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Next Watford manager: the live picture
The dugout watch for Watford: how much pressure the current manager is under, who's being linked, and what this club's history says about how these things end.
0Pressure index (0-100)
20thIn the Championship sack race (of 24)
Edward Still
Currently in post. Status: 0W 0D 0L. Full record on the Sack-o-Meter.
How it usually ends at Watford
Across the completed tenures in our records, a Watford manager lasts roughly 2.1 years. Recent occupants of the job:
| Manager | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Still | 2026 | 2026 |
| Javi Gracia | 2025 | 2026 |
| Tom Cleverley | 2024 | 2025 |
| Chris Wilder | 2023 | 2023 |
| Claudio Ranieri | 2022 | 2023 |
| Rob Edwards | 2022 | 2022 |
| Nigel Pearson | 2019 | 2020 |
| Javi Gracia | 2018 | 2019 |
Year-level data from our manager career records — a guide, not a stopwatch.
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