1992–93 Watford F.C. season

1992–93 season of Watford F.C.

Watford 1992–93 football season

Watford

1992–93 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

Paul Furlong (19)

Average home league attendance

8,275

Home colours

← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The Hornets had a satisfying start to the 1992–93 season and by the end of 1992 were in 14th place, 10 points clear of the relegation zone and 5 points adrift of the play-off places, but a bad run of 8 defeats in 12 league games saw their play-off chances slip away and stuck them in mid-table, finishing in a disappointing 16th place. At the end of the season, manager Steve Perryman left the club to return to Tottenham Hotspur as assistant manager to Osvaldo Ardiles and Watford appointed Gillingham boss Glenn Roeder as his replacement. However, Watford were fined £10,000 for an illegal approach, and ordered to pay Gillingham a further £30,000 in compensation.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Oxford United	46	14	14	18	53	56	−3	56
15	Bristol City	46	14	14	18	49	67	−18	56
16	Watford	46	14	13	19	57	71	−14	55
17	Notts County	46	12	16	18	55	70	−15	52
18	Southend United	46	13	13	20	54	64	−10	52

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Millwall	H	3–1	9,745	Bazeley, Nogan, Drysdale (pen)
22 August 1992	Grimsby Town	A	2–3	4,772	Furlong, Dublin
25 August 1992	Notts County	A	2–1	6,274	Drysdale, Furlong
29 August 1992	Derby County	H	0–0	9,809
5 September 1992	West Ham United	A	1–2	11,921	Furlong
12 September 1992	Notts County	H	1–3	7,077	Drysdale
19 September 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	13,497	Furlong, Nogan
26 September 1992	Leicester City	H	0–3	8,715
29 September 1992	Sunderland	H	2–1	6,263	Hessenthaler (2)
3 October 1992	Swindon Town	A	1–3	7,723	Furlong
10 October 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	4–2	7,624	Nogan (2), Drysdale (pen), Furlong
17 October 1992	Brentford	A	1–1	8,490	Nogan
24 October 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–2	6,937	Furlong (2), Charlery
31 October 1992	Oxford United	A	1–1	6,234	Furlong
3 November 1992	Peterborough United	H	1–2	7,016	Charlery
7 November 1992	Barnsley	A	1–0	6,193	Hessenthaler
14 November 1992	Portsmouth	H	0–0	8,714
21 November 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–2	28,871
29 November 1992	Luton Town	A	0–2	8,341
5 December 1992	Bristol City	H	0–0	6,746
13 December 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	6,541	Charlery
19 December 1992	Birmingham City	A	2–2	7,182	Furlong (2)
26 December 1992	Southend United	A	2–1	5,769	Charlery, Soloman
28 December 1992	Cambridge United	H	2–2	8,147	Willis, Charlery
9 January 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	6,845	Furlong (2), Nogan
16 January 1993	Leicester City	A	2–5	12,854	Nogan, Willis
27 January 1993	Sunderland	A	2–1	14,703	Furlong, Willis
30 January 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–3	6,613	Nogan, Furlong
6 February 1993	Millwall	A	2–5	8,847	Furlong, Nogan
13 February 1993	West Ham United	H	1–2	13,115	Charlery
20 February 1993	Derby County	A	2–1	15,190	Furlong, Charlery
27 February 1993	Bristol Rovers	A	3–0	5,702	Charlery (2), Nogan
6 March 1993	Swindon Town	H	0–4	8,791
9 March 1993	Portsmouth	A	0–1	10,716
13 March 1993	Barnsley	H	1–2	5,785	Furlong
20 March 1993	Bristol City	A	1–2	8,265	Charlery
23 March 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–0	11,634	Furlong
27 March 1993	Peterborough United	A	0–0	7,631
3 April 1993	Luton Town	H	0–0	10,656
6 April 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–3	6,462	(own goal)
10 April 1993	Southend United	H	0–0	7,198
13 April 1993	Cambridge United	A	1–1	5,106	Nogan
17 April 1993	Birmingham City	H	1–0	9,186	Charlery
24 April 1993	Brentford	H	1–0	9,045	Drysdale (pen)
1 May 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	8,315	Drysdale (pen)
8 May 1993	Oxford United	H	0–1	8,127

FA Cup

Main article: 1992-93 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–4	12,363	Nogan

League Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	22 September 1992	Reading	H	2–2	4,036	Furlong (2)
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Reading	A	2–0 (won 4–2 on agg)	7,386	Drysdale, Lavin
R3	10 November 1992	Leeds United	H	2–1	18,035	Holdsworth, Drysdale (pen)
R4	9 December 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–6	13,187	Furlong

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 5	1 September 1992	Bristol City	A	0–1	3,588
PR Group 5	15 September 1992	Luton Town	H	0–0	5,197

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Simon Sheppard
—	GK	ENG	Perry Suckling
—	GK	ENG	Keith Waugh
—	DF	ENG	Julian Alsford
—	DF	ENG	Barry Ashby
—	DF	ENG	Darren Bazeley
—	DF	ENG	Jason Drysdale
—	DF	ENG	Keith Dublin
—	DF	ENG	Nigel Gibbs
—	DF	ENG	David Holdsworth
—	DF	ENG	Jason Soloman
—	DF	WAL	Rob Page
—	DF	SCO	Gerard Lavin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Andy Hessenthaler
—	MF	ENG	James Meara
—	MF	ENG	Gary Porter
—	MF	ENG	Trevor Putney
—	MF	ENG	Rod Thomas
—	MF	AUS	Richard Johnson
—	FW	ENG	Steve Butler
—	FW	ENG	Bruce Dyer
—	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong
—	FW	ENG	Alex Inglethorpe
—	FW	ENG	Roger Willis
—	FW	WAL	Lee Nogan
—	FW	LCA	Ken Charlery

References

Metcalf, Rupert; Cole, Robert (10 July 1993). "Football: Watford turn to Roeder to replace Perryman: Former player takes over at Vicarage Road to dismay of Gillingham". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 277. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
"Watford 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
"All Watford players: 1993".

Notes

Lavin was born in Corby, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.
Charlery was born in Tower Hamlets, but also qualified to represent Saint Lucia internationally.

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National teams

Graham Taylor

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chester City Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Stockport County Stoke City Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
Third Division	Barnet Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City

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