WatfordThrough the years
Watford through the years
Every season we have records for. Transfer windows, manager tenure, results, and the long-read pieces our writers commission to fill in the colour around the stats.
| Season | Manager | P / W / D / L | GD | Transfers | Biggest in | Long reads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Edward Still, Javi Gracia | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2025-26 | Edward Still, Javi Gracia, Tom Cleverley | 28 8W 9D 11L | -10 | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2024-25 | Javi Gracia, Tom Cleverley | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2023-24 | Tom Cleverley, Chris Wilder, Claudio Ranieri | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2022-23 | Chris Wilder, Claudio Ranieri, Rob Edwards | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2021-22 | Claudio Ranieri, Rob Edwards | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2020-21 | Nigel Pearson | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2019-20 | Nigel Pearson, Javi Gracia | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2018-19 | Nigel Pearson, Javi Gracia, Marco Alexandre Saraiva Da Silva | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Javi Gracia, Marco Alexandre Saraiva Da Silva | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Marco Alexandre Saraiva Da Silva | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2012-13 | Sean Dyche | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2011-12 | Sean Dyche, Malky Mackay | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2010-11 | Sean Dyche, Malky Mackay | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2009-10 | Malky Mackay, Brendan Rodgers | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2008-09 | Malky Mackay, Brendan Rodgers, Aidy Boothroyd | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2007-08 | Brendan Rodgers, Aidy Boothroyd | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2006-07 | Aidy Boothroyd | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2005-06 | Aidy Boothroyd, Ron Noades | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2004-05 | Aidy Boothroyd, Ron Noades | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2003-04 | Ron Noades | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2002-03 | Ron Noades | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2001-02 | Ron Noades, Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 2000-01 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1999-00 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1998-99 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1997-98 | Kenny Jackett, Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1996-97 | Kenny Jackett, Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1995-96 | Kenny Jackett, Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1988-89 | Dave Bassett | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1987-88 | Dave Bassett, Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1986-87 | Dave Bassett, Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1985-86 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1984-85 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1983-84 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1982-83 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1981-82 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1980-81 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1979-80 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1978-79 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1977-78 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1976-77 | Graham Taylor | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1971-72 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1970-71 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1969-70 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1968-69 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1967-68 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1966-67 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1965-66 | Ken Furphy | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1964-65 | Ken Furphy, Bill McGarry | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1963-64 | Ken Furphy, Bill McGarry | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
| 1962-63 | Bill McGarry | no fixture records | — | +0 / -0 | — | — |
How this archive is built
Transfer rows come from Sportmonks done-deal records. Manager tenure comes from our coach sync against Sportmonks plus Wikidata cross-checks. Fixture totals come from the materialised fixture archive we keep on file.
Long reads are commissioned through DragonFC, our internal commissioning platform. We pay freelance journalists to write season reviews, match deep dives and era pieces that the structured data alone can't tell.
Coverage gets deeper the closer to the present day. Older seasons may show no fixture record where the substrate doesn't reach back that far yet.