2011–12 Watford F.C. season
2011–12 season | |||
Chairman | Graham Taylor | ||
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Manager | Sean Dyche | ||
Stadium | Vicarage Road | ||
Football League Championship | 11th | ||
FA Cup | Fourth round (eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur) | ||
League Cup | First round (eliminated by Bristol Rovers) | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Troy Deeney: 11 All: Troy Deeney: 12 |
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Highest home attendance | 16,314 (vs. Blackpool, 6 April 2012) |
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Lowest home attendance | 10,592 (vs Millwall, 27 September 2011) |
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Watford Football Club (also known simply as Watford, or as The Hornets) is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. The team competed in the Football League Championship in 2011–12, their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of English football since their relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07.[1] The 2011–12 season consisted of pre-season friendlies in July 2011, followed by competitive matches in the Football League, FA Cup and Football League Cup between August 2011 and April 2012. Assistant manager Sean Dyche became manager in July 2011, following the departure of Malky Mackay. The club's captain for the season was central midfielder John Eustace. Watford's chairman was Graham Taylor, who previously took Watford from the Fourth Division to the First Division as manager.
The team was widely tipped for relegation in 2011–12, following the pre-season departures of attacking players Danny Graham, Will Buckley and Don Cowie for a combined total of £4.5million. Following an early run of two wins from the first thirteen league fixtures, Watford's form improved, and the team lost just one of the remaining eleven games in 2011. Watford suffered four defeats in January 2012, and sold Marvin Sordell – then the team's top goalscorer – on the last day of the January transfer window. The team regained its form between February and April, and finished the league season in the top half of the table for the first time in four years.[2] Watford's top scorer was Troy Deeney with 12 goals in all competitions, followed by Sordell with 10. Centre back Adrian Mariappa was voted Watford F.C. Player of the Season,[3] while Sean Murray received the young player award.[4]
Off the field, 2011 and 2012 marked a period of transition. Laurence Bassini purchased the club in March 2011, and after the 2010–11 season several senior members of staff left the club, including chief executive Julian Winter and manager Malky Mackay.[5] Bassini himself attracted criticism from some Watford supporters, as well as chairman Graham Taylor, for his reluctance to speak to supporters or the media.[6] Taylor resigned as chairman at the end of the season,[7] and in June 2012 a company owned by Giampaolo Pozzo and his family took control of the club.[8]
Contents
Background
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The end of the 2010–11 season signalled the start of a period of change, on and off the pitch. Watford sold the club's top scorer Danny Graham to newly promoted Swansea City for £3.5 million.[9] They also sold Young Player of the season Will Buckley to Brighton & Hove Albion for £1m, and Liam Henderson left on a free transfer to York City. Off the field, Watford's chief executive Julian Winter left the club shortly after the sales of Buckley and Graham, and manager Malky Mackay joined Cardiff City the following week. On 21 June, 20-year-old defender Tom Aldred left on a season-long loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Nathan Ellington went on a free transfer to Ipswich Town.[10] Meanwhile, on the same day, Craig Forsyth came to Watford from Dundee United and Sean Dyche was appointed as new manager.
Pre-Season Friendlies
9 July 2011 | Boreham Wood | 2 – 2 | Watford | Meadow Park |
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15:00 | Noto 12' Chabaan 40' |
Eustace 30' Mingoia 48' |
19 July 2011 | Wealdstone | 1 – 3 | Watford | St Georges Stadium |
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19:45 | Jolly ?' | Yeates ?' Iwelumo ?' Sordell ?' |
23 July 2011 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 – 1 | Watford | Kingsmeadow |
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15:00 | L. Moore 40', 55' | Eustace 13' | Attendance: 1,613 |
26 July 2011 | Brentford | 0 – 0 | Watford | Griffin Park |
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19:45 | Attendance: 2,491 |
30 July 2011 | Colchester United | 1 – 0 | Watford | Weston Homes Community Stadium |
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15:00 | Odejayi 25' |
Championship
6 August 2011 1 | Burnley | 2–2 | Watford | Turf Moor |
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15:00 | Austin 77' Treacy 84' |
[11] | 45' Forsyth 70' Yeates |
Attendance: 14,617 |
13 August 2011 2 | Watford | 0–1 | Derby County | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | [12] | 51' S. Davies | Attendance: 12,263 |
16 August 2011 3 | Watford | 0–4 | West Ham United | Vicarage Road |
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19:45 | [13] | 3' Tomkins 45+2' O'Brien 71' Cole 90+1' Parker |
Attendance: 14,747 |
20 August 2011 4 | Coventry City | 0–0 | Watford | Ricoh Arena |
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15:00 | [14] | Attendance: 13,043 |
28 August 2011 5 | Watford | 2–2 | Birmingham City | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Sordell 80' Taylor 90+1' |
[15] | 39' Rooney 88' Wood |
Attendance: 11,937 |
10 September 2011 6 | Reading | 0–2 | Watford | Madejski Stadium |
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15:00 | [16] | 12' Yeates 51' Eustace |
Attendance: 17,128 |
24 September 2011 8 | Watford | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | [18] | 61' Miller | Attendance: 11,437 |
27 September 2011 9 | Watford | 2–1 | Millwall | Vicarage Road |
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19:45 | Dickinson 78' Forsyth 85' |
[19] | 68' Feeney | Attendance: 10,592 |
1 October 2011 10 | Southampton | 4–0 | Watford | St Mary's Stadium |
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15:00 | Lambert 22' (pen.), 55' (pen.) do Prado 70' Holmes 88' |
[20] | Attendance: 23,574 |
15 October 2011 11 | Watford | 0–2 | Crystal Palace | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | [21] | Zaha 66' Easter 90+2' |
Attendance: 12,559 |
19 October 2011 12 | Leicester City | 2–0 | Watford | King Power Stadium |
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19:45 | Nugent 19' Beckford 36' |
[22] | Attendance: 20,304 |
22 October 2011 13 | Hull City | 3–2 | Watford | KC Stadium |
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15:00 | Fryatt 51' Mclean 66' Koren 90+4' |
[23] | 36' (o.g.) Chester 56' Iwelumo |
Attendance: 18,324 |
29 October 2011 14 | Watford | 3–2 | Peterborough United | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Yeates 5' Sordell 31' (pen.), 33' |
[24] | 15' Frecklington 39' Sinclair |
Attendance: 15,031 |
1 November 2011 15 | Watford | 1–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Vicarage Road |
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19:45 | Deeney 77' | [25] | Attendance: 11,818 |
5 November 2011 16 | Middlesbrough | 1–0 | Watford | Riverside Stadium |
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17:20 | McDonald 41' | [26] | Attendance: 14,366 |
19 November 2011 17 | Watford | 2–0 | Portsmouth | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Kightly 2' Sordell 45' |
[27] | Attendance: 12,864 |
26 November 2011 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 0–0 | Watford | Keepmoat Stadium |
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15:00 | [28] | Attendance: 8,389 |
29 November 2011 19 | Watford | 2–2 | Bristol City | Vicarage Road |
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19:45 | Dickinson 25' Beattie 42' |
[29] | 44' Elliott 46' (o.g.) Mariappa |
Attendance: 12,418 |
3 December 2011 20 | Ipswich Town | 1–2 | Watford | Portman Road |
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15:00 | Andrews 45' | [30] | 70' (pen.) Sordell 74' Deeney |
Attendance: 16,262 |
10 December 2011 21 | Watford | 1–1 | Leeds United | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Kightly 28' | [31] | 90+5' (pen.) Snodgrass | Attendance: 13,573 |
17 December 2011 22 | Blackpool | 0–0 | Watford | Bloomfield Road |
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15:00 | [32] | Attendance: 11,652 |
26 December 2011 23 | Watford | 1–1 | Cardiff City | Vicarage Road |
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12:00 | Buaben 62' | [33] | 80' (o.g.) Mariappa | Attendance: 14,604 |
31 December 2011 24 | Watford | 4–1 | Doncaster Rovers | Vicarage Road |
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13:00 | Sordell 44', 68' Eustace 84' Kightly 90+3' |
[34] | 47' Sharp | Attendance: 11,654 |
2 January 2012 25 | Portsmouth | 2–0 | Watford | Fratton Park |
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15:00 | Futács 54' Mullins 87' |
[35] | Attendance: 14,362 |
14 January 2012 27 | Watford | 1–2 | Reading | Vicarage Road |
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17:20 | Cummings 29' (o.g.) | [36] | 42' Kebe 85' le Fondre |
Attendance: 11,291 |
21 January 2012 27 | Birmingham City | 3–0 | Watford | St Andrew's |
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15:00 | Davies 35', 60' Burke 81' |
[37] | Attendance: 18,681 |
4 February 2012 29 | Watford | 2–1 | Barnsley | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Eustace 33', 68' | [39] | 85' Golbourne | Attendance: 11,306 |
11 February 2012 30 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Watford | City Ground |
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15:00 | McCleary 19' | [40] | 44' Deeney | Attendance: 21,712 |
14 February 2012 31 | Watford | 3–2 | Leicester City | Vicarage Road |
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19:45 | Mariappa 5' Murray 33' Forsyth 80' |
[41] | 11', 18' Nugent | Attendance: 11,800 |
18 February 2012 32 | Crystal Palace | 4–0 | Watford | Selhurst Park |
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15:00 | Zaha 22' Martin 38', 50' Dikgacoi 64' |
[42] | Attendance: 13,324 |
25 February 2012 33 | Watford | 0–3 | Southampton | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | [43] | 13', 21', 72' Lambert | Attendance: 13,424 |
3 March 2012 34 | Watford | 3–2 | Burnley | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Nosworthy 54' Kacaniklic 72' Deeney 75' |
[44] | 41' Rodriguez 50' (o.g.) Nosworthy |
Attendance: 11,612 |
7 March 2012 35 | West Ham United | 1–1 | Watford | Upton Park |
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19:45 | Vaz Te 87' | [45] | 68' Murray | Attendance: 31,674 |
10 March 2012 36 | Derby County | 1–2 | Watford | Pride Park |
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15:00 | S. Davies 31' | [46] | 8' Murray 15' Deeney |
Attendance: 23,130 |
17 March 2012 37 | Watford | 0–0 | Coventry City | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | [47] | Attendance: 12,563 |
20 March 2012 38 | Bristol City | 0–2 | Watford | Ashton Gate |
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19:45 | [48] | 15' (o.g.) James 20' Murray |
Attendance: 12,017 |
24 March 2012 39 | Watford | 2–1 | Ipswich Town | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Murray 71' Deeney 82' |
[49] | 18' Emmanuel-Thomas | Attendance: 12,757 |
31 March 2012 40 | Leeds United | 0–2 | Watford | Elland Road |
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15:00 | [50] | 5', 89' Iwelumo | Attendance: 21,766 |
6 April 2012 41 | Watford | 0–2 | Blackpool | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | [51] | 25', 70' (pen.) Dobbie | Attendance: 16,314 |
9 April 2012 42 | Cardiff City | 1–1 | Watford | Cardiff City Stadium |
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15:00 | Miller 45+1' | [52] | 82' Nosworthy | Attendance: 21,259 |
14 April 2012 43 | Watford | 1–1 | Hull City | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Deeney 12' | [53] | 4' Chester | Attendance: 11,596 |
17 April 2012 44 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–2 | Watford | Falmer Stadium |
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19:45 | Calderon 55' Buckley 79' |
[54] | 6' Murray 44' (pen.) Deeney |
Attendance: 19,189 |
21 April 2012 45 | Peterborough United | 2–2 | Watford | London Road Stadium |
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15:00 | Tomlin 14' (pen.) Taylor 54' |
[55] | 26' Deeney 48' Murray |
Attendance: 8,725 |
28 April 2012 46 | Watford | 2–1 | Middlesbrough | Vicarage Road |
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12:30 | Iwelumo 69' Deeney 88' |
[56] | 85' Emnes | Attendance: 14,022 |
League table
# | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
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C | Reading | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 89 |
P | Southampton | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 88 |
3 | West Ham United | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 86 |
4 | Birmingham City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 76 |
5 | Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 |
6 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 |
7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 |
8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 |
9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 |
10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | +0 | 66 |
11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 64 |
12 | Derby County | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 58 | -8 | 64 |
13 | Burnley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 62 |
14 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 65 | 68 | -3 | 61 |
15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 77 | -8 | 61 |
16 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 57 | -2 | 57 |
17 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 56 |
18 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | -10 | 50 |
19 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | -15 | 50 |
20 | Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 49 |
21 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | -25 | 48 |
R | Portsmouth* | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 59 | -9 | 40 |
R | Coventry City | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 40 |
R | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 80 | -37 | 36 |
* – Portsmouth deducted ten points
Promotion to Premier League | |
Qualification to Championship playoffs | |
Relegation to League One | |
Last updated: 13:28, 28 April 2012 (UTC) |
Summary
- Key
H: Home fixture A: Away fixture |
Win (W) Draw (D) |
Loss (L) First position (1) |
Playoff position (3–6) |
Correct as of 28 April 2012[update].[n 1]
Game | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
Result | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | W |
Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 64 |
Position | 13 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
FA Cup
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7 January 2012 R3 | Watford | 4–1 | Bradford City | Vicarage Road |
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15:00 | Deeney 3' Sordell 40' Forsyth 56', 59' |
[57] | 8' Hanson 88' Wells |
Attendance: 8,935 |
27 January 2012 R4 | Watford | 0–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | Vicarage Road |
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19:45 | [58] | 42' van der Vaart | Attendance: 15,384 |
Football League Cup
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10 August 2011 | Bristol Rovers | P–P | Watford | Memorial Stadium |
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[59] |
23 August 2011 R1 | Bristol Rovers | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 - 2 p) |
Watford | Memorial Stadium |
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19:45 | Harrold 5' | Sordell 2' | Attendance: 4,432 |
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Penalties | ||||
Kuffour McGleish Virgo Brown Carayol |
Eustace Sordell Mariappa Dickinson |
Players
Statistics
No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored |
GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward |
Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player[n 2] Left club during 2011–12 Age = Age of player on final day of season (28 April 2012) |
Correct as of 28 April 2012.
No. | Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | Age | Joined club | Yth | Notes | ||
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Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||||||||||
1 | GK | Scott Loach | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2006 | No | — |
2 | DF | Lee Hodson | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2009 | Yes | — |
3 | DF | Carl Dickinson | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
4 | MF | John Eustace | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2008 | No | — |
5 | DF | Martin Taylor | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | No | — |
6 | DF | Adrian Mariappa | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2005 | Yes | — |
7 | MF | Mark Yeates | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
8 | MF | Josh Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | No | — |
9 | FW | Troy Deeney | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | No | — |
10 | FW | Chris Iwelumo | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
11 | MF | Craig Forsyth | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
12 | DF | Lloyd Doyley | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 1[n 4] | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2001 | Yes | — |
13 | GK | Rene Gilmartin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | No | — |
14 | MF | Ross Jenkins | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2008 | Yes | — |
15 | MF | Stephen McGinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | No | — |
16 | MF | Michael Bryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2009 | Yes | — |
17 | DF | Dale Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2008 | Yes | — |
18 | FW | Alexander Kacaniklic | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2012 | No | Loan player |
18 | FW | Michael Kightly | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | Loan player |
18 | FW | Andreas Weimann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | Loan player |
19 | MF | Prince Buaben | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
20 | FW | Marvin Sordell | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2009 | Yes | — |
20 | FW | Marcello Trotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2012 | No | Loan player |
21 | DF | David Mirfin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
22 | MF | Sean Murray | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
23 | MF | Piero Mingoia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
24 | FW | Matthew Whichelow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
25 | FW | Joe Garner | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
26 | MF | Britt Assombalonga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | Yes | — |
27 | FW | Gavin Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
28 | MF | Chez Isaac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | Yes | — |
29 | DF | Adam Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
30 | GK | Jonathan Bond | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
31 | DF | Tom James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
32 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | — |
33 | DF | Nyron Nosworthy | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | Initially on loan; signed permanently |
34 | GK | Jack Bonham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2010 | Yes | — |
35 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2012 | No | Loan player |
37 | FW | Craig Beattie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2011 | No | Loan player |
Transfers
Unless a country is specified, all clubs play in the English football league system.
In
Date | Player | From | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
21 June 2011 | Craig Forsyth | Dundee | Undisclosed [61] |
4 July 2011 | David Mirfin | Scunthorpe United | Free (end of contract) [62] |
13 July 2011 | Mark Yeates | Sheffield United | Undisclosed [63] |
14 July 2011 | Prince Buaben | Dundee United | Free (end of contract) [64] |
19 July 2011 | Chris Iwelumo | Burnley | Undisclosed [65] |
29 July 2011 | Carl Dickinson | Stoke City | Undisclosed [66] |
4 August 2011 | Tom James | Stratford Town | Free [67] |
27 August 2011 | Jonathan Hogg | Aston Villa | Undisclosed [68] |
31 August 2011 | Joe Garner | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed [69] |
10 January 2012 | Nyron Nosworthy | Sunderland | Undisclosed [70] |
Out
Date[n 5] | Player | To | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
26 May 2011 | Liam Henderson | York City | Free (end of contract, released)[71] |
6 June 2011 | Will Buckley | Brighton & Hove Albion | £1m[72] |
7 June 2011 | Danny Graham | Swansea City | £3.5m[73] |
21 June 2011 | Nathan Ellington | Ipswich Town | Free (end of contract, released)[74] |
27 June 2011 | Mat Sadler | Walsall | Free (end of contract, released)[75] |
28 June 2011[76] | Rob Kiernan | Wigan Athletic | Free (end of contract, rejected renewal)[77] |
1 July 2011 | Don Cowie | Cardiff City | Free (end of contract, rejected renewal)[78] |
31 August 2011 | Tom Aldred | Colchester United | Free (contract terminated)[79] |
31 August 2011 | Eddie Oshodi | Forest Green Rovers [n 6] | Free (contract terminated) |
31 January 2012 | Marvin Sordell | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed [81] |
Loans
- Loan end date was end of season
- Watford academy scholar
In
Start | Player | From | End |
---|---|---|---|
26 August 2011 | Andreas Weimann | Aston Villa | 23 September 2011 [n 7] |
11 October 2011 | Michael Kightly | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 January 2012 [n 8] |
24 October 2011 | Craig Beattie | Swansea City | 8 January 2012 [86] |
28 October 2011 | Nyron Nosworthy | Sunderland | 8 January 2012 [87] |
30 January 2012 | Alexander Kacaniklic | Fulham | End of the season [n 9] |
21 February 2012 | Tomasz Kuszczak | Manchester United | 28 April 2012 [90] |
23 February 2012 | Marcello Trotta | Fulham | 24 March 2012 [91] |
Out
Reserves and academy
Watford's reserve side played friendlies in 2011–12, following their withdrawal from the Totesport.com Combination East Division. The under-18s played their home games at Watford's training base at the UCL training ground, London Colney. They are members of the FA Premier Academy League. They went out of the FA Youth Cup in the fourth round away at Newcastle United, losing 2–1,[146] having beaten Millwall 2–1 away in the third round.[147] They also played in the Herts Senior Cup, going out to Bishop's Stortford in the first round.[148] The side were coached by technical skills coach Adam Pilling from the end of August until the first week of October, when David Hughes, who had been appointed on 22 September,[149] took up his position as youth team coach.[150]
Watford's academy consists of 20 scholars:
- In the second year, goalkeeper Jack Bonham, defenders Chimdi Akubuine, Matt Bevans, Tommie Hoban, Brandon Horner and Aaron Tumwa, midfielders Stephan Hamilton Forbes and Sean Murray, and strikers Dereece Gardner, Michael Kalu and Connor Smith.
- In the first year, defenders Kyle Connolly, David O'Connor and Jordan Wilmore, midfielders Austin Eaton, Kamaron English, Luke O'Nien, Jack Westlake, and strikers Bernard Mensah and Morgan Ferrier.
Murray signed a professional contract during the 2010 pre-season, alongside his scholarship forms.[151] Bonham and Hoban signed a professional deals in September 2010 and May 2011 respectively.[152] In July 2011 Mensah signed a contract that saw him turn professional on his 17th birthday. Ferrier joined Watford on 20 September after a trial period, having previously been in Arsenal's youth system.[153] Connolly joined on 1 December at second year scholar age, following a trial period.[154] In April Watford announced the fates of the remaining second-year scholars; Hamilton Forbes, Smith and Tumwa were given professional contracts, Akubine, Horner, Kalu and Gardner were released, while Bevans had his scholarship extended due an injury which kept him sidelined from October.[155]
Hoban and Murray both made first-team appearances during 2010–11, while Smith was an unused substitute. Murray has played for the first-team in 2011–12, while Bonham has been an unused substitute. Bonham, Hamilton-Forbes, Hoban, Smith and Tumwa have all been loaned to non-league sides in 2011–12.
Notes
- ↑ Positions refer to Watford's league placing at the end of the day on which they played the match.
- ↑ For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.
- ↑ All professional players are listed apart from any who are still scholars and haven't featured in a 2011–12 first-team squad and Tom Aldred and Eddie Oshodi (who had originally been awarded the squad number 25), both of whom left before the end of the summer transfer window without making an appearance in a 2011–12 matchday squad.
- ↑ Doyley's sending off in the home fixture against Leicester City was subsequently rescinded.[60]
- ↑ For players whose contract expired, the date given refers to when they signed for their new club, apart from Rob Kiernan whose signature date for Wigan Athletic is unknown. Therefore his date refers to when he left Watford.
- ↑ Oshodi did not join Forest Green until 7 October 2011.[80]
- ↑ Weimann joined Watford on a loan until early January on 26 August 2011, but the loan was terminated early by Aston Villa.[82][83]
- ↑ Kightly joined Watford on a loan until after Watford's fixture against Portsmouth on 19 November. However the loan was extended until 3 January.[84][85]
- ↑ Kacaniklic's loan was meant to last until the end of the season, but he was recalled by Fulham on 27 March.[88][89]
- ↑ Aldred joined Inverness on a six-month loan on 21 June 2011, but it was terminated early.[92][93]
- ↑ Bond's loan originally lasted until 13 September, but was extended to 11 October.[95][96][97]
- ↑ Thompson's loan originally lasted until 25 September, but was extended to 25 October.[98][99]
- ↑ Walker joined Stevenage on a loan until mid-January. However, while his loan did not officially expire until then, Watford recalled him on 17 November so he could play development football prior to becoming available for the first team.[100][101]
- ↑ Massey's loan originally lasted until 12 October, but was extended three times, first to 6 November, then to 11 December and then to 14 January. The loan was extended for a further month on 4 January, but was then cancelled on 12 January.[102][103][104][105][106][107]
- ↑ Isaac's loan was initially announced to last until 15 October, however on 10 November the loan was extended until 16 December.[108][109]
- ↑ Bond's loan originally lasted until 4 December, but he was recalled a few days early.[112][113]
- ↑ Gilmartin's loan initially lasted until 3 January, but on 1 January it was extended until 3 February. However, the loan was terminated on 19 January.[114][115][116]
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Assombalonga and Smith were originally due to remain at Wealdstone until 3 January, but on 4 January it was announced that the loan had been extended for a further month.[117][118]
- ↑ Isaac's loan was initially announced to last until 1 February, but it was extended twice, first to 1 March, then to 28 March.[114][120][121]
- ↑ Mingoia's loan was set to last until 5 February, but he returned to Watford on 23 January.[122][123]
- ↑ Walker had been set to sign for Scunthorpe on a free transfer, but he was unable due to FIFA regulations, so signed on on an initial one-month loan. He continued to play for Scunthorpe after that month, and it was announced on 20 March that loan had been extended to 13 April. However, Walker played the final match of his loan spell on 14 April.[124][125][126]
- ↑ Massey's loan was set to last until 19 February, but he was recalled a few days early.[127][128]
- ↑ Thompson's loan initially lasted until 2 March, but on 6 March it was announced the loan had been extended until 10 April.[131][132]
- ↑ Thompson's loan initially lasted until 7 March, but was extended twice, first until 10 April, then until 5 May.[133][134][135]
- ↑ Bonham's loan initially lasted until 12 March, but on 14 March it was announced the loan had been extended until 14 April. However, Bonham was forced to return early after he broke a bone in his hand.[138][139][140]
- ↑ Hamilton-Forbes was loaned "until further notice", and it was announced he had returned on 14 March.[138][139]
- ↑ Bond's loan was supposed to last until 25 March, but he was recalled a few days early on 22 March and joined Bury on loan the same day.[141][142]
- ↑ Mingoia's loan was announced to last until 25 April, but he played in Hayes & Yeading's final match of the season on 28 April.[144][145]
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