1988/1989

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Manager(s)

S. J. Harrison

Final league position

4th of 24 in Football League Division 2

Average league attendance

Home: 12,357
Away: 10,625

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

AFC Bournemouth, Birmingham City, Hull City, Walsall, West Bromwich Albion

Goals from penalty kicks

G. M. Porter - 4, 13, 18, 39, 53
N. D. Redfearn - 31

Sent off

K. F. Jackett - 26

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Harrison, S. J.	Own goals	Bamber, J. D.►■	Blissett, L. L.	Coton, A. P.	Falconer, W. H.►	Gibbs, N. J.	Henry, L. A.►	Hodges, G. P.	Holden, R. W.■	Holdsworth, D. G.	Holdsworth, D. C.	Jackett, K. F.	McClelland, J.	Miller, P. R.►■	Morris, M. J.■	Porter, G. M.	Pullan, C. J.	Redfearn, N. D.►	Richardson, L. J.►	Rimmer, S. A.■	Roberts, I. W.	Rostron, J. W.■	Sherwood, T. A.■	Sterling, W. R.■	Thomas, R. C.	Thompson, G. L.►	Wilkinson, P.►
Appearances - League							48		16	3	48	32	48	1	25	32	27	2	41	45	22	2	42	1	14	9	1	13	7	14	3	17	17	46
Substitute Appearances - League									2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	8	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	5	0	3	4	1
Goals - League								1	3	1	0	5	1	0	5	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	10	0	3	0	0	6	0	2	0	2	7	18
Appearances - Other Competitions							12		4	1	12	8	11	0	2	11	8	0	9	7	8	0	9	1	9	0	0	2	1	10	2	0	6	11
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2	0	1	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions								1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1	Sat 27 Aug	Birmingham City	H	Lge	1-0	12,656	X		X1►		G	X►	X		X	X			X	X		R	X									S		X►
2	Mon 29 Aug	West Bromwich Albion	A	Lge	1-0	10,242	X		X		G		X1		X	X	X		X	X			X						X					X
3	Sat 03 Sep	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	2-0	10,474	X		X		G		X		X	X	X		X	X			X1							X				X1
4	Sat 10 Sep	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	3-0	12,040	X		X1		G	X	X		R	X	X		X	X			X1(P)									S		X1
5	Sat 17 Sep	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	2-3	14,644	X		X		G	X	X			X	X		X	X			X					R2				S		X
6	Tue 20 Sep	Bradford City	H	Lge	2-0	12,296	X		X		G	X	X			X2	X		X	X			X					X						X
7	Sat 24 Sep	Leicester City	A	Lge	2-2	10,957	X		R		G	X	X			X	X		X	X			X1					S			X			X1
8	Wed 28 Sep	Leicester City	A	LC2	1-4	9,512	X		R		G	X				X	X		X	X			X	R				S		S	X			X1
9	Sat 01 Oct	Swindon Town	H	Lge	2-3	11,657	X		X		G	X	X		S	X1	X		X	X			X1					R						X
10	Tue 04 Oct	Oldham Athletic	H	Lge	3-1	10,038	X			X1	G		X		X	X	X		X	X			X						X					X2
11	Sat 08 Oct	Leeds United	A	Lge	1-0	15,657	X		S	X	G		X		X1	R	X		X	X			X						R	S				X
12	Tue 11 Oct	Leicester City	H	LC2	2-2	9,087	X		X1	R	G	X	X			R	X						X				S1		X	X	X	S
13	Sat 15 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	1-1	12,126	X		S		G		X			R	X		X	X			X1(P)				R■		X	S	X			X
14	Sat 22 Oct	Stoke City	A	Lge	0-2	7,878	X			X	G		X			X	X		X	X			X					S	X		R■			X
15	Tue 25 Oct	Barnsley	H	Lge	4-0	10,356	X		R		G	X1	X			X1	X		X		X►		X					S1				X		X1
16	Sat 29 Oct	Walsall	A	Lge	1-0	6,682	X		X		G	X	X			X	X		X		X		R							S		X		X1
17	Sat 05 Nov	Chelsea	H	Lge	1-2	17,631	X		R		G	X	X			X	X		X		X		X					S				X		X1
18	Tue 08 Nov	Leicester City	H	FMC1	2-0 (AET, 0-0 after 90m)	3,626	X		X		G	X	X		X1	X	R		X	S	X		X1(P)							S				R
19	Sat 12 Nov	Manchester City	A	Lge	1-3	21,142	X		X		G	X	X		X	X	S		R	X	R		X1							S				X
20	Sat 19 Nov	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	1-1	4,621	X		X1		G	X	X		S	R	X		X	X			X					S		R				X
21	Tue 22 Nov	West Ham United	H	FMC2	1-1 (AET, 1-1 after 90m) (Pens: 3-1)	6,468	X		X		G	S	X		R	S	X		X	X			X		R►					X				X1
22	Sat 26 Nov	Hull City	H	Lge	2-0	10,404	X		X		G		X		X		X		X	X			X		X					X1				X1
23	Sat 03 Dec	Sunderland	A	Lge	1-1	16,330	X		X		G		X		X		X		X	X			X		X					X1				X
24	Sat 10 Dec	Oxford United	H	Lge	1-1	10,437	X		R■		G	S	X		X		X		X	X			R		X			S		X				X1
25	Tue 13 Dec	Newcastle United	H	FMC3	2-1	6,186	X				G	S	X		S	R1	X		X		X		R		X			X		X				X1
26	Sat 17 Dec	Blackburn Rovers	A	Lge	1-2	8,808	X				G		X		X			S1	X!	X	X		X		X			X		X				R
27	Mon 26 Dec	Portsmouth	H	Lge	1-0	15,224	X				G		X			X			X	X	X		X		X1			X		X			X►
28	Sat 31 Dec	AFC Bournemouth	H	Lge	1-0	14,006	X				G	X	X			X1				X	X		S		R			S	X	X			X	R
29	Mon 02 Jan	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	0-1	12,142	X				G	X	X			R	S			X	X		S		X				X■	R			X	X
30	Sat 07 Jan	Newcastle United	A	FA3	0-0	24,086	X				G	X	X			X				X	X		X		X					X			X	X
31	Tue 10 Jan	Newcastle United	H	FA3	2-2 (AET, 2-2 after 90m)	16,431	X				G	X	X			X			S	X	R		R		X2(P)			S		X			X	X
32	Sat 14 Jan	West Bromwich Albion	H	Lge	2-0	15,168	X				G	X	X			X1			X	X	X				X					X			X1	X
33	Mon 16 Jan	Newcastle United	A	FA3	0-0 (AET, 0-0 after 90m)	28,370	X				G	X	X			X			X	X	X				X			S		X			R	X
34	Wed 18 Jan	Newcastle United	H	FA3	1-0 (AET, 0-0 after 90m)	15,115	X	1			G	X	X			X	S		X	X	R				X			S		X			X	R
35	Sat 21 Jan	Birmingham City	A	Lge	3-2	6,396	X				G	X	X			X	X		X	X					X			S		X			R2	X1
36	Sat 28 Jan	Derby County	H	FA4	2-1	20,078	X				G	X	X			X1	X		X	X					X1			S		X			X	R
37	Sat 04 Feb	Oldham Athletic	A	Lge	1-3	6,364	X				G	X	X			R	X		X	X					X1			S		X			X	X
38	Sat 11 Feb	Leeds United	H	Lge	1-1	13,439	X				G	X	X			R	X		X	X					X			S		X			X	X1
39	Tue 14 Feb	Queens Park Rangers	H	FMC4	1-1 (AET, 1-1 after 90m) (Pens: 1-2)	8,103	X				G	S	X			X	X	S	X		X		R1(P)		X			X		X				R
40	Sun 19 Feb	Nottingham Forest	H	FA5	0-3	18,044	X				G		X			X	X		X		X		X		R			S		X			X	X
41	Sat 25 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	0-1	9,522	X				G		X		X	X	X		X	X			X			X►		X					R	S
42	Tue 28 Feb	Barnsley	A	Lge	2-2	6,163	X				G	S	X		X1	X	X1		X	X			X			R		X						X
43	Sat 04 Mar	Manchester City	H	Lge	1-0	15,747	X				G	X	X		X	X	X			X			X			X		X1					S	R
44	Sat 11 Mar	Chelsea	A	Lge	2-2	22,188	X				G	X	X		X	X	X		S	X			X			R		R1					S	X1
45	Sat 18 Mar	Bradford City	A	Lge	1-2	10,003	X				G	X	X		X	R	X		S	X			X			X		X						X1
46	Fri 24 Mar	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	0-1	15,095	X				G	R	X		X	R	X		S	X			X			X		X					S	X
47	Mon 27 Mar	Portsmouth	A	Lge	2-2	9,364	X				G		X		X1		S1	S		X		R■	X	X		X						X	R	X
48	Sat 01 Apr	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	3-2	12,054	X				G		X		X1			X	X	X	X		X1			X						X		X1
49	Tue 04 Apr	Blackburn Rovers	H	Lge	2-2	8,667	X				G	S	X		X			X	X	X	X		X			R						X1	S1	R
50	Sat 08 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	A	Lge	1-0	9,766	X				G	X	X		X			S	X	X	X		X									R	X1	X
51	Tue 11 Apr	Stoke City	H	Lge	3-2	9,086	X				G	X1	X		X1		S	S	X	X	X		X1									R	X	R
52	Sat 15 Apr	Swindon Town	A	Lge	1-1	9,828	X				G	X	X		X			S	X	X	X1		X									R	X	X
53	Tue 18 Apr	Walsall	H	Lge	5-0	9,777	X				G	X	X		X			S	X	X	X		X2(P)									R1	X1	X1
54	Sat 22 Apr	Leicester City	H	Lge	2-1	11,262	X				G	X	X	R►	R		S	S1	X	X	X		X									X		X1
55	Sat 29 Apr	Hull City	A	Lge	3-0	5,225	X	1			G	X1	X			X			X	X	X		X									X	X1	X
56	Mon 01 May	Sunderland	H	Lge	0-1	13,499	X				G	X	X			R■	S		X	X	R		X							S		X	X	X
57	Sat 06 May	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	0-0	10,052	X				G	X	X					S	X	X	X		X							X■		X	R	X
58	Sat 13 May	Oxford United	A	Lge	4-0	6,573	X				G	X2	X						X	X	X		X		X			S1				X	R	X1
59	Sun 21 May	Blackburn Rovers	A	POSF	0-0	14,028	X				G	X	X				S	S	R	X	X		X		X			R				X		X
60	Wed 24 May	Blackburn Rovers	H	POSF	1-1	13,852	X				G	X	X				S	S	X	X	X■		X		X1			R				X		X
							Manager: Harrison, S. J.	Own goals	Bamber, J. D.►■	Blissett, L. L.	Coton, A. P.	Falconer, W. H.►	Gibbs, N. J.	Henry, L. A.►	Hodges, G. P.	Holden, R. W.■	Holdsworth, D. G.	Holdsworth, D. C.	Jackett, K. F.	McClelland, J.	Miller, P. R.►■	Morris, M. J.■	Porter, G. M.	Pullan, C. J.	Redfearn, N. D.►	Richardson, L. J.►	Rimmer, S. A.■	Roberts, I. W.	Rostron, J. W.■	Sherwood, T. A.■	Sterling, W. R.■	Thomas, R. C.	Thompson, G. L.►	Wilkinson, P.►

► = 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 30 Jul	Dawlish	A	0-0	640	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & J.W.Rostron (sub: W.H.Falconer); K.F.Jackett, M.J.Morris & J.McClelland; R.C.Thomas, M.Allen (sub: S.A.Rimmer), L.L.Blissett (sub: J.D.Bamber), G.M.Porter & R.W.Holden
Tue 02 Aug	Exeter City	A	1-1	1,170	A.P.Coton (gk) (sub: M.J.Rees); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; K.F.Jackett (sub: T.A.Sherwood), M.J.Morris & J.McClelland; R.C.Thomas (sub: W.R.Sterling), S.A.Rimmer (sub: I.W.Roberts), J.D.Bamber [1 goal], G.M.Porter & G.P.Hodges
Thu 04 Aug	Torquay United	A	4-2	0	A.P.Coton (gk) (sub: M.J.Rees); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; K.F.Jackett, M.J.Morris & J.McClelland (sub: J.W.Rostron); G.P.Hodges [1 goal] (sub: L.L.Blissett), S.A.Rimmer [1 goal] (sub: M.Allen), J.D.Bamber [1 goal], G.M.Porter (sub: T.A.Sherwood) & R.W.Holden (sub: I.W.Roberts [1 goal] [sub: W.R.Sterling])	played in private at Exeter University. The first half was refereed by J.W.Rostron, who played as a second-half substitute, and the second by J.T.Walley
Sat 06 Aug	Bristol Rovers	A	3-0	984	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; T.A.Sherwood, M.J.Morris & J.McClelland; W.R.Sterling, S.A.Rimmer [2 goals], J.D.Bamber, G.M.Porter & G.P.Hodges [1 goal]
Mon 08 Aug	Reading	N	1-1	0	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; K.F.Jackett, M.J.Morris & J.McClelland; W.R.Sterling (sub: R.C.Thomas [1 goal]), S.A.Rimmer (sub: P.Wilkinson), J.D.Bamber (sub: I.W.Roberts), G.M.Porter (sub: T.A.Sherwood) & G.P.Hodges	played in private at Bisham Abbey
Sat 13 Aug	Gillingham	A	2-1	1,500	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; K.F.Jackett, M.J.Morris & J.McClelland; R.C.Thomas (sub: T.A.Sherwood), S.A.Rimmer [1 goal], J.D.Bamber (sub: P.Wilkinson), G.M.Porter [1 goal] & W.R.Sterling
Tue 16 Aug	Luton Town	H	3-1	7,213	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; K.F.Jackett, David G.Holdsworth & J.McClelland; G.P.Hodges, L.L.Blissett (sub: S.A.Rimmer), J.D.Bamber [1 goal] (sub: P.Wilkinson [2 goals]),G.M.Porter & J.C.B.Barnes (sub: R.W.Holden)	testimonial match for L.L.Blissett
Fri 19 Aug	Chester City	A	0-0	1,858	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & W.H.Falconer; K.F.Jackett, M.J.Morris & J.McClelland; R.C.Thomas (sub: C.J.Pullan), S.A.Rimmer, P.Wilkinson (sub: J.D.Bamber), G.M.Porter & R.W.Holden