Watford Football Club is an English

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club from

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

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. They played the 2014–15 season in the

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, for the eighth consecutive season since relegation from the

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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

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Competitions

Pre-season matches

Championship

League table

League results summary

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

FA Cup

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Watford were drawn away to Stevenage.

Squad statistics

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

= Yellow cards GK =

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DF = Defender MF =

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FW =

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= Red cards Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player Age = Current age Loan player ''Statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.''

Staff

Non-playing staff

''Information correct as of 13 May 2015.''

Former non-playing staff

* Head coach: Beppe Sannino (until 31 August) * Head coach: Óscar García (2–29 September) * Head-coach:

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(29 September–7 October; assistant coach: 26–29 September) * Assistant coach:

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(until 11 September) * Assistant coach: Francesco Troise (until 11 September) * Technical director:

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(until 2 September) * Youth team coach:

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(until 6 August) * Head of medical: Marco Cesarini (until late December) * First-team analyst: Adam Carter

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans outs

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

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in the quarter-finals. They also played in the

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, progressing through one round before losing to

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in the quarter-finals. The under-18s finished 5th in the South-East Conference of the Football League Youth Alliance, subsequently qualifying for Merit League One. In the

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they entered in the third round, losing 3–1 away at

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. 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. * In the first year: Jacob Cook, Andrew Eleftheriou, Michael Folivi, Max Makaka,

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, Ogo Obi, Charlie Rowan and Connor Stevens.

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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. 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. 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. Obi had been with the club since the under-11 age-group, but had spent time on trial with

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over the pre-season. 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. Stewart transferred to Udinese in January. 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. 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

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game away at

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on 4 January 2014, were released.

References

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