1996/1997

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Manager(s)

K. F. Jackett

Final league position

13th of 24 in Football League Division 2 (3rd tier)

Average league attendance

Home: 8,894
Away: 6,084

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Bristol Rovers, York City

Goals from penalty kicks

T. J. Mooney - 7, 16
D. J. Connolly - 31
D. S. Bazeley - 38

Sent off

R. M. Johnson - 18, S. L. Palmer - 36, K. Phillips - 54, C. D. Ramage - 55

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Jackett, K. F.	Own goals	Andrews, W. M. H.	Armstrong, S. C.►■	Bazeley, D. S.	Chamberlain, A. F. R.►	Connolly, D. J.■	Easton, C. J.►	Flash, R. G.►■	Gibbs, N. J.	Johnson, C.►■	Johnson, R. M.	Lowndes, N. P.►	Ludden, D. J. R.■	Millen, K. D.	Miller, K.■	Mooney, T. J.	Noel-williams, G. R. E.►	Page, R. J.	Palmer, S. L.	Penrice, G. K.■	Phillips, K.■	Porter, G. M.■	Ramage, C. D.■	Robinson, P. P.►	Scott, K.►■	Slater, S. I.►	Talboys, S. J.►	Ward, D. P.	White, D. W.■
Appearances - League							46		16	15	38	4	12	17	0	43	1	35	0	18	42	42	33	9	35	40	22	13	6	10	8	6	13	2	7	19
Substitute Appearances - League									9	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	3	2	0	0	4	16	1	1	10	3	0	1	4	0	3	1	0	3
Goals - League								2	4	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	12	2	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	3
Appearances - Other Competitions							11		5	0	10	0	4	4	0	11	0	6	0	6	7	11	8	2	11	11	4	0	2	1	4	2	4	0	1	7
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions									2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Goals - Other Competitions									2	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1	Sat 17 Aug	AFC Bournemouth	A	Lge	2-1	7,368	X		S		X		R1			S		X			X	G	X		X	X				R				X►		X1
2	Tue 20 Aug	Walsall	A	LC1	0-1	2,659	X				X		X			X		X			X	G	X		X	X	S			R						X
3	Sat 24 Aug	Millwall	H	Lge	0-2	9,495	X				X		R			S		X		R	X	G	S		X	X	S			X				R		X
4	Tue 27 Aug	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	0-2	7,349	X		R		X						X►■	X	S►		X	G	X		X	X			X							X
5	Sat 31 Aug	Crewe Alexandra	A	Lge	2-0	3,655	X		R		X	G►				X			S	X	X		X1		X	X1			X							X
6	Tue 03 Sep	Walsall	H	LC1	2-0	5,325	X		R1		X					X			S	X	X	G	X		X	X			X1							X
7	Sat 07 Sep	Stockport County	H	Lge	1-0	7,208	X		R		X					X			S	X	X	G	X1(P)		X	X			X							X
8	Tue 10 Sep	Notts County	A	Lge	3-2	3,660	X		X1		X					X				X	X	G	X2		X	X			X							X
9	Sat 14 Sep	Bristol Rovers	A	Lge	1-0	6,276	X		R		X					X		S		X	X	G	X		X	X	S		R							X1
10	Tue 17 Sep	Sunderland	H	LC2	0-2	9,136	X		R							X				X	X	G	X		X	X	X		X	S						X
11	Sat 21 Sep	Peterborough United	H	Lge	0-0	12,007	X		R		X					X		S		X	X	G	X		X	X	S		X■	SR						R
12	Tue 24 Sep	Sunderland	A	LC2	0-1	10,659	X		R		R					X		X		X		G	X	S►	X	X	X							S		X
13	Sat 28 Sep	Shrewsbury Town	A	Lge	0-1	3,655	X				X		S			X		X		X	X	G	X	R		X	X							S		R
14	Tue 01 Oct	Preston North End	H	Lge	1-0	6,434	X		S		X		R			X		X		X	X	G	X			X	X									X1
15	Sat 05 Oct	York City	A	Lge	2-1	5,232	X		X1		X					X		X		X	X	G	X		S	X	R1									X
16	Sat 12 Oct	Wrexham	H	Lge	1-1	8,441	X		R		X					X		X		X	X	G	X1(P)	S		X	X									X
17	Tue 15 Oct	Burnley	H	Lge	2-2	6,450	X		X1		X					X		X1		X	X	G	X	S	X	X										R
18	Sat 19 Oct	Bury	A	Lge	1-1	4,092	X		R1		X					X		X!		X	X	G	X		X	X	S									X
19	Sat 26 Oct	Blackpool	A	Lge	1-1	6,072	X				X					X		X		X	X	G	X1		X	X	X									X
20	Tue 29 Oct	Luton Town	H	Lge	1-1	14,109	X		R		X1					X		X		R	X	G	X	S	X	X	S				S►					R
21	Sat 02 Nov	Brentford	H	Lge	2-0	11,448	X		R		X			X►		X1					X	G	X1	X	X	X	R				S					S
22	Sat 09 Nov	Rotherham United	A	Lge	0-0	3,619	X				X		X			X		X			X	G	X	R	X	X	X									S
23	Sun 17 Nov	Northampton Town	A	FA1	1-0	7,342	X		S		X1		R	X		X		S			X	G	X		R	X					X					X
24	Tue 19 Nov	Wycombe Wanderers	H	Lge	1-0	7,657	X		R		X		X1	R		X		X			X	G	X	S		X	S				X
25	Sat 30 Nov	Blackpool	H	Lge	2-2	12,017	X				X		R			X		X			X1	G	S	S1		X	X				X		X►			R
26	Tue 03 Dec	Bristol City	A	Lge	1-1	9,097	X		S		X					X					X	G	X	R1	X	X	X				X		R			S
27	Sat 07 Dec	Ashford Town	H	FA2	5-0	7,590	X				X2		S3			X		S			X	G	R	X	X	X	X				X		R
28	Sat 14 Dec	Walsall	A	Lge	1-1	3,674	X						X	R		X		X1		S	X	G		X		X	X				X		X
29	Sat 21 Dec	Gillingham	H	Lge	0-0	7,809	X		S		S		X			X		R		X	X	G		X	X	X	X						R
30	Thu 26 Dec	Notts County	H	Lge	0-0	9,065	X		S		R		R			X		X			X	G		S	X	X	X				X		X
31	Tue 07 Jan	Torquay United	H	AMC2	2-1	2,298	X				X		X1(P)			X					X	G	X		X1	X	X						X			X
32	Sat 18 Jan	Preston North End	A	Lge	1-1	8,735	X				X		X			X					X	G	X1	S	X	X	R						X			X
33	Tue 21 Jan	Oxford United	H	FA3	2-0	9,502	X				X		X1	S		X		X			X	G	R		X	X							X			X1
34	Mon 27 Jan	Luton Town	A	Lge	0-0	7,428	X		S	X►	X		R			X		X				G			X	X							X		X	X■
35	Sat 01 Feb	Rotherham United	H	Lge	2-0	10,657	X		R	X	X1					X		X				G		X	X	X	S						X1		X
36	Wed 05 Feb	Manchester City	A	FA4	1-3	24,031	X		S		X			R		X		X		X		G		R1	X	X!					S		X		X
37	Sat 08 Feb	Brentford	A	Lge	1-1	8,679	X		S	X	X					X		X		X		G		R	X	X						X1►			X
38	Tue 11 Feb	Bristol City	N	AMCS	2-1	3,142	X		R1		X1(P)			X		X		X		X		G			X	X		S			X	X
39	Tue 18 Feb	Peterborough United	N	AMCS	0-1	4,941	X		R		X			X		X		X		X		G			X	X	S	S			R	X
40	Sat 22 Feb	Wycombe Wanderers	A	Lge	0-0	8,438	X		S		X			R		X		X		X	X	G			X		X	X				X
41	Tue 25 Feb	Shrewsbury Town	H	Lge	2-0	6,378	X				X1			X		X		R		X	X	G		S			X	R1			S	X			X
42	Sat 01 Mar	Bristol City	H	Lge	3-0	8,539	X	1			X			X		X		X			X	G		S	X		X	X2			X	R
43	Tue 04 Mar	Peterborough United	A	Lge	1-2	4,200	X				X					X		X		S■	X	G	X1	S	X	X		X			R	R
44	Sat 08 Mar	Gillingham	A	Lge	1-3	7,385	X				X			X		X					X	G	R	S		X	X	X				X1■			X
45	Sat 15 Mar	Walsall	H	Lge	1-0	7,818	X			X	R			X		X		X			X	G	R1	S		X		X			S				X
46	Tue 18 Mar	Bristol Rovers	H	Lge	1-0	6,139	X			X	X			X		X		R			X	G	R1	S	X	X	S	X
47	Sat 22 Mar	Millwall	A	Lge	1-0	8,713	X	1		X	X			X		X		X			X	G	X	S	X	X		R
48	Sat 29 Mar	AFC Bournemouth	H	Lge	0-1	10,019	X			X	X			R		X		X			X	G	R	S		X	S	X					S		R
49	Mon 31 Mar	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	0-0	6,836	X			X	S					X		X			X	G	R		X	R	X	X		X			S
50	Sat 05 Apr	Crewe Alexandra	H	Lge	0-1	12,441	X			R	R		X■			X		X			X	G	S		X		X	X		X			S
51	Tue 08 Apr	Chesterfield	A	Lge	0-0	4,258	X		S	X						X		X			X	G	X		X	X		R		X			X
52	Sat 12 Apr	York City	H	Lge	4-0	7,645	X		R	R	S			X1		X					X	G	X1		X	X	S			X2			X
53	Mon 14 Apr	Stockport County	A	Lge	0-1	7,164	X		R	X				X		X					X	G	X		X	X		S		X			X
54	Sat 19 Apr	Wrexham	A	Lge	1-3	3,437	X			X				X		X		X			X	G■	S		X	R		X!		X1			X
55	Thu 24 Apr	Chesterfield	H	Lge	0-2	6,411	X			R		G		X		X		X			X		X		X	S	X	S		X!			R
56	Sat 26 Apr	Bury	H	Lge	0-0	9,017	X			X■	X	G		X		X		X					X	R	X	X	X	S■
57	Sat 03 May	Burnley	A	Lge	1-4	8,259	X				X	G		X	S►■	X		X			X1		R	S	X		X■			R■	X
							Manager: Jackett, K. F.	Own goals	Andrews, W. M. H.	Armstrong, S. C.►■	Bazeley, D. S.	Chamberlain, A. F. R.►	Connolly, D. J.■	Easton, C. J.►	Flash, R. G.►■	Gibbs, N. J.	Johnson, C.►■	Johnson, R. M.	Lowndes, N. P.►	Ludden, D. J. R.■	Millen, K. D.	Miller, K.■	Mooney, T. J.	Noel-williams, G. R. E.►	Page, R. J.	Palmer, S. L.	Penrice, G. K.■	Phillips, K.■	Porter, G. M.■	Ramage, C. D.■	Robinson, P. P.►	Scott, K.►■	Slater, S. I.►	Talboys, S. J.►	Ward, D. P.	White, D. W.■

► = 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
Fri 02 Aug	Chesham United	A	2-0	1,764	K.Miller (gk) (sub: A.F.R.Chamberlain); N.J.Gibbs & D.J.R.Ludden; S.L.Palmer, K.D.Millen & R.J.Page; D.S.Bazeley, D.J.Connolly [2 goals] (sub: R.M.Johnson), D.W.White (sub: T.J.Mooney), S.J.Talboys (sub: C.D.Ramage) & G.M.Porter (sub: G.K.Penrice)
Tue 06 Aug	Oxford United	H	1-0	2,632	K.Miller (gk) (sub: P.Jakonen); D.S.Bazeley & T.J.Mooney [1 penalty goal]; S.L.Palmer, K.D.Millen & R.J.Page; R.M.Johnson, S.J.Talboys (sub: N.J.Gibbs), D.W.White, W.M.H.Andrews (sub: C.R.Simpson) & C.D.Ramage (sub: G.M.Porter)
Fri 09 Aug	Cambridge United	H	3-0	1,802	K.Miller (gk); D.S.Bazeley (sub: N.J.Gibbs) & T.J.Mooney (sub: D.J.R.Ludden); S.L.Palmer, K.D.Millen & R.J.Page; C.Johnson, D.J.Connolly [1 goal], W.M.H.Andrews, G.K.Penrice (sub: C.D.Ramage [1 goal]) & G.M.Porter	1 own goal
Fri 16 May	Arsenal	H	1-4	7,470	D.Eschbach (gk) (sub: A.F.R.Chamberlain); N.J.Gibbs (sub: D.S.Bazeley) & D.J.R.Ludden (sub: D.P.Ward); R.M.Johnson, K.D.Millen & R.J.Page; S.I.Slater [1 goal], R.G.Flash (sub: L.L.Blissett), K.Phillips (sub: W.M.H.Andrews), C.J.Easton (sub: G.R.E.Noel-Williams) & T.J.Mooney	testimonial match for groundsman L.Simmons