1995–96 Watford F.C. season

Watford

1995–96 season
Chairman	Jack Petchey
Manager	Glenn Roeder (until February) Graham Taylor (from February)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Football League First Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
Coca-Cola Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Ramage (15)
Highest home attendance	20,089 vs. Leicester City (5 May 1996)
Lowest home attendance	7,091 vs. Southend United (4 November 1995)
Average home league attendance	9,457
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In Glenn Roeder's third season as manager, Watford struggled and Roeder was sacked in February with the club bottom of the table. Graham Taylor returned to Watford as Director of Football in February 1996, with former player Kenny Jackett as head coach, but was unable to stop the club from sliding into Division Two.

Final league table

Main article: 1995–96 Football League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	22	17	7	59	33	83
2.	Derby County	46	21	16	9	71	51	79
3.	Crystal Palace	46	20	15	11	67	48	75
4.	Stoke City	46	20	13	13	60	49	73
5.	Leicester City	46	19	14	13	66	60	71
6.	Charlton Athletic	46	17	20	9	57	45	71
7.	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	79	69	69
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	17	12	17	61	58	63
9.	Sheffield United	46	16	14	16	57	54	62
10.	Barnsley	46	14	18	14	60	66	60
11.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	12	18	60	68	60
12.	Port Vale	46	15	15	16	59	66	60
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	17	15	64	60	59
14.	Southend United	46	15	14	17	52	61	59
15.	Birmingham City	46	15	13	18	61	64	58
16.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	59	55	57
17.	Grimsby Town	46	14	14	18	55	69	56
18.	Oldham Athletic	46	14	14	18	54	50	56
19.	Reading	46	13	17	16	54	63	56
20.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	16	17	56	62	55
21.	Portsmouth	46	13	13	20	61	69	52
22.	Millwall	46	13	13	20	43	63	52
23.	Watford	46	10	18	18	62	70	48
24.	Luton Town	46	11	12	23	40	64	45

See also: Play-off results

Key
Promoted to the Premiership
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division Two

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Sheffield United	H	2–1	8,667	Payne, Johnson
19 August 1995	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1	10,556
26 August 1995	Barnsley	H	2–3	8,049	Phillips (2)
29 August 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	8,442	Mooney
2 September 1995	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	3,993
9 September 1995	Stoke City	H	3–0	7,130	Ramage (2), Mooney
12 September 1995	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	8,780
16 September 1995	Ipswich Town	A	2–4	11,441	Pitcher, Phillips
23 September 1995	Birmingham City	H	1–1	9,422	Moralee
30 September 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–2	7,041	Foster, Mooney, Moralee
7 October 1995	Millwall	H	0–1	8,918
14 October 1995	Sunderland	A	1–1	17,790	Moralee
21 October 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	11,319	Holdsworth
28 October 1995	Portsmouth	A	2–4	7,025	Ramage, Phillips
4 November 1995	Southend United	H	2–2	7,091	Caskey, Phillips
11 November 1995	Leicester City	A	0–1	16,230
18 November 1995	Port Vale	A	1–1	6,265	Ramage
21 November 1995	Luton Town	H	1–1	10,042	Phillips
26 November 1995	Norwich City	H	0–2	7,798
2 December 1995	Millwall	A	2–1	8,389	Phillips (2)
9 December 1995	Birmingham City	A	0–1	16,970
16 December 1995	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–0	7,257	Phillips (2, 1 pen), Foster
23 December 1995	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	5,878
13 January 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	7,568
20 January 1996	Sheffield United	A	1–1	12,782	Bazeley
3 February 1996	Barnsley	A	1–2	6,139	Penrice
10 February 1996	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	8,394	Phillips
17 February 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–4	13,235
24 February 1996	Ipswich Town	H	2–3	11,872	Palmer, White
28 February 1996	Stoke City	A	0–2	10,114
2 March 1996	Reading	A	0–0	8,933
5 March 1996	Derby County	H	0–0	8,306
9 March 1996	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	10,961	Ramage (2)
12 March 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–4	11,836	Foster (2), Ramage (2)
16 March 1996	Derby County	A	1–1	15,939	Foster
23 March 1996	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	10,334	Ramage
30 March 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	25,885
2 April 1996	Sunderland	H	3–3	11,195	Mooney (2), Ramage
6 April 1996	Portsmouth	H	1–2	8,226	Mooney
8 April 1996	Southend United	A	1–1	5,348	Ramage
13 April 1996	Port Vale	H	5–2	9,066	Connolly (3), White (2)
16 April 1996	Reading	H	4–2	8,113	White (2), Connolly, Ramage
20 April 1996	Luton Town	A	0–0	9,454
23 April 1996	Grimsby Town	H	6–3	8,909	Ramage (3), Connolly (3)
27 April 1996	Norwich City	A	2–1	14,188	Connolly, Porter
5 May 1996	Leicester City	H	0–1	20,089

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Wimbledon	H	1–1	11,187	Mooney
R3R	17 January 1996	Wimbledon	A	0–1	5,142

League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	19 September 1995	Bournemouth	H	1–1	5,037	Johnson
R2 Second Leg	3 October 1995	Bournemouth	A	1–1 (won 6–5 on pens)	4,365	Bazeley
R3	24 October 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	17,035	Phillips

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Steve Cherry GK Kevin Miller DF David Barnes DF Darren Bazeley DF Colin Foster DF Nigel Gibbs DF David Holdsworth DF Gerard Lavin DF Dominic Ludden DF Keith Millen DF Warren Neill DF Steve Palmer DF Darren Ward DF Rob Page MF Darren Caskey (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) MF Andy Hessenthaler MF Danny Hill (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

No. Position Player MF Steve Hodge MF Derek Payne MF Geoff Pitcher MF Gary Porter MF Craig Ramage MF Colin Simpson MF Richard Johnson FW Wayne Andrews FW Peter Beadle FW Kerry Dixon FW Tommy Mooney FW Jamie Moralee FW Gary Penrice FW Kevin Phillips FW Devon White FW Paul Wilkinson (on loan from Middlesbrough) FW David Connolly