1995/1996

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Manager(s)

G. V. Roeder; G. Taylor

Final league position

23rd of 24 in Football League Division 1 (2nd tier) (Relegated)

Average league attendance

Home: 9,457
Away: 11,038

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Tranmere Rovers

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Barnsley, Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Portsmouth

Goals from penalty kicks

K. Phillips - 3, 25
T. J. Mooney - 44
D. J. Connolly - 46, 50

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Roeder, G. V.	Manager: Taylor, G.	Own goals	Andrews, W. M. H.►	Barnes, D.■	Bazeley, D. S.	Beadle, P. C. W. J.■	Caskey, D. M.►■	Cherry, S. R.►■	Connolly, D. J.	Dixon, K. M.►■	Foster, C. J.■	Gibbs, N. J.	Hessenthaler, A.■	Hill, D. R. L.►■	Hodge, S. B.►■	Holdsworth, D. G.■	Johnson, R. M.	Lavin, G.■	Ludden, D. J. R.	Millen, K. D.	Miller, K.	Mooney, T. J.	Moralee, J. D.■	Neill, W. A.►■	Page, R. J.	Palmer, S. L.►	Payne, D. R.■	Penrice, G. K.	Phillips, K.	Pitcher, G.■	Porter, G. M.	Ramage, C. D.	Simpson, C. R.►■	Ward, D. P.►	White, D. W.►	Wilkinson, P.■
Appearances - League							28	18		0	10	35	3	6	4	7	8	26	8	30	1	2	26	17	16	9	32	42	38	17	1	16	35	9	4	26	2	28	34	0	1	9	4
Substitute Appearances - League										1	0	6	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	4	8	0	3	0	3	3	1	7	1	2	1	0	7	0
Goals - League									1	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	0	1	1	1	11	1	1	15	0	0	4	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							5	0		0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	1	5	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	2	5	0	0	0	0
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions										0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions										0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 12 Aug	Sheffield United	H	Lge	2-1	8,677	X						R						X	X			X	X1	X		X	G	S					X1		X		X
2	Sat 19 Aug	Huddersfield Town	A	Lge	0-1	10,556	X					S	R						X	X			X	X	X		X	G	S					X		R		X
3	Sat 26 Aug	Barnsley	H	Lge	2-3	8,049	X					X			G►	S			R	R			X	X	X		X		S					X		X2(P)		X
4	Tue 29 Aug	Charlton Athletic	A	Lge	1-2	8,442	X					X			G	S		X	S				X	X	X		R		X1					X		X		R
5	Sat 02 Sep	Grimsby Town	A	Lge	0-0	3,993	X					X			G	R		X	X				X	X						S				X		X		X	X
6	Sat 09 Sep	Stoke City	H	Lge	3-0	7,130	X					R						X	X				X	X				G	R1	S				X		X	S	X	X2
7	Tue 12 Sep	Crystal Palace	H	Lge	0-0	8,780	X					X						X					X	X	X			G	X					X		X		X	X
8	Sat 16 Sep	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	2-4	11,441	X					X						X					X	R	X			G	X					X		X1	S1	X	X
9	Tue 19 Sep	AFC Bournemouth	H	LC2	1-1	5,037	X					X	X					X						X1			X	G	X	S						R	X	X	X
10	Sat 23 Sep	Birmingham City	H	Lge	1-1	9,422	X					X	R■			S		X					S	X	X		X	G	X	R1								X	X
11	Sat 30 Sep	Tranmere Rovers	A	Lge	3-2	7,041	X					S						X1					X	X	X		X	G	X1	R1			X►					X	X
12	Tue 03 Oct	AFC Bournemouth	A	LC2	1-1 (AET, 0-0 after 90m) (Pens: 6-5)	4,365	X					S1						X					X	X	X		X	G	X	R			X				S	R	X
13	Sat 07 Oct	Millwall	H	Lge	0-1	8,918	X					S						X					X	X	X		X	G	R	R			X			S	S	X	R
14	Sat 14 Oct	Sunderland	A	Lge	1-1	17,790	X					X						X					X		X		X	G	X	X1			X			X			X
15	Sat 21 Oct	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Lge	1-1	11,319	X					X						X					X1		X		X	G	X	X			X			X			X
16	Tue 24 Oct	Blackburn Rovers	H	LC3	1-2	17,035	X					X						X					X		X		X	G	X	X			X			X1			X
17	Sat 28 Oct	Portsmouth	A	Lge	2-4	7,025	X					R		X►	G■			X					X		X		X		S	R			X			X1	S		X1
18	Sat 04 Nov	Southend United	H	Lge	2-2	7,091	X							X1				X		X			X		X			G	X	X			X			X1			X
19	Sat 11 Nov	Leicester City	A	Lge	0-1	16,230	X							X						X			X	S	X		X	G	X	X			X			X			R
20	Sat 18 Nov	Port Vale	A	Lge	1-1	6,265	X							X						X			X	S	X		X	G	X	R			X		S	X			R1
21	Tue 21 Nov	Luton Town	H	Lge	1-1	10,042	X							X						X			X		X■		X	G	X	S			X		R	X1			X
22	Sun 26 Nov	Norwich City	H	Lge	0-2	7,798	X					X		X■						X			X				X	G	X	X			X			X			X
23	Sat 02 Dec	Millwall	A	Lge	2-1	8,389	X					X						X		X			X	X				G	X				X	S		X2		R					X
24	Sat 09 Dec	Birmingham City	A	Lge	0-1	16,970	X					X						X		X			X	X				G	X				X		S	X	R						X
25	Sat 16 Dec	Tranmere Rovers	H	Lge	3-0	7,257	X		1			X						X				X►	X	X			X	G	X				X			X2(P)							X
26	Sat 23 Dec	Oldham Athletic	A	Lge	0-0	5,878	X					X						X				R■	X	X			X	G	X			S	R			X	S						X■
27	Sat 06 Jan	Wimbledon	H	FA3	1-1	11,187	X					X						X					X	X		S	X	G	R1	X				S		X	R		X
28	Sat 13 Jan	Huddersfield Town	H	Lge	0-1	7,568	X					X					X►	X					X	S		X	R	G					R	X		X	S		X
29	Wed 17 Jan	Wimbledon	A	FA3	0-1	5,142	X					X				S							X	X		X	X	G		X		X				X	R		X
30	Sat 20 Jan	Sheffield United	A	Lge	1-1	12,782	X					R1					X	X					X	X		X	X	G	X		X►■	S							X
31	Sat 03 Feb	Barnsley	A	Lge	1-2	6,139	X					X					X	X		X							X	G	X	R		X			S1		X		X
32	Sat 10 Feb	Charlton Athletic	H	Lge	1-2	8,394	X					X						X		X				R			X	G	X				X		X	X1	S■		X
33	Sat 17 Feb	Crystal Palace	A	Lge	0-4	13,235	X					S						X	R	X	X►■						X	G	X			S	X			X		R				X►
34	Sat 24 Feb	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	2-3	11,872		X			X	S							X	X			X				X1	G	R				X1		R	X			S			X
35	Wed 28 Feb	Stoke City	A	Lge	0-2	10,114		X			X	S							X	X			X■			S	X	G	R				X		R	X						X
36	Sat 02 Mar	Reading	A	Lge	0-0	8,933		X			X	X								X						X	X	G		S		X	X			R		X	S			R
37	Tue 05 Mar	Derby County	H	Lge	0-0	8,306		X		S►	X	X								X							X	G	R	R		X	X					X	X			S
38	Sat 09 Mar	Oldham Athletic	H	Lge	2-1	10,961		X			X	X					S	X		X								G	X	R		X	X					X	X2
39	Tue 12 Mar	West Bromwich Albion	A	Lge	4-4	11,836		X			X	X					S	X2		X								G	X	R		X	X					R	X2			S
40	Sat 16 Mar	Derby County	A	Lge	1-1	15,939		X				X						X1		X							X	G	X	R		X	X					X	X			S
41	Sat 23 Mar	West Bromwich Albion	H	Lge	1-1	10,334		X				X					S	X		X							X	G	R	R		X	X					X	X1			S
42	Sat 30 Mar	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Lge	0-3	25,885		X				X				SR	X			X						X	X	G		R		X	X					X	X			S
43	Tue 02 Apr	Sunderland	H	Lge	3-3	11,195		X				X					X	R■		X						X	X	G	X2			X	X					S	X1
44	Sat 06 Apr	Portsmouth	H	Lge	1-2	8,226		X				X					R			X						X	X	G	X1(P)			X	X					R	X	S►■		S
45	Mon 08 Apr	Southend United	A	Lge	1-1	5,348		X			X	X					X			X							X	G	X			X	X					X	X1
46	Sat 13 Apr	Port Vale	H	Lge	5-2	9,066		X			X	X				X3(P)	R■										X	G	X	S		X	X	S				R	R			S2
47	Tue 16 Apr	Reading	H	Lge	4-2	8,113		X			R	X				R1				X						S		G	X	S		X	X					X	X1			X2
48	Sat 20 Apr	Luton Town	A	Lge	0-0	9,454		X				X				R				X						X		G	X	S			X	S■				R	X		X►	X
49	Tue 23 Apr	Grimsby Town	H	Lge	6-3	8,909		X				X				X3				X						X		G	X			X	X					X	X3			X
50	Sat 27 Apr	Norwich City	A	Lge	2-1	14,188		X			R■	X				X1(P)				X						S		G	X			X	X					X1	X			X
51	Sun 05 May	Leicester City	H	Lge	0-1	20,089		X				X				R				R■						X	S	G	X	S■		X	X					X	X			X
							Manager: Roeder, G. V.	Manager: Taylor, G.	Own goals	Andrews, W. M. H.►	Barnes, D.■	Bazeley, D. S.	Beadle, P. C. W. J.■	Caskey, D. M.►■	Cherry, S. R.►■	Connolly, D. J.	Dixon, K. M.►■	Foster, C. J.■	Gibbs, N. J.	Hessenthaler, A.■	Hill, D. R. L.►■	Hodge, S. B.►■	Holdsworth, D. G.■	Johnson, R. M.	Lavin, G.■	Ludden, D. J. R.	Millen, K. D.	Miller, K.	Mooney, T. J.	Moralee, J. D.■	Neill, W. A.►■	Page, R. J.	Palmer, S. L.►	Payne, D. R.■	Penrice, G. K.	Phillips, K.	Pitcher, G.■	Porter, G. M.	Ramage, C. D.	Simpson, C. R.►■	Ward, D. P.►	White, D. W.►	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
Thu 20 Jul	Leyton Orient	H	1-0	0	S.R.Cherry (gk); G.Lavin & D.J.R.Ludden; C.J.Foster, David G.Holdsworth & K.D.Millen; A.Hessenthaler, D.R.Payne, C.D.Ramage, K.Phillips & P.C.W.J.Beadle	Three 30-minute periods played in private at Old Merchant Taylors ground, Croxley Green. All ten outfield players were replaced during the match, the substitutes being G.M.Porter, N.J.Gibbs, R.J.Page, T.J.Mooney [1 goal], D.J.Connolly, D.S.Bazeley, R.M.Johnson, P.S.Wilkerson, G.Pitcher & D.J.R.Ludden. The last-named reappeared after being himself replaced earlier in the match
Mon 24 Jul	Jonsereds IF, Sweden	A	1-1	est 200	S.R.Cherry (gk); G.Lavin & K.D.Millen; C.J.Foster (sub: N.J.Gibbs), David G.Holdsworth & C.D.Ramage; A.Hessenthaler (R.M.Johnson), D.R.Payne, P.C.W.J.Beadle (sub: D.J.Connolly), G.M.Porter & K.Phillips [1 goal] (sub: T.J.Mooney)
Wed 26 Jul	Kungshamns IF, Sweden	A	1-1	est 350	S R Cherry (gk) D S Bazeley & D J R Ludden (sub: G Lavin) R J Page K D Millen & N J Gibbs G Pitcher (sub: C D Ramage) R M Johnson D J Connolly G M Porter (sub: D R Payne) & T.J.Mooney [1 goal]
Thu 27 Jul	HerrljÃÂ¼nja SK, Sweden	A	3-0	est 550	S.R.Cherry (gk); G.Lavin (sub: D.S.Bazeley) & K.D.Millen (sub: N.J.Gibbs); C.J.Foster, David G.Holdsworth & C.D.Ramage; A.Hessenthaler (sub: R.M.Johnson), D.R.Payne, P.C.W.J.Beadle [2 goals], G.M.Porter (sub: D.J.R.Ludden) & T.J.Mooney [1 goal] (sub: D.J.Connolly)
Sat 29 Jul	RÃÂ¤nneslovs GIS, Sweden	A	5-0	est 250	K.Miller (gk); D.S.Bazeley & D.J.R.Ludden (sub: K.G.Sansom); N.J.Gibbs, R.J.Page & C.D.Ramage; A.Hessenthaler, R.M.Johnson [1 goal], D.J.Connolly [2 goals, including a penalty] (sub: D.R.Payne), G.Pitcher & K.Phillips [2 goals]
Mon 31 Jul	Swedish Select XI, Sweden	A	7-0	909	K.Miller (gk); D.S.Bazeley & N.J.Gibbs; R.J.Page, K.D.Millen (sub: K.G.Sansom) & R.M.Johnson; A.Hessenthaler (sub: G.Pitcher), D.R.Payne (sub: C.D.Ramage), P.C.W.J.Beadle [2 goals] (sub: K.Phillips [3 goals]), G.M.Porter (sub: D.J.R.Ludden) & T.J.Mooney [2 goals] (sub: G.Lavin)	at Vrigstadt, Sweden. The Swedish Select XI consisted of players from Sweden's 5th and 6th Divisions.
Tue 01 Aug	TG & IF, Sweden	A	3-3	est 700	K.Miller (gk); G.Lavin & N.J.Gibbs (sub: R.M.Johnson); K.D.Millen, David G.Holdsworth & C.D.Ramage [2 goals, including a penalty] (sub: D.S.Bazeley); A.Hessenthaler (sub: G.Pitcher), D.R.Payne, P.C.W.J.Beadle, G.M.Porter & K.Phillips [1 goal]	Beadle sent off
Sat 05 Aug	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	7,354	K.Miller (gk); G.Lavin (sub: D.S.Bazeley) & R.M.Johnson; K.D.Millen, David G.Holdsworth & C.D.Ramage (sub: G.Pitcher); A.Hessenthaler (sub: N.J.Gibbs), D.R.Payne, P.C.W.J.Beadle (sub: T.J.Mooney), G.M.Porter & K.Phillips