X	X		X1		X	G
24	Sat 18 Dec	Darlington	A	Lge	0-0	2,887	X			X		X		X		X	X		X		S	R	X		X		X	G
25	Mon 27 Dec	Stockport County	H	Lge	1-1	8,229	X			X		X1		R		X	X		X		S	X	X		X		X	G
26	Sat 01 Jan	Torquay United	H	Lge	4-0	6,824	X			X1		R		X		X	X		X1		X	X	S1		X1		X	G
27	Sat 08 Jan	Northwich Victoria	A	FA3	2-3	8,989	X			X1		R		X		X	X		X		X	X	S		X1		X	G
28	Tue 11 Jan	Newport County	H	Lge	2-0	4,600	X			X1		R		X		X	X		X		S	X	X		X1		X	G
29	Sat 15 Jan	Hartlepool	A	Lge	0-1	2,391	X			X				X		X	X		X		S	X	X		X		X	G		R
30	Sat 22 Jan	Southend United	H	Lge	1-1	6,994	X			X		X		X		X	X		X		S	X	X1		R		X	G
31	Sat 29 Jan	Southport	A	Lge	3-1	1,443	X			X		R		X		X	X		X		S	X	X2		X1		X	G
32	Sat 05 Feb	Scunthorpe United	A	Lge	0-0	3,201	X			X		X		X		X	X		X			X	X		X		X	G
33	Sat 12 Feb	Cambridge United	H	Lge	2-0	8,417	X			X		R		X		X	X		X		S1	X	X		X1		X	G
34	Sat 19 Feb	Colchester United	A	Lge	0-1	5,628	X			X		R		X		X	X		X		S	X	X		X		X	G
35	Sat 26 Feb	Rochdale	H	Lge	3-1	6,331	X			X1(P)				X		X	X		X		X	X	X		X2		X	G
36	Sat 05 Mar	Exeter City	A	Lge	2-2	5,867	X			X				X		X	X		X		X	X	X1		X1		X	G
37	Wed 09 Mar	Barnsley	A	Lge	1-1	7,429	X			X				X		X	X		X		X	X	X		X1		X	G
38	Sat 12 Mar	Halifax Town	A	Lge	1-1	1,902	X			R				X1		X	X		X		X	X	X		X		X	G			S
39	Sat 19 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	H	Lge	3-1	6,399	X			X		S1		X		X	X		X		X1	R	X1		X		X	G
40	Wed 23 Mar	Brentford	A	Lge	0-3	7,600	X			X				X		X	X		X		X		X		X		X	G			X
41	Sat 26 Mar	AFC Bournemouth	A	Lge	1-2	4,445	X			X						X	X!		X1		X		X	X	R		X	G		S	X
42	Tue 29 Mar	Doncaster Rovers	H	Lge	5-1	5,476	X			X1(P)				X1		X	X		X		X2		X	X	X1		X	G
43	Sat 02 Apr	Workington	H	Lge	2-0	6,487	X		S	X				X		X	X		X1		X		X	X	R1		X	G
44	Sat 09 Apr	Brentford	H	Lge	0-1	9,382	X			R				X		X	X		X		X		X	X	X	S■	X	G
45	Mon 11 Apr	Stockport County	A	Lge	2-2	2,536	X			X		R		X		X	X		X		S		X1		X1		X	G		X
46	Tue 12 Apr	Aldershot	A	Lge	1-2	4,043	X			X		R		X		X	X		X		S		X		X1		X		G►	X
47	Sat 16 Apr	Huddersfield Town	H	Lge	2-0	6,181	X			X		X		X		X	X!		X				X!		X2		X		G	X
48	Tue 19 Apr	Southport	H	Lge	2-0	5,814	X			X		X		X		X			X	X	S1		R		X1		X		G	X
49	Sat 23 Apr	Doncaster Rovers	A	Lge	0-1	4,476	X			X				R		X	X		X		S	X	X		X		X		G	X■
50	Sat 30 Apr	Bradford City	H	Lge	1-1	6,147	X			X		X		X		X			X		X	X			X1		X		G		X
51	Tue 03 May	Newport County	A	Lge	0-3	2,218	X			X		X		X		X			X		X	X			X		X		G		X
52	Sat 07 May	Swansea City	A	Lge	4-1	11,084	X			X				X		X			X	X	X1	X	X2		R1		X		G		S
53	Sat 14 May	Darlington	H	Lge	1-1	6,142	X	1	X	X		S		X		X			X■	X		R	X		X		X		G
							Manager: Keen, M. T.	Own goals	Blissett, L. L.	Bond, D. J. T.	Bristow, G. A.■	Coffill, P. T.	Craker, L. D.■	Downes, R. D.	Eades, T. G.►■	Garner, A. H.	Geidmintis, A. J.►	Gibbs, P. L.■	Horsfield, A.■	How, T. A.	Jenkins, R. A.	Joslyn, R. D. W.	Mayes, A. K.	McCarthy, K. J.	Mercer, K.	Poole, R. J.►■	Pritchett, K. B.►	Rankin, A. G.	Sherwood, S.►	Walley, J. T.■	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
Wed 28 Jul	Reading	N	1-2	0	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh (sub: L.D.Craker); D.J.T.Bond, A.H.Garner & J.T.Walley; P.J.Coffill, R.D.W.Joslyn, K.Mercer (sub: R.J.Poole), R.A.Jenkins [1 goal] & R.D.Downes	played in private at Bisham Abbey
Sat 31 Jul	Luton Town	H	0-1	3,357	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh; D.J.T.Bond, A.H.Garner & J.T.Walley; P.T.Coffill, R.D.W.Joslyn, K.Mercer, R.A.Jenkins & R.D.Downes. A.K.Mayes and A.J.Geidmintis played as used substitutes	Kent Challenge Cup
Tue 03 Aug	Portsmouth	A	2-4	2,690	P.L.Gibbs (gk); A.J.Geidmintis & J.T.Walsh; D.J.T.Bond (sub: R.D.Downes [1 goal]), A.Horsfield & A.H.Garner; K.J.McCarthy, J.T.Walley (sub: R.D.W.Joslyn), K.Mercer, R.A.Jenkins [1 goal] & A.K.Mayes	Kent Challenge Cup
Sat 07 Aug	Oxford United	H	3-0	1,759	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh; D.J.T.Bond, A.H.Garner & J.T.Walley; K.J.McCarthy (sub: K.Mercer), R.D.W.Joslyn, R.A.Jenkins [2 goals], A.Horsfield [1 goal] & R.D.Downes	Kent Challenge Cup
Tue 10 Aug	Northampton Town	A	1-2	0	Line-up unknown. Scorer A.Horsfield [1 goal]
Mon 16 May	Hillingdon Borough	A	3-0		S.Redwood (gk); J.W.Collins & P.B.Saunders; D.J.T.Bond, A.Horsfield & A.H.Garner; K.B.Cassells [1 goal], R.D.W.Joslyn [1 goal], K.Mercer, A.K.Mayes & R.D.Downes [1 goal]	Testimonial match
Fri 20 May	Wealdstone	A	2-1	1,500	The Watford team included S.Redwood (gk), K.B.Cassells, K.Mercer, A.K.Mayes [1 goal] & L.L.Blissett [1 goal]