List of Watford F.C. managers explained

Watford Football Club are an English association football club, based in Watford, Hertfordshire. As of 2022, the team competes in the EFL Championship, the second-highest level of the English football league system. Three people – Len Goulden, Neil McBain and Quique Sánchez Flores – have taken charge of the club on two occasions, while Graham Taylor had three stints as manager of the club.

Managers

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scope=colManagerscope=colFromscope=colToscope=colMscope=colWscope=colDscope=colLscope=colWin %scope=colHonours and achievementsscope=colNotes
scope=row25391649835.97Southern League Second Division champions, 1903 - 04
United League Champions, 1905 - 06
scope=row48418712117638.64Southern League First Division champions, 1914 - 15
Southern League First Division runners-up, 1919 - 20
scope=row13349285636.84
scope=row3641527713541.76
scope=row11450253943.86Football League Third Division South Cup, 1937
scope=row4011101927.50
scope=row9532293433.68
scope=row5613152823.21
scope=row6421142932.81
scope=row14354414837.76
scope=row1736817.65
scope=row1763835.29
scope=row13144355233.59
scope=row22092507841.82Football League Fourth Division promotion, 1959 - 60
scope=row6829211842.65
scope=row3341328611639.52Football League Third Division champions, 1968 - 69,
FA Cup semi-finalists, 1970, whilst in second flight
scope=row9721274921.65
scope=row19673527137.24
scope=row52724412415946.30Football League Fourth Division champions, 1977 - 78
Football League Third Division runners-up, 1978 - 79
Football League Second Division runners-up, 1981 - 82
Football League First Division runners-up, 1982 - 83
FA Cup runners-up, 1983 - 84
FA Cup semi-finalists, 1987
scope=row28781325
scope=row11540363934.78Watford relegated to EFL 2nd division
scope=row357101820
scope=row13244375133.33
scope=row13944405531.65
scope=row1858527.78
scope=row5520201536.40
scope=row20279527139.11Football League Second Division champions, 1997 - 98
Football League First Division play-off winners, 1998 - 99
scope=row5220112138.46
scope=row15051396034FA Cup semi-finalists, 2003, whilst in second flight
scope=row17665516036.93Football League Championship play-off winners, 2005 - 06,
FA Cup semi-finalists, 2007, whilst in second flight
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scope=row[2] 521240
scope=row311361241.93
scope=row9933254133.33
scope=row4917171534.69
scope=row7533152744
scope=row361591241.67
scope=row412125
scope=row211050
scope=row362151058.33Runner up in the 2014–15 Football League Championship, promotion to English Premier League
scope=row441691936.36Took Watford to the semi-final of the 2015–16 FA Cup
scope=row411272229.27
scope=row26851330.77
scope=row6625132837.88Took Watford to the final of the 2018–19 FA Cup
scope=row1224616.67
scope=row (caretaker)20110
scope=row22751031.82
scope=row (caretaker)20020Watford relegated to EFL Championship
scope=row2298540.91
scope=row362141158.33Watford promoted to Premier League
scope=row14211114.29
scope=row18231311.10Watford relegated to EFL Championship
scope=rowSeptember 2022[3] 1135327.27
scope=rowMarch 202325107840.01
scope=rowChris WilderMarch 2023May 2023 1133527.27
scope=rowValérien IsmaëlMay 2023March 20244813161927.08
scope=rowMarch 2024March 2024 715114.29

Playing records

Fourteen Watford managers played for Watford before or whilst managing them.

scope=colPlayerscope=colPositionscope=colYearsscope=colAppsscope=colGoalsscope=colNational teamscope=colNotes
scope=rowFW6917 EnglandPlayer-manager
scope=rowDF1909 - 1913699Player-manager from 1910
scope=rowFW1921 - 192715774Player-manager between 1926 and 1927
scope=rowDF1928 - 1931945 ScotlandPlayer-manager between 1929 and 1931
scope=rowDF1932 - 19441376 Scotland juniorPlayer-manager between 1937 and 1944
scope=rowDF1942 - 1946294
scope=rowMF1952 - 19559117 Scotland schoolboys
scope=rowDF1964 - 19681111Player-manager until 1968
scope=rowDF1972 - 19751366Player-manager between 1973 and 1975
scope=rowDF1978 - 19811020
scope=rowDF1989 - 1991863 England B
scope=rowMF1980 - 199042834 Wales
scope=rowDF2005 - 2008615 Scotland
scope=rowDF2002 - 2005780

References

GeneralBook: The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. Jones, Trefor. 1996. T.G. Jones . 0-9527458-0-1.
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  • Notes and References

    1. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2002 Adrian Boothroyd's managerial career
    2. Web site: Mackay appointed Watford manager . BBC Sport . 15 June 2009 . 7 March 2023.
    3. Web site: Watford sack Rob Edwards as manager and appoint Slaven Bilic to replace him . Jacob . Steinberg . . 2022-09-26 . 2022-09-26.