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1993–94 Watford F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Watford
1993–94 season
ChairmanJack Petchey
ManagerGlenn Roeder
StadiumVicarage Road
First Division19th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paul Furlong (18)
All: Paul Furlong (19)
Average home league attendance7,907

Season summary edit

In July 1993, after Steve Perryman left to join Tottenham Hotspur, Roeder was hired as Watford's new manager at the start of the 1993–94 season. However, Watford were fined £10,000 for an illegal approach, and ordered to pay Gillingham a further £30,000 in compensation.[1]

Watford endured a poor season and came nowhere near to mounting a serious promotion challenge which at one stage produced just 4 wins from 20 league games, picking up just 16 points out of 60 during that run which also included 7 defeats in 8 games. As a result of their poor form, they were involved in a relegation battle and at that stage just ahead of the relegation zone on goals scored, and their form didn't improve heading to the closing stages of the season and again lost 7 from 8 games between 5 February and 19 March which saw the Hornets in the relegation zone and looked set for the drop but their final 10 games saw Watford win six to secure survival for another season in Division One.

Final league table edit

Main article: 1993–94 Football League § First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Portsmouth 46 15 13 18 52 58 −6 58
18 Barnsley 46 16 7 23 55 67 −12 55
19 Watford 46 15 9 22 66 80 −14 54
20 Luton Town 46 14 11 21 56 60 −4 53
21 West Bromwich Albion 46 13 12 21 60 69 −9 51
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results edit

Watford's score comes first[2]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 August 1993 Luton Town A 1–2 9,149 Furlong
21 August 1993 Barnsley H 0–2 5,937
28 August 1993 Oxford United A 3–2 5,159 Charlery, Porter, Alsford
4 September 1993 Charlton Athletic H 2–2 6,925 Porter, Inglethorpe
7 September 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 7,870 Venus (own goal)
11 September 1993 Grimsby Town A 2–2 4,783 Nogan, Porter
18 September 1993 Notts County H 3–1 6,959 Furlong (2), Lavin
25 September 1993 Sunderland H 1–1 7,694 Ashby
2 October 1993 Millwall A 1–4 7,707 Nogan
10 October 1993 Middlesbrough H 2–0 7,582 Furlong, Dyer
16 October 1993 Birmingham City A 0–1 12,823
23 October 1993 Bolton Wanderers H 4–3 7,492 Porter (3), Charlery
30 October 1993 West Bromwich Albion A 1–4 15,299 Soloman
3 November 1993 Southend United A 0–3 4,584
6 November 1993 Stoke City H 1–3 7,767 Dyer
20 November 1993 Bristol City H 1–1 6,045 Soloman
28 November 1993 Crystal Palace H 1–3 7,485 Nogan
4 December 1993 Stoke City A 0–2 13,465
7 December 1993 Portsmouth A 0–2 8,242
11 December 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–2 17,460
19 December 1993 Luton Town H 2–2 7,567 Dyer (2)
27 December 1993 Leicester City A 4–4 21,744 Furlong (2), Dyer (2)
28 December 1993 Peterborough United H 2–1 7,155 Furlong (2)
1 January 1994 Tranmere Rovers A 1–2 8,271 Furlong
3 January 1994 Nottingham Forest H 1–2 14,539 Cooper (own goal)
15 January 1994 Birmingham City H 5–2 7,636 Hessenthaler, Furlong (3), Porter
22 January 1994 Middlesbrough A 1–1 8,089 Furlong
29 January 1994 Derby County A 2–1 15,308 Soloman, Furlong
5 February 1994 Bolton Wanderers A 1–3 10,150 Inglethorpe
12 February 1994 West Bromwich Albion H 0–1 10,087
19 February 1994 Derby County H 3–4 8,277 Ashby, Furlong, Bazeley
26 February 1994 Charlton Athletic A 1–2 7,546 Porter
5 March 1994 Oxford United H 2–1 7,049 Hessenthaler, Ford (own goal)
12 March 1994 Notts County A 0–1 6,378
15 March 1994 Grimsby Town H 0–3 5,109
19 March 1994 Sunderland A 0–2 16,479
26 March 1994 Millwall H 2–0 9,036 Lavin, Hessenthaler
30 March 1994 Nottingham Forest A 1–2 23,044 Porter
2 April 1994 Leicester City H 1–1 8,645 Bailey
5 April 1994 Peterborough United A 4–3 7,734 Furlong, Bailey, Dublin, Lavin
9 April 1994 Tranmere Rovers H 1–2 7,347 Bailey
12 April 1994 Barnsley A 1–0 4,380 Furlong
16 April 1994 Southend United H 3–0 7,694 Bailey, Mooney, Foster
23 April 1994 Bristol City A 1–1 8,324 Furlong
30 April 1994 Portsmouth H 1–0 10,141 Hessenthaler
8 May 1994 Crystal Palace A 2–0 28,749 Hessenthaler, Mooney

FA Cup edit

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 1994 West Ham United A 1–2 19,802 Porter (pen)

League Cup edit

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st leg 17 August 1993 Brentford A 2–2 4,297 Dyer, Furlong
R1 2nd leg 24 August 1993 Brentford H 3–1 (won 5–3 on agg) 4,938 Holdsworth, Soloman, Dyer
R2 1st leg 21 September 1993 Millwall H 0–0 5,954
R2 2nd leg 6 October 1993 Millwall H 3–4 (lost 3–4 on agg) 5,381 Hessenthaler, Porter, Nogan

Anglo-Italian Cup edit

Main article: 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Group 6 31 August 1993 Luton Town H 2–1 2,854 Dyer, Inglethorpe
Group 6 15 September 1993 Southend United A 0–3 1,881

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ENG Perry Digweed
— GK   ENG Simon Sheppard
— GK   ENG Perry Suckling
— DF   ENG Julian Alsford
— DF   ENG David Barnes
— DF   ENG Darren Bazeley
— DF   ENG Jason Drysdale
— DF   ENG Keith Dublin
— DF   ENG Colin Foster
— DF   ENG David Holdsworth
— DF   ENG Keith Millen
— DF   ENG Jason Soloman
— DF   WAL Alan McCarthy[notes 1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   WAL Rob Page
— DF   SCO Gerard Lavin[notes 2]
— DF   CAN Mark Watson
— MF   ENG Paul Harding (on loan from Notts County)
— MF   ENG Andy Hessenthaler
— MF   ENG Gary Porter
— MF   ENG Craig Ramage
— MF   AUS Richard Johnson
— FW   ENG Dennis Bailey
— FW   ENG Paul Furlong
— FW   ENG Alex Inglethorpe
— FW   ENG Tommy Mooney (on loan from Southend United)
— FW   WAL Lee Nogan

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   ENG Barry Ashby (to Brentford)
— MF   ENG Roger Willis (to Birmingham City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 3] (to Crystal Palace)
— FW   LCA Ken Charlery[notes 4] (to Peterborough United)

References edit

  1. ^ Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 277. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
  2. ^ "Watford 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. ^ "1993-94 Squad". www.hornethistory.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

Notes edit

  1. ^ McCarthy was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  2. ^ Lavin was born in Corby, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.
  4. ^ Charlery was born in Tower Hamlets, but also qualified to represent Saint Lucia internationally.
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