2014–15_Watford_F.C._season

Watford F.C.
2014–15 season
Chairman	Raffaele Riva
Head coach	Beppe Sannino; (until 31 August); Óscar García; (from 2–29 September); Billy McKinlay; (from 29 September-7 October); Slaviša Jokanović; (from 7 October)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Championship	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Troy Deeney (21); All: ; Troy Deeney (21)
Home colours	Away colours
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2014–15 Watford F.C. season

2014–15 season of Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played the 2014–15 season in the Football League Championship, for the eighth consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07, securing promotion following a 2–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion on 25 April 2015, after spending eight consecutive seasons in the Championship. The team's manager was Slaviša Jokanović.

Quick Facts Chairman, Head coach ...

Squad 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

Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Age = Current age

Left club during 2014–15

† Loan player^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.^[3]

More information No., Pos ...

For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.
A dagger is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player during the 2014–15 season. If they signed permanently over the course of the season then it is not displayed.
All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2014–15 season are listed

Reserves and academy

In 2014–15, Watford's under-21 side competed in the Under-21 Premier League Cup, progressing through four rounds before losing 3–2 away at Southampton in the quarter-finals. They also played in the Herts Senior Cup, progressing through one round before losing to Hemel Hempstead in the quarter-finals.^[68] The under-18s finished 5th in the South-East Conference of the Football League Youth Alliance, subsequently qualifying for Merit League One. In the FA Youth Cup they entered in the third round, losing 3–1 away at Swansea.^[10]

Watford's academy in 2014–15 consisted of 17 scholars:

In the second year: Arie Ammann, Matthew Hall, Harry Kyprianou, Dennon Lewis, Mahlondo Martin, Il Myeong Choi, Kunle Otudeko, Carl Stewart and Alfie Young.^[69]^[70]
In the first year: Jacob Cook, Andrew Eleftheriou, Michael Folivi, Max Makaka, Brandon Mason, Ogo Obi, Charlie Rowan and Connor Stevens.^[71]

Panos Armenakas was announced as joining the first-year in April 2014, but in June he signed for Italian club Udinese, who are also owned by the Pozzo family.^[72] On 1 September the club announced second-year midfielder Tom Rosenthal had left to join Belgian side S.V. Zulte Waregem in order for him to be closer to an ill family member.^[73] On 15 September striker Ogo Obi signed a two-year scholarship deal with the club, with a one-year professional deal from its expiration in 2016.^[74] Obi had been with the club since the under-11 age-group, but had spent time on trial with Manchester United over the pre-season.^[75] Goalkeeper Shaun Rowley, a scholar with Shrewsbury Town, joined the academy on a youth loan for the early part of the reason, returning to his parent club in October.^[76] Stewart transferred to Udinese in January.^[77] In February Folivi signed a deal that would see him become professional at the end of his scholarship in 2016, with the club holding the option of adding a further year.^[78]

On 1 May, Watford announced that Lewis, Martin and Young would be offered professional contracts of an unspecified length, while Hall would have his scholarship extended after he suffered from an injury in 2014–15. Ammann, Choi, Otudeko and Kyprianou, who was an unused substitute for the first-team's FA Cup game away at Bristol City on 4 January 2014, were released.^[70]^[79]

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[table_note_res_PLPO0.46263322441961-1] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

[4] For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.

[5] A dagger is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player during the 2014–15 season. If they signed permanently over the course of the season then it is not displayed.

[7] All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2014–15 season are listed

[34] Where a player has been released, the date given is when their release was announced by Watford, not when their contract expired or when the joined their next club.

[35] Where a player has been released, the club they subsequently joined is listed, provided it is professional and occurred during the 2014–15 season.

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8 July 2014	SV Feldkirchen	0–7	Watford	Bad Bleiberg, Austria
17:00 BST		Report	Abdi 16' 20' (o.g.) Vydra 25' Murray 42' McGugan 58' Forestieri 59' Ranégie 85'	Stadium: TBA

12 July 2014	Watford	0–0	Rubin Kazan	Bad Bleiberg, Austria
18:00 BST		Report		Stadium: TBA

13 July 2014	Watford	0–0	Chemnitzer FC	Bad Bleiberg, Austria
17:00 BST		Report		Stadium: TBA

19 July 2014	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Watford	New Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Vernon 83', 90+1'	Report	Battocchio 18' Hoban 48'

30 July 2014	Coventry City	1–0	Watford	Borehamwood, England
19:30 BST	Tudgay 8'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

2014–15_Watford_F.C._season

2014–15 Watford F.C. season

Competitions

Pre-season matches

Championship

League table

League results summary

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad statistics

Staff

Non-playing staff

Former non-playing staff

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans outs

Reserves and academy

References

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2 August 2014	Watford	2–2	Udinese	Watford, England
15:00 BST	McGugan 59' Ranégie 81'	Report	Widmer 23' Théréau 76'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,085

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bournemouth (C, P)	46	26	12	8	98	45	+53	90	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Watford (P)	46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Norwich City (O, P)	46	25	11	10	88	48	+40	86	Qualification for Championship play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Middlesbrough	46	25	10	11	68	37	+31	85
5	Brentford	46	23	9	14	78	59	+19	78

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89	14	4	5	48	22	+26	13	4	6	43	28	+15

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	2	12	7	2	2	4	2	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	4	3	3	2	1	2	4	3	3	3	1	1	2

9 August 2014 1	Watford	3–0	Bolton Wanderers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 17' Vydra 23' Forestieri 80'	Report		Attendance: 15,546 Referee: Carl Boyeson

16 August 2014 2	Norwich City	3–0	Watford	Carrow Road, Norwich
15:00	Johnson 32' Grabban 59' Tettey 61'	Report	Ekstrand 3'	Attendance: 26,375 (1,470 Hornets) Referee: Paul Tierney

19 August 2014 3	Rotherham United	0–2	Watford	New York Stadium, Rotherham
19:45	Morgan 58' Smallwood 83'	Report	Andrews 60' Tamaș 71' Dyer 74' Munari 87'	Attendance: 9,361 Referee: David Webb

23 August 2014 4	Watford	4–1	Leeds United	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Forestieri 20', 67' Deeney 58' (pen.) Tőzsér 90+1'	Report	Tamaș 32' (o.g.) Bellusci 57' Byram 90+3'	Attendance: 15,674 (1,975 away fans) Referee: James Linington

30 August 2014 5	Watford	4–2	Huddersfield Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 12' Abdi 54', 90+4' Tamaș 60' 65' Andrews 68'	Report	Bunn 48' Wallace 63'	Attendance: 14,409 (897 away fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

13 September 2014 6	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Watford	The Valley, London
15:00	Buyens 3' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 17,628 (3,199 Hornets) Referee: Andrew Madley

27 September 2014 9	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Watford	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00	Gestede 46' Cairney 73' Tunnicliffe 77'	Report	Vydra 30', 61' Tőzsér 41' Gomes 57' Angella 90+6'	Attendance: 14,084 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 September 2014 10	Watford	2–1	Brentford	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Pudil 26' 90+3' Ighalo 42', 43' Fabbrini 51' Vydra 70' Paredes 90+2'	Report	Tarkowski 43' Douglas 57' McCormack 90+5'	Attendance: 15,502 (1,931 Brentford fans) Referee: Graham Salisbury

4 October 2014 11	Watford	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Doyley 30' Tőzsér 53' Vydra 58' Paredes 65' Munari 71'	Report	Gardner 51' Bruno 52' Dunk 77'	Attendance: 16,531 (1,886 Brighton fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

18 October 2014 12	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	Watford	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00	Drenthe 88'	Report	Ighalo 21' Abdi 38' Ekstrand 44' Pudil 55' Vydra 69'	Attendance: 20,909 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89	14	4	5	48	22	+26	13	4	6	43	28	+15

16 September 2014 7	Blackpool	0–1	Watford	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45		Report	Vydra 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,695 Referee: Scott Duncan

20 September 2014 8	Watford	1–1	AFC Bournemouth	Vicarage Road
12:15	Tőzsér 68' Cathcart 83' Forestieri 85'	Report	Arter 63', 70' Cook 67' Surman 68' Elphick 90+1'	Attendance: 14,320 Referee: Oliver Langford

21 October 2014 13	Watford	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Ighalo 29' Vydra 52' (pen.)	Report	Antonio 31', 67' Mancienne 42'	Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Dean Whitestone

25 October 2014 14	Middlesbrough	1–1	Watford	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Ayala 34' Bamford 46' Kike 49' Whitehead 51' Fredericks 90+2'	Report	Forestieri 39' Deeney 61'	Attendance: 17,491 Referee: James Adcock

1 November 2014 15	Watford	3–1	Millwall	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Vydra 36' Tőzsér 45+4' Hoban 62' Munari 64'	Report	Woolford 12' Forde 22' Briggs 35' Fuller 41' Dunne 45+3' Williams 90+4'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Robert Madley

4 November 2014 16	Birmingham City	2–1	Watford	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45	Donaldson 2', 85' Davis 51'	Report	Forestieri 7' Andrews 81' Deeney 89'	Attendance: 18,309 Referee: Mark Heywood

8 November 2014 17	Ipswich Town	1–0	Watford	Portman Road, Ipswich
15:00	McGoldrick 43' Smith 83'	Report	Paredes 33' Ekstrand 58' Munari 75'	Attendance: 22,490 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

22 November 2014 18	Watford	1–2	Derby County	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Munari 67', 90+3' Doyley 84' Deeney 90+3' Tőzsér 90+4'	Report	Keogh 13' Ibe 39' Bryson 81'	Attendance: 17,421 Referee: Keith Stroud

29 November 2014 19	Watford	0–1	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00		Report	Le Fondre 12', 71' Noone 88'	Attendance: 15,668 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89	14	4	5	48	22	+26	13	4	6	43	28	+15

5 December 2014 20	Fulham	0–5	Watford	Craven Cottage, London
19:45	Bettinelli 18'	Report	Abdi 15', 51' Deeney 20' (pen.), 37', 90+3' Bassong 77'	Attendance: 16,772 Referee: Paul Tierney

13 December 2014 21	Watford	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 20', 82' Abdi 54' Tőzsér 78'	Report	McMananman 20' McCann 45'	Attendance: 15,297 Referee: Mark Haywood

20 December 2014 22	Reading	0–1	Watford	Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00	Williams 72' Murray 90+2'	Report	Abdi 29', 70' Angella 38' 45+1'	Attendance: 18,522 Referee: Gavin Ward

26 December 2014 23	Watford	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 43' Tőzsér 71'	Report	Dicko 57' Stearman 64' Price 90+3'	Attendance: 17,443 Referee: Graham Scott

28 December 2014 24	Cardiff City	2–4	Watford	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
15:00	Le Fondre 20' Jones 90+1'	Report	Guedioura 42', 63' Ighalo 45+1' Angella 83'	Attendance: 22,208 Referee: Stuart Attwell

10 January 2015 25	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Watford	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00	Hudson 46' Wells 52' Robinson 65' Vaughan 77' Lynch 83'	Report	Hoban 16' Ighalo 65' Layún 90+5'	Attendance: 13,843 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

17 January 2015 26	Watford	5–0	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Cathcart 15' Deeney 25' Ighalo 44', 58' Tőzsér 90+3'	Report	Solly 5' Bikey 90+2'	Attendance: 17,703 Referee: Darren Bond

24 January 2015 27	Watford	7–2	Blackpool	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Ighalo 47', 54', 73', 81' Deeney 53' Vydra 59' Angella 66'	Report	Orlandi 8' Davies 39', 42'	Attendance: 17,015 Referee: Fred Graham

30 January 2015 28	AFC Bournemouth	2–0	Watford	Dean Court, Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Cook 28' Kermorgant 35' (pen.) Arter 39' Ritchie 57' Elphick 87'	Report	Angella 1'	Attendance: 10,904 Referee: Lee Probert