1993–94 Watford F.C. season

Watford
1993–94 season
Chairman Jack Petchey
Manager Glenn Roeder
Stadium Vicarage Road
First Division 19th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Furlong (18)
All: Furlong (19)
Average home league attendance 7,907

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

Season summary

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 though where they didn't mount 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

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1. Crystal Palace 46 27 9 10 73 46 90
2. Nottingham Forest 46 23 14 9 74 49 83
3. Millwall 46 19 17 10 58 49 74
4. Leicester City 46 19 16 11 72 59 73
5. Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 72
6. Derby County 46 20 11 15 73 68 71
7. Notts County 46 20 8 18 65 69 68
8. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 17 17 12 60 47 68
9. Middlesbrough 46 18 13 15 66 54 67
10. Stoke City 46 18 13 15 57 59 67
11. Charlton Athletic 46 19 8 19 61 58 65
12. Sunderland 46 19 8 19 54 57 65
13. Bristol City 46 16 16 14 47 50 64
14. Bolton Wanderers 46 15 14 17 63 64 59
15. Southend United 46 17 8 21 63 67 59
16. Grimsby Town 46 13 20 13 52 47 59
17. Portsmouth 46 15 13 18 52 58 58
18. Barnsley 46 16 7 23 55 67 55
19. Watford 46 15 9 22 66 80 54
20. Luton Town 46 14 11 21 56 60 53
21. West Bromwich Albion 46 13 12 21 60 69 51
22. Birmingham City 46 13 12 21 52 69 51
23. Oxford United 46 13 10 23 54 75 49
24. Peterborough United 46 8 13 25 48 76 37

Results

Watford's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
14 August 1993Luton TownA1–29,149Furlong
21 August 1993BarnsleyH0–25,937
28 August 1993Oxford UnitedA3–25,159Charlery, Porter, Alsford
4 September 1993Charlton AthleticH2–26,925Porter, Inglethorpe
7 September 1993Wolverhampton WanderersH1–07,870Venus (own goal)
11 September 1993Grimsby TownA2–24,783Nogan, Porter
18 September 1993Notts CountyH3–16,959Furlong (2), Lavin
25 September 1993SunderlandH1–17,694Ashby
2 October 1993MillwallA1–47,707Nogan
10 October 1993MiddlesbroughH2–07,582Furlong, Dyer
16 October 1993Birmingham CityA0–112,823
23 October 1993Bolton WanderersH4–37,492Porter (3), Charlery
30 October 1993West Bromwich AlbionA1–415,299Soloman
3 November 1993Southend UnitedA0–34,584
6 November 1993Stoke CityH1–37,767Dyer
20 November 1993Bristol CityH1–16,045Soloman
28 November 1993Crystal PalaceH1–37,485Nogan
4 December 1993Stoke CityA0–213,465
7 December 1993PortsmouthA0–28,242
11 December 1993Wolverhampton WanderersA0–217,460
19 December 1993Luton TownH2–27,567Dyer (2)
27 December 1993Leicester CityA4–421,744Furlong (2), Dyer (2)
28 December 1993Peterborough UnitedH2–17,155Furlong (2)
1 January 1994Tranmere RoversA1–28,271Furlong
3 January 1994Nottingham ForestH1–214,539Cooper (own goal)
15 January 1994Birmingham CityH5–27,636Hessenthaler, Furlong (3), Porter
22 January 1994MiddlesbroughA1–18,089Furlong
29 January 1994Derby CountyA2–115,308Soloman, Furlong
5 February 1994Bolton WanderersA1–310,150Inglethorpe
12 February 1994West Bromwich AlbionH0–110,087
19 February 1994Derby CountyH3–48,277Ashby, Furlong, Bazeley
26 February 1994Charlton AthleticA1–27,546Porter
5 March 1994Oxford UnitedH2–17,049Hessenthaler, Ford (own goal)
12 March 1994Notts CountyA0–16,378
15 March 1994Grimsby TownH0–35,109
19 March 1994SunderlandA0–216,479
26 March 1994MillwallH2–09,036Lavin, Hessenthaler
30 March 1994Nottingham ForestA1–223,044Porter
2 April 1994Leicester CityH1–18,645Bailey
5 April 1994Peterborough UnitedA4–37,734Furlong, Bailey, Dublin, Lavin
9 April 1994Tranmere RoversH1–27,347Bailey
12 April 1994BarnsleyA1–04,380Furlong
16 April 1994Southend UnitedH3–07,694Bailey, Mooney, Foster
23 April 1994Bristol CityA1–18,324Furlong
30 April 1994PortsmouthH1–010,141Hessenthaler
8 May 1994Crystal PalaceA2–028,749Hessenthaler, Mooney

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1994West Ham UnitedA1–219,802Porter (pen)

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st leg17 August 1993BrentfordA2–24,297Dyer, Furlong
R1 2nd leg24 August 1993BrentfordH3–1 (won 5-3 on agg)4,938Holdsworth, Soloman, Dyer
R2 1st leg21 September 1993MillwallH0–05,954
R2 2nd leg6 October 1993MillwallH3–4 (lost 3-4 on agg)5,381Hessenthaler, Porter, Nogan

Anglo-Italian Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
Group 631 August 1993Luton TownH2–12,854Dyer, Inglethorpe
Group 615 September 1993Southend UnitedA0–31,881

Squad

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

No. Position Player
- England GK Perry Digweed
- Scotland DF Gerard Lavin
- England DF David Holdsworth
- Canada DF Mark Watson
- England DF Keith Dublin
- England MF Gary Porter
- England MF Andy Hessenthaler
- Australia MF Richard Johnson
- England FW Paul Furlong
- Wales FW Lee Nogan
- England DF Jason Soloman
- England GK Simon Sheppard
- England DF Jason Drysdale
No. Position Player
- England MF Craig Ramage
- England DF Keith Millen
- England FW Tommy Mooney
- England DF Alan McCarthy
- England DF Julian Alsford
- England DF Darren Bazeley
- England DF Colin Foster
- England DF David Barnes
- Wales DF Rob Page
- England FW Dennis Bailey
- England GK Perry Suckling
- England FW Alex Inglethorpe
- England MF Paul Harding (on loan from Notts County)

Left the club during season

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

No. Position Player
- England MF Roger Willis (to Birmingham City)
- Saint Lucia FW Ken Charlery (to Peterborough United)
No. Position Player
- England DF Barry Ashby (to Brentford)
- England FW Bruce Dyer (to Crystal Palace)

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 277. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
  2. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/1993-1994
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