"2013–14 Watford F.C. season Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, for the seventh consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07. The manager was Giuseppe Sannino. Gianfranco Zola replaced Sean Dyche as Watford manager at the end of the 2011–12 season following Sean Dyche's dismissal. Following the takeover of Watford by the Pozzo family, Watford loaned a significant number of players on season-long deals from fellow Pozzo-owned clubs Udinese and Granada. The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from both the"
"former Italy international Gianfranco Zola following the Pozzo family's purchase of the club. Dyche went on to achieve success with Burnley and become one of their longest serving football managers. In the 2012–13 season Watford finished third in the Championship, and reached the play-off final where they were defeated in the final by Crystal Palace 1–0 via an extra-time penalty by Kevin Phillips. The following season, Giuseppe Sannino replaced Zola, as their new manager and the team finished the season in 13th place. Sannino resigned at the start of the 2014–15 season and was replaced by Óscar García, who left"
"2012–13 Watford F.C. season Watford Football Club is a football club from Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The club played in the 2012–13 Football League Championship for the sixth consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07. The club also competed in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. Despite guiding the club to an 11th-placed finish in 2009-10, the club's 3rd highest points tally for 9 years, manager Sean Dyche was dismissed and replaced by Gianfranco Zola following the club's takeover by Udinese and Granada owner Giampaolo Pozzo. The club captain was central midfielder John Eustace, although due"
"centre back Sean Dyche in July 2012. Zola took Watford to third position in the Championship in 2012–13 but resigned on 16 December 2013. He was replaced by fellow Italian Beppe Sannino in December 2013. Sannino guided the team to a final league position of 13th. Despite winning four of the first five league matches of the 2014/15 season, and with Watford sitting in 2nd place, Sannino's position had become the subject of much speculation following rumours of dressing-room unrest and some players taking a dislike to his style of management. Sannino resigned from his position as head coach on"
"Sean Dyche Sean Mark Dyche (; born 28 June 1971) is an English former professional footballer, who is currently the manager of Premier League team Burnley, a position he has held since October 2012. During his playing career, Dyche played as a centre-back, making his professional debut in 1990 and representing Chesterfield – whom he captained and scored for in an FA Cup semi-final – Bristol City, Luton Town, Millwall, Watford and Northampton Town. He was promoted with four of his six clubs. After retiring as a player in 2007 he coached at Watford, including a stint as manager between"
"2014–15 Watford F.C. season Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They currently play in the 2014–15 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. The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am. The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Watford were drawn away to Stevenage."
"Stuart Searle Stuart Andrew Searle (born 27 February 1979) is an English footballer who is currently the assistant manager of Guildford City. Born in Wimbledon, London, Searle joined Premier League team Chelsea from Basingstoke Town as back-up for their reserve team and as a player-coach, before working there part-time. He moved to Championship team Watford in January 2009, which re-united him with former Chelsea reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers, who had been appointed as Watford manager in November 2008. In July 2009 his contract at Watford was cancelled by mutual consent and he subsequently signed a two-year contract with League"
"date set for March 2014. On 15 May 2014, King of Torksey, Lincolnshire, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and banned from driving for three years. Watford Marlon King Marlon Francis King (born 26 April 1980) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born and raised in south London, he started his career in non-League football with Dulwich Hamlet. He played for Barnet, Gillingham, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest before moving to Watford in 2005. At Watford he was the Football League Championship top scorer, and was voted Watford player of the season as the club"
"officially taking up the new position a week later. Darren Sarll Darren Sarll (born 2 February 1983) is an English football manager and coach, who is in a senior youth management role at Premier League club Watford. He began his career in football as a midfielder in non-league football. Sarll was a product of the youth system at Isthmian Premier Division club Hitchin Town, graduating to the senior team in 2001 and departing the following year. He subsequently played in the Conference South, the Southern League and the Spartan South Midlands League for Berkhamsted Town, Bedford Town, St Albans City,"
"Phil Parkinson Philip John Parkinson (born 1 December 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Championship club Bolton Wanderers. Parkinson is the only manager to take an English fourth-tier league club (League Two's Bradford City) to the final of a major cup competition at Wembley Stadium, where they finished runners-up in the League Cup in 2013. Parkinson, a former Southampton trainee, made his Football League debut in 1988 with Bury, and later joined Reading for £50,000 in July 1992. Parkinson was named player of the season two years in a row (1997–98 and 1998–99) and"
"Javi Gracia Javier ""Javi"" Gracia Carlos (; born 1 May 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is the head coach of Premier League club Watford. He played in 430 matches both major levels of Spanish football combined, during a 15-year professional career. After retiring he began working as a manager, going on to coach several clubs in Spain, Greece and Russia before being appointed at Watford in January 2018. Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Gracia started playing professionally with Bilbao Athletic, Athletic Bilbao's reserves, never appearing officially for the first team during three years."
"Premier League for one season in 1999–2000. The club experienced a further one season stint in the top division of English football during the 2006–07 season, under Aidy Boothroyd's management; eight years in the Championship followed. Watford secured promotion in 2014–15, and have competed in the Premier League since the 2015–16 season finishing 13th, 17th and 14th respectively. Watford is owned by the Pozzo family, which also owns Udinese Calcio in Italy and previously Granada CF in Spain. Sir Elton John, who owned Watford during both of Graham Taylor's successful periods as manager, served alongside Taylor as the club's joint"
"2-1 in the final. Aidy Boothroyd Adrian Neil Boothroyd (born 8 February 1971) is an English former footballer, who is manager of the England U21 team. At club level, he was manager of Watford from 2005 to 2008. During his time with Watford, he was known as one of the best young managers in the United Kingdom. At the time of his departure, he was the youngest and the second longest serving manager in the division. Boothroyd then had short spells at Colchester United and Coventry City. In 2011, he replaced Gary Johnson at Northampton Town. After saving the club"
"Nigel Gibbs Nigel James Gibbs (born 20 November 1965) is an English professional football manager and former player. He has been an assistant coach at Swansea City and has previously worked as a coach with the Under-19 squad of Tottenham Hotspur. A Watford supporter, as well as a product of their youth system, Gibbs spent his entire professional career as a right back for the club. He was assistant manager of Leeds United after being appointed on 12 April 2013 alongside Brian McDermott, whom he assisted at Reading. He departed from Leeds United in August 2014. Gibbs made his Watford"
"players remaining at the club for the 2013–14 season, the team made an incredible start to the campaign, winning their first 7 matches in the league whilst also qualifying for the FA Cup first round proper for the first time in their history. They were drawn away to Chesterfield from Football League Two, and ended up losing the tie 2–0. After the playing budget was cut, manager Darran Foster resigned in early November 2014. Daventry then appointed ex Watford striker Allan Smart as his replacement . However, in June 2015, Iain Humphrey resigned as chairman and was replaced by Allan"
"the league winning manager of Chelsea in 2004-05, 2005–06 and 2014-15. Despite the dominance of the established big clubs in the contest for honours, a number of smaller clubs have enjoyed considerable success. After returning to the top flight and staying there after three decades away, Swansea won their first major English trophy (to go with a host of Welsh Cup wins) when they beat Bradford City (a fourth tier side) to win the League Cup in 2013. The same year saw Wigan Athletic, who only reached the Premier League in 2005 having joined the Football League in 1978, win"
"31 August 2014 after just over eight months in charge. His final game in charge was a 4–2 win at home to Huddersfield Town the day before. Sannino's departure initiated a bizarre sequence of events which led to Watford having three further head coaches in little more than a month. On 2 September, Watford confirmed the appointment of former Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Óscar García as the successor to Sannino, beating off competition from fellow Championship side Leeds United for his services. García, however, resigned from his position on 29 September 2014 for health reasons, having been admitted"
"On 4 December 2018, Downes took over after Neal Ardley left by mutual consent. His assistant manager is Glyn Hodges. Wally Downes Walter John Downes (born 9 June 1961) is an English former football player and manager and coach. He is currently the manager of League One side AFC Wimbledon. As a footballer he played for Wimbledon, Newport County, Sheffield United and Hayes. He was the manager of Brentford between 2002 and 2004. He is the nephew of former world middleweight boxing champion Terry Downes. Downes started out as an apprentice with Wimbledon and was their first ever full-time Football"
"him out for most of the previous season. In July 2011, Mensah signed a contract that saw him turn professional on his 17th birthday, later signing an extended contract in January 2013. In June 2013 O'Nien signed a one-year professional deal with the club, while Connolly, Wilmore, Eaton and English were released. Westlake was offered an extension to his scholarship of six months after missing a large period of the season through injury. 2012–13 Watford F.C. season Watford Football Club is a football club from Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The club played in the 2012–13 Football League Championship for the sixth"
"Mark Warburton Mark Warburton (born 6 September 1962) is an English professional football player and coach, who was most recently the manager of Nottingham Forest. He began his coaching career in the academy at Watford, before moving to Brentford in February 2011, serving as a coach and sporting director until being appointed manager in December 2013. He led the club from League One to promotion to the Championship in the 2013–14 season and finished the following season with the club's best second-tier placing for 80 years. He managed Rangers in Scotland from 2015 to 2017, winning the Scottish Championship title"
"in late 2018 for personal reasons. On 18 September 2015, he returned to club football after being appointed as the Assistant Manager to Neil Lennon at Bolton Wanderers, replacing Johan Mjallby who left for personal reasons. He lasted just seven months in his role at Bolton and on 14 April 2016 left the club along with Garry Parker following the club's relegation from the Championship. Steve Walford Stephen Joseph ""Steve"" Walford (born 5 January 1958) is an English former footballer and manager. Walford played as a defender for clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Norwich City, West Ham United and"
"appointed manager of newly promoted National League club Salford City on 14 May 2018 on a four-year contract, after the departures of Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson. Graham Alexander Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971) is a former professional footballer who is the manager of National League club Salford City. In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley. He also made 40 international appearances for Scotland. For most of his career, Coventry-born Alexander played as a specialist at right back, but was also deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on"
"2013–14 Brentford F.C. season The 2013–14 season saw Brentford return to the Championship after a 21-year absence, securing promotion from League One with three games of the season remaining and breaking their league points record. Brentford began their pre-season with an intensive training tour in Germany. Matches against Einheit Rudolstadt and FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt saw all available players get a run out, along with triallists Martin Fillo (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Daniel Müller (ex-Bayern Munich II) and assistant manager Alan Kernaghan. The domestic matches began with a home win against Millwall and a defeat to Scottish Premiership champions Celtic. Conference South"
"the FA Cup in the 2012–13 season, taking League One club Milton Keynes Dons to a replay before being knocked out. He stepped down as manager at the end of the 2015–16 season. Roberts is a constable with the Hertfordshire Constabulary. Gary Roberts (footballer, born 1960) Gary Paul Michael Roberts (born 5 April 1960 in Rhyl) is a Welsh professional former football forward and winger. As a player, he is best remembered for his six years in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 220 appearances. After retiring from football Roberts turned to management, managing non-league clubs"
"Pontevedra Cádiz Individual Javi Gracia Javier ""Javi"" Gracia Carlos (; born 1 May 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is the head coach of Premier League club Watford. He played in 430 matches both major levels of Spanish football combined, during a 15-year professional career. After retiring he began working as a manager, going on to coach several clubs in Spain, Greece and Russia before being appointed at Watford in January 2018. Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Gracia started playing professionally with Bilbao Athletic, Athletic Bilbao's reserves, never appearing officially for the first team"
"Wally Downes Walter John Downes (born 9 June 1961) is an English former football player and manager and coach. He is currently the manager of League One side AFC Wimbledon. As a footballer he played for Wimbledon, Newport County, Sheffield United and Hayes. He was the manager of Brentford between 2002 and 2004. He is the nephew of former world middleweight boxing champion Terry Downes. Downes started out as an apprentice with Wimbledon and was their first ever full-time Football League apprentice. He is often cited as being the main instigator of the ""Crazy Gang"" spirit at the club, as"
"that Nash had received a 34-week driving ban which was subsequently suspended pending an appeal. At the same time it was reported that Nash was claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, and was also facing a court case in January 2015, involving alleged harassment of his ex-wife, although in July 2015 he was cleared of the charges. Crystal Palace Manchester City Stoke City Everton Carlo Nash Carlo James Nash (born 13 September 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Nash is currently goalkeeping coach at National League club Salford City. Nash started his career at non-League Rossendale United"
"lead the newly promoted Watford to a comfortable mid-table position in the Premier League and the semi-final of the FA Cup, it was announced on 13 May 2016 that Sánchez Flores would be leaving the club at the end of the season. Following Sanchez Flores's departure, Walter Mazzarri was announced as Watford's head coach starting on 1 July 2016. Mazzari's tenure as manager was terminated at the end of the season. On 27 May 2017 Marco Silva was appointed Head Coach. On 21 January 2018, Javi Gracia was appointed as Head Coach following Silva's departure. Striker Luther Blissett holds the"
"15 March 2017, signing a four-year deal. He was also put in charge of the under-17 and under-19 teams, and stood down from his position as a coach at Nottingham Forest. Speaking in December 2015, Page described his preferred tactics as including attacking full-backs playing high up the pitch, a defensive midfielder allied to a more attacking central midfielder, and pace on the wings and forward positions. Watford Individual Rob Page Robert John Page (born 3 September 1974) is a Welsh former professional footballer and manager, who now manages the Wales under-21 team. In an eighteen-year career in the Premier"
"2011–12 Watford F.C. season Watford Football Club (also known simply as Watford, or as The Hornets) is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. The team competed in the Football League Championship in 2011–12, their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of English football since their relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07. The 2011–12 season consisted of pre-season friendlies in July 2011, followed by competitive matches in the Football League, FA Cup and Football League Cup between August 2011 and April 2012. Assistant manager Sean Dyche became manager in July 2011, following the departure of Malky Mackay. The"
"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 FA Cup game away at Bristol City on 4 January 2014, were released. 2014–15 Watford F.C. season Watford Football Club is an"
"managerial position at Watford in 2012, following the club's takeover by Udinese and Granada owner Giampaolo Pozzo. He was confirmed as Watford manager on 7 July, signing a two-year contract. In his first season, Zola led Watford to 3rd place and a play-off position, which then saw them progress to the final at Wembley. There, they lost 1–0 to 5th place side Crystal Palace after extra-time. On 16 December 2013, Zola resigned as Watford manager. At the time of his resignation, Watford were 13th in the league, had not won since October 2013 and had lost their last five home"
"January 2011"" Manchester United Individual Gary Neville Gary Alexander Neville (born 18 February 1975) is an English football coach, retired football player and co-owner of Salford City. Since retiring from football in 2011, Neville went into punditry and was a commentator for Sky Sports until he took over the head coach position at Valencia in 2015. After being sacked by the club in 2016, he returned to his position as a pundit for Sky Sports later that year. He was also assistant manager for the England national team from 2012 to 2016. Neville spent his entire playing career at Old"