1977/1978

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Manager(s)

Final league position

1st of 24 in Football League Division 4 (Promoted)

Average league attendance

Home: 11,352
Away: 6,169

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

AFC Bournemouth, Doncaster Rovers, Hartlepool United, Northampton Town, Reading, Rochdale, Scunthorpe United, Stockport County, Torquay United, Wimbledon

Goals from penalty kicks

S. Ellis - 3, 4, 12, 43

Sent off

I. R. Bolton - 49

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Taylor, G.	Own goals	Allder, D. S.►■	Blissett, L. L.	Bolton, I. R.►	Bond, D. J. T.■	Booth, D.►	Coffill, P. T.■	Downes, R. D.	Ellis, S.►	Garner, A. H.	Geidmintis, A. J.■	How, T. A.	Jenkins, R. A.	Joslyn, R. D. W.	Mayes, A. K.	McCarthy, K. J.■	McClenaghan, A.►■	Mercer, K.	Pollard, B. E.►	Pritchett, K. B.	Rankin, A. G.	Sherwood, S.	Svarc, R. L.►■	Walsh, J. T.■
Appearances - League							46		1	17	44	5	31	4	44	27	46	16	18	38	43	36	1	2	17	24	45	30	16	1	0
Substitute Appearances - League									0	16	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Goals - League									0	6	6	0	0	1	9	4	7	0	1	16	4	15	0	0	9	3	4	0	0	0	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							8		0	3	8	2	3	1	7	6	8	6	1	7	7	5	0	0	7	1	8	2	6	0	0
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 13 Aug	Reading	H	LC1	2-1	5,722	X				X►	X		X	X	X►	X	X				X			X2		X		G
2	Wed 17 Aug	Reading	A	LC1	0-1	4,533	X				X	X			S	X	X	X		R	X	X			X		X		G
3	Sat 20 Aug	Stockport County	A	Lge	3-1	3,056	X				X	R			S	X1(P)	X	X		X2	X	X			X		X		G
4	Tue 23 Aug	Reading	H	LC1	5-0	7,082	X				X				X1	X1(P)	X	X		X	X1	X1			X		X1		G
5	Sat 27 Aug	York City	H	Lge	1-3	7,620	X				X	R			S	X	X	X		X	X	X1			X		X		G
6	Tue 30 Aug	Grimsby Town	A	LC2	2-1	4,345	X				X1			S	X	X	X	X		X1	X	X			R		X		G
7	Sat 03 Sep	Doncaster Rovers	A	Lge	1-0	2,963	X				X			S	X	X	X	X		X1	X	X			R		X		G
8	Tue 06 Sep	Grimsby Town	H	Lge	1-0	6,850	X			X1	X			R	X	X	X	X		X	X	S					X		G
9	Sat 10 Sep	Huddersfield Town	H	Lge	2-0	7,852	X			X	X			R	X	X	X	X		X2	X	S					X		G
10	Wed 14 Sep	Reading	A	Lge	3-1	4,862	X			X1	X			R	X	X	X	X		X	X	S2					X		G
11	Sat 17 Sep	Barnsley	A	Lge	0-1	6,443	X			X	X				X	X	X	X		R	X	X					X		G		S
12	Sat 24 Sep	Darlington	H	Lge	2-1	7,632	X			X1	X			S	X	X1(P)	X	X				X	X■				X		G	R►■
13	Tue 27 Sep	AFC Bournemouth	H	Lge	2-1	8,191	X			X	X1			X1■	X	X	X	R			X	X					X		G		S■
14	Sat 01 Oct	Rochdale	A	Lge	3-2	1,278	X		R►■	X	X				X	X	X		X		X1	X1			S1		X		G
15	Mon 03 Oct	Brentford	A	Lge	3-0	14,500	X				X				X	X1	X		X	X1	X	X1			X		X	G
16	Sat 08 Oct	Swansea City	H	Lge	2-1	10,232	X				X				X1	X	X		X	X	X	X			X1		X	G
17	Sat 15 Oct	Aldershot	A	Lge	0-1	8,059	X			S	X				X	X	X		X	X	X	R			X		X	G
18	Sat 22 Oct	Newport County	H	Lge	2-0	10,749	X			S	X				X1	X	X		X	X	X	R			X1		X	G
19	Tue 25 Oct	West Bromwich Albion	A	LC3	0-1	22,140	X			X	X				X	X	X		X	R	X	S			X		X		G
20	Sat 29 Oct	Crewe Alexandra	H	Lge	5-2	10,871	X			X	X				X1	X	X1		X	X	X				X3		X		G
21	Sat 05 Nov	Hartlepool United	A	Lge	2-1	3,121	X			X	X		X►		X	X	X1			X	X				X1		X		G
22	Sat 12 Nov	Scunthorpe United	H	Lge	4-1	10,565	X			X	X		X		X	X	X			X2	X				X2		X		G
23	Sat 19 Nov	Southend United	A	Lge	0-1	10,919	X			S	X		X		R	X	X			X	X				X	X►	X		G
24	Sat 26 Nov	Hendon	H	FA1	2-0	11,825	X			R	X		X		X	X	X1			X	X	S			X1		X		G
25	Sat 03 Dec	Halifax Town	H	Lge	1-1	9,329	X				X		X		X	X	X1			X	X				X	X	X		G
26	Sat 10 Dec	Southport	A	Lge	2-2	1,727	X				X		X		R	X	X			X1	X	S			X	X1	X		G
27	Sat 17 Dec	Colchester United	H	FA2	2-0	11,907	X				X		X		X		X	X		X1	X	S			R1	X	X	G
28	Mon 26 Dec	Northampton Town	H	Lge	3-0	15,056	X				X		X		X1		X	X		X	X	X1				X1	X	G
29	Tue 27 Dec	Torquay United	A	Lge	3-2	6,228	X			S	X1		X		X		X	X		X	X	X2				R	X	G
30	Sat 31 Dec	Wimbledon	A	Lge	3-1	7,324	X			S	X		X		X1	X	X	X		X1	R	X1				X		G
31	Mon 02 Jan	Hartlepool United	H	Lge	1-0	16,866	X			S	X1		X		X		X	X		X	X	X				R	X	G
32	Sat 07 Jan	West Ham United	A	FA3	0-1	36,475	X			X	X		X		R		X	X		X	X	X				S	X	G
33	Fri 13 Jan	Stockport County	H	Lge	1-0	12,754	X				X		X		X		X1	X		X	X	X				X	X	G
34	Sat 21 Jan	York City	A	Lge	4-0	3,831	X			X1	X		X		X		X	X			X	X3				X	X	G
35	Sat 28 Jan	Doncaster Rovers	H	Lge	6-0	11,816	X			S	X1		X		X1		X1	R■		X1	X2	X				X	X	G
36	Sat 11 Feb	Barnsley	H	Lge	0-0	13,216	X			S	X		X		X		X		X	R	X	X				X	X	G
37	Sat 25 Feb	Rochdale	H	Lge	1-0	10,139	X				X		X		X		X		X	X1	X	X				X	X	G
38	Fri 03 Mar	Swansea City	A	Lge	3-3	15,000	X			S	X1		X		R		X		X	X1	X	X1				X	X	G
39	Tue 07 Mar	Reading	H	Lge	1-0	11,439	X			X	X		X		X	S	X1		R		X	X				X	X	G
40	Sat 11 Mar	Aldershot	H	Lge	1-0	12,641	X			S	X		X		X1	X	X			X	X	X				R	X	G
41	Tue 14 Mar	Huddersfield Town	A	Lge	0-1	6,603	X			S	X		X		X	X	X			X	X	X				R	X	G
42	Fri 17 Mar	Newport County	A	Lge	2-2	8,409	X			X	X		X		X1	X	X			X1	X	X					X	G
43	Fri 24 Mar	Crewe Alexandra	A	Lge	2-2	4,652	X			R	X		X		X	X1(P)	X			X1	X	X				S	X	G
44	Sat 25 Mar	Torquay United	H	Lge	1-0	10,491	X				X		X		X	X	X1			X	X	X				X	X	G
45	Tue 28 Mar	Northampton Town	A	Lge	2-0	8,041	X			S	X1		X		X	R	X			X	X	X1				X	X	G
46	Sat 01 Apr	Wimbledon	H	Lge	2-0	11,212	X			S	X		R		X		X		X	X	X	X1				X	X1	G
47	Tue 04 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	A	Lge	2-1	6,532	X				X		X		X1		X		X	X	X	X				X1	X	G
48	Sat 08 Apr	Scunthorpe United	A	Lge	1-0	5,202	X			S	X		X		X		X		X	X	X1	R				X	X	G
49	Tue 11 Apr	Grimsby Town	A	Lge	1-1	7,189	X				X!		X		X		X		R	X	X	X			S	X	X1	G
50	Sat 15 Apr	Southend United	H	Lge	1-1	18,947	X			S			X		X		X		X	X1	X	X			X	R	X	G
51	Tue 18 Apr	Darlington	A	Lge	0-0	2,407	X			X	X		X		X		X		X	R	X	S			X		X	G
52	Sat 22 Apr	Halifax Town	A	Lge	1-1	3,542	X			S		X	X		X		X		X1		R	X		X►	X		X	G
53	Tue 25 Apr	Brentford	H	Lge	1-1	16,544	X			X1	X	X	X		X		X		X			X			R	S	X	G
54	Sat 29 Apr	Southport	H	Lge	3-2	10,089	X			X1	X	X■	X		X		X					X		X■		X	X2	G
							Manager: Taylor, G.	Own goals	Allder, D. S.►■	Blissett, L. L.	Bolton, I. R.►	Bond, D. J. T.■	Booth, D.►	Coffill, P. T.■	Downes, R. D.	Ellis, S.►	Garner, A. H.	Geidmintis, A. J.■	How, T. A.	Jenkins, R. A.	Joslyn, R. D. W.	Mayes, A. K.	McCarthy, K. J.■	McClenaghan, A.►■	Mercer, K.	Pollard, B. E.►	Pritchett, K. B.	Rankin, A. G.	Sherwood, S.	Svarc, R. L.►■	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
Sat 23 Jul	Leavesden Hospital	A	13-0	0	line-up unknown. Scorers: K.Mercer [3 goals], D.J.T.Bond [3 goals], L.L.Blissett [2 goals], K.J.McCarthy [2 goals], P.D.Williams [1 goal], A.H.Garner [1 goal] & P.T.Coffill [1 goal].
Sat 30 Jul	Oxford United	H	3-0		S.Sherwood (gk); A.J.Geidmintis & K.B.Pritchett; D.J.T.Bond [1 goal], S.Ellis & I.R.Bolton; P.T.Coffill, A.K.Mayes (sub: L.L.Blissett [1 goal]), K.Mercer (sub: A.Horsfield), R.D.W.Joslyn [1 goal] & R.D.Downes
Wed 03 Aug	Shrewsbury Town	A	0-1		S.Sherwood (gk); A.J.Geidmintis & K.B.Pritchett; D.J.T.Bond (sub: A.K.Mayes), I.R.Bolton (sub: L.L.Blissett) & A.H.Garner; P.T.Coffill, A.Horsfield, K.Mercer, R.D.W.Joslyn & R.D.Downes
Fri 05 Aug	Colchester United	A	2-1	719	S Sherwood (gk); A J Geidmintis & K B Pritchett; D J T Bond S Ellis & A H Garner; P T Coffill K Mercer [1 goal] R A Jenkins R D W Joslyn & R D Downes	1 own goal
Mon 08 Aug	Barnet	A	1-1	720	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & J.T.Walsh; R.D.W.Joslyn (sub: D.J.T.Bond), S.Ellis & A.H.Garner; P.T.Coffill, A.K.Mayes, R.A.Jenkins, I.R.Bolton & R.D.Downes [1 goal]
Mon 19 Sep	Berkhamsted Sunday League XI	A	6-2		A.G.Rankin (gk); A.J.Geidmintis & J.T.Walsh [2 goals]; R.D.W.Joslyn, S.Ellis & A.H.Garner [1 goal]; K.B.Cassells, L.L.Blissett, P.D.Williams [1 goal], I.R.Bolton [1 goal] & A.K.Mayes [1 goal]. P.B.Saunders played as a used substitute	At Tring - Testimonial match in aid of the family of the late D.Impey, a local player
Mon 27 Feb	Barnet	H	5-1	1,798	A.G.Rankin (gk); A.McClenaghan & K.B.Pritchett; D.Booth, S.Ellis & A.H.Garner; D.J.T.Bond [1 goal], R.D.W.Joslyn, R.A.Jenkins [1 goal], L.L.Blissett [2 goals] & A.K.Mayes [1 goal] (sub: R.D.Downes)	Herts Senior Cup Quarter-Final. In this competition Watford fielded the first team in only the Quarter-Final and Final
Fri 05 May	Wembley	A	2-0	500	line-up unknown. Scorer: L.L.Blissett [1 goal]	1 own goal
Mon 08 May	Tring Town	H	2-1	1,700	A.G.Rankin (gk); T.A.How & K.B.Pritchett; D.J.T.Bond, A.McClenaghan & A.H.Garner; B.E.Pollard, I.R.Bolton [2 goals], L.L.Blissett, R.D.W.Joslyn & R.D.Downes	Herts Senior Cup Final