2010–11 Watford F.C. season

Watford

2010–11 season
Chairman	Graham Taylor
Manager	Malky Mackay
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Football League Championship	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round (eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion)
League Cup	Second round (eliminated by Notts County)
Top goalscorer	League: Danny Graham: 24 All: Danny Graham: 27
Highest home attendance	15,538 (vs. Queens Park Rangers, 30 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance	League: 10,620 (vs Preston North End, 15 February 2011) Cup: 6,434 (vs. Notts County, 24 August 2010)
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Watford Football Club (also known simply as Watford, or as The Hornets) is an English association football club from the town of Watford, in Hertfordshire. The 2010–11 English football season officially began on 1 July 2010, and ended on 30 June 2011, although Watford only played competitive fixtures between August and May. The team competed in the Football League Championship for the fourth consecutive season, following relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07.^[1] The club chairman was Graham Taylor, who as a manager took Watford from the Fourth Division to the top division of English football. Their manager was Malky Mackay, and their captain was central midfielder John Eustace.

Background

Watford sold several key players at the start of 2009–10, including 2008–09 Watford F.C. Player of the Season Tommy Smith, highest earner Jobi McAnuff and Hungary international striker Tamás Priskin. The team did well in their opening game, and were briefly in contention for a playoff position early in the season, but a series of postponements, poor away form and a run of one win in twelve games took Watford to within a point of relegation by April. A 3–0 home win in the penultimate game against Reading secured survival, and a 4–0 win at Coventry City on the last day of the season elevated Watford to a final position of 16th, as well as ending the team's six-month wait for an away win.

As part of financial restructuring at the club, a number of players on higher wages whose contracts expired in June 2010 were allowed to leave the club on free transfers. These included captain and USA international Jay DeMerit, former Chelsea player Jon Harley and ex-Rotherham United striker Will Hoskins.^[2] Young goalkeeper Jonathan North and winger Billy Gibson were both also released. Manager Malky Mackay did, however, decide to retain the services of Liam Henderson and Dale Bennett after the duo triggered one-year extension options in their contracts.^[3]

Pre-season

Borehamwood vs Watford at Meadow Park on 10 July 2010.

Watford began pre-season training on 1 July 2010, the same day that Tom Aldred and Rene Gilmartin officially became Watford players. The team's first friendly match was a 5–0 away win at local side Boreham Wood, in which Will Buckley scored a hat-trick. The club played several further away fixtures against local, lower division sides in July. Their only defeat in these fixtures was a 1–0 loss to Barnet at Underhill Stadium. Their final friendly game—the only pre-season match at Vicarage Road—was a 1–0 win against League One team Charlton Athletic, with Danny Graham scoring the only goal of the game.^[4] Graham was Watford's top scorer in pre-season fixtures, with four goals. Buckley and Stephen McGinn scored three goals each, Marvin Sordell scored two, and John Eustace scored one.^[5] Striker Troy Deeney joined Watford in the week after the Charlton match.

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed (P–P)

Borehamwood v Watford

10 July 2010	Borehamwood	0–5	Watford	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
		[6]	10', 13', 41' Buckley  15' Graham  17' McGinn

St Albans City v Watford

17 July 2010	St Albans City	0–2	Watford	Clarence Park, St Albans
		[7]	34' Eustace  58' McGinn	Attendance: 925

Barnet v Watford

21 July 2010	Barnet	1–0	Watford	Underhill Stadium, Barnet
	Holmes  77'	[8]		Attendance: 898

Northampton Town v Watford

24 July 2010	Northampton Town	3–3	Watford	Sixfields Stadium
	Jacobs  12', 19' Purcell  40'	[9]	26', 77' Graham  81' Sordell	Attendance: 1,722

Stevenage v Watford

27 July 2010	Stevenage	0–2	Watford	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
		[10]	57' McGinn  73' Sordell

Watford v Charlton Athletic

31 July 2010	Watford	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  8'	[4]		Attendance: 2,097

Football League Championship

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Championship in the 2010–11 season. Each team played 46 matches; two against every other team, with one match played at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one for a draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 17 June 2010, but was subject to change in the event of clashes with other competitions, inclement weather, extraordinary circumstances, or matches being selected for television coverage. For instance, Watford's opening match of the season at Norwich City was moved from 7 August to 6 August, thus becoming the first game of the 2010–11 Football League.^[11]

August

In the televised opening game of the season, away to Norwich City, Watford captain John Eustace scored the first goal of the 2010–11 Football League, after 14 minutes of play.^[12] Striker Danny Graham doubled Watford's lead before half time. Norwich pulled a goal back shortly after the interval, before Graham restored Watford's two-goal cushion in the 82nd minute. Norwich defender Michael Nelson halved Watford's lead in injury time, but the Hornets held on to win 3–2.^[13] The team's next league fixture was a home match against Coventry City, managed by former Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd. For the second match in succession, Watford took the lead, with winger Will Buckley opening the scoring just before half time. Former Coventry player Eustace scored Watford's second; an overhead volley that was later voted Goal of the Season by Watford fans.^[14] Watford led going into the last five minutes of the game, but Coventry secured a draw with late goals from David Bell and Lukas Jutkiewicz.

The Hornets extended their unbeaten start to the season a week later. Their 0–0 draw at Hull City marked Watford's first clean sheet of 2010–11, but also the first time that the team had failed to score.^[15][16] Their unbeaten run ended in their final game of the month, at home to newly promoted Leeds United. Leeds captain Richard Naylor scored the only goal of the game in the 6th minute, while Troy Deeney made his first start for Watford in the absence of Graham.^[17]

September

After a two-week break for international matches, Watford hosted Doncaster Rovers on 11 September. Watford trailed 1–0 at half time, before taking a 2–1 lead with a brace from Marvin Sordell. Although behind after 90 minutes, Doncaster salvaged a draw with an injury time equaliser from George Friend.^[18] Sordell scored an early goal three days later at Bristol City. Graham doubled Watford's advantage shortly after half time, to give his team a second league win of the season.^[19]

The team's next opponents were Millwall, a side managed by ex-Watford player and manager Kenny Jackett. The Hornets thrashed their opponents 6–1. Central defenders Adrian Mariappa and Martin Taylor and loanee Jordon Mutch scored their first goals of the season, while Graham, Sordell and Eustace also scored for Watford.^[20] This result took Watford into the playoff places, and was later voted by supporters as the Team Performance of the Season.^[16]

Watford's wait for a first home league win of the campaign ended on 25 September, against Middlesbrough. Graham scored the opening goal after 17 seconds, and Watford were 3–0 up after 20 minutes. Middlesbrough scored a late consolation through an own goal from Mariappa, to make the final score 3–1.^[21] In the last game of the month, Watford hosted Swansea City, managed by Malky Mackay's predecessor, Brendan Rodgers. In contrast to the previous game, Watford trailed 2–0 at half time, and 3–0 after 70 minutes. Goals from substitute Troy Deeney and Martin Taylor reduced Watford's deficit to one goal, but Rodgers' side held on to win 3–2.^[22] Despite the defeat, Watford finished the month in a playoff position.^[16]

October

Watford started October with a 1–0 away win at Sheffield United, with Sordell scoring the game's only goal. After a two-week gap in the fixture list for international matches, the Hornets travelled to Portsmouth. Watford trailed 1–0 at half time, to a goal from Hayden Mullins. They equalised through Martin Taylor after 67 minutes, and Stephen McGinn's first league goal of the season three minutes later gave Watford the lead. However, Portsmouth equalised shortly afterwards, and Michael Brown scored Portsmouth's winner in the 80th minute. McGinn doubled his league tally three days later, opening the scoring at home to Ipswich Town, before Sordell doubled Watford's advantage. Ipswich improved in the second half, following the introduction of substitute Connor Wickham. After conceding in the 69th minute, Watford held on for a 2–1 win.

The team's next opponents were Scunthorpe United, who along with Watford had been tipped for relegation in 2010–11. Scunthorpe started strongly. They took the lead on 28 minutes, doubling their advantage shortly before half time. Watford improved after the break, but where unable to prevent a 2–0 defeat. Watford's final match of October was a trip to Pride Park, to face Derby County. In front of 27,119 spectators, the home side took a two-goal lead in the first half. Matthew Whichelow's first senior goal reduced Watford's deficit, but goals from Tomasz Cywka and Shefki Kuqi consigned Watford to a 4–1 defeat, which took them out of the playoff places.

November

After defeat at Derby County, Watford hosted Derby's rivals, Nottingham Forest. Mutch scored the opening goal with a header after three minutes, before Lewis McGugan equalised mid-way through the first half. Both teams created goal scoring opportunities in the second half, but the match finished 1–1.

Watford's next two games were away from home, to Crystal Palace and Burnley. The two matches followed a very similar pattern. In each match, the home side scored the opening goal in the first half. Watford were able to take 2–1 leads shortly into the second halves, but on each occasion the home side came back to win 3–2. Mackay expressed frustration at his side's inability to score goals against Palace, after creating nine chances in the first half. He was critical of the referee's decision to award Burnley a penalty, but made clear that there is "no room for hard luck stories" in football.

Results

Norwich City v Watford

6 August 2010	Norwich City	2–3	Watford	Carrow Road, Norwich
	Crofts  52' Nelson  90+1'	[13]	24', 81' Graham  14' Eustace	Attendance: 24,348 Referee: Nigel Miller

Watford v Coventry City

14 August 2010	Watford	2–2	Coventry City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Buckley  45 + 3' Eustace  58'	[23]	88' Bell  90 + 1' Jutkiewicz (pen.)	Attendance: 12,813 Referee: Trevor Kettle[n 1]

Hull City v Watford

21 August 2010	Hull City	0–0	Watford	KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
		[15]		Attendance: 20,426 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Watford v Leeds United

28 August 2010	Watford	0–1	Leeds United	Vicarage Road, Watford
		[25]	6' Naylor	Attendance: 14,039 Referee: James Linington

Watford v Doncaster Rovers

11 September 2010	Watford	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Sordell  63', 70'	[18]	6' Gillett  90+3' Friend	Attendance: 15,101 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

Bristol City v Watford

14 September 2010	Bristol City	0–2	Watford	Ashton Gate, Bristol
		[19]	3' Sordell  47' Graham	Attendance: 13,998 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Millwall v Watford

18 September 2010	Millwall	1–6	Watford	The Den, London
	Trotter  56'	[20]	7' Eustace  13' Mutch  45+2' Sordell  54' Mariappa  77' Graham  90+1' M Taylor	Attendance: 12,562 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

Watford v Middlesbrough

25 September 2010	Watford	3–1	Middlesbrough	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  1', 20' Mutch  11'	[21]	77' (o.g.) Mariappa	Attendance: 12,185 Referee: Fred Graham

Watford v Swansea City

28 September 2010	Watford	2–3	Swansea City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Deeney  76' M Taylor  85'	[22]	11' Sinclair  30' Dobbie  69' Nouble	Attendance: 11,485 Referee: Iain Williamson

Sheffield United v Watford

2 October 2010	Sheffield United	0–1	Watford	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
		[26]	16' Sordell	Attendance: 22,433 Referee: Colin Webster

Portsmouth v Watford

16 October 2010	Portsmouth	3–2	Watford	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
	Mullins  17' Kitson  72' Brown  80'	[27]	67' M Taylor  70' McGinn	Attendance: 16,606 Referee: Danny McDermid

Watford v Ipswich Town

19 October 2010	Watford	2–1	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
	McGinn  41' Sordell  43'	[28]	69' Norris	Attendance: 11,836 Referee: Graham Scott

Watford v Scunthorpe United

23 October 2010	Watford	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Vicarage Road, Watford
		[29]	28' Byrne  45+1' Woolford	Attendance: 12,366 Referee: Roger East

Derby County v Watford

30 October 2010	Derby County	4–1	Watford	Pride Park Stadium, Derby
	Brayford  14' Cywka  36', 81' Kuqi  65'	[30]	55' Whichelow	Attendance: 27,119 Referee: Paul Tierney

Watford v Nottingham Forest

6 November 2010	Watford	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Mutch  3'	[31]	20' McGugan	Attendance: 13,708 Referee: Jon Moss

Crystal Palace v Watford

9 November 2010	Crystal Palace	3–2	Watford	Selhurst Park, London
	Ambrose  18' Garvan  56', 59'	[32]	48' Graham  52' Mutch	Attendance: 12,353 Referee: Andy Penn

Burnley v Watford

13 November 2010	Burnley	3–2	Watford	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Iwelumo Wallace Alexander  89' (pen)	[33]	30' Cowie  57' M Taylor	Attendance: 14,160 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Watford v Reading

20 November 2010	Watford	1–1	Reading	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Deeney  40'	[34]	15' Hunt	Attendance: 12,196 Referee: Simon Hooper

Barnsley v Watford

27 November 2010	Barnsley	0–0	Watford	Oakwell, Barnsley
		[35]		Attendance: 10,653 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Watford v Leicester City

4 December 2010	Watford	3–2	Leicester City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Eustace  15' Buckley  22' Graham  85'	[36]	50' (pen), 69' Gallagher	Attendance: 14,449 Referee: Kevin Wright

QPR v Watford

10 December 2010	QPR	1–3	Watford	Loftus Road, London
	Smith  89'	[37]	26', 48' Graham  30' Mutch	Attendance: 14,079 Referee: Darren Deadman

Watford v Preston

18 December 2010	Watford	P–P	Preston	Vicarage Road, Watford
		[38]

Ipswich Town v Watford

26 December 2010	Ipswich Town	P–P	Watford	Portman Road, Ipswich
		[39]

Watford v Cardiff City

28 December 2010	Watford	4–1	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  24' (pen), 84' Sordell  57' Eustace  64'	[40]	16' Whittingham	Attendance: 14,560 Referee: Mark Haywood

Watford v Portsmouth

1 January 2011	Watford	3–0	Portsmouth	Vicarage Road, Watford
	A Taylor  42' Sordell  52' Graham  69'	[41]	90' Halford	Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Scunthorpe United v Watford

3 January 2011	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Watford	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
	Woolford  60'	[42]	64' Graham  85' Whichelow	Attendance: 4,498 Referee: Andy Haines

Watford v Derby

15 January 2011	Watford	3–0	Derby	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Buckley  36' Graham  43' Sordell  45 + 2'	[43]		Attendance: 12,917 Referee: Gavin Ward

Cardiff City v Watford

22 January 2011	Cardiff City	4–2	Watford	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
	Bellamy  14' Chopra  17' Bothroyd  32' Gyepes  83'	[44]	33' Buckley  48' Sordell	Attendance: 23,702 Referee: Steve Tanner

Watford v Crystal Palace

1 February 2011	Watford	1–1	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Weimann  10'	[45]	40' Vaughan	Attendance: 12,664 Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Watford

5 February 2011	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Watford	City Ground, Nottingham
	Tudgay  1'	[46]		Attendance: 23,393 Referee: Graham Scott

Watford v Burnley

12 February 2011	Watford	1–3	Burnley	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  13'	[47]	8' (o.g.) Bennett  66' Eagles  75' Iwelumo	Attendance: 13,103 Referee: Anthony Bates

Watford v Preston North End

15 February 2011	Watford	2–2	Preston North End	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Whichelow  69' Thompson  79'	[48]	1' St Ledger  37' Clarke	Attendance: 10,620 Referee: Kevin Friend

Reading v Watford

19 February 2011	Reading	1–1	Watford	Madejski Stadium, Reading
	Hunt  50'	[49]	27' Weimann	Attendance: 16,934 Referee: Peter Walton

Watford v Bristol City

22 February 2011	Watford	1–3	Bristol City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Cowie  19'	[50]	32' Maynard  69' Elliott  90+3' Pitman	Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Craig Pawson

Doncaster v Watford

26 February 2011	Doncaster	1–1	Watford	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
	Euell  45+1'	[51]	22' Graham  82' Eustace	Attendance: 8,954 Referee: Nigel Miller

Watford v Millwall

5 March 2011	Watford	1–0	Millwall	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  51'	[52]		Attendance: 13,539 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Swansea v Watford

8 March 2011	Swansea	1–1	Watford	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Dobbie  26'	[53]	78' Graham	Attendance: 14,410 Referee: Lee Mason

Watford v Sheffield United

12 March 2011	Watford	3–0	Sheffield United	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  10' Taylor  57' Jenkins  86'	[54]	28' Henderson  34' Williamson	Attendance: 12,441 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Ipswich v Watford

15 March 2011	Ipswich	0–3	Watford	Portman Road, Ipswich
		[55]	3', 61' Graham  90+1' Cowie	Attendance: 17,789 Referee: Grant Hegley

Middlesbrough v Watford

19 March 2011	Middlesbrough	2–1	Watford	The Riverside, Middlesbrough
	McDonald  33' Taylor  45'	[56]	28' Graham  88' Mariappa	Attendance: 16,090 Referee: Gary Sutton

Coventry City v Watford

2 April 2011	Coventry City	2–0	Watford	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
	McSheffrey  27' Jutkiewicz  66'	[57]		Attendance: 16,519 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Watford v Hull City

9 April 2011	Watford	1–2	Hull City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Taylor  90+2'	[58]	3' C Evans  90' Koren	Attendance: 13,355 Referee: Dave Phillips

Watford v Norwich City

12 April 2011	Watford	2–2	Norwich City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Graham  26' Cowie  36'	[59]	2' Vokes  69' Jackson	Attendance: 13,777 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Leeds United v Watford

16 April 2011	Leeds United	2–2	Watford	Elland Road, Leeds
	Becchio  72' Deeney (o.g.)  88'	[60]	78' Hodson  86' Weimann	Attendance: 30,240 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Watford v Barnsley

23 April 2011	Watford	1–0	Barnsley	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Eustace  2'	[61]		Attendance: 14,098 Referee: Danny McDermid

Leicester City v Watford

25 April 2011	Leicester City	4–2	Watford	Walkers Stadium, Leicester
	Bruma  39',  73' Yakubu  62',  75'	[62]	28',  41' Sordell	Attendance: 21,473 Referee: Bates

Watford v QPR

30 April 2011	Watford	0–2	QPR	Vicarage Road, Watford
		[63]	Taarabt  77' Smith  90+3'	Attendance: 15,538 Referee: Swarbick

Preston North End v Watford

7 May 2011	Preston North End	3–1	Watford	Deepdale, Preston
	Nicholson  28' Hume  56' Proctor  88'	[64]	13' Weimann	Attendance: 10,953 Referee: Bates

Summary

Key

H: Home fixture A: Away fixture

Win (W)       Draw (D)

Loss (L)       First position (1)

Playoff position (3–6)

Correct as of 7 May 2011.^{[n 2]}

Game	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L
Points	3	4	5	5	6	9	12	15	15	18	18	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	42	43	43	43	44	45	45	46	49	50	53	56	56	56	56	57	58	61	61	61	61
Position	1	6	8	13	13	12	5	3	4	4	5	3	5	9	11	13	13	14	14	10	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	10	12	11	13	11	12	13	14

League table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Queens Park Rangers	46	24	16	6	71	32	+39	88
P	Norwich City	46	23	15	8	83	58	+25	84
P	Swansea City	46	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80
4	Cardiff City	46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80
5	Reading	46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75
7	Leeds United	46	19	15	12	81	70	+11	72
8	Burnley	46	18	14	14	65	61	+4	68
9	Millwall	46	18	13	15	62	48	+14	67
10	Leicester City	46	19	10	17	76	71	+5	67
11	Hull City	46	16	17	13	52	50	+2	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	17	11	18	68	68	+0	62
13	Ipswich Town	46	18	8	20	62	68	-6	62
14	Watford	46	16	13	17	77	71	+6	61
15	Bristol City	46	17	9	20	61	65	-4	60
16	Portsmouth	46	15	13	18	53	60	-7	58
17	Barnsley	46	14	14	18	55	66	-11	56
18	Coventry City	46	14	13	19	54	58	-4	55
19	Derby County	46	13	10	23	58	71	-13	49
20	Crystal Palace	46	12	12	22	44	69	-25	48
21	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	15	20	55	81	-26	48
R	Preston North End	46	10	12	24	54	79	-25	42
R	Sheffield United	46	11	9	26	44	79	-35	42
R	Scunthorpe United	46	12	6	28	43	87	-44	42

	Promotion to Premier League
	Qualification to Championship playoffs
	Relegation to League One
	Last updated: 11:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

FA Cup

The FA Cup is an annual knockout competition. It began in August with two preliminary rounds, followed by four qualifying rounds. The successful qualifiers progressed to the First Round, when teams from League One and League Two entered the competition. Watford, along with other Premier League and Championship clubs, entered at the Third Round stage. They were joined by the 20 winners from the Second Round for a total of 64 clubs in the Third Round draw.

The Third Round draw took place on 28 November 2010. It saw Watford drawn at home to the winners of the Second Round tie between League One teams Hartlepool United and Yeovil Town; Hartlepool eventually progressed.^[66][67] Watford designated the game as the club's "Marie Curie Match", in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. In an English league football first,^[68] the club pledged to donate its share of the ticket sale profits to the charity, and launched a separate online fundraiser for fans who wanted to support the charity but couldn't attend the fixture, as well as those who wished to make an additional donation.^[69]

Watford v Hartlepool United

8 January 2011	Watford	4–1	Hartlepool United	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Mingoia  66' Sordell  68', 82' Graham  90'	[70]	45 + 1' Sweeney	Attendance: 8,950 Referee: Russell Booth

Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion

29 January 2011	Watford	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road, Watford
		[71]	Barnes  16'	Attendance: 14,519 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Football League Cup

The draw for the first round of the Football League Cup took place on 16 June 2010, and saw Watford drawn away to League Two side Aldershot Town.^[72] Coincidentally, the two sides were due to play one another at Aldershot's stadium in a pre-season match at the end of July; that fixture was cancelled by mutual agreement following the draw.^[73] The ten outfield players that started Watford's opening match against Norwich kept their places in the starting line-up, while Rene Gilmartin kept a clean sheet on his competitive Watford debut. A brace from Danny Graham and a first goal of the season from Marvin Sordell gave Watford a 3–0 victory.^[13][74]

In the second round, the Hornets faced League One outfit Notts County at Vicarage Road. Watford made five changes from the team that started in the 0–0 draw against Hull City; Hodson, Taylor, Eustace, Graham and Loach were rested.^[15][75] Among the replacements were Troy Deeney, who made his first start for Watford, and academy scholar Adam Thompson, who was playing his first ever game of senior football.^[76] After a goalless first half, Notts County took a 2–0 lead. Deeney scored to reduce their lead to 2–1, but Watford were unable to score an equaliser. Ex-Watford player Jon Harley came on as a late substitute for Notts County, and was applauded by fans of his former club.^[75][77]

Aldershot Town v Watford

10 August 2010	Aldershot Town	0–3	Watford	Recreation Ground, Aldershot
		[74]	14', 48' Graham  45' Sordell	Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Watford v Notts County

24 August 2010	Watford	1–2	Notts County	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Deeney  78'	[75]	46' Davies  45' Smith	Attendance: 6,434 Referee: Phil Crossley

Players

Statistics

No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored = Yellow cards

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward = Red cards

Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system Club career = Period that player spent as a Watford first team player Age = Age of player on final day of season (7 May 2011)

Club career lengths correct as of 14 July 2012. Only players that were named in at least one matchday squad are listed.^[78]

2010–11 Watford player details

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Age	Club career	Yth	Notes
			Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
1	GK	Loach, ScottScott Loach	46	0	0	0	0	0	46	0	3	0	22 years, 345 days	2006–	No	—
2	DF	Hodson, LeeLee Hodson	29	011	1	0	1	0	31	1	1	0	19 years, 217 days	2009–	Yes	—
3	DF	Hoban, TommieTommie Hoban	011	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17 years, 103 days	2011–	Yes	—
3	DF	Taylor, AndrewAndrew Taylor	19	011	0	0	0	0	19	1	4	0	24 years, 279 days	2010–2011	No	[n 3]
4	MF	Eustace, JohnJohn Eustace	41	066	0	0	1	0	42	6	11	1	31 years, 185 days	2008–	No	—
5	DF	Taylor, MartinMartin Taylor	46	066	2	0	1	0	49	6	1	0	31 years, 179 days	2010–	No	—
6	DF	Mariappa, AdrianAdrian Mariappa	45	011	2	0	2	0	49	1	2	1	24 years, 216 days	2005–	Yes	—
7	MF	Cowie, DonDon Cowie	37	044	0	0	2	0	39	4	3	0	28 years, 81 days	2009–2011	No	—
8	MF	Walker, JoshJosh Walker	055	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	22 years, 75 days	2010–2012	No	[n 4]
9	FW	Deeney, TroyTroy Deeney	36	022	2	0	2	1	40	3	2	0	22 years, 312 days	2010–	No	—
10	FW	Graham, DannyDanny Graham	45	24	2	1	2	2	49	27	4	0	25 years, 268 days	2009–2011	No	—
11	MF	Buckley, WillWill Buckley	33	044	2	0	2	0	37	4	3	0	21 years, 167 days	2010–2011	No	—
12	DF	Doyley, LloydLloyd Doyley	36	0	2	0	2	0	40	0	2	0	28 years, 157 days	2001–	Yes	—
13	GK	Gilmartin, ReneRene Gilmartin	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	23 years, 341 days	2010–2012	No	—
14	MF	Jenkins, RossRoss Jenkins	19	011	1	0	2	0	22	1	2	0	20 years, 179 days	2008–	Yes	—
15	MF	McGinn, StephenStephen McGinn	29	022	2	0	2	0	33	2	0	0	22 years, 156 days	2010–	No	—
16	MF	Bryan, MichaelMichael Bryan	055	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	21 years, 75 days	2009–2012	Yes	—
17	DF	Bennett, DaleDale Bennett	10	0	1	0	1	0	12	0	1	0	21 years, 121 days	2008–	Yes	—
18	MF	Mutch, JordanJordan Mutch	23	055	0	0	0	0	23	5	3	0	19 years, 156 days	2010–2011	No	[n 5]
19	FW	Henderson, LiamLiam Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21 years, 130 days	2007–2011	Yes	—
20	FW	Sordell, MarvinMarvin Sordell	42	12	2	2	2	1	46	15	3	0	20 years, 79 days	2009–2012	Yes	—
21	MF	Kiernan, RobRob Kiernan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20 years, 114 days	2009–2011	Yes	—
22	FW	Weimann, AndreasAndreas Weimann	18	044	1	0	0	0	19	4	2	0	19 years, 275 days	2011	No	[n 6]
23	MF	Mingoia, PieroPiero Mingoia	055	0	2	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	19 years, 199 days	2010–	Yes	—
24	FW	Whichelow, MatthewMatthew Whichelow	19	033	2	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	19 years, 221 days	2010–	Yes	—
25	DF	Oshodi, EddieEddie Oshodi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	19 years, 113 days	2009–2011	Yes	—
26	MF	Murray, SeanSean Murray	022	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17 years, 208 days	2010–	Yes	—
27	FW	Massey, GavinGavin Massey	033	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	18 years, 215 days	2010–	Yes	—
28	DF	Aldred, TomTom Aldred	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20 years, 238 days	2010–2011	No	—
29	DF	Thompson, AdamAdam Thompson	10	011	0	0	1	0	11	1	3	0	18 years, 221 days	2010–	Yes	—
30	GK	Bond, JonathanJonathan Bond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 years, 353 days	2010–	Yes	—
31	MF	Townsend, AndrosAndros Townsend	033	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	19 years, 295 days	2011	No	[n 7]
31	MF	Isaac, ChezChez Isaac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18 years, 172 days	2011–2012	Yes	—
32	MF	Drinkwater, DannyDanny Drinkwater	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	21 years, 63 days	2011	No	—
33	MF	Smith, ConnorConnor Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18 years, 78 days	2011–	Yes	—
34	MF	Assombalonga, BrittBritt Assombalonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18 years, 152 days	2011–	Yes	—

Transfers

Unless a country is specified, all clubs play in the English football league system.

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2010	Rene Gilmartin	Walsall	Undisclosed[79]
1 July 2010	Tom Aldred	Carlisle United	Undisclosed[80]
6 August 2010	Troy Deeney	Walsall	£500,000[n 8]
20 August 2010	Josh Walker	Middlesbrough	Free

Out

Club captain Jay DeMerit's contract expired at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Date[n 9]	Player	To	Fee
21 June 2010	Jordan Parkes	Barnet[n 10]	Mutual termination
30 June 2010	Richard Lee	Brentford[n 11]	Free (end of contract)
Pre-season	Jay DeMerit	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Canada)	Free (end of contract)
Pre-season	Billy Gibson	Yeovil Town	Free (end of contract)
Pre-season	Jon Harley	Notts County[n 12]	Free (end of contract)
Pre-season	Will Hoskins	Bristol Rovers[n 13]	Free (end of contract)
Pre-season	Jonathan North	Wealdstone	Free (end of contract)
Pre-season	Lewis Young	Burton Albion	Free (end of contract)
31 August 2010	Scott Severin	Dundee United (Scotland)	Free[87]
28 January 2011	Jure Travner	St Mirren (Scotland)	Free[88]

Loans

In

Start	Player	From	End
August 2010	Jordan Mutch	Birmingham City	5 January 2011[89]
31 August 2010	Andrew Taylor	Middlesbrough	5 January 2011[90]
19 January 2011	Andreas Weimann	Aston Villa	End of season[91]
20 January 2011	Andros Townsend	Tottenham Hotspur	23 February 2011[n 14]
28 January 2011	Danny Drinkwater	Manchester United	End of season[94]

Out

Academy graduate Liam Henderson spent time out on loan to three clubs during the season.

Start	Player	To	End[n 15]
1 January 2010	Nathan Ellington	Skoda Xanthi (Greece)	1 January 2011
13 January 2011		Preston North End	End of season[95]
7 July 2010	Mat Sadler	Shrewsbury Town	End of season[n 16]
10 July 2010	Jure Travner	St Mirren (Scotland)	28 January 2011[n 17]
28 July 2010	Rob Kiernan	Yeovil Town	25 August 2010[98]
12 November 2010		Bradford City	22 January 2011[n 18]
23 February 2011		Wycombe Wanderers	End of season[n 19]
14 September 2010	Liam Henderson	Colchester United	Early January 2011[102]
6 January 2011		Aldershot Town	6 February 2011[n 20]
16 February 2011		Rotherham United	End of season[n 21]
13 November 2010	Tom Aldred	Stockport County	5 January 2011[107]
25 November 2010	Eddie Oshodi	Dagenham & Redbrige	5 January 2011[108]
26 January 2011		Rushden & Diamonds	26 April 2011[109]
26 November 2010	Josh Walker	Stevenage	23 December 2010[n 22]
28 January 2011		Northampton Town	End of season[112]
7 March 2011	Gavin Massey	Wealdstone	21 April 2011[n 23]

Management and coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Malky Mackay[115]
Assistant manager	Sean Dyche[116]
First team coach	David Kerslake[117]
Goalkeeping Coach	Alec Chamberlain[118]
Head of Football Business and Development	John Stephenson[118]
Head of Conditioning/coach	Matt Springham[118]
Head of Medical	Richard Collinge[118]
Strength and Conditioning coach	Mathew Monte-Colombo[118]
Youth coach	Joe McBride[118]

Reserves and academy

Watford's reserve side compete in the Totesport.com Combination East Division, which they won in 2009–10. They play their home games at Meadow Park, home of Conference South side Borehamwood. They also played in the Herts Senior Cup, where they went out to Stevenage.^[119]

Watford's academy consists of 22 scholars:

• In the second year, goalkeepers Jonathan Bond and Jamie Irving, defenders Oliver Archer, Adam Fenwick, Faisal Hemati and Adam Thompson, midfielders Greg Deer, Chez Isaac and Britt Assombalonga and strikers Gavin Massey and Jake Rosier.
• In the first year, goalkeeper Jack Bonham, defenders Chimdi Akubuine, Matt Bevans, Tommie Hoban, Brandon Horner and Aaron Tumwa, midfielders Stephan Hamilton Forbes and Sean Murray, and strikers Dereece Gardner, Michael Kalu and Connor Smith.

Schoolboys Mohamed Bettamer, Kamaron English and Bernard Mensah also played for the academy side, along with trialist Peter Grant.^[120] Hoban, Massey, Murray and Thompson have made first-team appearances in 2010–11, while Assombalonga, Bond, Isaac and Smith have been unused substitutes.

Massey, Murray and Bond signed professional contracts during the 2010 pre-season, with Murray signing his alongside his scholarship forms. Bonham and Thompson signed contracts in September and November respectively.^{[121][122][123][124][125]} In April Watford announced the fates of the remaining second year scholars; Assombalonga and Isaac were given professional contracts and Archer, Deer, Fenwick, Hemati, Irving and Rosier were released.^[126]

The under-18s play their home games at Watford's training base at the UCL training ground, London Colney. They are members of the FA Premier Academy League. They also played in the FA Youth Cup, where they defeated Swindon Town (at home), Wigan Athletic (at home) and Fulham (away),^[127] before losing to Chelsea 2–1 at Stamford Bridge in the quarter-finals.^[128] Watford also sent an under-15 side to the 2010 Milk Cup in Northern Ireland, where they finished seventh.^[129][130]

Ownership and finance

Watford Football Club is owned by the holding company Watford Leisure Plc (LSE: WFC). The holding company's 2009–10 financial year ran from 1 July 2009 until 30 June 2010. It released its audited accounts and annual report on 31 October 2010, which included details of the club's major shareholders. At the time of the report Fordwat Limited, the investment company of Michael Ashcroft, owned 37.16% of Watford Leisure. Valley Grown Salads (VGS), owned by former Watford Leisure directors Jimmy and Vince Russo, held a 29.98% stake. Previous Watford chairman Graham Simpson had a 16.79% share. No other individual or organisation held more than 3% of the company's shares.^[131]

As 2009–10 was the club's third consecutive season in the Championship, it stopped receiving parachute payments from the Premier League. Consequently, money received from the Premier League fell from £12,298,000 in 2008–09 to £993,000 in 2009–10. This was the primary contributor in Watford Leisure's total revenue dropping by 51.2% from £23.049 million to £11.258 million.^[131] A reduction in salary costs of £4.121 million and a profit of £4.111 million on player trading helped to mitigate the reduction in revenue.^[131] Nonetheless, the company's loss before taxation was £4.063 million, up from a loss of £1.987 million in the previous financial year.^[131]

In December 2010, the Board of Directors announced to the stock exchange that discussions were underway between Ashcroft and a potential buyer of his shares, but stressed that these discussions were at an early stage. If a buyer were to acquire over 30% of Watford Leisure's shares, they would be required by stock exchange rules to make an offer for all remaining shares.^[132]

A takeover offer for Watford Leisure plc was initiated on 10 March 2011, by newly formed holding company Watford FC Limited, owned by Laurence Bassini.^[133]

Footnotes

1. Fourth official Matt Stewart replaced Kettle shortly after John Eustace's goal, due to injury.^[24]
2. Positions refer to Watford's league placing at the end of the day on which they played the match.^[16] This has produced one particularly anomalous result: Watford were top of the table after their first match, as only they and Norwich City had played a game. By the end of the following day, Watford were joint-seventh in the table.^[65]
3. At Watford on loan from Middlesbrough.
4. Also played a League Cup game for Middlesbrough, prior to signing for Watford.
5. At Watford on loan from Birmingham City.
6. At Watford on loan from Aston Villa.
7. At Watford on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
8. Walsall stated that the Deeny transfer was "worth £500,000",^[81] while Watford stated that the deal's value "could rise to £500,000 over the term of the contract.^[82] The deal also stipulates that Watford must pay Walsall £150,000 if they are promoted to the Premier League during Deeney's contract.
9. "End of season" denotes players who were available for the final game of the season, and subsequently left upon the expiry of their contracts.
10. Parkes later signed for Barnet.^[83]
11. Lee subsequently signed for Brentford.^[84]
12. Harley subsequently joined Notts County.^[85]
13. Hoskins later signed for Bristol Rovers.^[86]
14. The loan was originally set to last until the end of the season, but was terminated early by Watford after his spell was deemed unsatisfactory.^[92][93]
15. "End of season" denotes players that returned to Watford after their last game of the season.
16. Originally until January 2011, but extended to the end of the 2010–11 season.^[96]
17. The loan was originally set to last until the end of the season, but was terminated after Travner joined St Mirren on a permanent contract.^[88][97]
18. Kiernan's loan originally lasted until 5 January, but was extended to 22 January.^[99][100]
19. Kiernan's loan originally lasted until 23 March, but was extended to the end of the season.^[93][101]
20. Henderson's loan lasted until 6 February, but he returned to Watford to train prior to that date, after Aldershot changed their manager and sent Henderson back. He was unable to go out on loan again until the loan expired.^[103][104]
21. Henderson's loan originally lasted until 18 March, but was extended to the end of the season.^[105][106]
22. The loan was originally set to last until 5 January 2011, but Walker was recalled following an injury to Stephen McGinn.^[110][111]
23. Massey's loan originally lasted until the end of the season, but he was recalled on 21 April.^[113][114]

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